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Artemis II splashdown: Orion capsule scheduled to land off California coast at just after 5pm local time – live updates

10 April at 21:38 PM, via The Guardian

Follow the latest updates as astronauts prepare for fiery re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere after 10-day mission to fly around the moon

Artemis II crew to end record-setting mission with splashdown

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The splashdown of the Orion capsule will follow a precise timeline through the afternoon and evening on Friday.

Nasa says the scheduled splashdown time of 5.07pm...

Artemis II images reignite moon mission memories | Letters

10 April at 18:40 PM, via The Guardian

Dr Nigel Fairweather and Philip Clarke on the newly released Nasa photographs showing the far side of the moon

There has been much excitement about the crew of Artemis II seeing the far side of the moon (Artemis II swings back around after completing record-setting moon flyby, 6 April). Let us remember that on 7 October 1959 the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 (also known as Lunik 3) photographed the...

Flyby review – interstellar musical is a voyage of epic strangeness

10 April at 17:20 PM, via The Guardian

Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonThe songs soar and blast in this inventive tale of a toxic romance – though it needs a few tweaks to be truly brilliant

The scope and ambition of this dark musical by Theo Jamieson and Adam Lenson are boundless. A jagged, time- and space-travelling drama about the emotional wreckage of a mutually destructive relationship, it begins with reports of a young...

Amazon to finally launch Leo satellite internet in ‘mid-2026’, says CEO

10 April at 14:26 PM, via The Guardian

Andy Jassy tells shareholders that long-awaited rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink is ‘on the verge’ of going live

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Amazon has said its long-awaited satellite internet rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink will finally go live in “mid-2026”.

The chief executive, Andy Jassy, said in a letter to shareholders that the technology company was “on the verge of launching Amazon...

Big Tech is going nuclear

10 April at 12:47 PM, via TechCentral

Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.

Artemis II crew to end record-setting mission with Pacific Ocean splashdown

10 April at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby

The number of human beings who have travelled to the moon and returned safely to Earth will grow to 28 on Friday night when Nasa’s Orion capsule containing four Artemis II astronauts will glide gently to a Pacific Ocean splashdown beneath three giant parachutes.

The scheduled 5.07pm PT...

Artemis II crew on inspiring the next generation and unifying humanity – video

10 April at 04:14 AM, via The Guardian

As the Artemis II mission enters flight day nine, the crew spoke about inspiring the next generation and ‘working on something big for the good of everyone’ ahead of their return to earth. The crew, made up of three US astronauts and a Canadian, embarked on humanity’s first crewed lunar voyage in more than half a century. The 10-day flight around the moon and back will mark the second mission...

Artemis II crew to return home as Nasa lays out steps for safe splashdown

10 April at 00:58 AM, via The Guardian

Astronauts prepare for re-entry several miles off coast of southern California after 10-day lunar fly-by mission

The crew of Artemis II is set to return to earth on Friday following its historic 10-day lunar flyby mission, and Nasa leaders have described the precise logistics needed to get them home.

The return will see the Orion capsule traveling at nearly 24,000mph before making a final...

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

09 April at 20:00 PM, via The Guardian

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself

On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other members of the chimpanzees’ wider group moved closer through the forest, the chimpanzees...

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