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by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A SpaceX rocket blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station, carrying a load of supplies including a docking adapter that future spaceships will use to park at the orbiting outpost. “Falcon 9 is on its way,” said a commentator at SpaceX mission control as the white rocket launched under a dark night sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:45 am (0445 GMT). Following the launch, the […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — It may be inside a protest rally, or in front of a deadly shooting. Smartphones, video and social media are empowering citizens to tell their stories like never before. This became clear with the live video earlier this month from Diamond Reynolds when she captured the aftermath of the shooting by a police officer of her boyfriend Philando Castile in Minnesota and streamed it live on Facebook. […]
Given her background in researching some of the deadliest pathogens on Earth, including Ebola, colleagues of newly arrived astronaut Kate Rubins had expected her to want to do “crazy science fiction” on the International Space Station. Instead, Rubins pushed for carefully controlled experiments with a mix of a bacteria, a common virus and mouse cells, all already repeatedly sequenced and safe for testing in the space station’s closed-loop environment. Rubins, a trained microbiologist who arrived […]
Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan Motor Co unveiled to the media on Tuesday, July 12 its new self driving technology ‘Propilot,’ which assists the driver in maintaining speed during heavy traffic, changing lanes, and other driving maneuvers on a highway.
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for the penultimate stop in the solar-powered plane’s world tour, two days after setting off from Spain. The experimental plane had completed the first solo transatlantic flight to land in Spain last month, and will continue from Cairo to Abu Dhabi, where it began its marathon journey in March last year. After setting off from Seville, Spain on Monday morning, the plane […]
NORTHAM, Australia (Reuters) — Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov lifted off from Northam in Western Australia on Tuesday (July 12) in his attempt to break the world record for a hot air balloon solo flight around the world. The 64-year-old Russian Orthodox priest’s wife and children watched as he departed at sunrise from the same place American aviator Steve Fossett started his successful solo flight in 2002 to circumnavigate the globe. Fossett took 13 and a […]
REUTERS — NASA’S Juno spacecraft sent its first in-orbit view of Jupiter after it capped a five-year journey to the planet on July 4 with a do-or-die engine burn that looped it into orbit to probe the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system and how it impacted the rise of life on Earth, the U.S. space agency said. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine […]
TOKYO, Japan — The EZ10 robot shuttle runs entirely on electricity and can be ridden by up to 12 people. Equipped with a lift, the robot shuttle provides improved access to senior citizens and those with disabilities. With no driver, it runs on a pre-determined route set by its Global Positioning System (GPS) and external cameras. The bus weighs 1,700 kg (3.748 lb) and has a maximum speed limit of 40 km/h (25 mph). The […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Vanishing message app Snapchat on Wednesday began giving users the option of storing images as “Memories” they can look back on or share anew. Snapchat described the new feature as a personal collection of favorite moments kept safe below the smartphone camera screen. “You can use Memories to create new Stories from Snaps you’ve taken, or even combine different Stories into a longer narrative,” the California-based company said in […]
by Vasily MAXIMOV BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Three astronauts blasted off into the early morning sky in an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome Thursday, heading towards the International Space Station. First-time astronauts Kathleen Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japanese space agency set off for a four-month mission at the ISS with Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin at around 0136 GMT. “All is well on board!” said mission control in comments relayed […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California erupted in cheers as the solar observatory entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 pm (0353 GMT Tuesday). “We are in it,” hollered […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Monday began its attempt to orbit Jupiter, the largest and most massive planet in the solar system, the US space agency announced. The unmanned solar-powered observatory began firing its main engine to slow down enough to be captured into Jupiter’s orbit at 11:18 pm (0318 GMT), said officials at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “We see the expected sharp shift upward in the Doppler residuals indicating the engine […]
