Published on: 2025-04-26 02:12:09
Earlier this week, a crew of six women — including pop star Katy Perry, CBS broadcast journalist Gayle King, and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez — launched to the edge of space as part of an 11-minute thrill ride organized by the Amazon cofounder's space company. The vacuous publicity stunt — which claimed to make the crew of mostly uber-wealthy media personalities "astronauts" after a mere two days of basic safety training — drew plenty of criticism. After all, apart from s
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Pop star Katy Perry may need to update the lyrics to her hit song Firework to, "Baby, you're an astronaut." On Monday, Perry became one of the latest celebrities to visit space. Author and former journalist Lauren Sanchez was also part of Blue Origin's successful NS-31 mission. Aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyễn, film producer Kerianne Flynn and CBS host Gayle King (Oprah Winfrey's bestie) filled out the roster for the all-female crew. Winfrey attend
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Pop star Katy Perry may need to update the lyrics to her hit song Firework to, "Baby, you're an astronaut." On Monday, Perry became one of the latest celebrities to visit space. Author and former journalist Lauren Sanchez was also part of Blue Origin's successful NS-31 mission. Sanchez is the fiancee of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. Aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyễn, film producer Kerianne Flynn and CBS host Gayle King (Oprah Winfre
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Pop star Katy Perry may need to update the lyrics to her hit song Firework to, "Baby, you're an astronaut." On Monday, Perry became one of the latest celebrities to visit space. Author and former journalist Lauren Sanchez was also part of Blue Origin's successful NS-31 mission. Sanchez is the fiancee of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. Aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyễn, film producer Kerianne Flynn and CBS host Gayle King (Oprah Winfre
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Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its New Shepard rocket at around 9:30 a.m. ET on Monday, as it seeks to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism industry. What stands out most about this mission is that it featured the first all-female space crew since 1963, when Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova completed her solo mission. This also marks the 31st trip of the rocket and its 11th mission with a crew on board. The crew for this launch included pop arti
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ZDNET's key takeaways The new Bosch Go is on sale for $90, around $10 off the regular price. It features USB-C charging, a vast improvement on the old microUSB port, plus there's a bigger battery and a ring light on the front to illuminate the workspace. The screwdriver comes in a handy carry case with a selection of bits, so you have everything to do the job in hand. $94.99 at Amazon Two years ago, I got myself a Bosch Go electric screwdriver. The thing was amazing; it's been on my best elec
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Voyager and Deep Space Nine draw many intriguing parallels as sister series that aired in tandem for a good chunk of their airings. Voyager‘s more episodic format and tone struck an altogether different approach to DS9‘s increasing lens on the dark heart of Star Trek‘s ideas and universe, digging into wider and deeper interconnected storylines. But one little piece of Deep Space Nine energy that Voyager kept early on came from an unlikely figure: Ensign Seska. The turncoat Bajoran ex-Maquis rev
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A hot potato: Many users already understand that buying a digital game typically grants a license to access the software – not true ownership. However, it's rare for publishers to revoke access to titles that customers have paid for, even after those games are delisted. Ubisoft's The Crew stands out as a particularly egregious case, sparking a legal battle over what it truly means to "buy" a game. Ubisoft's response to a lawsuit over a recently shut-down online game argues that paying customers
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The U.S. Senate is set to decide on Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator, weighing the future of the space agency under the growing influence of the private industry. Isaacman—entrepreneur, pilot, and wealthy space enthusiast—will appear at a confirmation hearing to confirm his nomination for the position of NASA administrator at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The nominee will appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. NASA will stream the event li
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' space outfit Blue Origin is planning to make history in less than a week by sending an all-female crew on a spaceflight. The American spacecraft company's 11th human mission, NS-31, is made up of NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, CBS host Gayle King, Bezos' fiancé and former journalist Lauren Sánchez, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyễn and pop singer Katy Perry. The company is eyeing a liftoff date of April 14, with the launch w
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Blue Origin, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' space company, is making history by sending an all-female crew on its next spaceflight this month. The American spacecraft company's 11th human mission, NS-31, will include pop singer Katy Perry, Bezos' fiancé and former journalist Lauren Sánchez, CBS host Gayle King, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyễn and film producer Kerianne Flynn. The mission's planned liftoff is April 14, with a launch window opening at 8:
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-12 06:58:17
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — SpaceX is wrapping up the latest chapter in its commercial human spaceflight endeavors with the return of Fram2. The mission carried four passengers in a unique orbit around Earth that allowed humans to pass directly over the North and South poles for the first time. Led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, who is the financier of this miss
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A crew of four first-time astronauts are on their way home after spending nearly four days in a unique polar orbit. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set to return to Earth on Friday, and the astronauts will make their way out of the spacecraft on their own. The Fram2 crew is scheduled for splashdown on Friday, April 4 at 12:19 p.m. ET. The astronauts will ride home aboard SpaceX’s Dragon crew vehicle, which will splashdown off the coast of California. This will be the first time a crewed Dragon splash
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Four space rookies are floating in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, gazing down at Earth’s polar regions while collecting data from their unique vantage point. The Fram2 mission is off to an exciting start, pulling off some major firsts for human spaceflight. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission launched on Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The commercial mission sent a crew of four private astronauts where no other humans have flown before, orbiting Earth from above the planet’s polar regions on a
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns this summer with ten new episodes. Paramount+ has dropped a tantalizing one-minute teaser for the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds., and it looks like the latest adventures of the starship Enterprise will bring romance, comedy, mystery, and even a bit of analog tech, not to mention a brand new villain. (Some spoilers for S2 below) We haven't seen much from the third season to date. There was an exclusive clip during San Diego Comic C
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A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s poles. The mission is traveling where no crew has gone before, and SpaceX just revealed the first views of the planet’s chilly polar regions from above. SpaceX released a short video taken from the Dragon crew vehicle, showcasing the incredible view from the freshly launched Fram2 mission. “First views of Earth’s polar regions from Dragon,” the company wrote on X. Fram2’s fou
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SpaceX has successfully launched the Fram2 private crewed mission on March 31 at 9:46 PM Eastern time on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. Fram2 is the first human spaceflight to explore the Earth's polar regions, which are not visible to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The crew will observe the Earth's poles through a panoramic cupola attachment from an altitude of 430 km (267 miles). SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule can fly from the North to the South Pole in around 46 minutes and F
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ZDNET's key takeaways This high-quality screwdriver kit has everything for both the budding enthusiast and professional repairer. This 180-piece kit has 160 quality screwdriver bits and a range of other useful tools, such as plastic prybars, a suction cup, and tweezers. There's no LED light on the front of the screwdriver, so working in dark, cramped spaces can be tricky. $69.99 at Amazon As Amazon's Big Spring Sale winds down, the Jakemy 180-Piece Smart Cordless Screwdriver Kit is $20 off it
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Four amateur astronauts are about to venture where no other crew has gone before, orbiting Earth’s polar region to better understand how humans fare in space. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set for liftoff on Monday at 9:46 p.m. ET, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch a private crew of astronauts on board a Dragon spacecraft, where they will spend three to five days admiring our planet from a unique polar orbit. SpaceX will stream the launch live on its we
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Tonight, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a first-of-its-kind mission that will carry four private astronauts — or depending on how you see it, glorified space tourists — to fly above the Earth's poles. Named "Fram2" after the Norwegian ship that made expeditions to both the Earth's poles over a century ago, the mission will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to carry a Crew Dragon capsule containing the crew to an altitude between 264 to 280 miles. The mission commander is the same person who's financ
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NASA and Boeing are still working to get the aerospace giant's plagued Starliner spacecraft back off the ground. It's been just over half a year since Boeing's issues-riddled shuttle came back from its journey to the International Space Station. Due to technical problems, NASA decided Starliner wasn't safe enough for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to be on board, leaving them stranded in orbit. In a Thursday update, NASA revealed that NASA and Boeing are "making progress towar
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More than half a year after an empty Starliner spacecraft safely landed in a New Mexico desert, NASA and Boeing still have not decided whether the vehicle's next flight will carry any astronauts. In an update this week, the US space agency said it is still working through the process to certify Starliner for human missions. Whether it carries cargo or humans, Starliner's next flight will not occur until late this year or, more likely, sometime in 2026. Two things stand out in the new informati
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SpaceX is gearing up for one of its most unique missions yet, launching four private astronauts into polar orbit to observe the planet’s most remote regions from above. The Fram2 mission, named in honor of the original ship that reached both Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions, is set for launch no earlier than Monday, March 31 at 11:20 p.m. ET. The mission will venture out where no other human spaceflight mission has gone before, flying over the planet’s polar regions at an altitude of around
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ZDNET's key takeaways The Hoto 12-in-1 electric screwdriver is typically priced at $60 and comes with various DIY parts. This electric screwdriver has a fast 220 RPM motor, two buttons for screwing in and out for ease of use, three torque settings for different tasks, a circular LED shadowless lamp for better visibility, and includes 12 S2 tool steel bits. While durable and reliable, the Hoto 12-in-1 electric screwdriver lacks a super-gentle setting for delicate tasks, making it too powerful f
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ZDNET's key takeaways The Hoto 12-in-1 electric screwdriver is typically priced at $60 and comes with various DIY parts. This electric screwdriver has a fast 220 RPM motor, two buttons for screwing in and out for ease of use, three torque settings for different tasks, a circular LED shadowless lamp for better visibility, and includes 12 S2 tool steel bits. While durable and reliable, the Hoto 12-in-1 electric screwdriver lacks a super-gentle setting for delicate tasks, making it too powerful f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-30 14:17:00
Moonshot Games, a game studio owned by publisher Dreamhaven, unveiled Wildgate, a crew-based sci-fi game where you can fight in first person or in ship-to-ship combat in space. It’s like a battle royale game where you can maneuver and fight in ships or close with each other in first-person action on the decks of the ships. Wildgate combines action-packed emergent gameplay with explosive spaceship combat for a galactically fresh take on the multiplayer genre. Dreamhaven is launching the game on
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Despite a disastrous test launch that stranded two astronauts on board the International Space Station and caused it immense public embarrassment, Boeing hasn't given up on its Starliner spacecraft just yet. As SpaceNews reports, NASA commercial crew program manager Steve Stich revealed last week that the agency is expecting another test flight with the craft. Whether a crew will be on board this time around remains unclear. "What we’d like to do is that one flight and then get into a crew rot
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After years of promoting its return to the Moon with the promise of inclusion, NASA has concealed its well-publicized intent of landing a diverse crew on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program. NASA’s websites no longer include references to landing a crew that includes the first woman and first person of color on the Moon as part of the upcoming Artemis 3 mission, which is slated for sometime in 2027. On its websites, the agency had previously stated its intent to “land the first wom
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The Starliner saga may not be over just yet. Despite a failed test flight that left a crew stranded in space, NASA still hasn’t given up on Boeing’s ill-fated spacecraft. Starliner may get another chance to transport astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). During a briefing on Wednesday, NASA officials revealed that they are looking into launching another test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft before certifying the vehicle for regular crew rotation missions. “What we’d like t
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