Новости за 16.08.2020

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 14, 2020
The Japanese owner of a cargo ship that leaked massive amounts of oil after running aground off Mauritius has pledged to "sincerely" respond to requests for compensation over damage to the marine environment. "We are deeply conscious of our responsibility as a party directly involved in the case," said Kiyoaki Nagashiki, president of Nagashiki Shipping, which owns the stricken bulk carrier.

Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2020
High-level talks between Washington and Beijing on the status of the "phase one" trade agreement that were set to take place on Saturday have been postponed, according to US media reports Friday. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly were scheduled to hold a video conference with China's Vice Premier Liu He, according to the reports, inclu

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 14, 2020
Stocks were mixed Friday following a broadly healthy week but investors are increasingly worried about the stalemate in Washington over a new US stimulus while European markets were hit by fresh British quarantine rules. Hopes that Democrats and Republicans would cast aside their mutual animosity to stump up much-needed cash for struggling Americans have been key to supporting equities for w

San Francisco (AFP) Aug 14, 2020
Facebook on Friday joined the attack on Apple's operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission on live online events hosted on the social network that allow people to make money during the pandemic. The comments from Facebook come in the wake of a blockbuster lawsuit from video game sensation Fortnite maker Epic Games on Thursday which accused Apple of abus

Beijing (AFP) Aug 13, 2020
French luxury brand Cartier is facing online mockery in China over a Valentine-themed advert which appears to show a gay couple who are described in a caption as depicting "father-son" love. Cartier posted a video on Chinese social media platform Weibo this week promoting its "Trinity" ring, which the brand described in the video's caption as representing the "bond of love" - ahead of the l

Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
An animal-tracking system developed by Saule Technologies will support the monitoring of European bison in Ukraine. Local partner World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Ukraine, WWF Poland and Saule Technologies will cooperate on the "Perovskite Solar Module Enabled IoT Asset Tracking for Wildlife Conservation" initiative under the Challenge Fund: Polish Solutions for SDGs Fund, with the financial sup

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 14, 2020
Scientists in Chicago have developed a way to keep quantum states operating for longer periods of time - a breakthrough they say could accelerate the development of quantum communication, computing and sensing. Hundreds of studies have hinted at the power of quantum mechanics, and scientists have predicted quantum technologies will provide a speed boost to computers, beef up cyber secu

Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight coming from Betelgeuse's surface. Hubble researchers suggest that the dust cloud formed when superhot plasma unleashed from an upwelling of a large

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
The James Webb Space Telescope is an international endeavor with widespread global contributions and experts in more than a dozen countries dedicated to the build, launch, and future science of this flagship NASA space observatory. The cooperation and collaboration on Webb is an incredible testament to what is possible with worldwide teamwork. Thousands of scientists, engineers, and techni

Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2020
New detailed observations with NSF's NOIRLab facilities reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, that is unusually dense for its size and age. Weighing in at 25 Earth-masses, and slightly smaller than Neptune, this exoplanet's existence is at odds with the predictions of leading planet formation theories. New observations of the exoplanet, known as K2-25b, mad

Guildford UK (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
Scientists have made a key discovery thanks to stardust found in meteorites, shedding light on the origin of crucial chemical elements. Meteorites are critical to understanding the beginning of our solar system and how it has evolved over time. However, some meteorites contain grains of stardust that predate the formation of our solar system and are now providing important information abou

Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for the Artemis I lunar mission has successfully completed its first four Green Run tests and is building on those tests for the next phase of checkout as engineers require more capability of the hardware before hot-firing the stage and its four powerful engines. Green Run is a demanding series of eight tests and nearly 30 firsts: first loadi

Montegut-Lauragais, France (AFP) Aug 12, 2020
He may never have pulled on a spacesuit or flown in a shuttle but that has not stopped Frenchman Michael Moisseeff from reaching for the stars. After years of exploring and reconstructing the scents of planet Earth, the 66-year-old "aroma sculptor" set himself a new goal - capturing the smell of the moon. Moisseeff, with his floral shirt and a head of white hair tied up at the back, s

Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are working to install an adapter that will connect the Orion spacecraft to its rocket for the Artemis I mission around the Moon. This is one of the final major hardware operations for Orion inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building prior to integration with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The spacecraft adapter c

Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
Kleos Space reports that as part of the expansion of its constellation a contract has been signed with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc to manifest a cluster of Kleos satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, scheduled for mid-2021. This will be the second cluster to be launched by Kleos, following the first four Kleos' Scouting Mission satellites that are in the Sriharikota Range in Ind

Promontory UT (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted its first ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) in Promontory, Utah. This variation of the company's GEM 63 strap-on booster was developed in partnership with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to provide additional lift capability to the Vulcan Centaur vehicle. "Our new GEM 63XL motors leverage its flight-proven

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
Exolaunch, a Berlin-based rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, signed a wide-ranging MOU with Germany-based launch service provider, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), to provide end-to-end launch services for small satellites, with Exolaunch procuring launch capacities from RFA. "Exolaunch and Rocket Factory share a common mission that places the customer at the center of ev

Littleton CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
Lockheed Martin is building mission payloads for a Space Engineering Research Center at University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute small satellite program called La Jument, which enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) space technologies. For the program, four La Jument nanosatellites - the first launching later this year - will use Lockhe

Denver CO (SPX) Aug 14, 2020
Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. (Voyager), a global leader in integrated space services, has announced that its subsidiary, Altius Space Machines, Inc. (Altius), was selected as a subcontractor to Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, to support the development of a human landing system for NASA's Artemis program. With Altius support, Dynetics aims to enable the Artemis program that will l

Houston TX (SPX) Aug 16, 2020
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 23 for the first operational flight with astronauts of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as a part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission will be the first of regular rotational missions to the space station following completion of NASA certification. The missio

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
The rapid growth of the space enterprise, from commercial interests in space exploration to a potentially adversarial domain, has created a demand for faster, more agile tools for space operations. The ability to simulate multiple scenarios and test models with pinpoint accuracy and rich interactive data visualization can serve as an invaluable advantage for operators to maintain space domain aw

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 16, 2020
Europe's Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites Galaxy-30 and BSAT-4B, and the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2), into their planned transfer orbits. There are also four notable updates to the launch vehicle. Arianespace announced liftoff at 23:04 BST (00:04 CEST, 19:04 local time) this evening from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting about 47 minutes.

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Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui is set to name an unchanged side for tonight's Europa League semi-final against Manchester United.

The police have booked the organisers and the attendees for endangering public safety, organising the party during the coronavirus pandemic as well as violating sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.