LOS ANGELES (AP) – Virgin Galactic said Thursday it expects to launch its first man-powered test flight into space from New Mexico this month. The company’s spacecraft, VSS Unity, conducted two previous test space flights from Mojave, California, before entering its facilities at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The test …
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(CNN) – With a wide range of mountain ranges, diverse wildlife and clean air, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, has been named the 2020 healthiest community. Located about 40 miles from Santa Fe, County Los Alamos is home to the National Laboratory, which built the first atomic bomb during World …
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Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) employees have been killed in a helicopter crash while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep in the southwestern part of the state, according to officials. The accident happened on Saturday in the remote wild of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, which …
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California-based defense and security research nonprofit Aerospace Corp. will announce plans Wednesday for a $ 100 million research and development facility at the Colorado Springs airport that will employ 200 people. Aerospace employs 240 engineers, scientists, analysts, and cybersecurity specialists in a 78,000-square-foot building opened in 2007 at the airport’s …
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A woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear that approached her and her husband on the deck of a New Mexico ski shelter, authorities said Saturday. The bear approached one foot of the couple when they sat outside on Friday night, then chased the woman before …
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