"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

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China putting finishing touches on seaside spaceport for commercial launches (video)

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 3:00pm
China is making progress on two new pads for commercial space launches from the island of Hainan.
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Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 2:04pm
The six-person crew of Blue Origin's seventh human spaceflight includes Ed Dwight, who was picked in 1961 to be the nation's first black astronaut candidate.
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NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 2:00pm
It's round two for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets.
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I screwed up and missed the solar eclipse in 2017. I won't make that same mistake on April 8.

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 1:00pm
I didn't get to experience totality during 2017's solar eclipse, despite being just a few hours' drive away. I'm flying to Dallas so I don't make that mistake for the April 8 event.
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Colors will look different during the April 8 solar eclipse. Here's why

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 12:00pm
When the moon fully eclipses the sun, it's not just the sky that changes. Your eyes do, too.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 2 sows the seeds of seasonal plot threads (Under the Twin Moons recap)

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 11:38am
Will a chase for long-lost alien artifacts turn into an intergalactic arms race on Star Trek: Discovery? But more importantly, Grudge is back for season 5, episode 2.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' opens its 5th and final season in unremarkable fashion (Red Directive recap)

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 11:29am
It's the fifth and final time around for "Star Trek: Discovery" and the single biggest question every sci-fan will be asking themselves is, will this season actually be any good.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 11:00am
Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate surrounded the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific revolution.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 10:31am
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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DJI Mini 4 Pro review

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 6:03am
Hot on the heels of its predecessor, the DJI Mini 4 Pro emerges as the best sub-250g drone money can buy.
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These breweries will toast to the sun on April 8 with special solar eclipse beers

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 6:00am
A bunch of breweries in the path of totality for the April 8 total solar eclipse have created special beers for the surreal event.
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 6:00pm
NASA's Curiosity rover is now exploring a possible ancient river on Mars named Gediz Vallis.
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NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 5:12pm
NASA has selected three companies to develop their versions of a rover that Artemis astronauts will start driving on the moon in 2030.
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'Star Trek's' Sonequa Martin-Green says goodbye to 'Discovery' (exclusive interview excerpt)

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 4:00pm
An exclusive Sonequa Martin-Green interview excerpt from "Star Trek Explorer #11."
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James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 3:36pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has dived into the smoking heart of the "Cigar Galaxy" to create an image of the starburst galaxy alight with intense star birth.
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The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 2:00pm
The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera, build for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is completed. It will create "the greatest movie of all time" to crack the mystery of dark energy.
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Mysterious object that crashed through Florida home was likely space junk from the International Space Station

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 1:30pm
The mysterious cylinder crashed through the home of Alejandro Otero on March 8.
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Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 1:00pm
Scientists are puzzled by thousands of white rocks scattered across the Jezero Crater on Mars.
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Last minute solar eclipse deal: Celestron solar telescope now $30 off

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:15pm
The Celestron EclipSmart Travel Solar Scope is now $30 off and under $100, just in time for the total solar eclipse on April 8. but buy soon if you want it to arrive in time.
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Why I’m staying home for the April 8 solar eclipse

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:00pm
For the last total solar eclipse, in 2017, I drove 4 hours to get to the path of totality. This time, I'm not traveling farther than just down the street.
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