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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA Mars Helicopter's Flight: Livestream, Date and Time
The experimental Ingenuity vehicle is expected to complete a short but historic up-and-down flight on Monday…
NASA Awards SpaceX $2.9 Billion to Build Moon Lander
Elon Musk’s company bested Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and others in the contest to carry American…
How a Burst of Light in the Sky Illuminated Something Primal
Videos of a mysterious celestial phenomenon captured a once-common human emotion: awe at the wonder of…
Make a Parachute Out of Newspaper
With a little ingenuity, your sheet of newsprint can float safely to the ground. …
Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics
It’s not the next Higgs boson — yet. But the best explanation, physicists say, involves forms…
SpaceX Test Rocket Goes Up and Explodes Again
Something went wrong early for Starship, with shards of metal raining down around the launch site…
A Billionaire Names His Team to Ride SpaceX, No Pros Allowed
Meet the four people who will take the first all-civilian rocket trip to orbit Earth. …
Hunting Ghost Particles Beneath the World’s Deepest Lake
A neutrino-spotting telescope beneath Russia’s frozen Lake Baikal in Russia is close to delivering scientific results…
An Astronaut's Heart Shrank From Space Travel, Study Finds
After almost a year in space, Scott Kelly’s heart diminished, but he remained reasonably fit. …