On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test
On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at the end of World War II. V-2s were the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile . They were designed by German rocket scientist Wernher vonContinue Reading
NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert
Antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California. The recently completed Deep Space Station 23 is in the foreground to the right. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA’s long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 andContinue Reading
Immediate coronary angiography fails to boost survival after cardiac arrest, trial finds
Immediate coronary angiography did not improve 3src-day survival compared with a deferred strategy in patients without ST-segment elevation on an ECG after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. These were the main findings of the DISCO trial and a meta-analysis presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2src26…Continue Reading
Republicans sour on the economy
Republicans’ confidence in the economy has plummeted over the last six months at a pace unseen since Covid — reminiscent of the declines during the global financial crisis nearly two decades ago.Why it matters: Usually, the president’s party is upbeat about the economy, while the party out of power is far more downcast…Continue Reading
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites, lands on ship at sea (video)
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 6), sending them up from California’s central coast…Continue Reading
Oil Majors Seek Bigger Bargaining Power in Labor Disputes
The biggest oil companies in the United States are playing hardball in unionized labor negotiations in a bid to get more concessions from workers’ unions in the new contracts. Over the past few years, some of the top U.S. refining companies have resorted to lockouts to ensure most of the company management’s proposals in newContinue Reading
Five dead in cargo plane crash at Miami airport | DW News
An Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway at Miami International Airport upon arrival from Puerto Rico on Sunday, killing at least five people when it crashed into several vehicles and erupted into flames. For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/Continue Reading
MX Player for PC: How the Android Video Player Behaves on a Desktop Screen
Most people know MX Player as the app that finally played that one weird video file their phone refused to open. It has grown well past that. These days it also carries a library of free movies, web series and shows, which makes it interesting to anyone who follows entertainmentContinue Reading
Jamaica to file slavery reparations petition during UK visit
Petition to King Charles questions the legality of slavery under English law and UK’s responsibility for reparations., Petition to King Charles questions the legality of slavery under English law and UK’s responsibility for reparations. A Jamaican delegation to the United Kingdom has said it will file a petition addressed toContinue Reading
Why is Kenya cracking down on foreign traders and small retailers?
President Ruto says small businesses should be reserved for Kenyans as his government moves against foreign traders., Kenya is beginning a crackdown on foreign nationals operating small retail shops and engaging in hawking, after President William Ruto directed authorities to shut down such businesses from September 7. Ruto made theContinue Reading
Canada readies $28B in tariffs | CTV News Ottawa at Six for September 6, 2026
Tensions continue to escalate in the Canada-U.S. trade war as the federal government prepares to impose $28 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American imports. CTV’s Jeremie Charron reports that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent compared Canada to a “yippy dog” during an interview on Fox News. Flavio Volpe, president ofContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Swedish radar planes have flown inside Russian missile range for six months. None has been shot down.
Ukraine is finally flying its two Swedish-made ASC 890 radar early warning planes The propeller-driven planes can detect aerial targets from 450 km away Russia has a missile that flies nearly as far—and Ukraine has nowhere to move the planes to The Ukrainian air force’s Swedish-made Saab ASC 890 radarContinue Reading
Ukraine put its own peace proposals on the table as two US envoys reached Kyiv for the first time
After a months-long pause, US President Traitor 47’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner opened their first round of peace talks in Kyiv to end the Russo-Ukrainian war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced their visit and talks on Telegram on 6 September. A day earlier, they visited Moscow and met with RussianContinue Reading