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January 14, 2023 | The Associated Press
Virgin Orbit: Premature Shutdown Behind Rocket Launch Fail
LONDON—Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the UK failed after its rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. The U.S.-based company used a modified Boeing 747 plane to carry one of its rockets from Cornwall in southwestern England over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. The plane released the rocket, […]
December 7, 2022 | NTD Films
Christmas in Paris
This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Lucas Beaudin is a self-made, wealthy French entrepreneur who has no interest in connecting with his newly discovered family, the Fortunes, including his biological father. Despite this, he’s lured to Montana for an attractive business proposal from his estranged aunt, and Fortune-family […]
November 2, 2022 | Wire Service
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket, World’s Most Powerful Rocket, Launches After 3-Year Hiatus
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy—a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational rocket in the world—returned to the skies on Tuesday for the first time since mid-2019. The rocket launched at 9:41 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hauling satellites to space for the U.S. military in a secretive mission dubbed USSF-44. […]
October 13, 2022 | The Associated Press
North Korea Fires Missile and Shells, Flies Warplanes Near Border; South Korea Imposes Sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew warplanes near the tense border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the short-range missile lifted off from […]
October 12, 2022 | Katabella Roberts
Elon Musk Launches ‘Burnt Hair’ Scented Perfume, Sells 10,000 Bottles
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has turned perfume salesman after unveiling his new fragrance: Burnt Hair. The billionaire businessman took to Twitter on Oct. 9 where he revealed that the new perfume from his Boring Company would be coming to markets soon, adding that it could be purchased using the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. Musk described the scent, […]
September 2, 2022 | The Associated Press
India Launches New Aircraft Carrier as China Concerns Grow
NEW DELHI—India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China’s much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities. The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft carrier, joining the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that it […]
August 28, 2022 | The Associated Press
NASA Moon Rocket on Track for Launch Despite Lightning Hits
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It’s poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a […]
May 21, 2022 | Reuters
Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Docks With Space Station in Uncrewed Flight Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight into orbit without astronauts aboard. The rendezvous of the gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with the orbital research outpost, currently home to a seven-member crew, occurred […]