A Delta IV rocket, carrying a $445 million U.S. military satellite, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday night after a 34-minute delay. The 22-story rocket, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, took off at from Launch Complex 37 at 8:18 p.m. EDT on Saturday, powered by a thrust of 1.7 million pounds. The…
Technology Can Reduce GPS Outages from Northern Lights, Researchers Say
Scientists studying the Northern Lights say they think their research will lead to new technology to reduce outages from satellite navigation systems. Researchers at the University of Bath in England found for the first time that turbulence does not take place within the Northern Lights and instead that unknown mechanisms are responsible for the outages…
Poor Weather Delays SpaceX Rocket Launch Five Days
SpaceX’s planned rocket launch was delayed five days until Jan. 14 because of bad weather. The launch was originally scheduled for 10:22 a.m. Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, announced Sunday on Twitter: “Launch moving due to high winds and rains at Vandenberg. Other range conflicts this week results in…
Hackers Steal Money from 20,000 Tesco Bank Accounts in U.K.
Tesco Bank has halted online transactions after money was fraudulently taken from 20,000 customers’ accounts over the weekend. The British supermarket’s banking division confirmed that 40,000 accounts were hacked last weekend, revealing its anti-fraud systems had identified “suspicious activity” on some customer accounts. Tesco has just under 8 million customers and roughly $10 billion in saving deposits.…
SpaceX Zeroes in on Helium Containers for Rocket Explosion
SpaceX has zeroed in on what caused one of the private space company’s Falcon 9 rockets to explode on the launch pad nearly two months ago. The Federal Aviation Association, NASA and the U.S. Air Force launched a joint investigation of the malfunction from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. On Friday, the…
Three Astronauts Land Safely After 115-Day Mission on International Space Station
Three astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday after a 115-day mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA’s Kate Rubins, 38; Japan’s Takuya Onisihi, 40; and Russian Anatoly Ivanishin, 47, landed in a Russian Soyuz space capsule in a remote region near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 9:58 a.m. The astronauts were removed from the capsule fairly…