Elon Musk’s SpaceX hit another milestone Thursday by completing a nearly 500-foot ‘hop’ of a second Starship prototype. Dubbed SN6, the massive rocket took to the skies above the firm’s testing facility in Boca Chia, Texas at 1:48pm ET following a successful liftoff of its predecessor SN5 earlier this month. SN6 was shaking on the … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX took one small ‘hop’ closer towards the surface of Mars on Tuesday after completing the first successful launch and landing of its Starship rocket. Dubbed the SN5, the potentially revolutionary prototype performed an almost 500-foot leap above SpaceX’s development facility in Boco Chica, Texas, at 5pm local time. The nine-story large metallic … Read more
A car factory robot, adapted by British scientists to work in a chemistry lab, completed an experiment in three days that would have taken a human months. University of Liverpool researchers reprogrammed the £100,000 autonomous arm, giving it enough intelligence that it can perform experiments without input. The robot is significantly more efficient, able to … Read more
China launched the final satellite in its global navigation system constellation Beidou earlier today – completing the network six months ahead of schedule. The spacecraft was launched into geostationary orbit on top of a Long March-3B rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 02:43 BST this morning. Completing its own global navigation system will allow … Read more
A great great-grandmother who has virtually lost the use of her legs has completed 100 ‘stand-ups’ for charity before her 100th birthday. Joyce Richardson, 100, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, suddenly lost the ability to walk and stand after she contracted sepsis last year and has been slowly regaining her strength. She now relies on a … Read more
Second World War hero Captain Tom Moore triumphed today as he completed the final 10 lengths of his garden on a zimmer frame – and raised a staggering £12million for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. The 99-year-old, who has captured the imagination of the public with his heroics, finished the last few steps of his … Read more
Second World War hero Captain Tom Moore triumphed today as he completed the final 10 lengths of his garden on a zimmer frame – and raised a staggering £12million for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. The 99-year-old, who has captured the imagination of the public with his heroics, finished the last few steps of his … Read more
A mother-of-three has revamped her entire bathroom into a modern setting with items from B&Q, Argos and wilko in a DIY budget transformation after hating how it looked like a ‘public toilet’. Victoria Tribe, 31, from Thatcham in Berkshire grew tired of her dull-looking bathroom and felt like it wasn’t a place she could relax … Read more
Day one of the UK’s lockdown proved productive for Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the singer, 27, posted a snap of her sitting proudly in front of a castle made out of 400o pieces of LEGO. Jade captioned the snap: ‘PROUD NERD ALERT! 4000 Lego pieces later, staying indoors helped … Read more