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Royal Caribbean partners with SpaceX’s Starlink for onboard internet
Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas cruise ship calls at Greenock port on July 22, 2021 in Greenock, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images Royal Caribbean Cruises will begin offering onboard internet via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, the cruise line company announced Tuesday. The partnership is an effort to combat historically bad internet […]
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NASA postpones Artemis 1 rocket launch just after problems emerge through countdown, delaying mission to the moon
In this handout offered by the Countrywide Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Place Start Systemrocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop a cell launcher as it rolls out of Superior Bay 3 of the Car or truck Assembly Setting up for the first time on its way to to Launch Advanced 39B March 17, 2022 […]
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Struggling with long Covid? Here’s what experts say you should — and should not — eat
Fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations and breathing difficulties. Those are just some of the common symptoms of “long Covid” that can affect people in the long term after recovery from infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control. However, according to Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Covid Activity Rehabilitation Program, symptoms are […]
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NASA is set to launch the Artemis 1 mission on its most powerful rocket yet — here’s what you should know
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return […]
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FDA authorizes emergency use for Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 and 17
A box of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine arranged at a pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Biotechnology company Novavax announced on Friday that its Covid-19 vaccine has been authorized for emergency use by the U.S Food and Drug Administration for adolescents between the ages of […]
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SpaceX raises another $250 million in equity, totaling $2 billion so far this year
A Starship prototype stands on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas on March 16, 2022. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX raised $250 million in a July equity round, the company disclosed in a securities filing on Friday. The venture has now raised $2 billion so far in 2022. The filing doesn’t specify the sources of […]
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Space factory startup Varda secures NASA partnerships ahead of demo flight next year
Varda co-founders Varda Space Industries Early stage Varda Space Industries has signed a pair of agreements with NASA, the company announced Friday, securing access to key technologies the company will need for the first demonstration of its space factory system. Varda’s goal is to develop a new method for manufacturing materials in space, an opportunity […]
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Air conditioning is a climate disaster and Bill Gates is investing in this startup to fix it
The Blue Frontier founding team testing a prototype at Oak Ridge National Labs. From left to right: Matt Graham (VP of Engineering), Daniel Betts (CEO) and Matt Tilghman (CTO). Air conditioning has the potential to keep people cool as climate change keeps making the planet hotter. At the same time, conventional air conditioning technology uses […]
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