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Safety comes second in China's race for space China has been rapidly expanding its space ambitions, but without international collaboration experts warn that lives are being put at risk 16 May 2021 • 4:00pm China's Long March-5B Y2 rocket recently made an uncontrolled re-entry, and many feared it was going to crash into a populated area Credit: China Daily via REUTERS The remnants of China’s biggest rocket came crashing into the Indian Ocean just west of the Maldives archipelago a week ago on Sunday May 9. It was, according to Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, a “reckless” ...

By CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT | The Washington Post | Published: April 6, 2021 The avalanche was a stunning disaster, 247 million cubic feet of glacial ice and snow hurtling down the Tibetan mountain range at 185 mph. Nine people and scores of animals were killed in an event that startled scientists around the world. As they researched why the avalanche occurred with such force, researchers studying climate change pored over images taken in the days and weeks before and saw that ominous cracks had begun to form in the ice and snow. Then, scanning photos of a nearby glacier, they noticed similar cr...

Wicked Local Only in her mid-20s, Billerica native and Billerica Memorial High School class of 2014 alumni Amy Comeau has become a local space expert. An engineer and member of the Satellite Systems Rotation Program, Comeau recently reflected on what the Mars 2020 Perseverence Rover means for the world at this moment in time, and for the future of humanity. As the Rover moves across the surface of the "red planet" with the guidance of Comeau's colleagues, she said she was "absolutely elated," to see the craft land and the success the crew had at all stages of the project. Comeau said...

Space industry research and consultancy firm Bryce Space and Technology is changing its name to BryceTech. The company, founded in 2016 by Carissa Christensen, said the new name better aligned with its future growth strategy, as it  broadens its capabilities and client base. BryceTech will maintain the Bryce Space

California-based Rocket Lab, which has sent rockets into space 17 times using its small Electron vehicle, plans to launch a much bigger rocket called Neutron by 2024.