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Blue Origin’s second New Glenn rocket just made a big move. Jeff Bezos’ company rolled a New Glenn first stage out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (Oct. 8) to help prep the vehicle for its upcoming liftoff. That launch, which is expected to take place late this month or in November, …

Blue Origin transports New Glenn booster to launch site ahead of Mars-bound mission  Spaceflight Now Blue Origin rolls out powerful New Glenn rocket for testing ahead of Mars launch (video)  Space NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch  NASA (.gov) Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch  Ars Technica Video shows Blue Origin …

Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism flight today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier, including a mystery passenger who only revealed his identity after the flight. The company’s New Shepard vehicle lifted off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site today at 9:40 a.m. EDT (1340 GMT; 8:40 a.m. local Texas time), …

A new study finds autism and schizophrenia may lie at the crux of what makes humans uniquely intelligent. “Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain unique also made humans more neurodiverse,” says Stanford University neuroscientist Alexander Starr. While both autism and schizophrenia are neurodevelopmental brain differences that can have a mix of …

British acting union Equity has joined the criticism being directed toward Tilly Norwood, the so-called AI “actress” who has spent much of this week in the spotlight as one of the industry’s most controversial new developments. Following condemnations from SAG-AFTRA, Equity execs in the U.K. have now dismissed any suggestion of Norwood’s acting capabilities but offered deep concern over the …

SYDNEY — Blue Origin plans to significantly increase the launch rate of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle and is weighing the addition of new spaceports. Speaking at the Global Spaceport Alliance’s International Spaceport Forum here Sept. 28, Phil Joyce, senior vice president for New Shepard at Blue Origin, said the company expects to increase its launch cadence to weekly in …

NASA’s water-hunting lunar rover was given a second chance to reach the surface of the Moon. Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the Moon on an upcoming lunar lander mission, resurrecting the exploration mission after it was called off last year. NASA contracted Blue Origin to transport its lunar rover to the Moon as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar …

Preparations for the second-ever launch of Blue Origin’s powerful New Glenn rocket are underway on Florida’s Space Coast, as NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes await their mission to Mars. Blue Origin had originally targeted no earlier than Sept. 29 for the second New Glenn launch, designated NG-2, but now says the mission is slated for NET mid-October. The rocket’s ESCAPADE payload …

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An ancient skull, warped and damaged by the ravages of time and degradation, may have just altered our understanding of the history of modern humans. Using careful 3D scanning and digital reconstruction techniques, a team of researchers from China and the UK has rebuilt the damaged artifact, discovering exactly where it fits on the hominid family tree. It’s not the …