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After a spacecraft was damaged en route to launch, NASA says it won’t launch

Three weeks ago, NASA revealed that a shipping container protecting a Cygnus spacecraft sustained "damage" while traveling to the launch site in Florida. Built...

Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update

All Kindles that get the 5.18.1 update also gain access to new book summaries for "thousands of bestselling English language Kindle books," aiming to...

ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

Open your checkbook, please ESA's governance structure isn't favorable for taking quick action. On one hand, ESA member states approve the agency's budget in...

RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures

Those departures follow Kevin Griffis, head of the CDC’s office of communications, who left last week; Robin Bailey, the agency’s chief operating officer, left...

As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA's second Space Launch System rocket into position between...

UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

In the UK, officials said further testing of the rest of the sheep's flock has found no other infections. The one infected ewe has...

David Blaine shows his hand in Do Not Attempt

Over the course of his long career, magician and endurance performer David Blaine has taken on all kinds of death-defying feats: catching a bullet...

This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket

Europe's flagship Ariane 5 rocket retired in 2023, a year before its replacement—the Ariane 6—debuted on its first test flight from the Guiana Space...

Sometimes, it’s the little tech annoyances that sting the most

Anyone who has suffered the indignity of a splinter, a blister, or a paper cut knows that small things can sometimes be hugely annoying....

Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties

On Thursday, the county on the northern border of Stevens, Grant County, also reported three confirmed cases, which were also linked to the first...

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