Russia denies reported indirect negotiations with Ukraine to halt energy strikes.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova denied on Aug. 18 a report that the country was entering indirect talks with Ukraine in Qatar on mutually halting strikes on energy infrastructure
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv blows up second bridge in Kursk as Ukrainian forces down 11 drones overnight. Western military analysts say there were three bridges in the area of the Ukrainian army’s offensive through which Russia supplies its forces – and two of them have been either destroyed or seriously damaged.
Strikes come as UN nuclear watchdog issues warning over safety at Zaporizhzhia plant.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...98186.html
"If we really want a fully renewable energy supply, we need fusion as a third pillar," Laukien said, referencing solar and wind development. "Fusion is the key to a decarbonized future."
There could be serious benefits from a device that can generate the same energy from a single gram of fuel as 11 tons of dirty coal, as proponents have suggested, all without planet-warming carbon pollution.
With an eye on a clean-energy future, both the United States and Japan announced a partnership to fund further development and commercialization of fusion. Various innovations in the field have been announced, including one that doesn't rely on the usual magnets and lasers.
Realta Fusion CEO Kieran Furlong shared a statement on fusion's promise, per the report: "Today's demonstration puts the compact magnetic mirror firmly back in the race towards commercial fusion energy. It's a giant leap forward for a concept that promises economically viable, zero-carbon heat and electricity.
SpaceX Notches Longest Starship Flight Before Losing Rocket. Third test mission of massive craft reached near Orbit.
Prior flights ended with explosions minutes after launch.
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket into space in a critical test, sending the colossal craft farther and faster than it had ever flown, before it was lost while returning to Earth.
The mission, which featured several key demonstrations of the craft’s capabilities, lasted much longer than the past two attempts, which each ended quickly in explosions. The achievement brings the company a step closer to using Starship to launch satellites and eventually reaching Chief Executive Officer.
NASA Hubble Telescope Snaps ‘Sparkling Candy Floss’ Region Of Space.
Hubble Space Telescope’s latest image releases might make you long for the cotton candy booth at the local fair. The venerable telescope captured an ethereal image of a cluster of nebulae called N11. That’s a humdrum name for what NASA described as “a bubbling region of stars” in a statement on August 19. The image gives space fans a glimpse into a neighboring galaxy and the cosmic processes at work there.
Hubble’s N11 image looks like a billowing red fog littered with glitter. “About 1,000 light-years across, N11’s sprawling filaments weave stellar matter in and out of each other like sparkling candy floss,” said NASA. “These cotton-spun clouds of gas are ionized by a burgeoning host of young and massive stars, giving the complex a cherry-pink appearance.” It’s tough to wrap your head around the concept of 1,000 light-years, but it helps to know Proxima Centauri—the next-closest star to our sun—is about 4.2 light-years away. In short, N11 is huge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandakoose...-of-space/
Spacesuits of Boeing-launched astronauts stranded on space station are incompatible with SpaceX craft. NASA told Fox News Digital their Boeing spacesuits are made to work with the company’s spacecraft, while SpaceX’s spacesuits are made to work with its own Dragon vessel, which NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may ride in on their descent back to Earth.
The two astronauts arrived in the Starliner vehicle June 5 and were only supposed to stay until the middle of the month. Both astronauts are "very familiar" with the International Space Station, said Russ DeLoach, NASA’s chief of safety and mission assurance. The Starliner test flight marked the third mission to the ISS for each of them.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/spacesuits-bo...acex-craft
The nearest stars to Earth are three stars that lie about 4.37 light-years away in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system. The closest of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is just about 4.24 light-years away
NASA Confronts 72% Asteroid Impact. Probability: A Planetary Defense Test. Asteroid Impact
Preparedness
A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. But because the damage from such an event could be great, NASA leads hypothetical asteroid impact “tabletop” exercises every two years with experts and decision-makers from federal and international agencies to address the many uncertainties of an impact scenario. The most recent exercise took place this past April, with a preliminary report being issued on June 20.
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-confronts-...ense-test/
SpaceX set a launch turnaround record with back-to-back, coast-to-coast Falcon. launches. Following its second return to flight mission in as many months with a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX proceeded to set a new turnaround record. These two launches of 21 Starlink satellites come just days after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily grounded the Falcon fleet amid an investigation into a failed booster landing attempt on Wednesday.
Liftoff of the Starlink 9-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) happened at 1:48 a.m. PDT (4:48 a.m. EDT, 0848 UTC). This was the second of two back-to-back overnight launches.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/08/31/li...ce-base-2/
The world’s most frequently launched rocket — the SpaceX Falcon 9 — is cleared to fly again, federal regulators announced Friday evening, putting the vehicle back on track for two high-profile human spaceflight missions. Federal Aviation Admin, which licenses commercial rocket launches, grounded SpaceX’s rocket on August 28, after part of a Falcon 9 rocket booster exploded while attempting to land. Just two days later, the agency said it has cleared the rocket to return to flight. SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during (Wednesday’s) mission remains open, provided all other license requirements are met,” the agency said in an emailed statement. “SpaceX made the return to flight request on Aug. 29 and the FAA gave approval on Aug. 30.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/30/science/s...index.html
Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth orbits the sun, the sun circles the galaxy, and even galaxies are constantly on the move. So why is everything in space in motion?
It all comes down to how the universe and the objects within it were made, Edward Gomez, an astrophysicist and the education director at Las Cumbres Observatory, told Live Science. Scientists think the universe began with the Big Bang, a superfast expansion from an infinitely dense single point that eventually led to the formation of everything we see today.
"From the very beginning of the universe, it started expanding outwards because the force of the Big Bang caused everything to move apart," Gomez said.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reports 'strange noise' coming from Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
On Saturday (Aug. 31) NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed something weird inside the Starliner spacecraft. Wilmore radioed down to Mission Control to ask about the bizarre noises heard emanating from Starliner's speakers while the spacecraft is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS).
"There's a strange noise coming through the speaker," Wilmore tells Mission Control "I don't know what's making it." (
Got ghost Hantu)
https://www.space.com/strange-noise-boei...spacecraft
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, a multiday orbital expedition set to feature the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens, is now scheduled to launch on Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. (
Got ghost Sick Hantu)
An op plan released by agency indicates a 4-hr launch window opening @3:33 (0733 GMT) on Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, backup opportunities on Saturday & Sunday. Elon Musk's sai. Organized by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, Polaris Dawn mission aims to reach a peak altitude of
870 miles (1,400 k/m) the highest for any crewed mission in over half a century, since NASA's Apollo program.
Highlight of mission, 1st spacewalk by a 4-member crew composed entirely of non-professional astronauts, wearing, newly developed SpaceX extravehicular activity (EVA) suits.
The launch was delayed twice last week, due to technical issue?, with launch tower and subsequently be'cos of weather constraints affecting the splashdown phase. Complicating matters further, a separate SpaceX Falcon 9 mission lost 1st stage booster, typically performs a precision upright landing on a drone ship.
This incident led to a temporary grounding, since lifted, of the prolific launch vehicle heavily relied upon by NASA and private companies for deploying astronauts and satellites into orbit.
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-spacex-pol...early.html
A post on Tuesday 3rd by Russian blogger UAV Developer reveals a new Ukrainian secret weapon: a drone bomb fuze with a laser sensor to measure the distance to a target. Anyone who has had a laser tape measure knows what I'm talking about,” says UAV Developer, noting that it can trigger the bomb at any desired stand-off from the target.
UAV Developer describes it as a simple device with no technological magic. But experience dating back to WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon can be. And, he notes, Russia’s bureaucratic acquisition system prevents them getting anything similar.
(19-08-2024, 08:55 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Russia denies reported indirect negotiations with Ukraine to halt energy strikes.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova denied on Aug. 18 a report that the country was entering indirect talks with Ukraine in Qatar on mutually halting strikes on energy infrastructure
Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova denied on Aug. 18 a report that the country was entering indirect talks with Ukraine
https://youtu.be/pdynE8li7QQ?si=EYHuQ6TAIga-BWTV
(05-09-2024, 12:50 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]A post on Tuesday 3rd by Russian blogger UAV Developer reveals a new Ukrainian secret weapon: a drone bomb fuze with a laser sensor to measure the distance to a target. Anyone who has had a laser tape measure knows what I'm talking about,” says UAV Developer, noting that it can trigger the bomb at any desired stand-off from the target.
UAV Developer describes it as a simple device with no technological magic. But experience dating back to WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon can be. And, he notes, Russia’s bureaucratic acquisition system prevents them getting anything similar.
Azov Brigade regains control over part of New-York in Donetsk Oblast. Soldiers from the Azov 12th Special Forces Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard have regained control of a part of the village of New-York on the Toretsk front and successfully broken the Russian encirclement of Ukrainian troops area. Source: Azov on Telegram
Quote: "When the brigade engaged in combat op in the area, battlefield situation was dire. However, thanks to their high combat spirit, courage, and professionalism of their fighters, Azov managed to stabilise the situation, regain control of part of New-York, and break the enemy's encirclement of Ukrainian soldiers." the situation in NY remains tense. Russians are conducting upto 15 assaults in brigade's area of responsibility every day.
"The enemy has repeatedly claimed to have completely occupied New-York. However, this is yet another manipulation by the invaders. The defence forces control a part of the settlement and are doing everything possible to liberate Ukrainian territories," the brigade said.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/6/7473728/
(04-09-2024, 04:30 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, a multiday orbital expedition set to feature the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens, is now scheduled to launch on Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. (Got ghost Sick Hantu)
An op plan released by agency indicates a 4-hr launch window opening @3:33 (0733 GMT) on Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, backup opportunities on Saturday & Sunday. Elon Musk's sai. Organized by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, Polaris Dawn mission aims to reach a peak altitude of 870 miles (1,400 k/m) the highest for any crewed mission in over half a century, since NASA's Apollo program.
Highlight of mission, 1st spacewalk by a 4-member crew composed entirely of non-professional astronauts, wearing, newly developed SpaceX extravehicular activity (EVA) suits. The launch was delayed twice last week, due to technical issue?, with launch tower and subsequently be'cos of weather constraints affecting the splashdown phase. Complicating matters further, a separate SpaceX Falcon 9 mission lost 1st stage booster, typically performs a precision upright landing on a drone ship.
This incident led to a temporary grounding, since lifted, of the prolific launch vehicle heavily relied upon by NASA and private companies for deploying astronauts and satellites into orbit.
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-spacex-pol...early.html
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