Alex Fitzpatrick

Alex Fitzpatrick is Homepage Editor for Time.com, also covering technology, policy and cybersecurity. He previously covered politics and policy for Mashable. Fitzpatrick has a degree in International Relations from the State University of New York at Geneseo, where he also served as News Director and Station Manager for the campus radio station, 89.3 WGSU. Follow Fitzpatrick on Twitter at @AlexJamesFitz or email him at alex.fitzpatrick@timeinc.com.

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Paleontology

Researchers 3D Print a Whale Graveyard So They Can Study It Later

By Alex Fitzpatrick Feb. 26, 2014

After road construction on the Pan-American Highway revealed a mysterious whale graveyard in Chile, researchers scrambled to figure out why so many of the mammals died in the same spot. After ongoing construction threatened to …

VideoSpace

Private Rocket Launches Mission to Space Station After Delays

By Alex Fitzpatrick Jan. 09, 2014

Cygnus Antares launch was postponed by wintery weather and Sun storms

Nasa

Space Station Will Keep Orbiting Until at Least 2024

By Alex Fitzpatrick Jan. 08, 2014

Move will maximize station’s usefulness, NASA says, and boost fledgling commercial space industry

Marine Life

10 Beached Whales Die in Florida While Rescuers Struggle to Save Dozens More

By Alex Fitzpatrick Dec. 04, 2013

Pilot whales often strand themselves in large numbers, though researchers aren’t sure why

VideoSpace

Watch SpaceX’s Upgraded Rocket Launch a Satellite Into Space

By Alex Fitzpatrick Dec. 03, 2013

Company used newly redesigned Falcon 9 rocket