A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company appeared to launch perfectly on Sunday, its booster even landing successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean. A few hours later, however, it became clear that all had not gone well. The massive New Glenn rocket had failed in its primary task: putting a […]
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The world watched as the Earth disappeared behind the pockmarked moon, in the first video showing humanity’s home planet sinking below the lunar horizon. The 53-second clip depicting the astronomical phenomenon, known as Earthset, was posted online on Sunday night by the astronaut Reid Wiseman, who took the video on an iPhone this month while […]
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