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SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to the fourth shell of the constellation for the first global orbital launch attempt of the year.

Lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), the Starlink Group 4–5 mission lifted 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites southeastward from Kennedy into a 210 × 339 km low Earth orbit with an inclination of 53.22 degrees.

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NASA’s new X-Ray Observatory will unlock the universe’s most explosive secrets.

The IXPE mission could change our understanding of black holes, nebulae, and supernovas.

Recharging Drones in only 45 minutes.

Recently, Autel Robotics released a new drone charging platform that allows drones to take on multiple recursive missions independent of weather across a wide variety of industrial applications, including industrial energy inspection, natural disaster monitoring, and more.

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The Pentagon, the CIA, and the State Department are already using the technology.

Who can forget the attack on Capital last January 6th? For those who do remember it well, there is an urgency to do something to avoid it ever happening again. One way to do that is to predict these events before they happen just like you can predict weather patterns.

Some data scientists believe they can achieve exactly that, according to The Washington Post. “We now have the data — and opportunity — to pursue a very different path than we did before,” said Clayton Besaw, who helps run CoupCast, a machine-learning-driven program based at the University of Central Florida that predicts coups for a variety of countries.

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According to an AP news release, Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow appeared on state television telling officials to put out the flames at the “Gates of Hell,” a giant natural gas crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, about 260 kilometers (160 miles) north of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.

The crater was created in 1971 during a Soviet drilling accident that hit a gas cavern, causing the drilling rig to fall in and the earth to collapse underneath it. The Soviets decided to burn off the gas by setting it on fire to prevent the dangerous fumes from spreading. Unfortunately, tapping into a vast natural reservoir of flammable methane gas, the pit has been burning since then, even growing in size over time. The now 70 meters (229 feet) wide and 20 meters (65 feet) deep crater is a popular tourist attraction, especially at night time. Officially named the “Shining of Karakum,” the crater is also known as the Darvaza Crater, after the nearby village of Darvaza, and online as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, thanks to the boiling mud and roaring, red flames covering the crater floor.

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A great summary of everything SpaceX 2021, along with everything SpaceX to come in 2022.

You can expect blowups along the way, but you can also expect to see the starship fly this year.

Next-gen is a phrase that gets tossed around a bit too much, but it’s quite deserving here.

Cutting the weight of fuel tanks and continuing advances in fuel-cell technologies are key to making hydrogen competitive in aviation.

𝙀𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 — 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.

𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 “𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚” 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖… See more.

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