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Author: Jay McDonough

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June 10, 2026

Five million children die every year — what do they die from?

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: Five million children die every year — what do they die from? To reduce child mortality, we need to understand what children are dying from. 💡 Why this is exciting This story points to practical progress — cleaner choices, smarter systems, and real momentum in the right direction. We focus on […]

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June 10, 2026

Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century What can countries with high stunting rates today learn from Japan’s experience of going from 70% to 5%? 💡 Why this is exciting This story points to practical progress — cleaner choices, smarter systems, and real momentum in the right direction. We focus […]

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June 10, 2026

Most people care about farm animals — our food system doesn’t reflect that

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: Most people care about farm animals — our food system doesn't reflect that Surveys worldwide show that most people find common animal farming practices unacceptable, even where meat consumption is high. 💡 Why this is exciting This story points to practical progress — cleaner choices, smarter systems, and real momentum in […]

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June 10, 2026

NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The award is a firm-fixed-price contract […]

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June 10, 2026

NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space […]

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June 10, 2026

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13. During the mission, select maneuvers will be conducted at low altitudes over the Houston area.  Pilots will fly remote sensing […]

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June 10, 2026

What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view. 💡 Why this is exciting This story points to practical progress — cleaner choices, smarter systems, and real momentum in the right […]

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June 10, 2026

Look Up!

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: Look Up! Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost […]

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June 10, 2026

NASA Space Roboticist Challenge

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: NASA Space Roboticist Challenge The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, professors, and highly qualified graduate students — […]

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June 10, 2026

Typhoon Jangmi

🌍✨ Big GreenTV Update: Typhoon Jangmi The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan. 💚 ⚡ Why this matters right now This points to real-world momentum — cleaner tech, smarter systems, and practical wins people can actually feel. At GreenTV, we focus on what works and what scales. […]

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