NASA puts Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX on the list for lunar lander development program
NASA has selected teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX to develop lunar landing systems capable of putting astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024. "We want to be able to go to the moon, but we want to be a customer," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters today during a teleconference. "We want to drive down the costs, we want to increase the access, we want...
Bill Gates says the world will need 7 billion vaccine doses to end COVID-19 pandemic
Bill Gates has been big on vaccines since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but in a new blog posting, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says the only way to end the pandemic for good is to offer a vaccine to almost all of the planet's 7 billion inhabitants. That's big. "We've never delivered something to every corner of the world before,"...
Nasa space lasers track melting of Earth's ice sheets
US space agency satellites follow the melting trends in Antarctica and Greenland over 16...
Antarctic meteorites yield global bombardment rate
UK scientists provide a new estimate for the amount of space rock falling to Earth each...
Training AI 'to translate mum's phone messages'
How African researchers are using the continent's languages to help spur innovation in Artificial...