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SpaceShipTwo connected to its mothership White Knight Two

Billionaire Richard Branson opened Spaceport America

Massimo Luciani October 18, 2011 2

Yesterday there was the inauguration of Spaceport America, a space airport strongly wanted by billionaire Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Galactic, a private company created with the aim of offering sub-orbital space flights and missions to launch satellites into orbit.

Dennis Ritchie receiving the National Medal of Technology

R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie

Massimo Luciani October 13, 2011 4

During the last week-end Dennis Ritchie died. He was the creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system.

YouTube, NASA and ESA ask teenagers to devise a scientific experiment to be carried out in the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani October 11, 2011 2

YouTube, NASA, ESA and other partners have announced the creation of Space Lab YouTube, a channel that asks students aged 14 to 18 to devise an experiment to be carried out in the International Space Station.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Massimo Luciani October 6, 2011 2

News arrived of the death of Steve Jobs. Alas, it’s not a surprise because a few weeks ago he announced he was leaving Apple for health reasons.

The Tevatron is being shut down

Massimo Luciani September 30, 2011 0

The Tevatron, the huge particle accelerator at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is being shut down after twenty-six years of research in the field of particle physics.