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A look at what comes next as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

Large crowds of Palestinians have started walking back to their homes — or what's left of them — in Gaza City as the Israeli military pulls its forces back from parts of central Gaza. We look at what...

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Milky Seas From Atlas Obscura

Today we bring you an episode from our friends over at Atlas Obscura. It's about something that for centuries people thought was a tall tale, something sailors would occasionally spot out in the waves...

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US to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The United States is poised to approve sending its most advanced ground-based air defense system to Ukraine, responding to the country’s repeated requests to help defend it against Russian missile and...

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Great Indoors, Science Museums, Who Owns The Sky. July 10, 2020, Part 2

A whole lot of folks’ summer plans have been cut short this season. Maybe you were planning a family road trip to visit a national park. Or your local science museum. Now, you can watch from home, as...

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3 - Satellites

What do the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and the Moon have in common? They’re all satellites that orbit the Earth! This week, we’re going extraterrestrial to talk about the...

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2 - Glow Cloud

A mysterious, glowing cloud makes its way across Night Vale. Plus, new Boy Scouts hierarchy, community events calendar, and a PTA bake sale for a great cause! Weather: "The Bus is Late" by Satellite...

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North Korea's missile politics

Governments in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington reacted angrily to the announcement last month of North Korea's impending rocket launch. But what are they really concerned about? Geoff Dyer, US diplomatic...

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233- Space Trash, Space Treasure

In the summer of 1961 the upper stage of the rocket carrying the Transit 4A satellite blew up about two hours after launch. It was the first known human-made object to unintentionally explode in space,...

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Felker Talking Telstar

 "Our engineers have had to create a lot of new techniques that are on a heroic scale," computer and communications satellite pioneer Jean H. Felker reveals in this 1962 talk. A quiet, unassuming...

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N. Korea's Rocket Launch Triggers Backlash from Global Community

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Sunday, North Korea launched a rocket, supposedly carrying an "earth observation satellite," into space.North Korea claims they successfully...

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2 - Glow Cloud

A mysterious, glowing cloud makes its way across Night Vale. Plus, new Boy Scouts hierarchy, community events calendar, and a PTA bake sale for a great cause!Weather: "The Bus is Late" by Satellite...

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The Satellite Bounce

Two sets of wires running to London. Mr. Schwartz speaks to the London Hilton discussing the Trans-Atlantic echo and satellite bounce. The presentation is well received and described as "most alive."...

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So, You Want To Seize a Satellite?

A small group of volunteers and aerospace engineers recently seized control of the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 satellite, which was launched in 1978 and since abandoned. Through crowd-funding,...

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North Korea's missile politics

North Korea's missile politics

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Arthur C. Clarke Dabbles in Science Nonfiction and Speculates About Space...

"Around the close of this century." That is when distinguished author, scientist, and visionary Arthur C. Clarke, in this 1954 appearance at a Books and Authors Luncheon, predicts man will break free...

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Please Explain: Satellites

For this week's Please Explain, Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston, and Laura Grego, senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the...

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Hurricanes! A Historic Look at Storms of Yore

Listen to Dr. Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, discuss the state of the art in hurricane prevention and control in this 1961 edition of "New Horizons in Science". Of...

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Modernizing the Airplane: GPS to Replace Radar

The Senate passed a $34.5 billion bill on Monday that will bring in GPS technology to replace radar. This is an attempt to help modernize our country’s dated air traffic control system. Science and...

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