NASA is seeking people wanting to be astronauts
NASA expects to select the new class of astronaut candidates in mid-2021 to begin training as the next class of Artemis Generation astronauts.
February 12, 2020 2:45 pm
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Sunday was a rare day, a palindrome
Palindrome derives from the Greek word for running back again, and defines a number, word or phrase that is the same read forward and backward.
Cities most at risk of deadly coronavirus contamination
Academics have assessed what countries have the highest risk of the incredibly infectious coronavirus.
India to send female robot to space
Vyommitra, a combination of two Sanskrit words Vyoma (Space) and Mitra (Friend), was unveiled at the inaugural session of the Human Spaceflight and Exploration — Present Challenges and Future Trends in Bengaluru (Bangalore)
NASA and SpaceX pass critical final test
“This critical flight test puts us on the cusp of returning the capability to launch astronauts in American spacecraft on American rockets from American soil,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
Elon Musk destroying a SpaceX rocket in pursuit of safety
In the test, SpaceX will configure Crew Dragon to intentionally trigger a launch escape prior to one and a half minutes of flight to demonstrate the spacecraft's capability to safely separate from the Falcon 9 rocket
McDonald’s launches first veggie burger which is raising eyebrows
The vegetable patty itself is made of potatoes, peas, corn, carrot and onion and whilst a McDonald’s McVeggie sounds great for vegetarians, it’s not what you may think.
Oldest material known to exist on Earth discovered
Scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago discovered presolar grains in their sample from the Murchison meteorite and said that it was the oldest ever discovered. Some grains were believed to be more than 5.5 billion years old - before the Sun was created.
SpaceX puts another 60 satellites into outer space and there’s more
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered the payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Falcon 9’s first stage supported a Starlink mission in May 2019, the Iridium-8 mission in January 2019, and the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018.
Australia’s biggest fire destroys area seven times the size of Singapore
The total area burned in NSW has reached 3.41 million hectares, according to the NSW Rural Fire Service, and the outlook for the rest of summer remains hazardous.