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“I am excited to be a part of something like this. This is huge, ”said Melissa Harting, a 36-year-old nurse who received an injection in Binghamton, New York. Especially with family members in front-line jobs that could expose them to the virus, she added, “doing our part to eradicate it …

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were tied to Crew Dragon before the May 27 launch. SpaceX The SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission so far has been a triumph for NASA. Commercial Crew Program. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley had a soft launch and journey to the international space …

NASA’s next Mars rover has been cleared for takeoff. This morning (July 27), the $ 2.7 billion Mars 2020 Perseverance rover It passed its launch readiness review, the last major hurdle to be overcome before its planned takeoff on Thursday (July 30) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. …

We have developed four-winged bird-shaped robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of the speedy, hummingbirds, and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of these creatures. Our ornithopters have the potential to outperform and exceed existing drone configurations with static …

A group of coronaviruses has emerged in a Massachusetts hospital in a non-COVID unit after an employee recently traveled to an out-of-state hotspot region, the hospital’s top official said Monday. More than 30 people tested positive for the virus as a result of the outbreak at Baystate Medical Center in …