Australian company Southern Launch will send a Taiwanese rocket into space in Australia’s first major launch since the 1960s. Taiwanese company tiSPACE will launch its Hapith I—a ten meter rocket—from Southern Launch’s complex, 680km west of Adelaide later this year. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Christian Porter, announced the launch approval on Aug. 23, saying…
Curricula (Part 2): The World of English | School’s Out
This week, we continue last week’s discussion of curricula, which covered what to teach our children. Let’s look at English grammar, history, geography, science, and other topics, primarily in getting this journey started with younger children. Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter
Astronaut’s Undisclosed Minor Medical Issue Delays Spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is delaying a spacewalk at the International Space Station this week because of an undisclosed medical issue involving one of its astronauts. Officials announced the postponement Monday, less than 24 hours before Mark Vande Hei was supposed to float outside. Vande Hei is dealing with “a minor medical issue,” officials said in…
Elon Musk Teams up With Netflix to Stream SpaceX Space Mission in ‘Near Real Time’
By Entrepreneur Staff September 15, 2021 is the scheduled date for the launch of the Inspiration4 mission, the first to send a ship occupied only by civilians into space. The space travel aboard a rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, will be broadcast on Netflix in “near real time.” This Thursday, the streaming platform announced the launch…
Musk Says Tesla Likely to Launch Humanoid Robot Prototype Next Year
SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do. Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day event, the billionaire entrepreneur said the robot, which stands around 5-foot-8-inches tall, would…
Archaeologists Pull Native American Canoe Carved in 1700s From South Carolina River
A relic from America’s colonial past was recently pulled up from the Chattooga River in South Carolina earlier this summer. The remnants of a dugout canoe, possibly of Native American origin, is the second such boat of that age to be found in the river—the first was 17 years ago in 2004. The canoe could…
Illumina in EU Antitrust Sights Over Premature $8 Billion Grail Deal
BRUSSELS—U.S. life sciences company Illumina could face a hefty fine for completing its $8 billion cash-and-stock takeover of cancer detection test maker Grail without first securing EU antitrust approval. Illumina closed the Grail takeover on Wednesday and said it would hold the company separate while waiting for the European Commission to decide whether to clear…
Elon Musk’s Satellites Beam Internet Into Remote Chilean Fishing Hamlet
SOTOMO, Chile—After half an hour’s windswept journey on foot and by boat through a craggy forested estuary to the school he attends in remote southern Chile, Diego Guerrero can finally access the internet. His school is located in the hamlet of Sotomo, around 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the capital Santiago in the region…
NASA Halts SpaceX Work on Lunar Lander After Blue Origin Suit
WASHINGTON—NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin sued the U.S government, an agency spokeswoman said. Blue Origin has said its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims last week, was “an attempt…
Japan Aims to Bring Back Soil Samples From Mars Moon by 2029
TOKYO—Japanese space agency scientists said Thursday they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year, in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and traces of possible life. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, plans to launch an…
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