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China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

HELSINKI — China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States. Data and tracking from space monitoring firms show that Shijian-21 has been conducting sophisticated rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) with…
bubmag
January 27, 2022
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Space junk revealed by University of Texas graph database

Aerospace engineers, led by space environmentalist Moriba Jah, at The University of Texas at Austin have built a graph database, AstriaGraph, to track space junk that is a threat to life on Earth By Brian McKenna, Business Applications Editor Published: 26 Jan 2022 12:00 Moriba Jah, director of computational astronautical…
bubmag
January 26, 2022
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World’s oldest man dies aged 112

The oldest man in the world has died aged 112. Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente was named as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records. Mr de la Fuente died at his home in Leon, in north-west Spain, according to the state-owned news agency EFE. He was named as…
bubmag
January 18, 2022
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Don’t Compare Covid-19 to the 1918 Spanish Flu

If we're honest with ourselves, almost however you look at it, they had it worse back then. “COVID-19 Is Now the Deadliest Pandemic in American History,” wrote Time. “Covid Is Officially America’s Deadliest Pandemic As U.S. Fatalities Surpass 1918 Flu Estimates,” said CNBC. “Coronavirus Death Toll In U.S. Eclipses 1918…
bubmag
October 7, 2021
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COVID spike pushes Alaska’s health care system to brink

1of30Angie Cleary, a registered nurse, cares for Joyce Johnson-Albert as she receives an antibody infusion while lying on a bed in a trauma room at the Upper Tanana Health Center Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Tok, Alaska. Johnson-Albert was optimistic but also realistic. "I just hope the next few days…
bubmag
October 5, 2021