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Russian Progress freighter delivers 2.8 tons of supplies to International Space Station

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A Russian cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday morning (Feb. 17), delivering nearly 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab. The Progress 80 freighter docked with the station’s Poisk compartment at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 GMT), ending a roughly two-day orbital chase.  Progress 80 launched atop a Russian … Read more

Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood and delivers thrombolytic drugs

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Laboratory tests show a tiny robot with a helical propeller inspired by bacteria can swim through veins and deliver clot-busting drugs Technology 10 January 2022 By Alex Wilkins Illustration of a blood clot and, inset, the helical microrobot CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/Getty Images/Science Phot Library. Inset: Qianqian Wang, Xingzhou Du, Dongdong Jin, and Li Zhang A corkscrew-shaped … Read more

Track Santa as he delivers gifts around the world on Christmas Day

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Impatient children can pass time waiting for their Christmas presents by tracking Santa as he proceeds with his annual deliveries across the globe in a simulation by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). It has already become a tradition for NORAD, in cooperation with private companies Analytical Graphics (AGI) and Cesium, to follow Santa … Read more

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivers Christmas presents (and supplies) to space station

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday (Dec. 22), carrying with it a holiday haul of science gear and Christmas treats for the astronauts living on the orbital outpost. The autonomous Dragon resupply ship docked itself at the orbital outpost at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT), … Read more

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa delivers first Uber Eats in space

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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa just checked another thing off of his to-do list in space: delivering Uber Eats. Yusaku Maezawa carried an Uber Eats bag filled with ready-to-eat canned Japanese dishes somewhere in the Soyuz spacecraft that he blasted off aboard to orbit last Wednesday (Dec. 8) for a 12-day mission aboard the International Space … Read more

‘Don’t Look Up’ delivers a punch in comet-themed climate change film satire (review)

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It’s only four minutes into the new Netflix comet impact film “Don’t Look Up” when astrophysicist Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”; “Before the Flood”) makes his first mistake. Mindy is leading a team trying to figure out the position and pathway of the newly discovered object, “and that will check the distance between the comet … Read more