sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit in 1957, the United States responded with its own spy satellites. The espionage program, known as Corona, sought to locate Soviet missile sites, but its Google Earth-like photography captured something unintended: snapshots of animals and their habitats frozen in time. Now, by comparing these images with…
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Meet the First NASA Astronauts SpaceX Will Launch To Orbit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to star in the biggest spaceflight event of the decade: launching on the inaugural flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. For years, they’ve anticipated this moment, picturing throngs of people lined up on Florida’s beaches to watch them ascend into the sky. Now,…
Cold war spy satellite images reveal long-term decline in biodiversity
Analysis of cold war spy satellite images has revealed a long-term decline in biodiversity in Kazakhstan due to the expansion of agriculture over the past 50 years Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243902-cold-war-spy-satellite-images-reveal-long-term-decline-in-biodiversity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
ISS crew lands in Kazakhstan after more than 200 days
A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan, greeted with extra precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-04-iss-crew-kazakhstan-days.html…
Congratulations, Christina Koch!
Astronaut Christina Koch has returned to Earth after a record-breaking stay of 328 days aboard the International Space Station. She now holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/astronaut-christina-koch-record-longest-spaceflight-woman…
Migrating Russian Eagles Run Up Huge Data Roaming Charges
Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles ran out of money after some of the birds flew to Iran and Pakistan and their SMS transmitters drew huge data roaming charges. The BBC reports: After learning of the team’s dilemma, Russian mobile phone operator Megafon offered to cancel the debt and put the project on a special, cheaper tariff. The team had started crowdfunding…
Emirati becomes first Arab to reach ISS
An Emirati has made history as the first Arab to reach the International Space Station, after blasting off from Kazakhstan. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-emirati-arab-iss.html…
Rocket blasts off carrying first Arab to ISS
A Soyuz rocket blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan carrying an Emirati who will make history as the first Arab on the International Space Station. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-rocket-emirati-russian-american-blasts.html…
Russian Soyuz docks with ISS on 2nd attempt
After the Soyuz MS-14’s first automated approach to the ISS was aborted due to a malfunction, the spacecraft has now docked safely at the station’s Zvezda module. It carries supplies for the crew and a humanoid robot. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/russian-soyuz-2nd-docking-attempt-successful…
Apple, Google, and Mozilla Block Kazakhstan’s HTTPS Intercepting Certificate
Apple, Google, and Mozilla have moved in to ban a root certificate the Kazakhstan government used in the past month to spy on its citizens’ web traffic. From a report: Starting today, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari will show errors if any HTTPS web traffic is encrypted with the Kazakh government’s root or leaf certificates. This coordinated action will ensure the safety…