Getty For less than a century, humans have been sending objects, both organic and inorganic, into space. We have not yet managed to travel beyond our galaxy, but our descendants will possibly find a way to travel to distant galaxies in the future. Although human exploration of space is in …
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Text size George Whitesides, left, will become Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer. Michael Colglazier takes over as CEO. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. Shares of Virgin Galactic, a pioneer of space tourism, shot up after the company named a new CEO. He comes from Disney and the former CEO stays. The …
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FILE PHOTO: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks to the media during a pre-launch briefing before the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launches on a Falcon 9 booster rocket from Pad39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, May 29, 2020. REUTERS / Steve Nesius WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA …
Read More »Artist’s concept of the UAE Hope probe.Image: UAE Space Agency The Emirates Hope Mission, scheduled to launch this Friday is the first Arab attempt to reach the Red Planet. This is how the UAE will strive to make history. The Hope, or Al Amal, spacecraft was supposed to launch today …
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The Trump administration proposed in its budget presentation to NASA for fiscal year 2021 that $ 4.7 billion be allocated to exploration research and development (R&D), including the Human Landing System (HLS). The numbers were designed to ensure that NASA could return astronauts to the moon by 2024. However, House …
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