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U.S. grounds Virgin Galactic flights pending mishap probe
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday barred Virgin Galactic from flying its SpaceShipTwo until the agency approves its final mishap inve...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. bars Virgin Galactic rocket plane flights pending mishap probe
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday barred Virgin Galactic from flying its SpaceShipTwo until the agency approves its final mishap investiga...
Sep 02, 2021
China develops prototype miniature helicopter for Mars missions
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robot...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. aviation regulator probing Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight deviation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating a deviation in the descent of the flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. FAA probing Virgin Galactic July 11 flight deviation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating the deviation of the descent of the July 11 flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane that car...
Sep 01, 2021
Don’t look now: How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain
By Stuart McDill (Reuters) - It has long been known that making eye contact with a robot can be an unsettling experience. Scientists even have a name for the queasy feeling: the "uncanny valley". Now,...
Sep 01, 2021
Below a pyramid, a treasure trove sheds new light on ancient Mexican rites
By David Alire Garcia TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - More than a decade after Sergio Gomez began excavating a tunnel under a towering Mexican pyramid, the archeologist still spends most of his time s...
Sep 01, 2021
Launching into space? Not so fast. Insurers balk at new coverage
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn (Reuters) - An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices...
Sep 01, 2021
Brazilian viper venom may become tool in fight against coronavirus, study shows
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step ...
Aug 31, 2021
Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said on Monday, the latest in a series of set...
Aug 30, 2021
