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Satellite image of the damaged radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Nov. 17, 2020.
Huge Radio Telescope Collapses
The Arecibo Observatory's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below.
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Space Agency, Startup Ink Deal to Bring Space Trash Home
A custom-made spacecraft will capture and bring down part of a rocket once used to deliver a satellite into orbit.
Dec 1st, 2020
This computer graphics image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft above the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid carrying soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.
Spacecraft Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Nears Home
The samples could provide clues to the origins of the solar system.
Nov 27th, 2020
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A shelter is seen at the Thomas Dixon Aircraft Observation Area as a Southwest Airlines flight from Jacksonville, Fla., makes its landing approach onto Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Glen Burnie, Md. With coronavirus cases spiking in the U.S. and Europe, the financial outlook of the world's airlines is getting worse. The International Air Transport Association said Tuesday that around the world, airlines will lose more than $157 billion this year and next.
Financial Outlook for Airlines Dims
Nov 25th, 2020
Drone and logistic operator Peter Trempeck.
Drones to the Rescue: Berlin Lab Seeks Quicker Virus Tests
Nov 24th, 2020
A Long March-5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 5 lunar mission lifts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center, Nov. 24, 2020.
China Launches Mission to Bring Back Material from Moon
Nov 24th, 2020
A Boing 737 MAX 9 airplane performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show.
European Regulator Moves to Clear Boeing 737 for Flight
Nov 24th, 2020
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US-European Ocean Monitoring Satellite Launches into Orbit
The satellite’s extremely accurate radar altimeter will bounce energy off the sea surface as it sweeps over Earth’s oceans.
Nov 23rd, 2020
A worker talks on a cellphone near a flag with the logo of the Communist Party of China at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan province, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface for the first time in nearly half a century — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.
China Prepares to Take Samples from the Moon
The mission's key task is to drill almost 7 feet beneath the moon's surface and scoop up materials.
Nov 23rd, 2020
A 100-foot gash, created by a broken cable and metal platform, in the radio telescope's reflector dish in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Aug. 11, 2020.
Huge Radio Telescope to Close in Blow to Science
Officials said operating the massive telescope is too dangerous given the significant damage it recently sustained.
Nov 20th, 2020
From left to right: pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, JAXA astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi and flight engineer Kate Rubins hold a news conference aboard the International Space Station, Nov. 19, 2020.
Astronaut Says SpaceX Launch Beats Shuttle, Soyuz
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi — only the third person to launch aboard all three — said the Dragon “really wanted to go to space.”
Nov 20th, 2020
Russian astronauts Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, left, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov outside the International Space Station, Nov. 18, 2020.
Spacewalking Astronauts Prep for Lab's Arrival
The Pirs spacewalking module will be removed and junked to make room for the long-delayed Nauka research lab.
Nov 19th, 2020
Installation of Vega’s 'upper composite' atop the launch vehicle.
Bad Cabling Blamed for Failed Launch
When the final stage of the rocket ignited, the spacecraft tumbled off course.
Nov 18th, 2020
In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle. The FAA is poised to clear the Boeing 737 Max to fly again after grounding the jets for nearly two years due to a pair of disastrous crashes that killed 346 people.
Boeing Max Jet Cleared to Fly
Regulators around the world grounded the Max in March 2019.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Satellite Launch Fails Minutes After Liftoff
The Vega carrier rocket was meant to lift two observation satellites into orbit.
Nov 17th, 2020
SpaceX Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station, Nov. 16, 2020.
SpaceX Capsule Reaches Space Station
The Dragon capsule docked after a 27-hour, completely automated flight from Kennedy Space Center.
Nov 17th, 2020
A Long March-5 rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Province, China, July 17, 2020.
China Positions Rocket for Ambitious Lunar Mission
The Chang’e 5 mission plans to bring materials back from the moon for the first time in four decades.
Nov 17th, 2020
SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 15, 2020.
SpaceX Launches Full-Fledged NASA Crew Mission
NASA hopes the launch will be the first of many crew rotations between the U.S. and International Space Station.
Nov 16th, 2020
Single-dish radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, July 13, 2016.
Cable Failures Endanger Renowned Radio Telescope
An observatory that played a key role in numerous astronomical discoveries is on the brink of collapse.
Nov 16th, 2020