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NASA, SpaceX Make History With Crew Dragon Manned Launch

ET (12:22 p.m. PT). Bad weather stopped the much-anticipated countdown earlier this week, but SpaceX and NASA will try again today to launch a Crew Dragon to ...

Gilgo Beach murder victim identified 20 years after disappearance

On Thursday, New York's Suffolk County Police Department confirmed the remains of Valerie Mack, a 24-year-old Philadelphia mother who went missing two decades a...

All eyes on weather as NASA, SpaceX get ready for 2nd attempt

ET on Sunday. The U.S.is set to resume launching astronauts into space Saturday, for the first time on a private rocket, almost a decade after the last laun...

NASA astronauts enter routine quarantine for historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch

You can play in your browser, the company's new offering is based on real software that SpaceX uses to train NASA astronauts on how to fly their Crew Drag by ...

Trees in forests all over the world are getting younger, shorter

The impact of forest destruction had cut the area of old growth forest by a third since 1900, the researchers said. The study data reviewed by the researchers...

'No Decision' On Next Launch Attempt For Historic SpaceX-NASA Mission

Meteorologists have to be convinced that no safe launch criteria will be violated in order for the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission to be given the green light for ...

Elon Musk received $ 775 million - Musk earned 1.7 million shares of Tesla

At Thursday's closing price of $805 or so, the CEO's payout comes to about $770 million. However, if exercised, Musk would be required to hold the shares for ...

Point Pelee National Park partially reopening

Park officials are also encouraging visitors to practice necessary hygiene measures, and physical distancing of two metres from others in the national park. Jas...

Trump Overhauling Enforcement of Endangered Species Act

The new regulations , which were discussed in what little detail the press conference would allow, include changes to the way critical habitat is determined, l...

New SpaceX Starship rocket prototype explodes on Texas test pad

This was the fourth static fire test of this engine on this prototype, so it's unclear what went wrong vs. other static fire attempts. This is a developing st...

Exoplanet orbiting nearest star more Earth-like than previously thought

Nailing down the mass of a distant planet with such precision is "completely unheard of", said 2019 Nobel Prizer victor Michel Mayor, who laid the groundwork ...

SpaceX, NASA launch: new date and why it has been postponed

There remains the potential for weather complicate Saturday's and Sunday's launch attempts. In its briefing posted Friday morning , the Weather Squadron made...

Half of new Covid-19 cases in Washington are people under 40

The report, published on the medRxiv reprint server, uses publicly available state health data to track the age of cases between March 1 and May 3, showing th...

SpaceX Demo-2 with Space.com! Tune in Fridays for weekly updates

Set to simulcast live on both Discovery and Science Channel on May 27 starting at 2 p.m. ET/PT, Space Launch Live will bring viewers along on the Demo-2 m...

Two drugs prove effective against corona

IIBR, a governmental institute founded in 1952, deals with applied research in the fields of biology, microbiology, medical chemistry, natural sciences and envi...

SpaceX launch: Astronauts speak out following postponement of historic launch

The fact that SpaceX is facilitating this first crewed launch from U.S. soil since the Space Shuttle era comes as a bit of a surprise, at least to those who fav...

Tesla's Musk earns US$770M in stock options, company confirms

Tesla confirmed Thursday that CEO Elon Musk will get the first tranche worth almost $770 million of a stock-based compensation package triggered by the company ...

Cosmic explosions reveal material missing after universe formation

They reveal how a stream of weird signals sent from deep space helped solve a lingering mystery about the normal matter in the universe - and how their techni...

Trojan asteroid sights near Jupiter's orbit for first time in billion years

The object, known as 2019 LD2, has a "comet-like tail" made up of gas and dust. The Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii's Asteroid Terrestri...

SpaceX`s crewed mission postponed as historic launch hit by bad weather

Riding aboard the brand new SpaceX Dragon capsule for the historic test flight will be veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken . NASA astronaut...

NASA astronauts to take flight in historic SpaceX launch

One is that it would have marked the first time a private company launched people into orbit, and this also would have been the first crew to launch from the ...

'Eye of Sauron' Glares at Us From Across the Universe

Eleven billion years ago, a hot, active, galaxy that looked like an eye glared across space. "Most of that activity is taking place on its ring - so it truly is...

Heat warning issued for Sudbury area

A Heat Warning is in effect for St. Thomas and Elgin County. Environment Canada says it's going to feel like its in the upper to mid-thirties Wednesday afte...

Asteroid that led to dinosaur extinction hit at deadly angle

The impact triggered a planet-wide nuclear winter, wiping out two-thirds of all life on Earth in the process. That's basically the worst case scenario for such ...

Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here

It's the first such launch on American soil in almost a decade - since NASA retired the Space Shuttle in 2011. They'll also hear from astronauts, engineers an...

LTC HOMES: Canadian Forces members report cases of alleged abuse

Ford called in military assistance last month for five long-term care homes dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. "It is deeply disturbing", Trudeau said. Ontario ...

NASA and Alabama cheering for SpaceX today as astronaut launch nears

Today's test launch is one of many in recent years, and will see NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken go on a two to three month test mission, dur...

NASA Astronaut Robert Behnken Ready for Today's Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Liftoff

If the flight requires delay, backup windows were identified on May 30 and May 31. Prior to today's launch, NASA had been forced to pay Russian Federation ...

Doug Liman to direct Tom Cruise movie shot in space

Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is to direct the new Tom Cruise action movie, part of which is to be shot in space. The script for the movie is also ...

Thunderstorms could scrub historic SpaceX launch of two NASA astronauts on Wednesday

This Demo-2 mission will be history-making in two ways. With this launch, as well as upcoming launches from Boeing, NASA hopes to pioneer a reliable and cost-...