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NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies

NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. When Northrop Grumman 24th cargo resupply mission for NASA undocked from the International Space Station, it carried a fleet of 12 small, experimental capsules designed to […]

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A remote general strike

The campsites have reclaimed the will to fight the abuses of the powerful, but there is a danger that this momentum will end in a dead end.

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NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies

A new NASA-supported spacecraft will get up close to satellites that are no longer in service, demonstrating technologies that could support future in-space repairs and reduce orbital debris. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission launched Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is a technology demonstration where an […]

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Spanish trade unions call for a general housing strike on November 11

The call of the housing unions for a general strike in Spain has been well received by the general unions and labour organizations, who have agreed to convene it for November 11, two weeks before the early general elections. The 24-hour protest will be the first job stop supported by the majority trade unions in 14 years.

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Mapping the Gaps in NASA’s Return to the Moon, featuring Richard Spolzino

“I want to be able to look at a rocket launch and say, ‘I touched a piece of this.’” That’s how Richard Spolzino describes the thing he’s chasing. Not a title, not a specific mission, not even NASA itself, just the ability to point at something real and know his work made it possible. At […]

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Bosnia votes in general election with wartime divisions still dominating

Bosnia is heading to the polls on Sunday after a general election campaign dominated by parties that identify closely with the ethnic divisions of its 1990s war. Voters will elect a vast number of officials across multiple tiers of government, in a complex system that has held the partitioned country together since the 1995 peace deal. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Belgrade Laurent Rouy has more.

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Bolivia: Attorney General Roger Mariaca arrested after pointing out links with the narco

The Minister of Government of Bolivia announced that the authorities had dismantled an alleged criminal organization infiltrated the judicial system and the Public Prosecutor's Office, allegedly headed by the country's Attorney General, Roger Mariaca. According to the official, the network would have protected, facilitated and obtained benefits from trafficking in controlled substances. We discussed his detention with Susana Bejarano, a political scientist and political analyst.

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