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Updates to Coverage of Landmark NASA SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight
Updates to Coverage of Landmark NASA SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight
 NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken (right) participate in a dress rehearsal for launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Demo-2 will serve as an end-to-end flight test of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, providing valuable data toward NASA certifying the system for regular, crewed missions to the orbiting laboratory under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The launch is now scheduled for 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday, May 30.
Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station.
Ice jam flooding in Fort McMurray
River ice jams are a prime source of flood risk in cold regions. In April 2020, an ice jam developed on the Athabasca River in Canada – leading to the flooding of Fort McMurray. Satellite data provided by the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinels, are lending a hand to monitor river ice conditions.
Harland & Wolff joins forces with Navantia to form new defence challenger, Team Resolute
Harland & Wolff has joined forces with Spanish shipyard and trusted NATO partner Navantia, to form Team Resolute, a UK shipbuilding collaboration which will bid for a range of contracts, including the UK Ministry of Defence Fleet Solid Support Programme (‘FSS’). As part of this, Harland and Wolff has signed an exclusive Teaming Agreement with Navantia, with BMT participating as an exclusive subcontractor in the FSS Programme.
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Moller International/Freedom Motors May 2020 Newsletter
Freedom Motors’ plan to offer an exchange of its stock for Moller International stock is still under consideration. However, until the agreement between Freedom Motors and its joint venture partner in India is fully executed, a stock exchange would be premature. As noted in a previous Newsletter, an agreement had been signed to begin volume engine production in India. That came to a standstill right before the Corona Virus Pandemic started when religious riots began in New Delhi due to India‘s new Citizenship Act that does not allow refugees of certain religion to seek out Indian Citizenship and people who do not have proper Citizenship identification should prove their status. Under the present circumstances, funds cannot be transferred nor can construction of facilities in India begin.
Airbus wins ESA contract to construct third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Bremen, 26 May 2020 – The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around €250 million.
Successful berthing of the H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI9” (HTV9) to the International Space Station (ISS)
May 26, 2020 (JST)
The H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI9” (HTV9) started its final
approach to the International Space Station (ISS), and was captured
by the ISS robotic arm at 9:13 p.m. on May 25 (Japanese Standard
Time, JST). Being captured and maneuvered by the robotic arm, the
HTV9 was successfully berthed to the ISS at 3:25 a.m. on May 26(JST).We need a new approach to UK resilience – leading Cranfield academics
Leading academics from across Cranfield University are calling for a new approach to UK resilience. Writing in today’s Financial Times, the academics believe that as well as lessons learnt from the response to COVID-19 there is a much wider lesson to be learnt about how the UK identifies, prepares and responds to threats and risks, such as to our safety, our national security and from climate change.