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[ad_1] An inhabited mission on Mars is meeting (very) slowly for the people of NASA. There is a lot of incredibly specific planning going on on another planet, and Mars will give …

[ad_1] SPACEPORT AMERICA, NM (Reuters) – NASA launched and tested a new umbrella-like heat shield on Wednesday, opening the door to humans landing on Mars. The new technology, called ADEPT (Adaptive Deployable …

[ad_1] "For a deployable system like ADEPT, you can perform ground tests, but in the end, a flight test demonstrates end-to-end functionality: surviving launch environments, non-gravitational deployment, in our case, the first …

[ad_1] SPACEPORT AMERICA, NM (Reuters) – NASA launched and tested a new umbrella-like heat shield on Wednesday, opening the door to humans landing on Mars. PHOTO FILE: Tourists take pictures of a …

[ad_1] Activists are trying something new in the battle for the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's bid for crowdfunding to persuade a Republican senator to vote no on his nomination. …

[ad_1] A new study reveals that large-scale wind and solar installations in the Sahara would increase rainfall. Credit: Map by Eviatar Bach CC BY 4.0 Wind and solar farms are known to …

[ad_1] The penultimate round of the FedEx Cup begins Thursday as some of the world's best golfers invade the Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, to begin the 2018 BMW Championship. …

[ad_1] Dozens of school districts, mostly in New Jersey, are leaving Thursday morning as temperatures are expected to skyrocket in the 1990s in the three states, with heat indices reaching 100 degrees …

[ad_1] JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) – One could have the impression of 100 degrees in some parts of the Tri-State. Now, dozens of school districts close early because of extreme heat. …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people who died from heatwaves is expected to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take action to mitigate climate and …