Category: Science
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AMTRAK FISCAL YEAR 2021: AMIDST CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, GREW RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE AND INTRODUCED NEW PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES FOR THE FUTURE
Continued prioritizing infrastructure, safety, and customer experience while recovering service levels and ridership WASHINGTON – Amtrak successfully advanced its COVID-19 recovery efforts throughout its 50th Anniversary fiscal year, through continued safety measures for customers and employees, increased train service levels in line with growing demand and continued building a strong foundation for modernization and growth. With announcements…
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NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. NASA will negotiate with Axiom on a mission order agreement for the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) targeted to launch between fall 2022 and late spring 2023. Ax-2 will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for…
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New NOAA tool pinpoints natural disaster risk down to county level
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has released an innovative mapping tool that provides county-level information on natural disaster hazards across the United States. This new feature provides significant enhancements to the state-level data on NOAA’s Billion-Dollar Disasters website. Developed by NCEI with data from NOAA, FEMA and academic institutions, this interactive NOAA mapping…
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Blue Origin Completes Third Human Spaceflight (video)
Blue Origin today successfully completed the third human spaceflight – the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest included, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. Blue Origin safely completes third human spaceflight https://tnc.network/science/
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Oregon Earthquake Swarm? (video)
The U.S. Geological Survey reported dozens of small-to-moderate earthquakes off the Oregon coast this week, beginning at 5:21 a.m. Pacific Time on December 7, 2021. That initial quake was 4.2 magnitude. Check the article on EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/earth/dozens-of-earthquakes-rumble-off-the-oregon-coast/ https://tnc.network/science/
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Blue Origin safely completes third human spaceflight
Blue Origin today successfully completed the third human spaceflight – the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest included, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. “We had a great flight today. This was our sixth flight in what has been a great year for…
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WATCH LIVE!!! NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-19 WEBCAST
Blue Origin will conduct its third human spaceflight on Saturday, December 11, the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest includes, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. Live launch coverage begins T-90 minutes, AT 7:15 AM CST/ 6:15 AM MST. Follow @BlueOrigin on Twitter for launch…
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NS-19 is Go for Launch
After successful completion of the Flight Readiness Evaluation this morning, the mission operations team has given the “Go” to proceed to launch tomorrow. Liftoff of New Shepard is slated for 8:45 am CST / 14:45 UTC. Weather for the launch is currently favorable. Today, lead flight director Steve Lanius sat down with webcast host and…
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NASA Selects Education Projects to Help Broaden STEM Participation
NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors. The projects all received Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Awards. Designation as a community anchor recognizes an institution as a…
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NASA Launches New Mission to Explore Universe’s Most Dramatic Objects
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the IXPE observatory is NASA’s first mission dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from the most extreme and…