Warner Bros. has tweaked its fall release schedule and the eagerly-awaited “Dune” has been pushed back again, although thankfully only three weeks, from Oct. 1 2021 to Oct. 22 2021, according to Variety. Produced by Legendary Pictures, the movie will adapt the first half of the first of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” novels. It’s directed by Denis Villeneuve, who has already proved himself with the mind-blowing sequel “Blade Runner 2049” — which is nothing short of epic — together with “Arrival” and “Sicarrio,” which are both also phenomenal motion pictures. Related:…
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SpaceX launches 88 satellites into orbit and nails rocket landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched an ambitious rideshare mission Wednesday (June 30) as one of its veteran boosters hoisted 88 small satellites into orbit before landing back on Earth. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off into a cloudy afternoon sky at 3:11 p.m. EST (1511 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here in Florida, following a 24-hour delay due to a range violation caused by a wayward plane in the restricted airspace around the launch site. Originally slated to blast off…
Read MoreAstra goes public, becomes 1st launch company to trade on Nasdaq
Astra has officially gone public. Today (June 30), the Bay Area launch startup completed its previously announced merger with Holicity, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Bill Gates and billionaire telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, among others. Astra will start trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market Thursday (July 1), becoming the first launch company ever to do so — a milestone marked by Astra CEO Chris Kemp, who will ring Nasdaq’s opening bell in the morning. Video: Watch Astra’s Rocket 3.2 launch on its 1st successful flight “We’re totally…
Read MoreNASA Selects Johnson Support Contractor
NASA has selected PAE Applied Technologies LLC of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide facilities operations and maintenance support services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Read MoreNASA to Air Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon from Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Dragon cargo freighter, loaded with approximately 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station, will depart Tuesday, July 6, bound for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday, July 8, completing the company’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA.
Read MoreNASA Administrator Names Johnson and Kennedy Center Directors
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Vanessa Wyche director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Janet Petro director of Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreMoon-size White Dwarf Is the Smallest Ever Found
Astronomers have discovered a white dwarf only slightly bigger than the Moon, making it the smallest ever found. It might even be on the edge of collapse. The post Moon-size White Dwarf Is the Smallest Ever Found appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MorePicturing Our Solar System’s Asteroid Belt
Today is International Asteroid Day!
Read MoreThe second wave of ‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ novels is here. Here’s what to know.
Earlier this year, Disney Lucasfilm Press rolled out the first wave of “Star Wars: The High Republic” books and comics that introduced a fresh roster of heroes and villains bounding and battling across the galaxy. These intertwined “Star Wars” stories were spread across multiple publishing platforms and occurred during the Golden Age of the Jedi Knights when the light-sabered warriors were the legendary protectors of the Republic at its glorious height. Now Disney has announced the next phase of this publishing endeavor that centers around the continuing saga set 200…
Read MoreRussia’s Progress cargo ship successfully launches to space station
Tonight (June 29), Russia’s uncrewed Progress 78 mission successfully launched to space. At 7:27 p.m. EDT (2327 GMT, or 4:27 a.m. June 30 local time, Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station from the Russian space agency Roscosmos‘ Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in a mission dubbed Progress 78 by NASA. The cargo ship launched aboard a Soyuz 2.1a rocket. After lifting off to space, the spacecraft will spend two days in orbit before docking with the space station on July 1 at 9:02 p.m. EDT (July…
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