»Crew Dragon to Hayabusa 2: 2020 Took Us to New Heights in Space, One Mission at a Time
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Crew Dragon to Hayabusa 2: 2020 Took Us to New Heights in Space, One Mission at a Time
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Despite Covid-19 lockdowns and things coming to a halt for a brief amount of time, the march for science continued unabated. In the midst of mysterious disappearing monoliths, asteroid close calls, mysterious radio signal from space and the first commercial spaceflight, a lot has happened. Here s some of the top space stories of 2020.
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This was a big year for space, even as a pandemic took over the world.
With the stroke of the president’s pen, a new U.S. appropriations bill becomes law and it’s one that carries good news for psychological science.
Over the last couple months, the U.S.’s budgeting process has been at a standstill while lawmakers have discussed both their visions for an annual government funding plan as well as a relief package aimed at bringing financial support to the many sectors of the country affected by COVID-19. In a positive step for psychological science advocates not to mention the country the appropriations process was completed on December 27, 2020. In addition to bringing funding increases to key science agencies of interest to psychological scientists, the new budget also reflects responses to key topics that APS discussed with Congressional appropriators earlier in 2020.
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COVID-19 Now On Every Continent After At Least 36 People In Antarctica Test Positive
Antarctica was the only continent untouched by the coronavirus pandemic. But now, a Chilean research base has suffered an outbreak, with at least 36 people testing positive for COVID-19 this week marking a grim milestone in the fight against the virus.
Chile s armed forces told Reuters that 26 army personnel and 10 civilian maintenance workers have been infected at its Base General Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme. The remote research station, permanently staffed and operated by Chile s army, is surrounded by ocean and icebergs near the tip of a northern Antarctic peninsula.
The pandemic has reached every continent on Earth.
Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people at two military bases in Antarctica, or on a navy ship that went to the continent, tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
So far, no other country with a presence in Antarctica has publicly reported other cases. There are 36 coronavirus cases at the Gen. Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base, Chile says. (Google Street View) (Google Street View)
Chile’s army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen. Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base tested positive, and on Tuesday, the health minister for the Biobio region in Chile said there are 21 infections involving people aboard the Chilean navy’s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel.