NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Closes Out Space Station Mission

After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth. During his assignment, Williams contributed to research for new cancer treatments, advanced the production of materials to improve computers and electronics, ventured into the vacuum of space to complete two spacewalks, and muchContinue Reading

SpaceX Will Try to Launch Starship Tomorrow After Good Test Today

Home » Space » SpaceX Will Try to Launch Starship Tomorrow After Good Test Today NASASpaceflight’s said the bottom line is for SpaceX to say ‘good for Thursday. Based upon was their analysis, NSF was saying that after today’s successful pre-flight test on Booster 20, SpaceX is now in a position to green-light Thursday asContinue Reading

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If Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hasn’t nagged you about pending updates in a while, there’s a reason for that. A Launchpad bug report and related discussion on the Ubuntu Discourse noticed that the distro’s update-manager no longer notifies when updates are pending unless the update notification tray icon is enabled. TheContinue Reading

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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the Critical Materials Crossroads Engine, led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), to receive up to $160 million to develop a regional ecosystem for producing the metals and advanced materials that go into batteries, semiconductors, aircraft engine parts and medical devices.Continue Reading

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Marine fast charging infrastructure provider Aqua superpower (which is scheduled to be acquired by NatPower Marine) is deploying charging infrastructure for electric boats and cars at several marinas in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government established a €2-million funding program to support infrastructureContinue Reading