PHOENIX — Prior to Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, Eva and Roscoe Wilson indulged me for a trip down memory lane. We went back to Oct. 24, 1996. I was a reporter in New York assigned to cover an event announcing a new women’s professional basketball league: the WNBA. On hand at the event were two high-profile players from …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ Sierra Space and NASA revise contract for the Dream Chaser spaceplane, shifting its mission focus. 🚀 Dream Chaser’s first orbital flight in 2026 will be as a free flier, not visiting the ISS. 🛡️ The spaceplane is positioned as a national asset, capable of supporting defense and private space missions. 📅 With the ISS’s decommissioning by …
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There once was a dream of cities in space — vast cylindrical habitats, self-sufficient and populated by millions who would look down on the Earth from their lofty perch. Back in the 1970s, one serious scientist believed that by now this dream would have been a reality. That scientist was Princeton University professor of physics, Gerard K. O’Neill, and, for …
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Amazon is hosting a lot of good deals during October Prime Day, but it can’t compete with Dell when it comes to its sale on the Alienware AW2725Q. The 27-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor that a couple of Verge staffers have tested is $699.99 right now, which is $200 off its original $899.99 price. It has sold at a similar …
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INDIANAPOLIS — In a shocking development, Indianapolis Colts cornerback Xavien Howard has retired, the team announced Wednesday evening. The two-time All-Pro was not at practice Wednesday afternoon due to personal reasons, and the team added him to the reserve/retired list just a few hours later. Howard, 32, inked a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Colts in August, but he …
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Evenepoel vents frustration in spectacular fashion as he suffers costly slow bike change at Rwanda road worlds: ‘l felt like I was in excellent shape.’ Updated September 28, 2025 10:06AM Mechanicals and a botched bike change threw a wrench into the rainbow dream of Remco Evenepoel on Sunday at the UCI road worlds. The Belgian was forced to switch bikes …
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Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she’s trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself. Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA’s 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at …
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NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Currently, there is a strong chance the vehicle will never reach the ISS before the outpost is deorbited in 2030. The change to the contract means that Dream Chaser will now …
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane (right) and its Shooting Star cargo module (left) seen inside a processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image: Sierra Space The debut of Sierra Space’s cargo space plane Dream Chaser has delayed again and will no longer see a docking with the International Space Station. In a statement Thursday afternoon, NASA said …
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