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5 boaters found clinging to a cooler in Lake Erie are rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew

5 boaters found clinging to a cooler in Lake Erie are rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooJul 10th, 2024

Crew Dragon is about to fly with empty seats for the first time. Here’s why

NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for the Crew-9 astronaut flight to the ISS next week, but two of the four seats will be empty......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies

The US Coast Guard’s OceanGate hearings started Monday with some startling revelations—including the last messages from the passengers......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

Comprehensive model uses airborne LiDAR data to predict walking travel times with unprecedented accuracy

You're a hotshot working to contain a wildfire. The conflagration jumps the fire line, forcing your crew to flee using pre-determined escape routes. At the start of the day, the crew boss estimated how long it should take to get to the safety zone. W.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 shuts down megacity

Tens of millions of people in Shanghai and across China's densely populated east coast hunkered indoors Monday as the strongest typhoon to hit since 1949 swept in, downing trees and disrupting transport across the region......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Polaris Dawn’s high-speed journey home captured in photo from ISS

A remarkable photo taken by an astronaut aboard the ISS shows SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon capsule entering Earth’s atmosphere at high speed on Sunday......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?

They flew high, they walked in space, and finally early on Sunday, they landed. Enlarge / Crew Dragon enters Earth's atmosphere on Sunday morning as recovery boats await. (credit: SpaceX) A white spacecraft, lightly toas.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 15th, 2024

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA's moonwalkers......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 15th, 2024

I didn’t think I needed a modular keypad — until I tried this one

The Cooler Master MasterHub takes what makes the Stream Deck great and expands it with a fully modular approach......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 14th, 2024

Earth from Space: Copernicus Sential-2 captures algal bloom in north Adriatic Sea

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures algal bloom swirls in the north Adriatic Sea, along the coast of Italy......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

NASA"s SpaceX Crew-9 to conduct space station research

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are headed to the International Space Station for the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission in September. Once on station, these crew members will support scientific investigations that in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

The Coast Guard’s OceanGate Hearings Start Next Week—but Key Witnesses Won’t Appear

Because, according to sources, they’d plead the Fifth, the witness list is missing key executives and staff with knowledge of the fatal Titanic expedition, raising questions about just how much can be learned from this investigation......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

SpaceX launches its 60th Space Coast mission for the year

SpaceX passed 60 launches for the year from the Space Coast early Thursday with a Falcon 9 mission taking a set of five satellites to space......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

Lakes drying up leave Greeks in despair

Lake Koronia, one of largest in Greece, is shrinking after a prolonged drought and a summer of record-breaking temperatures, leaving behind cracked earth, dead fish and a persistent stench......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 13th, 2024

Scientists discover crude oil decimates sea otter buoyancy

Sea otters are famed for their luscious pelts, but the fur almost led to their extinction. By 1938, only a tiny population of ~50 remained clinging to the central California coast. Since then, the mammals have battled back. However, the charismatic c.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

High-tech search for 1968 plane wreck in Michigan"s Lake Superior shows nothing so far

An ambitious high-tech search in Michigan's Lake Superior so far has turned up no sign of a plane that crashed in 1968, killing three people who were on a scientific research trip......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Cooler weather helps, but Los Angeles fires still out of control

Cooler weather on Thursday aided firefighters battling out-of-control blazes around Los Angeles, but officials warned the fast-moving fires were unpredictable and could suddenly explode......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Watch this orbital sunset from a Crew Dragon spacecraft way above Earth

SpaceX has shared a some stunning images and a short video showing an orbital sunset as seen from the Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon way above Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

How to watch SpaceX’s first-ever spacewalk from a Crew Dragon tonight

Two non-professional astronauts are about to conduct the first-ever spacewalk from a Crew Dragon spacecraft and also the first-ever commercial spacewalk......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Private astronauts on daring trek ahead of historic spacewalk

A private crew set out on an audacious orbital expedition Tuesday, journeying deeper into the cosmos than any humans in half a century as they prepare for the first ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024

The Polaris Dawn crew is in space. Now what?

Four non-professional astronauts are now orbiting Earth inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship. Here's what'll happen next ........»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024