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US space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander"s demise

The head of the American space company whose lunar lander failed this week in its mission to reach the Moon expressed optimism Friday that the next attempt would achieve its goal......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekJan 20th, 2024

Check out SpaceX’s new spacesuit for first private spacewalk

SpaceX has shown off the new spacesuit that will be worn for the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk during the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News1 hr. 43 min. ago

First crewed Starliner test needs good weather for launch. Here’s the forecast

NASA and Boeing Space are a short time away from conducting the first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News7 hr. 15 min. ago

Zeekr aims to raise up to $368 million in U.S. IPO

Zeekr founder and Chairman Shufu Li, according to a U.S. filing, will control almost 75 percent of the shareholder voting power in the company after the IPO......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

Hydrostor, a leader in compressed-air energy storage, aims to break ground on a 200-MW plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It wants to follow that with a 500-MW facility in California......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

Boeing"s Starliner joins select club of crewed US spaceships

Throughout the annals of American space exploration, a select few spacecraft have had the distinction of carrying human beings beyond Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

Boeing"s Starliner finally ready for first crewed mission

Launch day is finally here: Boeing's Starliner capsule blasts off Monday to the International Space Station on its first crewed mission—several years after SpaceX first achieved the same milestone......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

Luminar lays off 20% of staff amid restructuring

Approximately 140 employees at lidar technology company Luminar were laid off Friday as the company pivots to an 'asset light' model that includes outsourcing industrialization......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

Luminar lays off 20 percent of staff amid restructuring

Approximately 140 employees at lidar technology company Luminar were laid off Friday as the company pivots to an "asset light" model that includes outsourcing industrialization......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years

China is going. NASA is talking about going. What gives? Enlarge / A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3, 2024 in Wenchang, China. (credit: Li Zhenzhou/.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Ecobee is shutting down some of its very first products

Even after a commendable 16-year runtime, the company is offering discounts. Enlarge / The first Ecobee Thermostat, may it rest in peace. (credit: Ecobee) Ecobee is killing off some of its oldest thermostats. The "Ecobee.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizations

Andrej Karpathy muses about sending a LLM binary that could "wake up" and answer questions. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, renowned AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, formerly of OpenAI and Tesla, tweeted a ligh.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Solar orbiter takes a mind-boggling video of the sun

You've seen the sun, but you've never seen the sun like this. This single frame from a video captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter mission shows the sun looking very fluffy! You can see feathery, hair-like structures made of plasma following magnetic field.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (May 2024)

The best movies on Netflix include Miller's Girl, The Judge, Anyone But You, King Richard, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, Anna, The Bricklayer, and more......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

NASA’s Orion spacecraft has ‘critical issues’ with its heat shield, report finds

NASA intends to use its Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon, but a report has found that issues with the capsule's heat shield could be a safety risk......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Ariane 6 launches: Exolaunch"s EXOpod Nova

Europe's newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether launching new satellites to look back and study Earth, peer out to deep space or test impor.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Earth from space: Namibian landforms

This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, revealing the stunning terrain of northwest Namibia......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Astronomers inspect population of young stellar objects in open cluster NGC 346

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has explored young stellar objects (YSOs) in an open cluster known as NGC 346. The study, published April 24 on the preprint server arXiv, yields crucial information ab.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley"s comet, peaks this weekend. Here"s how to see it

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Japanese satellite chases down space junk

A satellite from Japanese company Astroscale has taken an up-close image of a piece of space debris it has been chasing down......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Apple said to be stealing tech from expensive suppliers to give to cheaper ones

A new report claims that a supplier may develop new technology or new processes, only for Apple to — perfectly legally — take that work to a cheaper company, sometimes leaving the original one to go bankrupt.Apple has suppliers all over the world.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024