#Virgin Galactic to fly researcher to space for conducting experiments

#Virgin Galactic to fly researcher to space for conducting experiments

“#Virgin Galactic to fly researcher to space for conducting experiments” British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship company, Virgin Galactic Holdings said on Thursday it will fly researcher Kellie Gerardi to space for testing new healthcare technologies. Gerardi, a researcher with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, will serve as a payload specialist and experiment with…

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#Harvard scientist advocates for more funding into alien life, UFO research

#Harvard scientist advocates for more funding into alien life, UFO research

“#Harvard scientist advocates for more funding into alien life, UFO research” The government should be stowing away more money to look into the presence of extraterrestrial life, Harvard University professor and astrophysicist Avi Loeb argued Tuesday on “Fox News Primetime.” Loeb explained that the scientific community often ridicules the idea of alien existence. Meanwhile, he…

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#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

“#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’” The lights are much brighter in this “downtown.” NASA has released a stunning composite image of the Milky Way assembled by an astronomer who spent a year putting it together while stuck at home during the pandemic. Astronomer Daniel Wang of the University of Massachusetts Amherst told…

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#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon

“#NASA’s VIPER rover to look for water, resources on moon” NASA’s ambitious lunar program Artemis will send the agency’s first mobile robot to the moon in late 2023.  The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, also known as VIPER, would search the planet for ice and other resources on and below its surface that could potentially be harvested for long-term exploration in the future.  Using…

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#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement

#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement

“#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement” Enlarge Image Russia’s then-energy minister, Alexander Novak, speaks during a joint press conference with Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud (not pictured) at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 19, 2020. Reuters Russia is training cosmonauts from Saudi Arabia as both…

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#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight

#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight

“#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight” Shares of Virgin Galactic soared more than 25 percent in premarket trading Monday morning after the company completed its first spaceflight in over two years.  The successful test flight, which was completed Saturday, saw the company’s VSS Unity spacecraft hurtle to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere…

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