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On Feb 4, the U.S. hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations from more than 50 countries, including seven African countries, with the aim of securing access to the critical minerals used in everything from electric vehicles…
A dozen red roses may say ‘I love you’, but many conventional bouquets carry an environmental price, having been imported by air, dipped in chemicals and wrapped in plastic. Guardian Australia’s Petra Stock explains how you can choose flowers that…
A Brazilian federal court has sentenced a key financier to more than 22 years in prison. He was found guilty of leading an illegal mining operation in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, a huge protected area in the Amazon Rainforest that…
The government has not made a serious dent in emissions, but global trends and a shambolic opposition offer a rare opportunity to act Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia…
Video “Those were a rather hectic 84 days, I can assure you that,” Wernher von Braun told an interviewer in “The Big Picture,” an Army “television report” about the development and launch of Explorer 1. Below is a collection of…
Remembering Explorer 1 and James Van Allen In NASA’s “Gravity Assist” podcast, Jim Green, the agency’s director of Planetary Science, recalls his time as student under James Van Allen, the University of Iowa physicist who developed the science experiment that…
Explorer 1 was big news in 1958. The U.S. reaction to the Soviet Sputnik launches in 1957 had been “hysteria,” according to former NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius. “It was a shock,” he wrote, “introducing the average citizen to the…
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Explorer 1 Explorer 1 About Explorer 1 Explore As One Galleries Image Gallery Video Collection History History Overview Complex 26 Journey of Discovery Then and Now Van Allen Belts Resource Resource Overview Their Own Words Submenu Title Stories On Jan.…
Explorer 1 Explorer 1 About Explorer 1 Explore As One Galleries Image Gallery Video Collection History History Overview Complex 26 Journey of Discovery Then and Now Van Allen Belts Resource Resource Overview Their Own Words Submenu Title Stories Explorer 1…