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Startup Astra reaches space for the first time — but barely misses orbit

Astra, a California-based startup aimed at launching small satellites, successfully launched its rocket to space for the first time yesterday from Alaska, but the vehicle barely missed reaching the right speed to achieve orbit. Still, the company says the test flight was a major success and is preparing to fly its next rocket, this time… Read more

Briefly informed: social media, AI, airlines, astronaut

FTC requests information on the handling of user data from Facebook & Co The US authority for competition law and consumer protection Federal As part of an extensive investigation, Trade Commission asked a total of nine well-known social networks and video streaming companies to provide information on their business practices in connection with the use… Read more

Best Sennheiser headphones: brilliant pairs for every style and budget

Home Best-buys You probably already know this, but Sennheiser is a brand with a lot of prestige. Founded in 1945, it began as a manufacturer of microphones before soon expanding into other areas of audio. It claims to be the first company to have made an open-backed pair of headphones. Today, it makes (a lot… Read more

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is scheduled to fly to the ISS with SpaceX in 2021

Matthias Maurer is to be flown by SpaceX to the International Space Station as the second ESA astronaut in autumn 2021. The German will then live for six months on the outpost of humanity and carry out scientific experiments, the European Space Agency ESA has now declared. Maurer was 2015 has been accepted into the… Read more

Airlines prepare for a restart

“We can’t wait for the vaccine.” The outgoing General Director of the global airline association IATA, Alexandre de Juniac, has once again put huge pressure on to accelerate the restart of the aviation industry in the coming months with the help of mass corona rapid tests. The pandemic took the airlines with it almost last… Read more

Virgin Galactic: test flight into space aborted shortly after release

The most recent test flight of the Virgin Galactic space glider was aborted seconds after the carrier aircraft disengaged. Recordings from the ground show that the VSS Unity only fired its engine briefly before the sequence was automatically interrupted. The pilots then brought the vehicle back to Spaceport America, where they touched down safely, as… Read more