the start of Astra space flight it plans to reach orbit for the first time in early August. On Monday (July 20), the California-based company announced that its 38-foot-tall (11.6-meter) Rocket 3.1 is scheduled to launch from the Pacific Space Port Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island during a six-day window …
Read More »Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo Android device takes another big step forward
Microsoft’s dual-screen Android device is getting closer to launch, with details of the novel ‘phablet’ appearing on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. While the FCC app doesn’t reveal much about the Surface Duo, the app suggests that Microsoft is on target to launch the device ahead of its original …
Read More »US officials did not say whether they would close the consulate in Chengdu, China.
The U.S. Consulate in Chengdu is represented on July 23, 2020 in Chengdu, Sichuan province of China. VCG | Visual China Group | fake pictures WASHINGTON – Senior U.S. officials will not address on Friday whether the Trump administration intends to comply with an order to close a U.S. consulate …
Read More »Man ‘plays’ badminton with Comet NEOWISE in viral photo
That is one way to stay active during a pandemic. An Englishman took a photo of himself “playing” badminton with Comet NEOWISE over Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, reports the British news agency SWNS. Laurence Douglas-Greene said she wanted to create an image that no one had yet seen, despite …
Read More »All Michigan State football team in 14-day quarantine
The entire Michigan State soccer team will either be quarantined or isolate itself for 14 days after a second staff member and an athlete tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Friday. “As part of the athletic department’s return policy to campus, student athletes are quarantined when they come into …
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