Kenneth Chang

New York

Science Reporter at The New York Times

Science reporter at the New York Times. Pluto, dinosaurs, NASA, viral math & more...

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Articles

O que o som dos motores de um foguete pode revelar sobre a ciência espacial?

4 days ago | estadao.com.br | Kenneth Chang |Jonathan Corum

Os lançamentos de foguetes são barulhentos, e os foguetes grandes são ainda mais barulhentos. Os lançamentos costumavam ser espetáculos ocasionais, e poucas pessoas se importavam com o barulho. Mas o ritmo se acelerou. A SpaceX, a empresa de foguetes fundada por Elon Musk, agora envia um foguete Falcon 9 para o espaço uma vez a cada poucos dias a partir de plataformas de lançamento na Flórida e na Califórnia.
Trump rethink on Elon Musk Musk ally Jared Isaacman’s Nasa bid days before confirmation

4 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman |Kenneth Chang

The US President adds that he would 'soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space' Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Kenneth Chang Published 02.06.25, 11:08 AM US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he planned to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk, to be the next Nasa administrator, days before Isaacman’s expected confirmation to the role by the Senate.
Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Jonathan SwanMaggie Haberman |Kenneth Chang

5 hours agoArmy says Trump's military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streetsThe repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade. The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials.
Trump to Withdraw Musk's Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman |Kenneth Chang

Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA. President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk's, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.
Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Kenneth Chang

A sizable world has been found in a part of the solar system that astronomers once thought to be empty. It probably qualifies as a dwarf planet, the same classification as Pluto. Temporarily named 2017 OF201, it takes more than 24,000 years to travel around the sun just once along a highly elliptical orbit, coming as close as 4.2 billion miles and moving as far out as 151 billion miles. (Neptune is just 2.8 billion miles from the sun.)kAmp?5 a_`f ~ua_` >2J 92G6 :>A=:42E:@?D 7@C E96 9JA@E96D:D @7 2?
Scientists say they’ve found a dwarf planet very far from the sun

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Kenneth Chang

A sizable world has been found in a part of the solar system that astronomers once thought to be empty. It probably qualifies as a dwarf planet, the same classification as Pluto. Temporarily named 2017 OF201, it takes more than 24,000 years to travel around the sun just once along a highly elliptical orbit, coming as close as 4.2 billion miles and moving as far out as 151 billion miles.
New Likely Dwarf Planet Discovered in Remote Region of Solar System

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach its closest point to the sun is in the year 26186. A sizable world has been found in a part of the solar system that astronomers once thought to be empty. It probably qualifies as a dwarf planet, the same classification as Pluto.
SpaceX rocket reaches space but doesn’t return safely after spinning out in test flight

1 week ago | telegraphindia.com | Kenneth Chang

By design, the debris fell into the Indian Ocean, far from areas inhabited by people Kenneth Chang Published 29.05.25, 11:00 AM SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft and its Super Heavy booster is launched in Starbase, Texas, on Tuesday Reuters The latest flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, got all the way up to space, but not all the way back down to Earth.
El cohete de SpaceX vuelve a fallar en su noveno vuelo

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang

El gigantesco cohete Starship de Elon Musk se jugaba mucho en el noveno vuelo, luego de los fracasos en los vuelos de enero y marzo, que alteraron el transporte aéreo. Video Back transcriptSpaceX's Starship Has Smooth Launch but Uncontrolled ReentryThe spacecraft sprang a propellant leak, causing it to break apart and scatter debris in the Indian Ocean. We did spring a leak in some of the fuel tank systems inside of Starship, which a lot of those are used for your attitude control.
SpaceX loses control of starship, adding to spacecraft's mixed record

1 week ago | sfexaminer.com | Kenneth Chang

The latest flight of SpaceX's Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, got all the way up to space but not all the way back down to Earth. The upper-stage vehicle coasted through space Tuesday, surpassing flights in January and March that ended in explosions and showers of debris over the Atlantic Ocean. But halfway through its journey, the spacecraft sprang a propellant leak. That caused it to start spinning out of control.