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Day: November 21, 2024

21Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Trump watches on as SpaceX calls off catch attempt as booster splashes down to Earth

Just weeks after SpaceX stunned audiences with a precision landing of a giant rocket booster, the company has kicked off another test flight of the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. SpaceX again planned an attempt to steer the booster back into the mechanical arms — or "chopsticks"— of a launch tower, but did not meet the required criteria and has abandoned today's attempt of the booster catch. The nearly 121-metre Starship system took flight on November 19 from the company's Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas. President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Boca Chica, Texas. (AP) The two-stage megarocket — which features the Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heav...
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21Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Italian village offers $1.50 homes to Americans upset by the US election result

While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump's presidential re-election, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia has sniffed a potential opportunity. Like many other places in rural Italy, Ollolai has long been trying to persuade outsiders to move in to revive its fortunes after decades of depopulation. It's been selling dilapidated houses for as little as one euro — just over a US dollar or $AU1.60 — to sweeten the deal. Properties on offer include dilapidated homes at giveaway prices to ready-to-occupy buildings for up to $105,000.Mandatory Credit: Roberto Tangianu/Sardegna Live via CNN Newsource (CNN) Now, following the November 5 vote outcome, it's launched a website aimed at would-be American expats, offering up more ...
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21Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time, reports say

Ukraine launched the British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time today, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia. Ukraine's use of the UK-supplied missiles to hit Russian territory was confirmed to Reuters by an official on condition of anonymity. British media also reported the use of the cruise missile yesterday, citing sources. A Storm Shadow cruise missile is seen on display at the company's booth at the International Paris Air Show 2023 at the Le Bourget Airport. (Nicolas Economou) Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov refused to confirm or deny the use of the UK-made missiles during a news conference yesterday. Nor did a spokesperson for the...
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21Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack for the first time in the war

Ukraine says Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war. It wasn't clear exactly what type of missile was fired overnight, but Ukraine's air force said in a statement on Telegram on Thursday that it was launched from Russia's Astrakhan region. The development comes as the war has taken on a growing international dimension with the arrival of North Korean troops to help Russia on the battlefield. Ukraine says Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo)
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