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Jun 15, 2020

Dead Spacecraft on Mars Spotted in New Photos

Posted by in category: space

A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has captured fascinating color images of the remains of two defunct spacecraft in their final resting places on the surface of the Red Planet.

Jun 15, 2020

Weird green glow spotted in atmosphere of Mars

Posted by in category: space

Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter spotted an emerald glow in Mars’ wispy atmosphere, marking the first time the phenomenon has been spotted on a world beyond Earth.

Jun 15, 2020

Spacearea52 on Facebook Watch

Posted by in category: space

Map of all the #planets discovered in our #galaxy #milkyway 🌌 Credit : #nasa Spacearea52.

Jun 15, 2020

Expedition 50 — 51 Crew Undergoes Final Training Outside Moscow

Posted by in category: space travel

#SpaceExploration

Jun 15, 2020

NASA lit a fire in space to keep future astronauts safe (video)

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA lit a fire in a used Cygnus cargo spacecraft to better prepare for accidents in space.

Jun 15, 2020

How the cultural bias of driverless cars determines who lives and who dies

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

A survey of millions of people in more than 200 countries shows ethical decisions are never simple.

Jun 15, 2020

All US cell operators hit with ‘largest cyber attack in history’ sparking outages and affecting Facebook and Instagram

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

AMERICAN telecom customers experienced widespread cellphone outages during what was believed to be the largest cyberattack in US history.

Thousands of T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint customers all reported outages in areas including Florida, Georgia, New York, and California on Monday afternoon.

The disruptions were part of a large-scale distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack meant to overwhelm an online service with multiple traffic sources to render it unusable, according to Pop Culture.

Jun 15, 2020

New exoplanet system is ‘mirror image’ of Earth and sun

Posted by in category: space

Researchers from Germany and the US have discovered an exoplanet less than twice the size of Earth orbiting at about the same distance from its star, making it the closest analog to the Earth-sun system known so far.

Jun 15, 2020

SpaceX Crew Dragon: astronauts reveal big benefit over space shuttle

Posted by in category: space travel

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are the only two people who know what it’s like to fly on a SpaceX rocket. On Friday, the pair revealed some more details about how it feels, and why the Falcon 9’s design changes things.

Jun 15, 2020

Pilot of US Air Force Jet That Crashed in North Sea Is Dead

Posted by in category: military

London (AP) — The pilot of a fighter jet that crashed into the North Sea, off the coast of northern England, has been found dead, the U.S. Air Force said Monday.

In a statement hours after the crash, it said “the pilot of the downed F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing has been located, and confirmed deceased.”

It said this is a “tragic loss” for the 48th Fighter wing community and sent condolences to the pilot’s family.