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With SpaceX's first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned

The launch of SpaceX's first crewed mission was a very big deal.

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Categories: Science/Space/Astronomy

Another Bleak Week In Major League Baseball Heightens The Nostalgia For The Good Ol' Days Of 2014

With Opening Day nowhere in sight, Major League Baseball owners taking a hard-line stance and big leaguers and releasing hundreds of minor leaguers, last week was another reminder of how far away the sport is from the peace, tranquility and competitiveness of the 2014 season.

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Categories: Science/Space

No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

When everything is recorded by an implant in the brain, people become paragons of moderation – but this societal bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be, finds Sally Adee

Fetched 14 minutes ago from New Scientist - Home (USA)
Categories: Science/Biology/Microbiology · Science/Medicine

Astronauts name SpaceX spaceship 'Endeavour' after retired shuttle

The first NASA astronauts to launch from the U.S. since the end of the space shuttle program have named their commercial spacecraft after one of the retired winged orbiters.

Fetched 5 hours ago from Space.com (USA)
Categories: Science/Space

Trump Given False Credit For Bush- And Obama-Era Space Program

Today the Space X Dragon "Endeavor" launched. Trump took credit.

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Categories: Science/Space

In pictures: All you should know about the successful SpaceX-NASA launch

Falcon 9 lifts off from historic Launch Complex 39A and sends Crew Dragon to orbit on its first flight with NASA astronauts to the space station

Fetched 4 hours ago from Business Standard: Current Affairs (India)
Categories: Science/Space

Elon Musk and SpaceX pull off another feat few thought possible

Fetched 6 hours ago from Business (USA)
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"The trampoline is working"—SpaceX returns human spaceflight to America

• Falcon 9 lifts off on its most important mission to date: carrying NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into orbit.. [credit: Trevor Mahlmann ] The rain showers ended. The clouds parted. And so on Saturday afternoon, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket had blue skies above it during the final minutes of a countdown to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket had launched 84 times before. In fact, no U.S. rocket now flying has launched as much as the Falcon 9 rocket. So, this was all kind of routine in that sense. But for the first time, the Falcon 9 rocket carried two humans on board, inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft. That changed everything. So much was at stake, the immensity of this almost became too much to bear as the clock ticked down.

Fetched 10 hours ago from Ars Technica (USA)
Categories: Science/Space

'Back in the game': SpaceX ship blasts off with two astronauts

NASA officials and others expressed hope the flight would lift American spirits and show the world what the U.S. can do.