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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill meets President Biden : NPR
Actor Mark Hamill, wearing a pair of aviator shades he said he got from President Biden,…
How climate and deer are impacting boreal caribou : Short Wave : NPR
White-tailed deer have expanded their range in North America over many decades. Since the early-2000s, these…
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is finally ‘phoning home’ again : NPR
The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates…
Space junk crashed through his roof. Who should pay to fix it? : NPR
In March 2021, mission controllers in Houston used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external…
This week in science: biodegradable plastic, crops on Mars and deer vs. caribou
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic,…
Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system : NPR
In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it’s messages stopped making sense. But the NASA…
At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to space : NPR
Ed Dwight poses for a portrait in February to promote the National Geographic documentary film The…
China sends astronauts to its space station : NPR
A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off…
China launched 3 astronauts bound for the country’s homemade space station : NPR
China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program…