Technology

Despoiling the Final Frontier

Kurt Cobb / Resilience Mar 14, 2023 Companies that plan to put tens of thousands of satellites into orbit to create space-based internet are going to harm the Ozone layer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Space Junk

Jen Lyons, Marcelle Swinburne, Sierra Kaul, Gavin Kelley, and Mickey Huff / Project Censored Dec 13, 2022 The corporate news media’s coverage of the billionaire space race epitomizes what Carl Jensen calls "Junk Food News." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

SpaceX Capsule Aces Test at Space Station, Marking ‘New Era’

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Mar 3, 2019 Dragon's docking is the first time in eight years a U.S.-made spacecraft capable of launching astronauts has flown to the orbiting outpost. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NASA Spacecraft Opens New Year With Most Distant Flyby Ever

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2019 In high-risk maneuver, New Horizons cruises by mysterious, bowling pin-shaped Ultima Thule, 4 billion miles from Earth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Flawless’: NASA Craft Lands on Mars After Perilous Journey

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Nov 26, 2018 Flight controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and crowds at viewing parties celebrate InSight's safe arrival for a geological mission. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S., Russian Astronauts Safe After Emergency Landing

DMITRY LOVETSKY / The Associated Press Oct 11, 2018 A booster rocket failed less than two minutes after launching toward the International Space Station, forcing an emergency landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Rallies Against ‘Greed’ of Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 22, 2018 In an email to supporters, Sen. Bernie Sanders calls out billionaires for enriching themselves at others' expense. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Space Force

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Pence Outlines Plan for New Space Force by 2020

LOLITA C. BALDOR / The Associated Press Aug 9, 2018 The vice president says the creation of a sixth, separate military service will fulfill President Trump's vow to assure U.S. dominance in space. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Billionaires in Space: Escapist Fantasies in the ‘Age of the Refugee’

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Jul 24, 2018 After exhausting all of earth's resources, the superrich are ready to colonize other worlds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

John Glenn

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‘Arrival’: A Gossamer Dream of Hope Beams In From Outer Space

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Nov 12, 2016 It takes an otherworldly element to deliver an unforgettable moviegoing experience -- as well as a message of understanding across cultures at a time when earthlings struggle with that on our own planet.It takes an otherworldly element to deliver an unforgettable moviegoing experience—as well as a message of understanding across cultures at a time when earthlings struggle with that on our own planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )