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  2 days ago

  SpaceX says it’s fixed the Falcon 9 and will resume launches tomorrow

  The Verge - Andrew Liszewski

  The FAA has approved a plan to remove a redundant sense line and sensor responsible for a July 11th failure, allowing the Falcon 9 to fly again. SpaceX has completed its investigation into what caused an engine failure during a Falcon 9 launch on July 11th. The company has submitted a “mishap …

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  Zoo hatches record number of condor chicks to release into the wild

  The Verge - Justine Calma

  The Los Angeles Zoo found a new way to raise more chicks. Conservationists will be able to release more California condors into the wild thanks to a record number of chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this breeding season. It’s the latest success in an incredible conservation story for North …

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  3 days ago

  NASA blew up this inflatable space station structure on purpose

  The Verge - Umar Shakir

  Watch Sierra Space’s inflatable space habitat undergo its second ‘ultimate burst pressure’ test. NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat in June, and everyone is smiling about it. That’s because the full-size inflatable structure in this “ultimate burst pressure” test only failed after …

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  3 days ago

  After record-breaking heat, UN issues ‘call to action’

  The Verge - Justine Calma

  Temperatures are soaring, imperiling workers and summer travelers. Global temperatures are shattering records this week. And the United Nations is making an urgent “call to action” on extreme heat that’s killing workers and putting more people at risk with climate change. The first three days of this …

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  4 days ago

  NASA fired its space lasers to communicate with the ISS

  The Verge - Umar Shakir

  NASA is testing 4K video streaming using lasers so that it can provide live coverage of the Artemis Moon landing. NASA researchers have successfully tested laser communications in space by streaming 4K video footage originating from an airplane in the sky to the International Space Station and …

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  4 days ago

  What we know (and don’t know) about Kamala Harris and tech policy

  The Verge - Lauren Feiner

  The vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee is a cipher on many tech issues — here’s what we’ve been able to piece together. Vice President Kamala Harris is all but certain to become the Democratic presidential candidate. She was suddenly catapulted to front-runner status for the …