Miss Sam, a rhesus monkey, successfully flew onboard a Mercury test capsule to prove the effectiveness of the launch escape system.

starting with Project Mercury and continuing until the present. With these and other spacecraft in the pipeline, countless dreams of zero-gravity somersaults could soon become a reality—at least ...

Zimbabwe’s government is taking action to support a more responsible artisanal gold mining sector, launching a $23.7 million USD project to reduce mercury across mine sites in the country.