Virgin Galactic faces even more setbacks in its paid space travel. Reuters reports that Virgin has postponed its first commercial research flight, Unity 23, to mid-October. The mission was originally scheduled for late September or early October, but a supplier warned of a possible “manufacturing defect” in the flight control actuation system, Virgin said. It … Read more
(Blue original photo) Jeff Bezos and his crewmembers will not jump on board for a suborbital replay on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder’s space company announced on Wednesday that the reusable rocket ship’s 17th flight will carry scientific and research payloads. Blue Origin scheduled launch on August 25 at 6:35 am PT … Read more
Assistant Professor Melody Campbell prepares a sample in the Cryo-EM Laboratory for Shared Resources at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (Fred Hutch photo) Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron … Read more