Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 16, 2021
The Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a planned liftoff at 6:11 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will hold a media teleconference at approximately 7 p.m. EDT today, April 15, at Kennedy to discuss the outcome of t
Centennial CO (SPX) Apr 16, 2021
NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) has added United Launch Alliance's next generation rocket, the Vulcan Centaur, to the NASA Launch Services II (NLS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract in accordance with the on-ramp provision of NLS II.
"ULA is honored that NASA LSP has added our Vulcan Centaur rocket to the catalog of launch vehicles available to support future space expl
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 16, 2021
Four astronauts arrived in Florida on Friday for their mission to the International Space Station planned for next week - the third launch of people aboard a SpaceX rocket and capsule.
The launch, planned for 6:11 a.m. EDT Thursday from Kennedy Space Center, will mark the first time a reused Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket fly with people on board.
"We're excited to fly on th
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 15, 2021
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded three contracts this week to design a nuclear thermal propulsion system that will operate above low Earth orbit in 2025.
General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin are the prime contractors for the deal, according to a DARPA press release.
The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program has the po
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 17, 2021
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touched down Saturday on the steppe of Kazakhstan following a half-year mission on the International Space Station, footage broadcast by the Russian space agency showed.
Russia's Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov as well as NASA's Kate Rubins landed on barren land at 0455 GMT around 150 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of the town of Zhezkazg
Brussels (AFP) April 17, 2021
The European Commission will next week present the first part of a "green taxonomy" list of energy sources and technology to be labelled as sustainable investments, but a question mark hangs over the inclusion of natural gas.
The classification system, to be published on Wednesday, is mandated under a 2019 agreement between member states and the European Parliament meant to define durable ec
Moscow (AFP) April 16, 2021
Russia on Friday welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.
Libya has been gripped by chaos for almost a decade, since longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi was brought down and killed in a 2011 uprising backed by several Western powers.
In February, Libya embarked on a new phase of
Paris (AFP) April 16, 2021
Gas power plants overtook lignite coal plants in 2020 to become the European Union's largest single source of emissions from electricity, an analysis of the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme showed Friday.
Gas plants produced 231 million tonnes of carbon dioxide across the continent in 2020 according to the analysis conducted by energy think tank Ember.
Emissions from coal plants meanwhile
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2021
As the world's energy demands grow, so too does growing concern over the environmental impact of power production. The need for a safe, clean, and reliable energy source has never been clearer. Fusion power could fulfil such a need.
A review paper published in EPJ H examines the 6-decade history of neutral particle analysis (NPA), developed in Ioffe Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, a v
The service for the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will be scaled back because of the pandemic. Follow his funeral here.
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Baku/17.04.21/Turan: On April 18 in Baku and Absheron there will be changeable weather without precipitation. Moderate southerly wind will change to northwester in the afternoon. The air temperature during the day will be + 19 + 21 degrees.No precipitation are expected in the regions of the country, except for a number of mountainous regions, where it will rain and hail. West wind, gusty. In low-lying areas during the day it will be + 22 + 27 degrees, in the mountains + 10 + 15. ...
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