Bystanders and residents of multi-story apartment buildings filmed powerful mushroom-shaped explosions near a busy road. The TASS news agency cited emergency services saying that four employees and two firefighters had been hurt. The officials said that fuel tanks had detonated. Emergency officials separately told RIA Novosti that four people were …
Read More »Skies above Kabul turn red as gas station catches fire outside Afghan capital (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
The affected gas station was located in the Qala-e-Murad Bek area along the highway that connects Kabul with the country’s northern provinces, the Interior Ministry said. The blaze couldn’t be contained in time and spread onto a line of fuel trucks waiting to enter Kabul. The vehicles were being engulfed …
Read More »China’s space station means lift-off on a new battle for the galaxy… and just like on Earth, Beijing has America worried
On Thursday, China sent the core module of its first-ever space station, the Tianhe – or ‘Harmony of the Heavens’ – up into orbit. It’s long been under development, and marks a huge breakthrough in the country’s space program. A series of follow-up missions will seek to assemble the new …
Read More »China launches core module of its planned PERMANENT space station into orbit (VIDEOS)
Carried on a Long March 5B rocket, China’s ‘Tianhe’ module was sent into orbit on Thursday, the first of three major components for the new space station. The launch, which appeared to go off without a hitch, was broadcast on state TV. Tianhe, which means ‘Harmony of the Heavens’, will …
Read More »Holding the Oscars in a train station makes sense – the show was a ghastly train wreck
My biggest question regarding 2021’s egregiously bungled and boring Oscar telecast is…if an awards show collapses but no one is watching, does it make a sound? Interest in the Oscars has been in steep decline for years now, and after suffering through the entire three hour and twenty-minute show last …
Read More »Russia to withdraw from International Space Station starting from 2025, deputy PM confirms, as Moscow works on replacement
Moscow will “notify [partnering countries] about its withdrawal from the ISS starting from 2025,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told TV channel Rossiya-1 on Sunday. He added that the country would hold consultations with other nations about future cooperation once the station ceased to function. The deputy prime minister’s …
Read More »Three UNKNOWN microbes found on International Space Station may help grow plants on MARS
The known microbe was discovered nestled in an old high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter returned to Earth in 2011. Two were found in an overhead panel of the ISS research station, while the third was found on the surface of its dining table. The first was identified as Methylorubrum rhodesianum, …
Read More »China sets goal of sending 12 astronauts to space by 2023, opening of space station by 2022
Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut and now a member of the National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) broke the news on Saturday, explaining that the tightly packed spaceflight schedule was to facilitate the speedy construction of a new Chinese orbital station. The upcoming missions are set to …
Read More »WATCH Greek police fire tear gas into metro station amid protests in support of jailed far-left hitman
Scuffles between dozens of left-wing protesters and law enforcement erupted in central Athens on Friday. Footage from the scene shows the police and the angry crowd engaging in a shoving match at a metro station entrance. The authorities deployed irritant gases as they tried to push the protesters into the …
Read More »French village up in arms against planned satellite ground station for SpaceX’s Starlink (VIDEO)
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron is a small rural village located in the north-western French province of Normandy. Home to some 350 residents, it attracted some unexpected – and unwelcome – attention earlier this month when it got named one of three locations across the country to get a Starlink ground station. The Starlink …
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