SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday during a three-hour window that […]
Lufthansa flags waving in the wind in front of the Lufthansa Aviation Center. The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is due to depart on its inaugural flight on 26 June without collective agreements for airline staff. Andreas Arnold/dpa The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is […]
Lufthansa flags waving in the wind in front of the Lufthansa Aviation Center. The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is due to depart on its inaugural flight on 26 June without collective agreements for airline staff. Andreas Arnold/dpa The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is […]
Jun. 17—The East Valley Institute of Technology is launching a new associate degree program in registered nursing in August. EVIT, a public trade school providing career training for adults and high school students at two central campuses in Mesa, was approved by the Council on Occupational Education to offer an associate in applied science in […]
A school in Central Florida is launching a special preschool program. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The Young Innovators Academy has teamed up with the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County to develop custom learning experiences. The Empowering Communities to Shape Worlds is a new pilot program that will explore new ways of learning […]
Come 2029, skywatchers can glimpse at least one “star” in the sky made by humans. Earlier this week, NASA announced plans to place a small satellite in Earth orbit at a little over 22,000 miles (35,400 kilometers) above our planet’s surface — far enough for the satellite to mimic a real star to telescopes on […]
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize some 100,000 polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November — an effort that immediately drew concerns that it could lead to harassment of election workers and undermine trust in […]
SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday (June 13). The Starlink satellites will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a two-hour window that opens at 4:46 p.m. EDT (2046 GMT). SpaceX had planned to […]
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Tesla is one step closer to launching full-self driving (FSD) technology in China after it clinched an agreement with Baidu to upgrade its mapping software. The Chinese tech […]
The excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic’s seventh commercial spaceflight. The launch window for the mission, known as Galactic 07, opens at 8:30am MT (10:30 a.m. EDT or 1430 GMT) on Saturday (June 8) and will depart from Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico. The Galactic 07 crew will include Axiom Space […]
SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (June 7). The Starlink satellites will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight, during a 130-minute window that opens at 8:00 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on June 8). SpaceX will webcast the launch […]
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said in 2022 the archipelago had acquired a Spyder air defence system as part of a push to modernise the military. A photo circulating on Facebook, however, shows different equipment. Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said the photo showed a new missile tested in Israel in December 2023, while a […]