SpaceX will soon notch a huge spaceflight milestone, if all goes according to plan. The company will try to catch both stages of its Starship megarocket during the vehicle’s next test flight, which is targeted for next month, founder and CEO Elon Musk announced during SpaceX’s quarter 3 (Q3) earnings call today (Oct. 20). IfContinue Reading
On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in the Zond program. After the first three Zond missions explored Venus and Mars , the next ones were circumlunar missions that flew around the moon before returning to Earth. Although thereContinue Reading
Abuse, threats against Australian lawmakers are rising in a country where political violence has historically been rare., An Australian independent lawmaker, Helen Haines, has had both legs amputated after being struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria state, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called “a deliberateContinue Reading
Smoke seen rising near airport in Aden as Houthis say they attacked a military camp with a ballistic missile., BREAKING, Smoke seen rising near airport in Aden as Houthis say they attacked a military camp with a ballistic missile. A powerful explosion has been heard in the city of AdenContinue Reading
The president’s change of tone was impossible to miss., Read MoreContinue Reading
It was a noisy night on the 2026 midterm election campaign trail for the president and vice president., Read MoreContinue Reading
commentary Ratings and journalistic credibility are suffering amid reports of editorial meddling Published October 20, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, could soon be facing stiff competition from her former “60 Minutes” employees (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) When I watched veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl report from theContinue Reading
Lingong Machinery Group, a Chinese manufacturer of construction machinery, showcased electric mining equipment and related products at its inaugural Global Mining Customer Service Festival in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Some 500 representatives from mining companies and industry organizations attended. At an operating mine, participants saw LGMG electric mining trucks, intelligent fleetContinue Reading
TDK has introduced the Micronas HAR 3025, a dual-die motor position sensor designed for safety-critical automotive and industrial applications. The sensor is intended for electric power steering and x-by-wire motor control, including steer-by-wire actuators and brake-by-wire motors, and for high-voltage traction motor commutation. The HAR 3025 stacks two independent diesContinue Reading
Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a bizarre, barrel-shaped squid relative that lived in Wyoming’s ancient seas 160 million years ago. The exceptionally rare fossils reveal a creature unlike anything previously known, potentially a predator of smaller squid-like animals and a surprising survivor of a supposedly vanished family.,Continue Reading
I corresponded with a TPM Reader from the tech world recently who marveled at the political salience of data centers…Continue Reading
Texas’s five biggest counties smashed voter turnout records on the state’s first day of early voting in the midterm elections. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Travis, and Tarrant counties all eclipsed early voting records for at least two of the last three elections, Sawyer Hackett, a political strategist, posted on X Tuesday.Continue Reading
Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Witkoff’s talks with Zelenskyy as ‘positive’, as efforts to end war intensify., Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Witkoff’s talks with Zelenskyy as ‘positive’, as efforts to end war intensify. United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in St Petersburg for talks withContinue Reading