By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Examining the human brain at the cellular level in more detail than ever before, scientists have identified an enormous array of cell types – more than 3,300 – populating our most complex organ, creating an atlas that may help pinpoint the cellular basis of […]
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The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation will lift off today (Oct. 6), and you can watch the action live. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the two spacecraft is scheduled to lift off today from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during […]
Amazon has begun building its satellite-internet constellation. The first two prototypes for the company’s Project Kuiper off-Earth network launched today (Oct. 6) atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:06 p.m. EDT (1806 GMT). The Atlas V’s upper stage was […]
TAMPA, Fla. — United Launch Alliance launched two prototypes Oct. 6 for the more than 3,200 Project Kuiper broadband satellites Amazon plans to build and deploy over the next six years. An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off 2:06 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral […]
This map reveals the epicentre of the deadly Morocco earthquake, which killed over 2,500 people and injured thousands more when it struck last Friday. Geologists said the 6.8 magnitude tremor was the biggest quake to hit the heart of the country in more than 120 years and the deadliest in six […]
Moulay Brahim, Morocco CNN — Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The village is located high in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, and its scenery, the fresh air, the friendly people drew his parents there nearly every summer. Now they are buried somewhere under the rubble of […]
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off and boosted multiple National Reconnaissance Office satellites into space Sunday to keep tabs on the behavior of potential enemy spacecraft in the high orbit favored by spy satellites, communications stations and other high-priority U.S. assets. The NROL-107 payload, made up of […]
WASHINGTON — A National Reconnaissance Office mission flew to geostationary Earth orbit Sept. 10 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The rocket lifted off at 8:47 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch had been originally scheduled for August […]