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Artemis II Countdown: How and When to Watch the Launch

Artemis II Countdown: How and When to Watch the Launch

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After multiple delays, rocket repairs, and a restructuring of the program to return to the moon, the Artemis II mission is ready for liftoff. If there are no problems, four astronauts will inaugurate NASA’s new lunar campaign on Wednesday, more than 50 years after the Apollo era. The Artemis II crew will not descend to the moon; that won’t happen until Artemis IV. But their capsule will fly 6,000 to 9,000 kilometers over the surface of the hidden side of Earth’s satellite, circle it, and make the return trip home. The main objective of the mission is to demonstrate that the space agency has the technological capability to send people to the moon safely and without mishap. Once this is achieved, NASA will begin preparations for new lunar landings during the following years, which will aim to consolidate the first lunar bases in history and with it, the sustained and sustainable presence of human beings on the satellite. When and Where Can You Watch the Artemis II Liftoff? The new launch window opens Wednesday, April …

Artemis II: Countdown begins to NASA’s trip around the moon, the first manned mission there in more than 50 years | US News

Artemis II: Countdown begins to NASA’s trip around the moon, the first manned mission there in more than 50 years | US News

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The countdown has begun for the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon. The 32-storey Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is set to blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a 10-day flight ending with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. At a briefing by NASA on Monday, Emily Nelson, chief flight director, said teams in mission control and crew members are “ready to go”. Artemis II: Everything you need to know The Artemis I mission didn’t have any astronauts on board but was successfully sent into orbit around the moon in November 2022. Artemis II takes it a step further with a crew on board, but it won’t be until Artemis III that astronauts will actually land on the moon. The US space agency hopes to use Artemis to build a base camp on the surface and potentially use it to get a human to Mars. Image: NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is set to blast off on Wednesday. Pic: Reuters Image: The …

The Countdown to a Ground War

The Countdown to a Ground War

Published by Daniella Wilson

Donald Trump announced this week that the United States and Iran had made significant progress in negotiations, and he was allowing five days to reach a deal. Tehran denied that it was talking with Washington at all. This is not, in any meaningful sense, a negotiation: It is a countdown. The timing is not coincidental. Thousands of Marines and much of the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne are en route to the Middle East. Trump may intend the talks to act as cover for an escalation decision already made. Even if he doesn’t, the structural reality is the same: When the deadline expires, he will be close to having significant ground-combat capability in the region and a collapsing diplomatic process to justify using it. The gap between the two sides makes the collapse of talks likely. The American framework is, in essence, a demand for Iran’s surrender. The administration’s 15-point proposal, delivered to Iran via Pakistan, requires Tehran to dismantle its entire uranium-enrichment infrastructure, surrender its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, sever all ties …

The House Article | Countdown: Can Labour Meet Its 2030 Clean Power Mission?

The House Article | Countdown: Can Labour Meet Its 2030 Clean Power Mission?

Published by Sam Flores

Illustration by Tracy Worrall 11 min read1 hr The success of the latest wind power auction has put Ed Miliband within sight of realising the goal of decarbonising the UK’s electricity network by 2030. But, as Adam Bell reports, daunting obstacles remain – and any success may be bittersweet It is almost midnight on 31 December 2029, deep in the bowels of Whitehall. A room where monitors bedeck every surface is filled with officials scurrying to and fro. A bespectacled man is on the phone, pinching the brow of his nose in frustration. “…I know, I know, I know. Inertia. Just please turn it off for the next half hour, and spin up a battery instead.” He puts down the phone with a heavy sigh. “TEN SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT,” yells one of his staff. All eyes turn to the screen, where a bar labelled “GAS” is starting to shrink. “FIVE.” The bar is now halfway down. “FOUR.” “THREE.” “TWO.” “ONE.” The bar falls to zero. The room erupts. The lights stay …

NASA begins countdown for first humans on the Moon since 1972

NASA begins countdown for first humans on the Moon since 1972

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NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown leading up to the fuelling of its new rocket, which will send the first humans to the Moon since 1972. Returning humans to the Moon is a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby. Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight. Building on the success of the Apollo mission NASA sent 24 humans to the Moon during the Apollo programme, from 1968 to 1972, with 12 of them walking on the surface. Wiseman commented: “They are so fired up that we are headed back to the Moon. They just want to see humans as far away from Earth as possible, discovering the unknown.” What makes the launch different from other Moon missions? Weighing in at 11 million pounds, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule on top made the move aboard a …

Fans think ‘Fallout’ countdown on Amazon’s website teases a ‘Fallout 3’ remaster

Fans think ‘Fallout’ countdown on Amazon’s website teases a ‘Fallout 3’ remaster

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Prime Video’s hit Fallout TV series is now driving speculation about the future of the Fallout video game series. As spotted by PC Gamer and other outlets, the home page for the Fallout show on Amazon’s website features an intriguing Easter egg that has piqued the interest of fans of the games. It’s done up in the style of the in-game maps in the last few Fallout games, with each icon hiding behind-the-scenes info about the second season of the show. If you scroll to the upper right corner of the map, there’s a mysterious countdown timer that ends on Feb. 4, the day that the final episode of Season 2 airs. Of course, everyone is wondering what will happen when that timer expires. SEE ALSO: ‘Fallout’ Season 2 review: Our introduction to New Vegas is a blast, and more relevant than ever Occam’s razor suggests it will either be a tease for the already confirmed Season 3 of the Amazon show or a behind-the-scenes featurette on the finale of Season 2. Mashable Top Stories …