Sci-Tech

SpaceX’s first recycled Dragon arrives at space station

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX’s first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Live images on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s television showed the spaceship approaching the orbiting outpost, then being grabbed with the station’s robotic arm at 9:52 am (1352 GMT). “Capture complete,” said NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who operated the robotic arm […]

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Original Disneyland map could fetch $900,000 at LA auction

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) — Walt Disney’s first map of his planned Disneyland theme park in Southern California is going up for sale in June and could fetch up to $900,000, auctioneers said on Thursday (June 2). The 1953 map, hand-inked and hand-colored, was created by Disney and artist Herb Ryman and used to present to investors in order to secure funding to build the first Disney theme park in Anaheim. It clearly shows the layout […]

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India shows off space prowess with launch of mega rocket

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s most powerful homegrown rocket to date is set to launch Monday, another milestone for its indigenous space program that one day hopes to put a man into orbit. The 43-meter (140-foot) rocket is scheduled to lift off just before 5:30 pm (1200 GMT) from the southern island of Sriharikota, one of two sites used by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to launch satellites. This latest model boasts a […]

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Astronauts bid emotional farewell to space station crew

  (Reuters) – The International Space Station’s latest expedition officially began on Friday (June 2) after Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency left the space station for earth. The two flight crew members, embarking on Expedition 52 having arrived on Expedition 51, bade an emotional goodbye as National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut and Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson hugged them before the closing of the hatch that […]

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China succeeds in trial mining of natural gas hydrate

BEIJING, China (Reuters) – China has mastered the core technologies for mining natural gas hydrate after it extracted high purity gas in the South China Sea for 22 consecutive days, the longest time in the world, the Ministry of Land and Resources said Friday. Trial mining of natural gas hydrate, commonly known as “combustible ice” as it can be ignited like solid ethanol, in the Shenhu Sea area about 320 kilometers southeast of south China’s Zhuhai […]

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New fish-shaped underwater camera drone gets support online

Reuters — A technology company has created a fish-shaped underwater drone fitted with a camera, for exploring and filming underwater worlds. The drone, called BIKI, films in 4K resolution, avoids obstacles, has automated balance and Global Positioning System, which means it can find its way back to its user, company RoboSea said on the project’s crowdfunding page. Its page aimed to raise $20,000 but on Wednesday (May 31) had already reached more than $115,988. The […]

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Robocop joins Dubai police to fight real life crime

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — A robotic policeman who can help identify wanted criminals and collect evidence has joined Dubai’s police force and will patrol busy areas in the city, as part of a government program aimed at replacing some human crime-fighters with machines. If the “Robocop” experiment is successful, Dubai Police says it wants the unarmed robots to make up 25 percent of its patrolling force by 2030. Clad in the colors of […]

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Lightning strike postpones SpaceX launch until Saturday

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A lightning strike near Cape Canaveral forced SpaceX to delay until Saturday its first-ever cargo delivery to the astronauts living in orbit using a vessel that has already flown to space once before, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday. The lightning did not hit any of SpaceX’s equipment but happened within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the launch pad. The strike happened […]

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ISS to welcome first Chinese experiment

  (Reuters) – The International Space Stations will welcome its first Chinese experiment, which is to be delivered aboard SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft. The Dragon is scheduled to be launched on Thursday from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is to be done by SpaceX, a United States commercial aerospace manufacturer and transport services company. Scientists from Beijing Institute of Technology, a renowned university in China, are responsible for […]

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Japan launches satellite for high-precision positioning system

                          TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Thursday launched a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the United States-operated Global Positioning System. A H-IIA rocket blasted off at 9:17am (0017 GMT) from the Tanegashima space center in southern Japan carrying the “Michibiki” No.2 satellite, footage by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed. Satellite geolocation systems, initially designed for the US […]

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Colossal rocket-launching plane rolls toward testing

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A colossal aircraft capable of launching satellite-toting rockets into space is closer to testing, having been rolled out of a hangar in the desert, its creators said on Wednesday. The project backed by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been proceeding for about six years and was on track for its first launch demonstration as early as 2019, Stratolaunch Systems Corporation chief executive Jean Floyd said in a blog […]

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Scientists look to genetically modified algae to help feed the planet

QUINGDAO, China (Reuters) — Algae, one of the smallest organisms on the planet, could soon be used to combat a looming global food crisis. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) hope genetically engineered micro-algae could be the food of the future, and they’ve taken a step closer to that reality with an outdoor field trial approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Algae geneticist Stephen Mayfield and his team inserted […]

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