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.
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Jun 15, 2020
Weird green glow spotted in atmosphere of Mars
Posted by Alberto Lao 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.
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 Alberto Lao in category: space travel
Jun 15, 2020
NASA lit a fire in space to keep future astronauts safe (video)
Posted by Genevieve Klien 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 Genevieve Klien 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 Tracy R. Atkins 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 Fyodor Rouge 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 Genevieve Klien 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 Quinn Sena 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.