On Wednesday, in the face of growing rivalry with China, the United States announced a new alliance with Australia and Britain. To strengthen military capabilities the alliance will include a new Australian nuclear submarine fleet and cruise missiles. The announcement of the alliance was made by US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and his British counterpart Boris Johnson in a video meeting. France, which is negotiating a multibillion-dollar deal for conventional submarines with Australia is also pushed back. Biden and other leaders stressed that the submarine
After Elon Musk visits space from SpaceX, the company sends its first all-civilian crew into Earth’s orbit. From Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SpaceX Flacon 9 rocket carrying four space tourists blasted off on Wednesday night. The launch was followed by a huge fireball illuminating the sky as the nine rocket engines began to pull away from the Earth at 8:02 pm (0002 GMT Thursday). Soon after the 11th minute the Dragon capsule separated from the rocket and sent stage as the crew entered orbit. In a vertical landing on a sea barge, the re-usable first stage made its way back to the Eart
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock as the sample. The sample will be brought to Earth after its failed attempt the previous month. Adam Stelzner, who is the chief engineer of the Perseverance rover tweeted on Thursday, said it was a perfect core sample and he had never been happier to see a hole in a rock. The rover had drilled into much softer rock a month ago but the sample crumbled and didn’t get inside the titanium tube. However, the rover tried again and drove more than a half mile to search for a better
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a key achievement in fusion research. Fusion is the lesser-known opposite reaction to nuclear fission that happens when the two atoms slam together to form a heavier atom and release energy. This is the way the sun makes energy. The lab announced that they produced 1.3 megajoules of energy at its National Ignition Facility. The experiment was carried out on August 8, which has around 70% of the laser energy delivered to the fuel capsule. The institute is on the verge of achieving its longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research. It’s the e
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) mission failed early on Thursday morning. The state-of-the-art Geo Imaging Satellite (Gisat-1) faced a setback. As per the AsiaOne report, at 5:43 am the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) took off on schedule and the core stage burnt out according to the plan propelling the rocket in its intended path. The second stage of the ignition also happened as planned with a two minutes curvet into the launch, and payload fairing was confirmed by the mission control. The tense moment for ISRO started soon after the second stage
The very first aircraft carrier Made-In-India Vikrant sets sail for Maiden Trials. Vikrant is the largest and most complex warship which India has ever designed and built. Vikrant is 262 meters long, a maximum of 62m wide, and 59m high which includes the superstructure. It has 14 decks out of which 5 are in the superstructure. It is designed to billet around 1700 people which has more than 2,300 compartments including cabins for accommodating women officers, as reported to Asia News. On Wednesday, the warship Vikrant set off for its sea trial 50 years after its namesake’s key role in the
On Thursday Russia upgraded its capabilities on the International Space Station (ISS) after its new Nauka module successfully docked after a strained journey from Earth. The delayed launch was due in 2017 but the vessel suffered repeated slips in the schedule. The budget difficulties were also seen in parts and engineers encountered a raft of technical problems during development. The module is 13 meters long and 20 tonnes which was driven into the rear of the orbiting platform, linking up with the other major Russian segments on the ISS. A week after its launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Vaccine maker BioNTech will be using mRNA technology to develop a “highly effective” malaria vaccine. It is looking to replicate the success of its Pfizer-partnered mRNA-based COVID-19 jab to make a stronger malaria vaccine. The two-pronged approach of the biotech company is to develop the vaccine candidate for malaria and to boost mRNA manufacturing capabilities to the African continent. The project aims to assess multiple vaccine candidates using mRNA technology to plan and target the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) and new antigens discovered in the pre-clinical research stage. Bi
Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos offered to cover up to $2 billion of NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company a contract to make the spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. On Monday, freshly after his trip to space he offered this deal for his company Blue Origin. In April NASA awarded Bezos’ rival- billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company-SpaceX a $2.9 billion a contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the Moon's surface. The project will take place in 2024. Earlier NASA rejected the bid from Blue Origin and defense contractor Dyneti
Approximately six million doses of Johnson and Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine are to be delivered to African Nations. The African Union decided to deliver 27 African nations who have paid for the shipment through the end of August. African coronavirus envoy Strive Masiyiwa addressed the nation by saying 18 countries are finalizing loans from the World Bank and other global lenders before they make the payment. Delivery will be carried out at an average of 10 million a month from 2021 September. Which will gradually be increased to 20 million till January until the order is fulfi