Unlike the 1983 movie adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book – which deftly cut between the celebrated astronauts and the unheralded exploits of test pilot Chuck Yeager – the focus here is squarely on the former. The series premiers today.
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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said that the sheer number of objects in space right now — a number that is growing quickly thanks in part to SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation, Starlink — is making it more difficult to find a clear path for rockets to launch new satellites.
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NASA astronaut and NC State grad Christina Koch recently received the 2020 Global ATHENA Leadership Award As part of a live virtual event co-hosted by Cary-based software analytics firm SAS. She spoke with WRAL TechWire shortly after. Find out more here.
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The Durham office of Sierra Nevada Corp designed and built eight components of the Perserverance Mars Rover slated to launch Thursday. Here are the details.
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NASA is funding the Duke team’s project, “Automated Vascular Access for Spaceflight,” through its Human Research Program with a one-year, $150,000 grant. Here’s a look.
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SpaceX won’t be the only private company bringing people to the International Space Station. Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it has signed a deal with NASA to train private astronauts and coordinate potential trips to the ISS.
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SpaceX and NASA will have to wait at least a few more days for their historic spaceflight. It’s rescheduled for Saturday after bad weather Wednesday scrubbed the big event.
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On Wednesday, US astronauts are again due to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in another landmark for US space exploration. Now, as in 1968, the US is mired in gloom, amid a pandemic. Will this launch give the US a lift as Apollo did?
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Tom Cruise wants fly into outer space in the name of filmmaking, and NASA says it’s happening.
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