Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week. “The rocket worked according to plan. The upper stage separated … and is currently putting the test payload into target orbit,” the Roscosmos space agency said in a social … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his confidants for the 2024 election at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Speculation is mounting that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use his annual address to Russian lawmakers Thursday to announce that Russian troops will be sent to “protect” … Read more
The claim has been made even as the Russian officials are yet to release Navalny’s body. (People gather outside the Russian embassy, following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, reported by prison authorities in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Warsaw, Poland, February 16, 2024. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl … Read more
Japan recently became the fifth nation to successfully complete a soft landing on the moon’s surface, joining a select few countries — the U.S., Russia, China and India — in accomplishing this feat. But moon landings are likely to become more common over the next few years. Globally, more than 100 lunar missions, both by … Read more
By Mari Yamaguchi | Associated Press TOKYO — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. However, space officials said they need more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or … Read more
People raise their hands after a successful moon landing by the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, in a public viewing event in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 20, 2024. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters Japan staked its claim as a national space power on Friday, as its SLIM spacecraft successfully landed on the lunar … Read more
“They’re scouts going to the moon ahead of us,” said Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson. Intuitive Machines’ M-1 Nova-C lunar lander in Houston in October 2023. The company aims to launch the lander in mid-February on a SpaceX rocket. Photo: Intuitive Machines via AP Pittsburgh’s Astrobotic Technology is up first with a planned lift-off of a … Read more
Screenshot: That Chernobyl Guy/YouTube No matter how well you think you know a story, there’s always more details to discover. Like trying to map out a coast line, the real devil is in the details. So when YouTube creator That Chernobyl Guy came out with a video about a red Mercedes-Benz truck at the heart … Read more
A month-long blockade by Polish truck drivers at the Ukrainian border is delaying deliveries of battlefront necessities — and there is no end in sight for the dispute. Truckers started blocking roads to border crossings on Nov. 6, creating lines stretching nearly 20 miles and lasting weeks in freezing temperatures, and hindering the transport of … Read more
Kissinger did not resolve the fate of the Palestinians — indeed, no one has — and his legacy in the Mideast remains debated. FILE – Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger shake hands at the State Department in Washington, March 30, 1974. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File) London: … Read more
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