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SpaceX launch makes history as four amateur astronauts orbit Earth
According to the experts in these things, the holiday of the future could involve hurtling around the earth at a speed of 17,000 miles an hour. Sickbag included.
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Billionaire Sir Richard Branson flies to edge of space in Virgin Galactic rocket
The billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson has made it into the edge of space on board his own rocket ship, as the Virgin Atlantic craft made its first fully crewed test flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
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How drive for high tech space jobs in northern Scotland are dividing remote communities
Any day now final judgement is expected in Edinburgh on the first of three possible launch pads for space rockets in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The issue is divisive – bringing industrialists, crofters, bureaucrats and naturalists to court as planning permission for one project in Sutherland comes under judicial review. Credits: Lucia Walker…
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Astronauts in SpaceX capsule splash-land on Earth
Four astronauts have made it safely back to Earth in a capsule made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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India Covid crisis: families desperate for space to cremate their dead
Medical supplies are beginning to trickle into India to help tackle the overwhelming surge in numbers of people suffering and dying from the virus.
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Nasa picks SpaceX to build spacecraft to return humans to moon
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the Tesla electric car brand is celebrating more success today after his SpaceX project was selected by Nasa to build the next moon lander. The $3 billion dollar project will try to land people on the moon by 2024, which would be 55 years since Neil Armstrong made history…
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First space mission by private company arrives at International Space Station
As the first private rocket makes it to the International Space Station – is space now open for business?
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German villages bulldozed to make space for coal mine
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has promised to phase out coal by 2038 in order to meet climate change commitments. Yet it is expanding one of its biggest open cast mines, which is 48 square kilometres in size. The expansion will demolish five villages in the process, but the coal company responsible says it is not…
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The LGBT safe spaces for those forced to flee their countries
If yesterday’s Pride parade was a celebration of LGBTQ rights the struggle for equality is by no means won.
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Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon
The first privately-funded mission to the moon has ended rather abruptly.
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Success for Elon Musk as SpaceX capsule docks at the ISS
The privately-funded SpaceX rocket project, which launched successfully yesterday, has come one step closer to transporting US astronauts into space. Its un-manned Dragon capsule has docked at the International Space Station The project, backed by billionaire Elon Musk, could be taking passengers into space as soon as the summer.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX takes major step towards reviving US astronaut presence
A privately-funded rocket has taken a major step towards once-again sending American astronauts into space from US soil.
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Calls for better complaints process in co-working spaces
Think cool urban design and a self consciously hipster, post-millennial culture: co-working spaces which allow different entrepreneurs to work side by side in shared offices are popping up around the country. The ultimate hot-desk lifestyle is rapidly growing more popular, thanks to the rise in self-employment. But without any traditional structures in place – there’s…
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Kevin Spacey in court on indecent assault charges
Academy Award-winning movie star and the man who played President Frank Underwood in the Netflix series ‘House of Cards’, Kevin Spacey, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery, a crime that comes with a punishment of up to five years in prison.
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Former NSA director: Russia ‘pose the greatest overall threat in cyberspace’
The Pentagon unveiled its first Trump-era strategy for cyber security earlier this week – naming Russia and China among the main threats. From the risk to critical infrastructure and financial institutions, to the democratic process itself – modern warfare and defence is entering a whole new realm. We’ve been talking to a former director of America’s National…
