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SpaceX rocket launches with astronauts aboard

SpaceX rocket launches with astronauts aboard

The company's third crewed spacecraft took off from Florida early Friday. Aboard were NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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With mini helicopter on Mars, NASA hopes to reinvent flight 'on another world'

With mini helicopter on Mars, NASA hopes to reinvent flight 'on another world'

The four-pound helicopter, called Ingenuity, made the long journey from Earth stowed away underneath the Perseverance rover. On Saturday, NASA confirmed that Ingenuity had safely separated from the rover and dropped to Mars' surface.
by Chloee Weiner

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Mummified parrots reveal 'sophisticated' ancient trade in South American desert

Mummified parrots reveal 'sophisticated' ancient trade in South American desert

Scientists found remains of parrots in the Atacama Desert, far from the birds' home in the Amazon. The discovery allowed scientists to reconstruct ancient trading routes used to transport the birds.
by Emma Bowman, Mano Sundaresan and Christopher Intagliata

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AP interview: EPA head committed to 'scientific integrity'

AP interview: EPA head committed to 'scientific integrity'

The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to restore what he calls “scientific integrity” at the EPA. And one way Michael Regan is trying to do that is by reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many academic scientists as advisers in favor of industry figures.
by The Associated Press

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