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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon docks crew of four to the International Space Station

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station this evening, more than a day after launching to space from Florida. The vehicle’s arrival marks the beginning of the first long-duration mission for the Crew Dragon, a type of flight the spacecraft will perform periodically for NASA over the next few years. Inside… Read more

SpaceX succeeds in first commercial astronaut flight

A Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX ‘with the Dragon capsule Resilience brings four space travelers to the International Space Station (ISS) at one hour. The start is on Monday night 00: 27 UTC from Cape Canaveral in Florida. On board are the Japanese Soichi Noguchi as well as the Americans Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins and Victor… Read more

SpaceX successfully launches second crew to space on first operational mission

SpaceX successfully launched its second crew of astronauts to orbit this evening inside the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight, called Crew-1, marks the first operational mission of the Crew Dragon, as SpaceX embarks on a new era of regularly sending people to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The Crew Dragon took… Read more

SpaceX rocket to the ISS: launch postponed

The planned manned flight from SpaceX to the space station ISS has been postponed from Saturday to Sunday. The reason is the strong wind on the Florida coast, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter. The Falcon 9 rocket with the capsule “Crew Dragon” from the private company SpaceX is supposed to transport four astronauts… Read more

How to watch SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission to space

This evening, the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to take flight, carrying a crew of four to the International Space Station. The mission, scheduled for 7:27PM ET, marks the beginning of regular crewed missions to and from the ISS for SpaceX as the company establishes a route to space for… Read more

NASA certifies SpaceX for regular manned flights into space

NASA has certified the space capsule Crew Dragon from SpaqceX for regular manned flights into space, as the first privately manufactured spacecraft ever. The last time such a certification was granted was 40 years ago , at that time for the space shuttle, the US space agency now explains. For Elon Musk and the company,… Read more

AMD acquires FPGA giant Xilinx for $ 35 billion

AMD confirms rumors of a proposed Xilinx acquisition. The chip manufacturer is spending around 35 billion US dollars, the world’s largest provider of programmable logic chips (Field Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGAs). That corresponds to the equivalent of just under 30 billion euros. If shareholders and authorities agree, both companies want to complete the transaction by… Read more

$ 35 billion: AMD buys FPGA specialist Xilinx

After a few days and weeks of suspicions about the alleged takeover of the FPGA specialist Xilinx by AMD, AMD has now made the planned transaction official. The purchase is said to have a transaction volume of 35 billion US dollars. Xilinx shareholders will receive 1, 7234 AMD shares per share. Basically, it’s a merger,… Read more

Uncharted, the film: first images for Tom Holland's young Nathan Drake

Encouraging news arrives from the Uncharted set , the film directed by Ruben Fleischer and inspired by the Naughty Dog videogame franchise of the same name. Actor Tom Holland shared the first photo of him as Nathan Drake, in a slightly rejuvenated version. by Pasquale Fusco published 23 October 2020 , at 10: 14 in… Read more

Acer launches six new Predator and Nitro gaming monitors

Acer is about to expand its lineup of gaming monitors with six new models targeting a wide range of price points and specifications. Acer is also the first brand with TÜV Rheinland Eyesafe-certified gaming monitors, capable of filtering out the blue light without losing the vividness of colours. Victor Chien, president of digital display business at Acer,… Read more

Fiber optic expansion along railway lines stalled

It will take some time before the fiber optic network is further expanded along the railway lines. “The DB is preparing the tender for the expansion of the fiber optic network,” said a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn (DB) on request. However, the award process has not yet started. Accordingly, not a single fiber optic kilometer… Read more

AMD Big Navi and RDNA 2 GPUs: Release Date, Specs, Everything We Know

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD Big Navi, RX 6000, Navi 2x, RDNA 2. Whatever the name, AMD’s next-generation GPUs are promising big performance and efficiency gains, along with feature parity with Nvidia in terms of ray tracing support. Will Team Red finally take the pole position in our GPU hierarchy and lay claim to… Read more

The role of computers in the film: human, mean, infallible

The story of computers, which play an important role in films, begins with analog computers. Fritz Lang showed pioneers in the form of mechanical-industrial machines on which workers in “Metropolis” 1927 moved long levers, Valve gears turned and stared at pointer instruments. Two years later, such a machine in Lang’s “Woman in the Moon” even… Read more