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NASA Positioned To Rely On Starliner For Crew Transport After Dragon Retirement
NASA and Boeing leadership discussed Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station as the…
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SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit and Deploys Satellites During Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time on September 28, 2026, launching from southern Texas on its 14th test flight.
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UBC Researchers Discover Two New Sea Spider Species in Salish Sea
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered two new species of sea spiders in the Salish Sea between Washington State…
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Heavy Rainfall Poses Greater Risk to Cocoa Harvests Than Heat Stress
Heavy downpours rather than rising temperatures pose the greatest weather risk to global cocoa harvests, according to new research published in the…
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Storm Erosion Reveals Warren Sawyer Shipwreck Remnants on Nantucket Beach
A powerful September nor’easter stripped sand from Nantucket's southern coastline, exposing large wooden timbers and metal fittings from the Warren Sawyer, a…
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UK Weather Forecast Predicts Shift to Wind and Rain After Warmth
A changeable weather pattern with rain and wind is forecasted as the final days of September approach.
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ESA’s Juice Spacecraft to Use Earth Gravity Assist in September 2026
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is steering toward Earth for a close encounter on September 28, 2026, using the…
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SpaceX Schedules 14th Starship Test Flight for First Orbital Attempt
SpaceX is preparing to launch its 14th Starship test flight on September 28, 2026, from South Texas, aiming to send the megarocket…
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Galactic Energy Launches Pallas-1 Rocket on Successful Maiden Flight
Galactic Energy's Pallas-1 rocket completed its debut flight on August 31, 2026, lifting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest…
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SpaceX Prepares Starship for 10-Hour Orbital Test Flight
SpaceX is preparing to launch its massive Starship rocket on a 10-hour flight test from its South Texas pad on Monday, September…
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NASA Captures Images of Moon Crater Created by SpaceX Rocket Crash
A NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured detailed before-and-after images of a new impact crater left when a SpaceX Falcon 9…
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Yorkshire Crowds Witness Rare Partial Solar Eclipse
More than 90 percent of the sun was obscured by the moon during a rare partial solar eclipse in Yorkshire. Crowds gathered…