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Consultation opens into airspace plans for reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport – Yorkshire Post
A public consultation has opened on proposals to reinstate controlled airspace and establish arrival and departure routes for Doncaster Sheffield Airport. The changes are presented as necessary for the airport’s safe reopening and for the return of passenger and cargo services, making the consultation a significant step in the wider regeneration plans for the site.…
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Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the moon on Wednesday, 2 August, at around 2:35am ET, striking near Einstein Crater in the moon’s north-western region. The impact was not planned by SpaceX and highlights the growing amount of human-made debris drifting through space and eventually colliding…
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Revealed: All but three family members in this wedding photo were killed by Russian rocket in Ukraine
A wedding photograph has come to symbolise the devastating human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine, after it emerged that all but three of the family members pictured were later killed in a Russian rocket strike. The image, once a happy record of a family celebration, has taken on tragic significance as a stark illustration…
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48 years later, anime’s most beautiful sci-fi space epic is officially making a comeback
A new theatrical film based on Galaxy Express 999, the acclaimed 1970s anime by the late Leiji Matsumoto, has been officially announced nearly 48 years after the original series debuted. The announcement, made via the creator’s official account on X on 25 July, confirms that Toei Animation, the studio behind the 1978 original, will produce…
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Beautiful Sydney green space to be replaced by giant AI data centre and logistics complex – and your internet habits are why it’s needed
A 70-hectare stretch of vacant green space beside Sydney Airport is set to be redeveloped into a multi-billion-dollar complex anchored by a large AI data centre, as surging demand for the infrastructure behind services such as Google and ChatGPT drives Australia’s data storage needs. The former Kogarah Golf Club site at Arncliffe will lose its…
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“Incredibly cheap”: The 1972 album Joe Elliott wanted to send to space
The article looks back at the Voyager Golden Record, the collection of music NASA sent into space in 1977 to convey human culture and emotion to any extraterrestrial listeners, and uses it as a springboard to explore music’s long fascination with space, from Sinatra and Elton John to David Bowie’s numerous alien-themed songs and characters.…
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Duckett and Amir star as leaders Rockets see off Sunrisers
Trent Rockets held off Sunrisers Leeds by five runs in The Hundred at Trent Bridge, with England batter Ben Duckett starring both with the bat and in the field. Duckett’s half-century anchored the Rockets’ innings before he took a diving catch to dismiss Harry Brook at a crucial point in the chase, and Mohammad Amir’s…
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10 places I wish GTA 6 was set instead of Vice City
A Polygon opinion piece imagines alternative settings for GTA 6 instead of Vice City, arguing that whilst Rockstar’s choice makes sense, the series could benefit from breaking away from its familiar formula of large, morally corrupt American cities. The writer contends that other locations, time periods and even genres could allow Rockstar’s trademark social satire…
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One of Kerbal Space Program’s biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: ‘That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then’
The article reports that Kerbal Space Program, the popular space-flight simulation game, drew one of its key inspirations from an unlikely source: a promotional Flash browser game created for the motoring show Top Gear. A developer involved in KSP’s creation is quoted recalling that this Flash title was the closest thing to the rocket-building, physics-based…
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Flight 13 of Starship was (mostly) a triumph for SpaceX
SpaceX’s 13th full-scale Starship test flight was largely successful, marking a significant recovery after engine problems on the previous mission. The upgraded rocket reached space from Texas, while the Starship upper stage survived re-entry and made a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, an important demonstration for SpaceX’s ambitions to make the system reusable. All…