Study offers $2.1B plan to make room for SpaceX, other rocket company fleets at Port Canaveral More Space Coast rocket launches mean a crowded fleet of support ships are already pushing Port Canaveral’s limits. So the state commissioned a study that suggests a $2.1 billion solution to give companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin dedicated places to dock. 05/2/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Final preparations for Ariane 6, Europe's newest rocket, underway ahead of inaugural flight Arianespace, and French space agency CNES are in the final stretch of preparations for Ariane 6's inaugural launch. 05/1/2024 - 8:44 pm | View Link
Spaceports of the World This data repository shows the cumulative launches from each spaceport from 1957 to 2022, as well as the destination orbital regime and inclination for each launch’s primary payload. Click the play button in the legend to explore the history of ground-based space launch over time. 05/2/2024 - 2:21 am | View Website
NASA’s ‘Spaceport of the Future’ Reaches Another Milestone Credits: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations. 05/1/2024 - 11:55 am | View Website
All of the World’s Spaceports on One Map Spaceport America: New Mexico: 🇺🇸 U.S. Launch Site One (Corn Ranch) Texas: 🇺🇸 U.S. Houston Spaceport: Texas: 🇺🇸 U.S. Midland Air & Space Port: Texas: 🇺🇸 U.S. SpaceX Development and Test Facility: Texas: 🇺🇸 U.S. SpaceX Starbase: Texas: 🇺🇸 U.S. Spaceport Camden: Georgia: 🇺🇸 U.S. Mid-Atlantic Regional ... 05/1/2024 - 7:37 am | View Website
Space Force identifying priorities for modernizing spaceports WASHINGTON — The need to modernize U.S. spaceports has been discussed for years, but major upgrades have yet to materialize. With $1.3 billion in projected funding for spaceport improvements ... 05/1/2024 - 5:43 am | View Website
Spaceport A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word spaceport, and even more so cosmodrome, has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories. [1] 05/1/2024 - 12:21 am | View Website
Science Photo Library/Getty, Neziha Kalı Ertuğrul/Getty, Yevgen Romanenko/Getty, Tyler Le/BIThe economy is settling into its new shape, and it might mean lower pay for new workers. Job growth in April was concentrated in traditionally low-paying sectors like healthcare and retail. Wage growth, though slower, still outpaces inflation, which is still a boon for workers.
This black-and-white image released by the US military's Central Command shows the fire aboard the bulk carrier True Confidence after a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden on March 6, 2024. US Central Command via APHouthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have gone on for months.
A person hacking people's password using a computer. Getty ImagesPro-Russia hackers are targeting infrastructure systems in the US and Europe, says a security advisory. Hackers have infiltrated infrastructure sectors in water, dams, energy, and agriculture. Security agencies say improved cyber hygiene can prevent these breaches. Infrastructure systems in the US and Europe are vulnerable targets for pro-Russia hackers, numerous security agencies cautioned in a May 1 advisory statement."In early 2024, the authoring organizations observed pro-Russia hacktivists targeting vulnerable industrial control systems in North America and Europe," the advisory said, which was authored by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with other domestic and international bureaus.
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Friday's jobs report has stamped out worry of a stagflationary economy.
Fears of this scenario have flared over the past weak, set off by a weak first-quarter GDP print.
But payroll additions came in neither too hot nor too cold, and average hourly earnings fell, helping dispel a stagflation narrative.
The US economy looks to have steered clear of danger after the specter of stagflation spooked markets and put analysts on edge in recent weeks.
Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty ImagesA YouTuber tested if Tesla's Cybertruck update makes the frunk safer by closing it on his finger. The frunk update worked well on produce, but crushed his finger and left it shaking with a dent. A Tesla engineer said the test was done wrong because the frunk increases in pressure every time.
Financial crises are the new normal, according to one Yale economist. PonyWang/Getty Images
Stocks and the economy look strong but there are four factors that could pose a problem, Capital Economics said.
Geopolitical risks in the Middle East and high interest rates are big risks to markets.
A depreciation of the Chinese yuan and soaring US debt are also the two factors investors need to watch.