Deftly manipulated by Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Canadarm2 reaches out for the NG-15 Cygnus on Monday morning. Photo Credit: Soichi Noguchi/NASA As Northrop Grumman Corp.’s NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning, the Bethpage, N.Y.-headquartered firm has confirmed that Thales Alenia Space of Turin, Italy, will fabricate an additional two Pressurized Cargo ...
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Behaviour of Ulster Bank management ‘deplorable’ – FSU
Ulster Bank is expected to defend its decision not to give advance warning of its plan to withdraw from the Irish market to staff at the Finance Committee today The union representing staff at Ulster Bank has described the behaviour of management at the lender and its parent NatWest as “deplorable” in the six months leading up to the announcement ...
Read More »Cosmic Opportunities №20
The weekly publication is here and we ready to share it with our fellow readers. Eric Masse – 02’21 has left the “Snecma-Safran”, he was VP Engineering. Has marked that he had retired. Jeff Bradshaw – 02’21 has left the “Proagrica”, he was CTO. Took office as Global Director of Technology in “Telus”. Sam Harper – 02’21 has left the ...
Read More »The Mars Helicopter is Online and Getting Ready to Fly
Earth is the only planet in the solar system with aircraft capable of sustained flight. Suppose the ground-breaking Ingenuity helicopter, currently stowed aboard the similarly spectacular Mars Perseverance rover, accomplishes its planned mission. In that case, Mars will become the second planet to have a powered aircraft fly through its atmosphere. Ingenuity has sent its first status report since landing ...
Read More »Continual Learning from Synthetic Data for a Humanoid Exercise Robot
Despite the obvious advantage of physical exercises, the help of a fitness professional is not always available. In such cases, a humanoid robot could help correct an improper technique and engage with its user. A recent paper proposes to employ the humanoid robot Pepper as a motivator and feedback giver. A robot. Image credit: Alex Knight via Unsplash (Unsplash licence) ...
Read More »Crypto Traders Might Find Familiar Playbook In GameStop Hearing
Source: Adobe/dennizn The GameStop (GME) saga is set to take another twist as a trader prepares to tell the American House of Representatives that social media has allowed retail traders to leveling the playing field with their bitter Wall Street rivals, a strategy that is also coming good for thousands of crypto investors in the locked-down world of the coronavirus ...
Read More »NASA releases first-of-its-kind high-definition video of Mars rover landing
NASA officials released never-before-seen views of a spacecraft landing on another planet Monday, showcasing multi-angle replays recorded by ruggedized high-definition cameras mounted on the Perseverance rover last week when it safely touched down on Mars. The $2.7 billion mission’s entry, descent, and landing cameras recorded video as Perseverance made its way to a landing site in Jezero Crater, a location ...
Read More »Umbria partners with Polygon to support development of DeFi protocol
Umbria Network, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced it will be building its applications on the Polygon network. Polygon, formerly known as Matic, provides scalable, secure, and instant Ethereum transactions using plasma side chains and a proof-of-stake (PoS) network. It is one of the most active layer-two Ethereum scaling solutions in existence today. Its developer support ...
Read More »Eden Health Raises $60M Series C To Form Trusted Relationships Between Patients, Providers
Eden Health received a fresh injection of venture capital Thursday that the concierge health care provider said will enable it to expand its care integration model into new areas. “I watched my sister go through health problems, end up in the ER and almost pass away,” Matt McCambridge, Eden Health co-founder and CEO, told Crunchbase News. “She was seeing so ...
Read More »NASA Delays SLS Test Fire #2 After Finding Faulty Propulsion System Valve
The 212-foot-tall (64.6-meter) SLS core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) has been undergoing Green Run testing in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Photo Credit: NASA NASA and Boeing have called off this week’s planned Feb 25 second test fire of the space agency’s mammoth SLS moon rocket core stage, ...
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