Space 3 September 2020 By Leah Crane A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on 3 September, carrying the 12th batch of Starlink satellitesSIPA USA/PA Images SpaceX is starting to release more details about its Starlink internet satellites. On 3 September, the firm launched its 12th batch of the satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida and…
By Leah Crane It may look like a water tower, but SpaceX’s Starship can fly. The rocket, which is designed to send explorers to the moon and eventually Mars, made its first test flight on 4 August. Like smaller prototypes called Starhoppers that flew in 2019, this test was a quick hop, intended to take…
By New Scientist and Press Association The SpaceX Crew Dragon landed in the Gulf of Mexico on 2 AugustNASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are back on Earth after their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule made a successful splashdown. The pair landed in the sea, off the coast of Florida, at around 7.48pm…
By Leah Crane SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is the first private spacecraft to launch astronauts to orbitaul Martinez/Getty Images Space history has been made. On 30 May, SpaceX and NASA launched two astronauts to space aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, the first time a private company has flown humans into orbit, and the first crewed…
By Leah Crane The Crew Dragon capsule is ready for launchSpaceX/Flickr On 27 May, astronauts will blast off to space from the US for the first time since the end of the space shuttle programme in 2011. Two NASA astronauts – Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley – are slated to launch to the International Space…
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the results of the FDA’s largest baby formula safety test on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on April 29. She also discussed how women seeking treatment for menopause symptoms are facing a shortage of estrogen patches on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 27.
1 min read AHEAD OF THE F1 Miami Grand Prix, Liam Lawson took a different type of drive than his usual high-speed outing. The 24-year-old racer from New Zealand got behind the wheel of the MH Muscle Car—a tricked-out Ford Raptor—with fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. along for the ride. Lawson and Samuel roll through
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar to those in Canada and