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DALLAS, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The highly anticipated Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum opens to the public today, a dream 40 years in the making with an expanded mission to educate students and the public about the history of the Holocaust, human rights, and the ethical responsibility for all humanity to combat prejudice, hatred, …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Indian scientists say contact with the lander was lost seconds before it was scheduled to touch down India’s space agency, Isro, has not yet released information on how it lost contact with its Moon lander seconds before it was due to touch down on the lunar surface. But former …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chandrayaan-2 is a three-in-one mission comprising an orbiter, a lander and a six-wheeled rover India’s second Moon mission will see the country’s space agency attempt to land a rover on the lunar surface on 7 September. Science writer Pallava Bagla explains how it will reach the Moon and why …

Asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the world will gather in Rome next week to discuss the latest progress in their common goal. It will be an ambitious double spacecraft mission to deflect an asteroid in space, to prove the technique is a viable method of planetary defence. Queen guitarist …

Image copyright Phil Manning Image caption The fossils need to go to a lab to be prepared for further investigation Three full truck loads of dinosaur fossils were shipped out of the “Mission Jurassic” dig site in North Wyoming as scientists brought the 80-day excavation season to an end. The specimens included skeletal parts from …

Image copyright NASA-JPL/Caltech Image caption The rover was turned upside down so engineers could attach the helicopter Engineers preparing the next American Mars rover have installed one of its most exciting experiments – a chopper. The mini-helicopter is regarded as a bonus on the 2020 mission. It will be the first such aircraft deployed on …

Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader vowed Sunday to shoot down any Israeli drones that enter Lebanese airspace from now on after one allegedly crashed and another exploded in Beirut overnight. Hassan Nasrallah said during a speech that one of the drones had been flying low among buildings and was clearly on a military “suicide mission,” which he called …

Image copyright NASA Image caption Artwork: Europa Clipper will try to determine whether the moon can support biology Scientists working on an audacious mission to the ocean world of Europa can proceed with the final design and construction of the spacecraft, Nasa says. The Europa Clipper mission will target the moon which is considered a …

Posted August 13, 2019 09:25:36 Photo: The Navios Bonheur is filled with iron ore at Esperance Port. (ABC Esperance: Emily Smith) Downtime is a rare treat for those onboard the 292-metre cargo ship Navios Bonheur docked at the Esperance Port. Onshore, Fred Lochowicz has been waiting to offer its weary crew a ride into town, …

DURHAM — An associate research professor from the University of New Hampshire who is leading a $107.9 million mission for NASA says identifying and tracking harmful and nuisance organisms that live in the Gulf of Mexico will benefit people in that region. Joseph Salisbury works at the Ocean Process Analysis Lab inside Morse Hall at …