NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei does a spacesuit fit check on Aug. 17. His scheduled spacewalk on Aug. 24 has been postponed due to a minor medical issue. NASA NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan’s JAXA space agency were set to suit up and head outside […]
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said he died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, an ICU nurse at Mayo, initially posted about his death on […]
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group/Daily Local News via Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration issued the first full approval Monday for a coronavirus vaccine, marking a pandemic milestone. The two-dose jab developed by the New York pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German biotech BioNTech is now […]
SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing to lay out the Biden administration’s vision for the Indo-Pacific region, an area of growing importance to a government that has made countering China’s influence globally a centerpiece of its foreign policy. The address Tuesday morning at Singapore’s iconic Gardens […]
Power plays and player power seem to be at the heart of the dispute threatening to tear Australian and New Zealand rugby apart after trans-Tasman relations sunk to an all-time low when a decision was made for the All Blacks not to play the Wallabies in Perth as scheduled on […]
SPAC deals have grown notably in the space sector as they provide companies faster access to the public markets. COLORADO SPRINGS — Aerospace and defense companies have raised more than $11 billion in the first quarter of 2021 through mergers with special purpose acquisition companies. The SPAC trend does not […]
The tallest living man in the United States has passed away at just 38 years old. Igor Vovkovinskiy, who stood at 7 feet, 8.33 inches, died in Minnesota on Friday, Aug. 20, the Associated Press via NBC News reported. Igor’s mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, confirmed he succumbed to heart disease in a […]
Image: Red Dead Redemption 2 There are two reasons I am posting about this list called “8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making”. Number one, it’s a good list. Number two, it comes from a video game horse-themed website called The Mane Quest. But really, it’s […]