This week, NASA and SpaceX will once again be working together to launch four astronauts on a journey to the International Space Station. NASA will be livestreaming the event, so you can follow along with all the action from home, and we’ve got the details on how to watch. What to expect from the launch…
Tonight starting at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT, Triller Fight Club is bringing boxing and entertainment to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. There, YouTube star Jake Paul will step into the boxing ring to face MMA star Ben Askren as the main event, with seven fights in total scheduled alongside live musical performances…
0 of 8Holly Hart/Associated PressPlayer movement has been a fixture of the college football offseason, but the impending rule change of a one-time “free” switch is driving an increase of transfers.And, specifically, more quarterbacks are on the move.Because only one player can start at the position, QBs have regularly transferred. In many cases, it’s the…
Blue Origin’s Audrey Powers takes her seat inside the New Shepard capsule as part of a simulation exercise for a future sub-orbital space tourism service. Blue OriginBlue Origin took another step toward sub-orbital space tourism flights on Wednesday with the successful completion of its 15th rocket launch and landing from its spaceport in Texas. Notably,…
Ford took its next-generation driver-assist technology on a North American road trip that covered more than 100,000 miles. The hands-free highway driving feature, which the U.S. auto giant is calling BlueCruise (formerly Active Drive Assist), was tested in five 2021 F-150 trucks and five all-electric 2021 Mustang Mach-E vehicles ahead of a rollout for owners…
After 185 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and her two Russian counterparts will return to Earth on Saturday, April 17. NASA will livestream the event, including the trio’s undocking from the space station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft on Friday, April 16, and the landing in Kazakhstan the following day.…
Michael Wyke/Associated PressThere are curveballs, and then there is the pitch Zack Greinke pulled out of his bag of tricks Monday night.The Houston Astros starter threw a 51 mph floater to Detroit Tigers first baseman Renato Nunez in the fifth inning—a velocity Nunez probably hadn’t encountered since he was a kid:MLB Stats @MLBStatsZack Greinke’s 51.5…
NVIDIA’s GTC conference earlier today saw the company announce its first-ever data center CPU. Grace will integrate NVIDIA’s latest GPU technology with ARM’s Neoverse cores. The company also announced it’s working with MediaTek to bring RTX graphics to ARM-based chips. Speaking of RTX GPUs, it also detailed pro-level versions of its Ampere video cards for…
The Ingenuity helicopter standing on the surface of Mars, imaged by Perseverance rover.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASUUpdate: NASA says its first flight attempt will happen no earlier than Wednesday, April 14. Original article appears below. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will attempt to take flight on the Red Planet early Monday morning, and you’ll be able to watch live as…
Tiny helicopter Ingenuity is set to make history this weekend, as it is about to become the first aircraft to be flown on another planet. The plucky Mars explorer has been dropped off by its rover buddy Perseverance and is preparing for a test flight on Sunday morning. The data about the mission should be…
Aerial filmmaker Stefan Forster has created an extraordinary piece of work (above) that captures the breathtaking beauty of a volcanic eruption. Shot using several DJI quadcopters, the video captures an eruption that started in Geldingadalir on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula in March 2021. Forster’s mind-blowing footage has been enhanced by a masterful editing job that takes…
The Falcon 9 rocket that blasted SpaceX’s first-ever astronauts into space in May 2019 is about to lift off the launch pad again. This time, however, the rocket will be carrying not humans but 60 Starlink internet satellites for deployment in low-Earth orbit. The launch will take place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in…