Tom Cross | Behind the Lens: “Earthquake Epicenter”
Earth is dynamic, not just the landscape but also its internal workings. The magnetic poles flip, it bleeds lava, and…
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Space
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 may soon have company as Rocket Lab reveals plans for Electron rocket reuse
The most prominent launcher of small carbon composite rockets, Rocket Lab, announced plans on Tuesday to recover the first stage…
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DeepSpace: China tests SpaceX-reminiscent grid fins after iSpace snags orbital milestone
Eric Ralph · August 1st, 2019 Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, Teslarati space reporter Eric Ralph hand-crafts…
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India could become the fourth country ever to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon next week
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is perhaps just a few weeks (maybe days) away from attempting to place the…
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DeepSpace: Rocket Lab nails third Electron launch of 2019 as next rocket heads to launch pad
Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, I'll hand-craft this newsletter to give you a breakdown of what's…
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NASA finds more hints of life on Mars in latest Curiosity Rover discovery
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover recently detected a high amount of methane in the planet's surface air, a gas that's often…
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DeepSpace: Firefly’s Alpha rocket to get a massive upgrade with ion thruster boost stage ⚡ 🚀
Eric Ralph · June 18th, 2019 Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, Teslarati space reporter Eric Ralph hand-crafts this…
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DeepSpace: NASA’s Europa Clipper suffers under SLS, Moon landers win funding, and Russia talks lunar ambitions
Eric Ralph · June 4th, 2019 Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, Teslarati space reporter Eric Ralph hand-crafts this…
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DeepSpace: Europe reveals Mars sample return spacecraft as SpaceX builds Starships
Eric Ralph · May 28th, 2019 Welcome to the latest edition of DeepSpace! Each week, Teslarati space reporter Eric Ralph hand-crafts this…
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DeepSpace: Chinese rocket startups make tangible progress on the path to orbital launch
In the last six or so months, a range of small Chinese rocket startups have begun to make serious progress…
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DeepSpace: Rocket Lab bucks the saying that ‘space is hard’ with 4th Electron success
This is a free preview of DeepSpace, Teslarati’s new member-only weekly newsletter. Each week, I’ll be taking a deep-dive into…
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US Department of Defense documents reveal wormholes and extra dimensions research
As part of a US Department of Defense (DoD) project named the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), the US…
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China successfully sprouts cotton seeds on the moon in a historic first
International discussions about sending humans to the Moon and Mars have brought many challenges waiting to be solved, and among…
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SpaceX completes 8th mission for longtime customer in first launch of 2019
At 10:31 a.m., EST today, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket containing a batch of 10 satellites for longtime customer…
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Europe’s space agency releases “best of Mars” video, showcasing 15 years of stunning satellite imagery
In a recap of its Mars Express imaging satellite's fifteen years orbiting the red planet, the European Space Agency, NASA's…
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NASA is crashing a satellite into an asteroid to gather data about asteroid deflection
The threat of asteroids crashing into Earth isn't a new concern. We've been warned about it by science fiction authors…
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First living tissue 3D printed in space aboard International Space Station
Using the "Organaut", a 3D bioprinter designed for microgravity, Russia has become the first country to print living tissue in…
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Startup fined $900k for launching illegal satellites, points to future space law challenges
Swarm Technologies, Inc., a satellite startup aiming to create the world's lowest-cost satellite network, has been fined $900,000 by the…
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NASA lab confirms DNA sugar can be made in space, adding evidence that ‘life’ could be all over the universe
NASA researchers at the Ames' Astrophysics and Astrochemistry Lab in Mountain View, California have provided the first experimental evidence demonstrating…
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NASA’s InSight hopes to detect “marsquakes”, deploys seismometer on Mars
In another historic feat for NASA's InSight lander, a seismometer has now been deployed on Mars, marking the first time…
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