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EgyptSat-A’s $100 million cost covered by Russian company: Minister
Science
February 24, 2019
EgyptSat-A’s $100 million cost covered by Russian company: Minister
Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghafar announced that a Russian insurance company has covered the costs for the third…
NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
Science
February 23, 2019
NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
NASA on Friday gave SpaceX the green light to test a new crew capsule by first sending an unmanned craft…
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
Science
February 13, 2019
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on Mars late Tuesday, eight months…
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
Science
January 15, 2019
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
A small green shoot is growing on the moon in an out-of-this-world first after a cotton seed germinated on…
Egyptian secondary school student produces electricity from inorganic waste
Egypt
December 24, 2018
Egyptian secondary school student produces electricity from inorganic waste
Shirook Mahmoud Mohamed, a second secondary grade student at the Alaa Abuslim Secondary School for Girls in Qalyoub, has…
Gene-edited baby trial ‘paused’: China scientist
Science
November 28, 2018
Gene-edited baby trial ‘paused’: China scientist
The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies said Wednesday the trial had been…
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
Science
November 27, 2018
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched…
First gene-edited babies claimed in China
Science
November 26, 2018
First gene-edited babies claimed in China
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies — twin girls…
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
Science
November 26, 2018
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
NASA’s top scientists admitted to sleepless nights, sweaty palms, stomach aches and moments of pure terror as their $993…
How to drive a robot on Mars
Science
November 12, 2018
How to drive a robot on Mars
Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot…