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Cleaning up space

Alexa Caponigro February 3, 2022

For the past seven years, a piece from the SpaceX rocket has circled in Earth’s orbit, but soon, that will change.The piece from the SpaceX rocket is called the Falcon 9 booster, launched by Elon Musk’s...

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What can we learn from “Flat Earthers”

Thomas Hart March 6, 2020

On February 22, Mike Hughes (aka “Mad Mike,” a daredevil and DIY rocketeer) died after crashing in a homemade, steam-powered rocket in California.The tone in media coverage was mixed. Some called...

A screenshot taken from GoPro footage of the reentry devices flight provided by the Kentucky Reentry Universal Payload System or KRUPS.

NASA Kentucky launch a partial success; students look to future

Sarah Ladd March 28, 2018

After several delays, UK students with KRUPS, or Kentucky Reentry Universal Payload System, launched a full-scale re-entry capsule into space from a NASA base in Virginia on Sunday.The design came after...

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UK students to leave mark on space with Friday rocket launch

Sarah Ladd March 22, 2018

UK students prepare to launch a full-scale reentry capsule into space this week after years of hard work.For the past few years, UK students have worked on reentry spacecraft named KRUPS, or Kentucky Reentry...

Change is written in the stars

Emily Cole October 2, 2016

Do you consider your zodiac sign a defining factor in who you are? Do you avidly check your horoscope to see what the stars have aligned for you this month? If this sounds like you, then everything might...

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