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Russia’s War in Ukraine Sends Tremors into the Arctic

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Diplomatic tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are affecting the farthest reaches of the Northern Hemisphere. Seven of the Arctic Council’s eight members — all except Russia, which currently holds the council’s rotating chairmanship — have agreed to boycott future meetings. The boycott, announced earlier this month by the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX sends more Starlink terminals, power supplies to Ukraine

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sent a second shipment of Starlink terminals to Ukraine,  generating grateful thank-yous from senior Ukrainian government officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. SpaceX delivered its first batch of Starlink terminals to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of that country on Feb. 24 caused widespread communications outages across the country. That lack of connectivity … Read more

International Women’s Day 2022: China’s 1st woman on space station sends message from orbit

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The first woman on China’s space station beamed a message to Earth Tuesday (March 8) to celebrate International Women’s Day from orbit. “Dear fellow women, hello, I’m Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping. I’m currently carrying out a six-month mission in the China space station,” Wang said in the video message from aboard the orbiting Tiangong space … Read more

Discovery of New HIV Variant Sends Warning for COVID Pandemic

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As SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has spread throughout the world, many observers have failed to take note of the millions of illnesses and deaths caused by HIV—another virus that has approached pandemic status during its history. Now an HIV variant that is more virulent and transmissible has been discovered in the Netherlands, where … Read more

Powerful Geomagnetic Storm Sends Dozens of SpaceX Satellites to a Fiery Doom

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A powerful geomagnetic storm has doomed 40 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX last week, the company has announced. Elon Musk‘s company launched a Falcon 9 rocket bearing the 49 satellites from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday (Feb. 3), but a geomagnetic storm that struck a day later sent the satellites plummeting back toward Earth, … Read more

China sends classified satellite into space during first launch of 2022

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China executed its first launch of 2022 with a classified mission, the Shiyan 13 test satellite. The Long March 2D rocket carrying Shiyan 13 launched from the China National Space Administration‘s (CNSA) northern Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Tuesday (Jan. 17) at 10:35 a.m. local time (0235 GMT, or 9:35 p.m. EST on Jan. 16) The … Read more

Virgin Orbit sends 7 satellites to orbit in fourth mid-air launch

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Make it three in a row for Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket lofted seven small satellites for three different customers today (Jan. 13), marking the third straight successful mission for the California-based company. Cosmic Girl, Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, lifted off from Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California today … Read more

Titan Comics’ new ‘Cowboy Bebop’ miniseries sends Spike and the gang after a lucky vest

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For one jazzy, jacked-up season, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the classic ’90s Japanese anime “Cowboy Bebop” hit the small screen in November  starring John Cho (Spike Spiegel), Daniella Pineda (Faye Valentine), Mustafa Shakir (Jet Black), Elena Satine (Julia), and Alex Hassell (Vicious).  The much-hyped TV series chronicled the misadventures of three ultra-cool bounty hunters bouncing … Read more

Playmobil sends ESA astronauts on ‘Mars Expedition’ with new toy set

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Two European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts are set to begin exploring Mars after they land on toy store shelves later this week. Playmobil, in cooperation with ESA, is set to release its “Mars Expedition” playset in Europe and the United Kingdom on Friday (Dec. 17). The co-branded toy includes everything that children ages 6 to … Read more