Space Shuttle Atlantis, a reusable winged spacecraft and the fourth space-qualified orbiter to join the U.S. space shuttle fleet (after Columbia, Challenger, and Discovery), launched June 27, 1995. Among other goals, the space shuttle program was designed to enable international cooperation, support space station operations and resupply, conduct research, and […]
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NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge
NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The announcement marks the culmination of months of research by university teams working to advance technologies supporting the agency’s Artemis program that will […]
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 216 — Dark Matter Intelligence
On Episode 216 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson about other intelligences is beyond our scope.
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Flashback Friday: The Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2026 (So Far)
The first half of this year brought an astonishingly diverse array of talent to…
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The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous […]
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Sources: SpaceX and Charter have held executive-level talks on a consumer mobile phone offering, which would help SpaceX become a DTC mobile phone provider (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: Sources: SpaceX and Charter have held executive-level talks on a consumer mobile phone offering, which would help SpaceX become a DTC mobile phone provider — SpaceX and Charter Communications Inc. have held executive-level talks about partnering on a consumer mobile phone offering, according to people familiar […]