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China build role in the end falls to Earth after years of uncontrolled flight in orbit
China’s Tiangong-1 space station has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific, according to the Chinese space authority said. The craft re-entered the atmosphere around 8.15am Beijing time (12.15am GMT) and the “vast majority” of it had burnt up upon re-entry, the authority said in a brief statement on…
Neighborhood raises $310,000 for paralysed mosque attack survivor
Montreal, Canada – A survivor of last year’s deadly shooting at a Canadian mosque who has been hailed as « a hero » has been given $310,000 ($400,000 Canadian) in donations to rebuild his life. Aymen Derbali received the sizeable sum – collected via online donations from people in Quebec, Canada and around the world – during…
Tiangong-1 smash preludes China’s big rental ambitions
With a bright flash and streaks of fire [that no one saw], a defunct Chinese spacecraft the size of a school bus shattered and burned to dust after hitting the Earth’s atmosphere at 8-kilometers per second. Pieces of it, including unknown fuel and metal components, landed northwest of Tahiti in the South Pacific at around…
« The avenue finds its possess uses for issues »: William Gibson, expertise and town
I’ve just been reading Distrust That Particular Flavor, a collection of non-fiction pieces by William Gibson that has been published recently by Putnam. I do love me some William Gibson, and it was a real pleasure to come across this particular passage in a piece called « Rocket Radio » that was first published in 1989. The…
China hikes duties on US nuts, pork, fruit and wine
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Costa Rica: Linksliberaler Kandidat gewinnt Präsidentschaftswahl
Der Mitte-Links-Politiker Carlos Alvarado ist in Costa Rica zum neuen Präsidenten gewählt worden. Der 38-jährige Kandidat der Regierungspartei PAC setzte sich in einer Stichwahl gegen seinen gleichnamigen, aber nicht verwandten Konkurrenten Fabricio Alvarado durch, wie die Wahlkommission bekannt gab. Auf Carlos Alvarado entfielen demnach knapp 61 Prozent der Stimmen. Ausgezählt waren rund 95 Prozent der…
Tesla Makes Last-Ditch Model three Deliveries as Pressures Mount
With pressure escalating after one of the worst weeks in its almost 15-year-history, Tesla Inc. raced to manufacture and deliver its mission-critical Model 3 sedan to burnish the numbers it’s about to report to rattled investors. Tesla’s Fremont, California, delivery hub was packed with people Saturday evening as the last hours of the quarter drew…
Tiangong-1 zurück in Erdatmosphäre – Chinas Raumlabor-Reste über Pazifik abgestürzt
Chinas Raumstation „Tiangong-1” ist am frühen Montagmorgen um 2.15 Uhr über dem Südpazifik in die Erdatmosphäre eingetreten, war ab diesem Moment im Sturzflug Richtung Ozean! Das acht Tonnen schwere Weltraumlabor sei dabei „größtenteils“ verglüht, teilte die chinesische Raumfahrtbehörde CMSEO in Peking mit. Die übrigen Teile werden demnach ins Meer stürzen – sechseinhalb Jahre nach dem Start…
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