Projectiles above Jerusalem, on October 1, 2024. Israel says Iran launched more than 180 missiles but that the assault did little damage. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Iran’s strike on Israel […]
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Hurricane Helene dropped more than two feet of rain on Spruce Pine North Carolina. The town is home to one of the world’s only sources of high purity quartz— which is used to manufacture silicon chips and solar panels. Spencer
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NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel fills us in on the first private spacewalk, which took place this morning. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This morning, the private company SpaceX has completed the first commercial spacewalk. Here’s NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel, who sent this voice memo.
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Jared Isaacman floats just below the hatch of his SpaceX dragon capsule while he awaits the first private spacewalk. SpaceX broadcast/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption SpaceX broadcast/Screenshot by NPR An internet entrepreneur and a SpaceX engineer are on
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The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets – like this one set to take the Polaris Dawn crew to orbit. The move by the FAA comes after a Falcon 9 booster rocket fell into the sea as
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