#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch

#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch

“#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch” Shares of Virgin Galactic surged almost ten percent after the Federal Aviation Administration said it has closed its investigation into a “mishap” on the company’s July 11 flight that carried its billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson into space — allowing the company to resume launches after a…

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#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US

#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US

“#‘At least 5 fireballs’ reported over US” There were reports of at least five fireballs over the US last week.  In a Facebook post, NASA Meteor Watch wrote Saturday that there had been “many reports” of the fireballs hurtling through the sky on Friday night.  The largest amount of eyewitness accounts totaled over 80 associated with an event that occurred at…

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#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions

#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions

“#NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions” NASA scientists have found evidence that thousands of massive ancient volcanoes erupted on Mars.  The so-called “super eruptions” occurred in a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra over a period of 500 million years dating back approximately 4 billion years. Researchers who studied the topography and mineral…

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#Chinese astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station

#Chinese astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station

“#Chinese astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station” BEIJING — A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation’s first space station in China’s longest mission yet. Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo landed in the Shenzhou-12 spaceship just after 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) after…

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#China preps for Mars missions with mini helicopter prototype

#China preps for Mars missions with mini helicopter prototype

“#China preps for Mars missions with mini helicopter prototype” BEIJING – China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the Red Planet a few months ago. The prototype is similar in appearance to the…

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#Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module

#Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module

“#Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module” MOSCOW, Aug 30 – Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said on Monday, the latest in a series of setbacks. “Superficial fissures have been found in some places on the Zarya module,”…

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#Astra Space stock plummets after Space Force launch failure

#Astra Space stock plummets after Space Force launch failure

“#Astra Space stock plummets after Space Force launch failure” Astra Space’s rocket isn’t the only thing that’s falling from the sky.  Shares of the much-hyped US space company fell nearly a quarter on Monday after one of Astra’s rockets dramatically malfunctioned over the weekend while on a test mission for the US Space Force.  Astra…

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