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NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel
NASA's X-59, the centerpiece of the agency's Quesst mission, will enable commercial supersonic t…
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Why did a NASA spacecraft suddenly start talking gibberish after more than 45 years of operation? What fixed it?
Voyager 1 mysteriously stopped sending decipherable science and engineering data back to Earth on N…
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The hardest part of discovering alien life may be announcing it. Here's how NASA might break the news.
Mystery flying objects, UFOs or "UAPs," probably aren't aliens. But if extraterrestrial life is rea…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA moves forward with plans for supersonic planes that could fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours
NASA is working with private companies to come up with designs for commercial supersonic planes. It…
Marianne Guenot
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Want to break your addiction to your phone? It's too late.
From concert tickets to hotel reservations, everything requires an app download, making it nearly i…
Paris Marx
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9 incredible achievements of Chuck Yeager, the legendary Air Force pilot who first broke the sound barrier
Check out these truly amazing feats by Chuck Yeager, one of America's greatest pilots and a legenda…
Jeremy Bender,Ryan Pickrell
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NASA's Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens
When Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched into space in 1977, they carried on board a collection of pho…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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11 photos of America's fighter jets breaking the sound barrier
It was not until World War II, when aircraft started to reach the limits of the sound barrier - alt…
Amanda Macias,Jeremy Bender
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Russia and NASA have been on edge for years. Threats to leave the International Space Station are no surprise.
NASA and Roscosmos still need each other, for now. But they've been preparing to part ways for year…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here's a 3 step action plan to break down the barriers that keep Black employees from reaching the C-suite
Black employees are facing a "concrete wall" of obstacles that is keeping them from senior manageme…
Marguerite Ward
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It's been 70 years since Chuck Yeager's historic flight - here's what it was like to break the sound barrier
The X-1 raced toward the sound barrier as Yeager tested the plane's stabilizer. "The rudder and ele…
Christopher Woody
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The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has to unfold itself in space — a nail-biting maneuver NASA's never attempted
Launching NASA's most valuable observatory is stressful enough, but Webb must also unfold itself in…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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16. NASA Uncut
NASA stories about a meatball and a worm, some astronauts with gastrointestinal issues, and a middl…
Anna Mazarakis,Sarah Wyman,Da…
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A new ‘dark’ planet on NASA’s radar might hold the key to what makes or breaks a planet
But, it has one critical flaw — no atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere supports life — but not…
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Redistricting efforts could destroy Black and Latino political power. Advocates are sounding the alarm.
Redrawn maps would erase Texas' sole majority Black district. Advocates say redistricting efforts a…
Gwen Aviles
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Richard Branson's Tourist Spaceship Breaks Sound Barrier In Test Flight
During the rocket-powered flight, pilots Mark Stucky and Mike Alsbury commanded the SS2, which, aft…
Agence France Presse
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NASA astronaut rates 10 space movies based on how realistic they are
The science of space movies explained. NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, formerly Director of SpaceX,…
Brett Jordan,Meredith Geaghan…
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said in 2021 he knew he'd 'broken some rules' by making the Titanic submersible out of carbon fiber and not pure metal: 'You're remembered for the rules you break'
Stockton Rush said he was aware he defied convention by combining carbon fiber and titanium but sai…
Matthew Loh
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NASA's Perseverance rover is about to attempt a supersonic plunge to Mars, complete with a jetpack landing
NASA's rover must plow through Mars' atmosphere at supersonic speeds, deploy a parachute to slow it…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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This 1.8 billion pixel panorama of Mars is made up of 1,200 individual pictures
It’s a clay-bearing region that used to be home to lakes and streams billions of years ago. Now,…