One of the more amusing features of the last few years has been the sound of British pundits accusing Russians of failing to get over the loss of their empire. The words ‘pot’, ‘kettle’ and ‘black’ keep coming to mind. Churchillian delusions of Britain standing alone against the forces of …
Read More »SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission lifts off for International Space Station
Crew-3 appeared to lift off without a hitch on Wednesday evening, as was seen in footage shared by SpaceX, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as Matthias Maurer – a German national with the European Space Agency – into orbit to rendezvous with the …
Read More »George Soros backs liberal media company with a mission to counter fake news & promote ‘GOOD INFORMATION’
Good Information, Inc. launched on Tuesday as “a civic incubator committed to investing in immediate solutions that counter disinformation and increase the flow of good information online.” According to Axios, it is bankrolled by LinkedIn co-founder Hoffman, Soros, as well as Silicon valley investors Ken and Jen Duda and Incite …
Read More »Russia to suspend diplomatic ties with NATO from November with US-led military bloc’s Moscow mission ordered to close – FM Lavrov
Speaking on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also revealed that the NATO information bureau in Moscow will also be forced to shut down as part of retaliatory measures. Earlier this month, NATO officials decided to slash the size of the permanent Russian delegation to the bloc, revoking the credenitals …
Read More »WATCH world-first Russian space movie crew’s ISS mission, from launch to landing in 2 minutes
Actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko, the first-ever professional film crew in space, returned from their 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The Soyuz MS-18 spaceship, piloted by veteran Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, touched down safely in Kazakhstan earlier in the day. RT’s two-minute supercut …
Read More »NASA’s Lucy mission blasted into outer solar system to study Trojan asteroids & planetary evolution (VIDEO)
Given the same name as a skeleton of a human ancestor that provided scientists with insight into evolution, the Lucy mission spacecraft started its journey on Saturday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Initially attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, about an hour after blastoff, …
Read More »US Navy insists destroyer was on ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan incident
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had summoned the US military attache in Moscow to protest the incident earlier in the day, when a Russian vessel had to warn off the US Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok. “The statement from the …
Read More »Red Planet, or Promised Land? Simulated Mars mission begins in Israel’s Negev Desert
The mission, which began on Monday at the Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station, or D-MARS, is a joint project of the Israel Space Agency and the Austrian Space Forum. Geologically, the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert was found to be close to the conditions on Mars, even though temperatures …
Read More »Absurd mission creep: The CIA’s new units pave the way for the most totalitarian period in its history
The CIA recently announced a reorganization that includes the creation of two new ‘mission centers’, one focusing exclusively on China while the other – called the Transnational and Technology Mission Center – will look at emerging technologies, climate change, and global health. Both of these new units pose baffling questions. …
Read More »SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 mission splashes down off Florida
The spacecraft, dubbed Resilience, parachuted into the sea shortly after 7pm ET. A fleet of SpaceX rescue ships was deployed nearby to pick up the craft and its crew. The Inspiration4 made history as the world’s first ‘all-civilian’ space mission, and marked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s debut in the space …
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