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Russia celebrates 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin space mission

Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter space back in 1961 and April 12 marks the 60th anniversary of his triumph. /AP Sixty years ago Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first huma

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US-Russian trio blast off on mission to space station

A Russian-U.S. trio of space travelers launched successfully Friday, heading for the International Space Station.NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Ol

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American, Russians dock at International Space Station

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with Soyuz MS-18 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 9

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Perseverance rover takes selfie with Ingenuity helicopter

The thin Martian atmosphere, just 1% the density of Earth's, means achieving flight is a significant challenge.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity survives first night alone ahead of flight

The tiny helicopter which weighs just 1.8kg has been deployed from the Perseverance rover and is set to fly in the coming days.

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Neobroker Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B valuation to take its trading platform beyond crypto

One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth and plans to open its platform to a wider strea

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ESA seeks more women, people with disabilities for space missions

Spacewalk by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, December 2, 2019. /NASA via ESA The last time the European Space Agency (ESA) recruited astronauts was 13 years ago. Now it is launching a new drive,

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Sanctioned Russia to compete under ROC acronym in both Olympics

A view of the Russian Olympic Committee building with Olympic logo in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2019. /CFP Russian athletes will compete under the acronym ROC, instead of its full name Russi

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Sanctioned Russia to compete under ROC acronym in both Olympics

A view of the Russian Olympic Committee building with Olympic logo in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2019. /CFP Russian athletes will compete under the acronym ROC, instead of its full name Russi

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Diversity, the final frontier: A mission to get more women into space

05:25 In nearly 60 years of space exploration, only 11 percent of the 560 people who have traveled beyond the Earth's atmosphere are women, according to the United Nations Office for O

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Joompay launches its bill-splitting payment app across Europe to take on Transferwise and others

Joompay, a startup with an iOS and Android app similar to Venmo and TransferWise, has now launched in Europe after obtaining a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows peo

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Corky Lee (1947-2021)

Well-known photojournalist Corky Lee died Wednesday from COVID-19. He was 73 years old.For more than 50 years, he documented the changing Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities in the Uni

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E-commerce firm Wish raises $1.1 billion in IPO

E-commerce firm ContextLogic Inc sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday at $24 apiece, the top of its target range, to raise $1.1 billion, the company said in a statement.The IPO

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New Wave is a new European seed fund headed up by ex-Accel VC Pia d’Iribarne

Pia d’Iribarne, formerly of Accel and Stride, is heading up a new European early stage venture capital firm co-founded with French entrepreneur and investor Xavier Niel, TechCrunch has learned.Dubbed

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Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between public clouds

When you launch an application in the public cloud, you usually put everything on one provider, but what if you could choose the components based on cost and technology and have your database one plac

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Russia Ambassador Hopes US-Russia Space Cooperation Will Help Resolve Global Challenges

The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, expressed hope for the two countries’ successful cooperation in space to help resolve global challenges."O

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Belarus shuts borders, beefs up security

The Belarusian government on Thursday partially closed the country's land borders and replaced its interior minister and named three security officials to new roles.Minsk announced restrictions at it