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50-50 Chance to Launch Rocket Successfully on Saturday
Storms moved across the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, forcing a scrub of the launch of the Falcon 9 with NASA commercial crew astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley . While NASA had urged spectators to stay home Wednesday because of the pandemic, prime viewing spots at area parks and beaches were packed. Even if stormy weather is crossing the launch site before lift-off, they could cat... [Full Article...]
Elon Musk received $ 775 million - Musk earned 1.7 million shares of Tesla
Tesla shareholders will be asked to endorse the compensation at an annual meeting of investors in early July. The first tranche was made up of about 1.7 million shares of Tesla, and would be valued at approximately US$ 775 million based on May 28, 2020's closing market value. [Full Article...]
ESPRESSO confirms presence of an Earth around the nearest star
Michael Mayor, the architect of all ESPRESSO-type instruments, praised the spectrograph's performance, saying: "ESPRESSO has made it possible to measure the mass of the planet with a precision of over one-tenth of the mass of Earth". Although Proxima b is an ideal candidate for biomarker research , much more research is needed before scientists can make solid predictions that there is life on the... [Full Article...]
SpaceX Starship SN4 prototype explodes after engine test in Texas
According to Ars Technica editor Eric Berger , the Starship SN4 prototype was in its fifth static fire test when there was an uncontrolled leak. The company earlier this week acquired FAA approval to fly the prototypes on short test runs, TechCrunch reported . [Full Article...]
Take 2 for SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch with more storms
SpaceX and NASA are making preparations for their second attempt at a historic launch that will see astronauts travel to space from USA soil for the first time since 2011. A rocket and its plume ascending through clouds act as conductors and can trigger lightning at lower levels of atmospheric electricity than what is required for natural lighting. [Full Article...]
NASA Astronauts Arrive in Florida Week Before SpaceX Flight
According to a Politico-obtained message Loverro sent to his team, "personal actions" were the force that drove the departure. "Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences", Loverro wrote. [Full Article...]
Weather postpones first SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts minutes before lift-off
SpaceX were due to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida , at around 9.33pm United Kingdom time on Wednesday (May 28). The Crew Dragon cost NASA an estimated $55 million a seat. That didn't happen... at all. Earlier, the manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program , Kathy Lueders, mission team concluded the launch readiness review for the upcoming ... [Full Article...]
Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter
Over the years, several different methods have been used to try to detect the missing matter, but the researchers were unable to adequately detect all normal matter throughout the universe, mainly because they focused on specific regions of space. [Full Article...]