This article was originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit online journal of environmental justice. Sign up for their newsletter here. Last summer, Jessica Witzel collapsed, convulsed, and died in the unshaded driveway of a San Antonio gas station during one … Continued
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By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the … Continued