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Virgin Galactic blasts into space after two-year hiatus

Posted by ArielTechGeek 4 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

After Virgin Orbit vanished in bankruptcy court, Virgin Galactic announced its first spaceflight in two years as the Unity 25 mission rocketed to an altitude of 54.2 miles (87.2 km) on May 25, 2023 in the skies over Spaceport America, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Virgin Galactic, SpaceShipTwo, Launch, Space Tourism

Minimum two-year setback for TerraPower's advanced nuclear demonstrator

Posted by ArielTechGeek 156 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

Russia is the only country that sells the HALEU fuel that some next-generation nuclear plants will rely on, and with sanctions now in place due to the war in Ukraine, TerraPower has now conceded its demo timeline will blow out by at least two years.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Nuclear, Clean Energy, Alternative Energy

IXPE X-ray telescope begins two-year mission to study extreme objects

Posted by ArielTechGeek 536 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) X-ray space telescope has roared into orbit to start its planned two-year mission studying polarized X-rays from a variety of "extreme and mysterious" cosmic sources. On December 9, at 1:00 am EST, the spacecraft lifted off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.Continue ReadingCategory: S