That night, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket 3 (send) into space from Florida, US with 11 communications satellites. Minutes 4 (late), the rocket's main booster(推进器)turned around and landed safely near its launch pad(发射台). Rockets cannot usually be used again after...
We have been able to travel to Florida for a very short family reunion: it was the first time in almost 15 years that all of our children, their spouses, and our six grandchildren were able to be together for quality time. It was the first time several of us had the opportunity to m...
Report: wrote 3,456 words this week. The goal was 7,000, so I did about half. This next week I‘ll be in Florida for the rocket launch, with my daughter’s experiment (sending bees to the International Space Station!), so I don’t expect to get much written, maybe one or two t...
Most of the time, the full moon isn't perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon, but part of it is in shadow, due to themoon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in ablue moon— the...
The species was the first in history to be upgraded in 2011 from extinct in the wild to vulnerable. Sheep in Madrid Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Sheep in Madrid Flocks of sheep cross through Madrid's city center during the annual transhumance festival, begun in 1994. The ...
Bondi had been considering whether to launch an investigation of the scandal-plagued Trump University. Democrats accused Trump of having tried to buy off Bondi, but Bondi denied that there was any connection between the campaign donation and her decision not to pursue an investigation. Regardless, ...
March 31: Beaches closed in Florida Joe Raedle // Getty Images March 31: Beaches closed in Florida Linda Bodell from Minnesota takes in some sun on the walkway leading to the beach in Hollywood, Florida. Hollywood, along with other cities along the coastline, shuttered their beaches in an ...
The award show will be broadcast on different outlets,YouTube, Twitch, and Peacock, and as it has happened in other years Co-streaming is allowed for the event so you can choose a streamer of your preference to have their take on the event. ...
NASA says goodbye to our planetary protector, the asteroid-spotting NEOWISE mission Satellite to follow Empire State Building-sized asteroid as it zips by Earth NASA sued by Florida man whose house was hit by space junk Hubble discovers over 1,000 new asteroids thanks to photobombing ...
It was not safe to attempt a launch in cold weather. They suspected that the O-rings on the solid rocket booster would not seal properly at freezing temperatures. It was an easy decision because they knew rubber loses its resiliency in the cold. They sent a fax to NASA stating that the...