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Elon Musk says he and Trump have 'mandate to delete' regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role
In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won't be the first American president to empower a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations. President Ronald Reagan tapped J. Peter...
Republican David Valadao, Democrat George Whitesides win US House races in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Rep. David Valadao has won reelection in California’s 22nd Congressional District in the state's Central Valley farm belt, defeating Democrat Rudy Salas for the second time. Valadao is an anomaly — an elected Republican in a heavily Democratic...
NASA astronauts won't say which one of them got sick after almost 8 months in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick. Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps publicly discussed their...
NASA astronaut is released from the hospital after returning from space
A NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks Friday...
NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday. A SpaceX capsule carrying...
NASA says an astronaut is in the hospital as a 'precautionary measure' after returning from an extended stay in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says an astronaut is in the hospital as a 'precautionary measure' after returning from an extended stay in space.
A Southern California school plants a 'Moon Tree' grown with seeds flown in space
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world. The so-called “Moon Tree” — grown with seeds that were flown around the moon — was wheeled out in a wagon...
NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit...
NASA spacecraft launches on a 5 1/2-year journey to Jupiter's moon Europa
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA spacecraft launches on a 5 1/2-year journey to Jupiter's moon Europa.European spacecraft launches to a harmless asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed into in previous save-the-Earth test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — European spacecraft launches to a harmless asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed into in previous save-the-Earth test.