The Falcon Heavy test launched on 6 FebruarySpaceX By Leah Crane Whoomph. Standing nearly five kilometres from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket as it took off for the first time, I felt like my lungs were exposed to the open air, the rushing sound and steam from the rocket’s engines squeezing my […]
Daily Archives: February 6, 2018
Michigan authorities are now investigating former Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, an associate of the doctor who was just sentenced to decades in prison for molesting young athletes — some of them at Geddert’s club. The Eaton County Sheriff’s office would not discuss the nature of the complaints it has […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may push for new work requirements and rent hikes for people in federally subsidized housing, according to a draft proposal from the Department of Housing and Urban Development obtained by NBC News. The proposal under consideration would allow public housing agencies and private owners of […]
Was Cirque du Soleil too soft, tasteful and tame for you? Beware what you wish for, Cirque Berserk is not for the fainthearted. Back at London’s Peacock Theatre for a fifth successive year, this thrilling, death-defying, glorious and gut-punching show feels like Cirque du Soleil when the gloves and safety […]
Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE From media newsrooms and Hollywood casting offices to the halls of Congress and backs of restaurant kitchens, allegations of sexual misconduct have lead to men in leadership positions losing their jobs. All the while, the balance of power between men and women in the workplace […]
The Latest on SpaceX rocket launch (all times local): 8 p.m. SpaceX chief Elon Musk says the center booster of the Falcon Heavy slammed into the Atlantic at 300 mph, missing the floating landing platform. Musk says it hit the water with such force that shrapnel flew onto the droneship’s […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launched on its inaugural flight here Feb. 6, placing a demonstration payload into orbit and boosting the company’s interplanetary ambitions. The Falcon Heavy lifted off at 3:45 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A here, after more than two hours of […]