Iran increased its military activity in waters off its shores in the wake of a major escalation of tensions with Washington after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Since then, the region has witnessed a series of tanker sabotage attacks and seizures, drone shootdowns, and the alleged […]
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With two successful 150-meter hops in the bag for SpaceX, Starship testing is preparing to enter the next phase. Starship SN6’s successful 150-meter hop followed just weeks after SN5’s achievement. While SN5 is preparing to conduct another leap, Starship SN8 is closing in on its maiden flight, this time sporting […]
New York City is not dead, but the Hamptons have sure had a good pandemic so far. From Southampton to Montauk, the exclusive holiday towns strung along the south fork of Long Island have been hopping all summer. Unsurprisingly, many New Yorkers who can afford it are now planning to […]
…from SouthFront.org Hikers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights found at least 5 armed and unguarded Merkava Mk. IV battle tanks. The doors of the battle tanks were open with equipment and munitions left completely unguarded inside. The incident took place amid the growing tensions between Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense […]
Starship SN6 is aiming to conduct a 150-meter hop test on Sunday, just a few weeks after SN5 completed the first Starship prototype launch. SN6’s test will be a near-mirror of SN5’s short flight, with both prototypes aiming to refine SpaceX’s launch and landing operations. Meanwhile, additional Starships continue to […]
Starship SN6 is now into the business end of its initial test campaign, with a Static Fire test with her Raptor (SN29) engine expected as early as Sunday, ahead of a hop test at the end of the week. While SN6 is out at the launch site, numerous Starships are […]
British tennis star Andy Murray is continuing his preparation ahead of the US Open next weekend, but admitted that he misses the presence of the fans as he returns to action. Murray is currently competing at the Western & Southern Open, the warm-up event ahead of the start of the […]
The Pacific Spaceport Complex, located in Kodiak, Alaska, is preparing to support the launch of Astra’s first orbital test flight, featuring the company’s Rocket 3.1 launcher. Teams are currently conducting final preparations ahead of the opening of the two hour launch window, which is currently set to open at 7:00 […]
U.S Army is well prepared for any potential threats related to the use of nerve agents. Nerve agents are the most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents. They are chemically similar to organophosphate pesticides and exert their biological effects by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase enzymes. Last week, FLIR Systems has been […]
The White House is now requiring hospitals around the country to change how they report data on COVID-19 patients in a move that effectively bypasses the nation’s largest public health agency. In a letter from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency mandated that hospitals send information […]
The Portuguese capital, Lisbon, is to host a special mini-tournament to decide the winner of this season’s Champions’ League. The holders, Liverpool, were knocked out by Atletico Madrid just days before the coronavirus lockdown began. Barcelona will play Bayern Munich or Chelsea in the quarter finals of the Champions’ League […]
Lauren Moran, a pastry chef who owns a bakery and café, taste-tests Cornwall’s new coffee drinks with her husband, Cornwall’s general manager Billy Moran (L), and Speedwell Coffee Company owner Derek Anderson. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption toggle caption Tovia Smith/NPR Lauren Moran, a pastry chef who owns a bakery and […]
…from SouthFront The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces have put their forces on high alert in response to the new round of aggressive actions by the Turkish Army and its proxies in northeastern Syria. Several convoys of government forces, including several T-62M battle tanks and a number of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107678/50/1076785027_0:54:3000:1741_1200x675_80_0_0_150a608d59b11cea343137c22fc10baa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006271079735098-us-justice-department-prepares-to-file-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Justice Department is expected to sue Google in the next few months, accusing the company of monopolising the advertising technology market, the Politico newspaper said, citing its sources familiar with the situation. According to the sources, representatives of […]
SpaceX is set for another launch of Starlink satellites on Friday (16:18 EDT/20:18 UTC) after performing a successful static fire test of the launch vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center’s 39A. Riding along with the SpaceX payload will be two satellites for the BlackSky Earth observation constellation. (Lead photo via […]
English hulk Eddie Hall appears to be keeping his promise to “eat, sleep and recover the hardest” after posting a self-portrait in a boxing gym ahead of a scrap with Hafthor Julius Bjornsson that could go ahead in September 2021. Icelandic behemoth Bjornsson and rival Hall are set to take their […]
A mystery missile system was spotted during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow’s Red Square on June 24 to celebrate 75 years after the victory in WWII. The RG.ru has reported that the new missile system is called the TOS-2 and this […]
US President Donald Trump said he would soon sign an executive order to urge police departments around the country to wield force more carefully and put more resources into officer training following weeks of heated protests. The White House is working to finalize an order that will “encourage” police nationwide to “meet […]
Decentralised storage network provider Filecoin announced the launch of the ‘Incentivized Testnet’, the final phase of testing for its decentralized storage network, on Wednesday. In a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, the firm said that this precedes its expected main network launch this summer. Developed by Protocol Labs, Filecoin’s storage […]
After a several week stand-down due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its 12th Electron mission to date—a rideshare mission with payloads from NASA, the NRO, and the University of New South Wales. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 on the Mahia […]
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One small step. After nine years, the baton is finally passed. From Atlantis to Dragon, NASA and SpaceX are set to embark on a partnership that will not only return the ability to launch people into Earth orbit from the United States to access the International Space Station, but one […]
Japan’s H-IIB rocket will make its final flight Thursday, launching the ninth and last H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Centre is planned for an instantaneous window at 02:31:00 local time (17:31 UTC on Wednesday). The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was […]