Horizons mission — Soyuz(rocket) launch to orbit at 27000km/hr!! Astronauts launching for Space Station #MustWatch #SpaceExploration Info about mission: Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and an American and a German flight engineer. The mission ended at 05:02 UTC on 20 December 2018.
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Jun 22, 2020
The First Organism on Earth May Have Been a Genetic Hybrid
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Jun 22, 2020
Weather looks OK for next SpaceX Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: climatology, internet, satellites
The weather forecast appears to be trending slightly toward favorable conditions for the Space Coast’s next launch from Kennedy Space Center.
If schedules hold, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will likely encounter 60% “go” conditions for its 5:22 p.m. Tuesday liftoff from pad 39A, the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron said Saturday. The 230-foot rocket will carry about 60 Starlink satellites for the company’s tenth internet constellation mission.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected Tuesday but should move mostly inland just before the launch time.
Jun 22, 2020
How I’m using AI to write my next novel
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Jun 22, 2020
Ocean Worlds May Be Common in Our Milky Way Galaxy
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
A team of U.S. astronomers has calculated internal heating rates for 53 terrestrial exoplanets and found that all of them are likely to have volcanic activity at their surfaces, and that at least 26% could be ocean worlds, with a majority similar in structure to the icy moons of our Solar System’s giant planets.
Jun 22, 2020
Serving as finance minister under Obasanjo, Jonathan tough – Okonjo-Iweala
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: employment, finance
Tunde Ajaja Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said in all the positions she has occupied, serving as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance remains one of her toughest jobs so far. O…
Jun 21, 2020
NASA Invites Competitors to Shoot for the Moon and Beyond
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: satellites
NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.
The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA’s first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, new teams meeting the eligibility criteria must obtain a ride to deep space for their CubeSats – either through commercial launch opportunities or programs like NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.
“We welcome new teams to join us in this challenge in pursuit of advancing space exploration,” said Monsi Roman, program manager for NASA’s Centennial Challenges. “When we established the Cube Quest Challenge in 2015, commercial flight opportunities weren’t as available. Now that technology has advanced and commercial partners are flying payloads, it is a great time to make potential participants aware of the opportunity.”
Jun 21, 2020
Restaurants Are in Need of a Helping Hand. Miso Robotics Is Offering Them One. Literally
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biotech/medical, employment, food, robotics/AI
Both are AI-enabled, allowing them to take in their surroundings and learn and evolve over time. They know what time to start cooking a well-done burger so that it’s done at exactly the same time as a medium-rare burger for the same order, or could learn how to optimize oil use to minimize waste, for instance.
In a pre-pandemic time of restaurant labor shortages, Flippy kept kitchen productivity high and costs low, a giant deal in an industry known for tiny margins. Introducing Flippy into a kitchen can increase profit margins by a whopping 300%, not to mention significantly reduce the stress managers feel when trying to fill shifts.
Jun 21, 2020
DARPA Invisible Man: Human Cells Engineered With Squid-Like Transparency
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissue.
Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by using specialized tissues in their bodies to manipulate the transmission and reflection of light, and now researchers at the University of California, Irvine have engineered human cells to have similar transparent abilities.
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, the scientists described how they drew inspiration from cephalopod skin to endow mammalian cells with tunable transparency and light-scattering characteristics.
In the US, renewables are expected to see fifty times as much net capacity added in the next three years as nuclear and fossil fuels combined.