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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctions spaceflight seat for $28 million
A New Shepard rocket launches on a test flight. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin auctioned off a seat on its upcoming first crewed spaceflight on Saturday for $28 million. The winning bidder, whose name wasn’t released, will fly to the edge of space with the Amazon founder and his brother Mark on …
Victorian traveller tests positive to COVID-19 in Queensland; NSW Blues dominate in Origin I; Wild weather hits south-east; Toughest lockdown rules to be lifted in Melbourne
By Associated Press, CNN22:39 US President Joe Biden has opened the first overseas trip with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and steady European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor. Mr Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping …
Covid-19 Virus Studies Yield New Clues on Pandemic’s Origin
As a World Health Organization team digs into the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, other scientists are unearthing tantalizing new clues suggesting that the virus behind it evolved naturally to infect humans. At least four recent studies have identified coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic strain in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia and Japan, …
Mystery of origin of Stonehenge megaliths solved
Image copyright PA Image caption The origin of the standing sarsens at Stonehenge had been impossible to identify until now The origin of the giant sarsen stones at Stonehenge has finally been discovered with the help of a missing piece of the site which was returned after 60 years. A test of the metre-long core …
Coronavirus live updates: Second coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in California, indicating virus is spreading in the state
BEIJING — In China, parents and students alike are beginning to wonder: When will schools reopen? The subject of the reopening of schools, shut across the country for weeks already due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, trended on social media on Friday after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged universities, schools, and kindergartens to further postpone …
Coronavirus live updates: Fears grow of pandemic, markets stumble again after U.S. confirms case of unknown origin
BEIJING — The Chinese government has sent a team of investigators to Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to determine how a woman infected with the virus had been released from a prison in the city and fled to Beijing despite a mandatory travel lockdown. The team, headed by Vice Minister of Justice …
New US coronavirus case's origin is unknown, CDC says – CNN
New US coronavirus case’s origin is unknown, CDC says CNN CDC confirms first possible community transmission of coronavirus in US CNBC Tucker Carlson: America is not ready for a coronavirus outbreak or any major epidemic Fox News CDC recommends men shave their beards to protect against coronavirus KRON4 Bay Area Men Take Notice: CDC Issues Coronavirus Beard Guide — …
Blue Origin Wins Protest But Little Change Likely For Launch « Breaking Defense
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, image by Blue Origin WASHINGTON: The GAO decision to sustain one part of Blue Origin’s protest is unlikely to seriously delay Air Force plans to contract next-generation launch services by June 2020, according to the Air Force. “We are pleased that GAO has validated the Air Force’s fundamental acquisition strategy …
Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The landscape is much drier today Scientists say they’ve pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambesi River. The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, which may have been our ancestral heartland 200,000 …
Blue Origin teams with spaceflight veterans to complete its lunar lander
This still leaves Blue Origin with plenty to do. It’ll be the “prime contractor” and handle overall program management, engineering (both for systems and the mission), mission assurance and safety. It’ll also provide the Descent Element based on work from its Blue Moon lander. This is an acknowledgment from all parties, not just Blue Origin, …