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  • 2 days ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Glasser

    A private space exploration company based in Japan, ispace, wants to see people living on the moon by 2040. They have plans to eventually build a city on the lunar surface that would house a thousand people and welcome thousands more for tourist visits. But first, they need to land a probe on the Moon's surface successfully. In April 2023, their first attempt fell short of that goal after they lost communication with their first lander during the mission's final moments.

  • 1 week ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Matthew Glasser

    Elon Musk and SpaceX are getting a little closer to sending humans to Mars, but they still have plenty of work to do. After the last two test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the spacecraft, Tuesday's Starship launch demonstrated that the vehicle could successfully reach orbit. However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control, leaving the spacecraft spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.

  • 1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Matthew Glasser

    The launch for the ninth flight test is scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launches from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach, March 6, 2025, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesElon Musk has made no secret of his desire to send humans to Mars, and he wants SpaceX's Starship spacecraft to be the vehicle that gets them there.

  • 3 weeks ago | abcnews.go.com | Matthew Glasser

    The United States gains 12 pregnancy heat-risk days per year on average. As human-induced climate change continues warming the planet, pregnancy risks are increasing, according to a new analysis by Climate Central. Climate Central, a nonprofit science and communications organization, analyzed daily temperature data from 2020 to 2024 in 940 cities across 247 counties and territories.

  • 1 month ago | wsbradio.com | Matthew Glasser

    WASHINGTON — On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a significant reorganization of his agency. "EPA is creating the first-of-its-kind Office of State Air Partnerships within the Office of Air and Radiation.