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Inside chinas own space station. nbc news foreign correspondent janice mackie fire has an inside look from the launch pad in china. in fact, its hard to get closer than she got to the launch pad. >> tonight, a first. china sending astronauts to its new space station. blasting off from the go be desert. six and a half hours later, docking 242 miles above the earth. this is a milestone for china. its poured billions into becoming a space power and its getting their fast. the chinese station called...

We have breaking news. chinese state media says a chinese space cap ul has just docked at the countrys space station. the three-member crude launched earlier today. the astronauts are the first space farers to arrive at the station said to be completed by the end of next year. the astronauts are expected to spend three months inside the space module that would be by far the longest space mission for china. david culver reports from shanghai. >> reporter: three astronauts bound for the heavenly p...

Image: NASA/Cory Huston NASA has reached an important milestone, as the 188,000-pound core stage of its latest rocket is now standing vertically inside an assembly building in Florida. Advertisement With sights firmly on a crewed Moon landing, NASA is gearing up for Artemis I. For this upcoming three-week mission, an Orion spacecraft will travel 280,000 miles (450,000 km) to the Moon and back, in what will be a critically important test of the agency’s upcoming megarocket: the Space Launch S...

Filed to:artemis 1 The core stage during the stacking process. (Image: NASA/Cory Huston) NASA has reached an important milestone, as the 85,275 kg core stage of its latest rocket is now standing vertically inside an assembly building in Florida. With sights firmly on a crewed Moon landing, NASA is gearing up for Artemis I. For this upcoming three-week mission, an Orion spacecraft will travel 450,000 km to the Moon and back, in what will be a critically important test of the agency’s upcoming ...

Banking system which would affect its banking pretty badly since thats the way that all -- basically its the international agreement around how to transfer money. so there are some sort of sticks that president biden could use, but i think it is important weve discussed quite a lot about all the things that separate the two countries, there are some things that they can agree on, one, trying to prevent north korea from expanding its nuclear program further, two, trying to use diplomacy to kind o...

The pandemic has created financial challenges for many nonprofits and municipal organizations aimed at helping their communities.  Groups can get a helping hand by applying to the 2021 A Community Thrives program, a $2.3 million initiative of the Gannett Foundation. The program is sponsored by Gannett, the USA TODAY Network’s parent company, and is marking its fifth year supporting groups that address social issues.  Starting June 1, organizations can apply to raise money for a specific pr...

Many organizations can get a helping hand this year by applying to the 2021 A Community Thrives program, a $2.3M initiative of the Gannett Foundation.

ONTARIO — The Ontario Community Library has added a new sort of item to be checked out by patrons: PlayAway Launch Pads. According to the PlayAway website, the tablets are pre-loaded with content for kids, teens and adults, designed with a simple, easy-to-use interface and 100% secure. Launchpad tablets are made to be passed from one set of hands to the next. Launch Pads are small tablets built for children with learning in mind. Each Launch pad is a multisensory learning tool, bringing to...

Next Sunday, June 20, is Father’s Day. In the more than 30 years I have been writing this column I have never devoted an entire column to my dad. I

Western Sydney University today hosted, in partnership with the Hon Gabrielle Upton MP, the industry forum, Accelerating Research and Innovation in NSW,...