A guinea pig named Galaxionaut is aiming to follow Richard Branson and Jeff Bezo into space as part of a Congolese DIY rocket programme. Patrice Keka, 51, is an engineer, physicist and mathematician who is intending to send the intrepid rodent high above the earth’s atmosphere. Galaxionaut will be sent as a passenger and then … Read more
A Dutch teenager is set to make history today by becoming the youngest astronaut in space after snagging a spot on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket. Physics student Oliver Daemen, 18, credits Thunderbirds with sparking his fascination with space and rockets at a young age. In an Instagram post a day before the launch, Oliver wrote: ‘Ready to … Read more
Supermarket share prices set to rocket: Morrisons bid battle to boost ‘bargain’ UK grocers By Lucy White And Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 4 July 2021 Supermarket shares were set to rise on the London Stock Exchange today as a full-scale bidding war for … Read more
‘That look a little odd to you?’ Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon LOSE IT laughing over Jeff Bezos’ phallic-shaped rocket design By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:42 BST, 3 July 2021 | Updated: 10:43 BST, 3 July 2021 Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon couldn’t hold in the laughs as … Read more
A strange spiral appeared in the skies over the northwest Pacific on June 8 that baffled residents, with some likening it to the portal in the ‘Doctor Strange’ movie– but astronomers reveal it was caused by a rocket. American astronomer Jonathan McDowell weighed in the bizarre sighting, revealing it was fuel released by China’s Long … Read more
Shares in the UK’s biggest supermarkets soared on Monday morning after Morrisons rejected an unsolicited £5.5bn takeover bid from a US private equity giant. Morrisons saw its share price increase by around a third soon after markets opened in London amid projections that a bidding war could be sparked after they turned down the propsal. … Read more
China rolled out its Long March-2F Y12 rocket to its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday in preparation of sending astronauts to the nations’ new orbiting modular space station. The three-person crew is set to board the Shebzhou-12 spacecraft next week and blast off to the main section of the Tianhe, or … Read more
London Cocktail Club owner Nightcap sees its shares jump after sales rocket as drinkers flood back to its bars since indoor reopening Revenues rose 92% in the last three weeks compared to the same period in 2019 Weekly sales at its seven newly acquired bars hit an all-time of more than £520K Company continues to … Read more
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has confirmed ambitious plans to build an ‘ocean spaceport’ that will be used to launch a Starship rocket to Mars in 2022. It was reported in July 2020 that the firm had acquired a pair of former oil drilling rigs for $3.5 million (£2.47 million) each that they planned to convert … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a recycled Falcon 9 rocket named after the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars SpaceX launched 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit Tuesday at 3:01pm ET The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Station in Florida This is the third trip the rocket has … Read more