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Boeing's Starliner capsule departs space station without a crew
The capsule is now expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere at approximately midnight, and is expected to land in New Mexico at approximately 12:02 a.m. Eastern.
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SpaceX further delays Polaris Dawn mission launch
The flight was originally scheduled for Tuesday morning, but a helium leak delayed the launch on Monday night. SpaceX said it would try to launch the Polaris Dawn mission on Wednesday or Thursday, but has since pushed it to Friday.
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Civilian SpaceX Polaris launch delayed by helium leak
The flight is expected to include the first spacewalk done by a fully civilian crew, which is scheduled for the third day of the flight.
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Media play the race card to dismiss science of sex in Imane Khelif Olympics boxing controversy
"The 'decision makers' are aware that athletes with 5-ARD are male, and that they experience the benefits of male puberty," sex researcher Carole Hooven says. IOC claims passport, socialization make a person male or female.
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First genetically-modified pig kidney recipient dies nearly 2 months after transplant
"After his transplant, Rick said that one of the reasons he underwent this procedure was to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive," his family said after his passing.
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Kermit the Frog immortalized by an ancient amphibian fossil
“Using the name Kermit has significant implications for how we can bridge the science that is done by paleontologists in museums to the general public,” Calvin So, a George Washington University paleontologist, said.
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'Significant' damage found in brain of Maine gunman who killed 18 people
As an Army Reserve grenade instructor, the damage was potentially from blasts during training.
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Retiring Pentagon official says UFO activity is either aliens or 'other people' and 'not good'
If the UFO activity isn't extraterrestrial, then it could mean foreign agents, Sean Kirkpatrick said.
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientists whose research enabled mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
The researchers "fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system," the Nobel Prize panel said.
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NASA returns first asteroid samples to earth
"This marks the US's first sample return mission of its kind and will open a time capsule to the beginnings of our solar system," NASA said.
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India's moon rover put in 'sleep mode' after finishing mission assignments
With the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, India became the first country to ever successfully land on the lunar south pole.
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India successfully lands spacecraft on lunar south pole in historic mission
India launched Chandrayaan-3 nearly six weeks ago.
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Top journal "Science" says more than 2,600 of its papers may have ‘exaggerated claims’
A non-profit watchdog reported that the AAAS has received millions of dollars per year from the federal government. The AAAS publication "Science" is reviewing 2,600 of its own articles for possible "exaggeration."