Tag: NASA
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Saros Cycle & Black Swan: The Curious Timing of Eclipses and Financial Shocks
Markets love a story. They love numbers, they love charts, and every now and then they fall in love with the sky. That is why the Saros cycle keeps returning to the conversation. NASA defines the Saros as roughly 6,585.3 days — 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours — a period after which eclipses…
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SpaceX Launches Two U.S. Astronauts into Orbit Aboard Crew Dragon Capsule
National Space Society Lauds Groundbreaking Launch of a Crewed Commercial Spacecraft from U.S. Soil WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, May 30, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — The National Space Society applauds the successful launch of two Americans to the International Space Station—the first from American soil in nearly a decade—today aboard a SpaceX rocket. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and…
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NASA Announces New Tipping Point Partnerships for Moon and Mars Technologies
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has selected 14 American companies as partners whose tipping point technologies will help enable the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. The selections are based on NASA’s fourth competitive Tipping Point solicitation and have a combined total award value of about $43.2 million. This investment in the U.S. space industry, including small businesses across the country,…