When astronaut Ed Gibson flew to America’s first space station nearly 50 years ago, NASA still built and launched its own spacecraft. On November 16, 1973, Dr Gibson, Gerald “Jerry” Carr and William Pogue flew to Skylab onboard the Saturn 1B rocket, which was later replaced by the Space Shuttle […]
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is developing a reusable spaceplane, a subsidiary of the Kalashnikov conglomerate said on Wednesday, in Russia’s first such project since the late Soviet Union’s ill-fated Buran space shuttle. A full-size model of the plane was presented at a closed pavilion during a Russian military forum last […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Italian ground segment provider Leaf Space announced plans March 24 to establish a U.S. office to serve government and commercial customers. “There is a clear appetite among U.S. satellite and launch vehicle operators to simplify, outsource and maximize the value from ground services and we believe that […]
A ceremonial launch of the Baikal-Gigaton Volume Detector (GVD) telescope, in Russia’s Lake Baikal on March 13, 2021. Alexei KushnirenkoTASS via Getty Images Scientists have submerged a giant telescope nearly a mile underwater in Russia’s Lake Baikal. The telescope is hunting for neutrinos: tiny, neutral particles that are abundant but […]
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday halted the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech citing defective packaging, triggering scenes of confusion in inoculation centers across the city. The suspension comes as the Asian financial hub has faced a sluggish take-up of vaccines due to […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Lithuanian nanosatellite maker NanoAvionics is moving into the heavier microsatellite market as it looks to grow fivefold by 2025. Vytenis Buzas, CEO of NanoAvionics, claims its 50-kilogram-plus ‘MP42’ product will be the microsat industry’s first commercially available modular bus. The company said last August its modular approach […]
Vauxhall said it has revised prices for their new Mokka-e and Vivaro-e to below £35,000 to ensure new buyers still receive the discount. The Mokka-e SE Premium model will now be priced at £33,000 with the range-topping Mokka-e Launch Edition at just under £35,000. The Vivaro-e has seen its list […]
iOS 14 will get some new features in this month’s release. James Martin/CNET iOS 14 was first released in September 2020, ahead of the launch of the iPhone 12. New versions of Apple’s mobile operating system have come out once a month since then, with new features and bug fixes. The […]