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MIT astronautics professor comes to SLO to speak at diversity series - Mustang News

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The director of MIT's Space Enabled research, Danielle Wood, presented at San Luis Obispo’s Diversity Speaker Series on Saturday to discuss how space technology can be used to improve justice on Earth. Wood is an assistant professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT and is director of the Space Enabled Research Group. Publisher: Mustang News Date: 2022-04-29T19:00:00 00:00 Twitter: @CPMustangNews Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution? | Martin Rees | The Guardian For humanity truly to slip the surly bonds of Earth, private funds and intrepid thrill-seekers will be required The space shuttle was, until its decommissioning, the main vehicle for transporting people to and from the ISS. It failed twice in 135 launches. Astronauts or test pilots would willingly accept this level of risk – less than 2%. Publisher: the Guardian Date: 2022-04-30T07:00:50.

Signs your iPhone or Android is ‘infected’ by dangerous hackers

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Hackers are constantly looking for new ways to infiltrate our devices and steal the large treasure trove of data we hold on them. We’ve seen it all, from vicious WhatsApp cons, to dodgy apps that aren’t what they seem. Publisher: New York Post Date: 2022-04-30T20:55:41 00:00 Twitter: @nypost Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Bloomberg - Are you a robot? Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Russian Sandworm Hackers—$10 Million Reward Offered By U.S. Government A federal grand jury in 2020 indicted the six Russian GRU officers on counts including conspiracy to conduct computer fraud, damaging protected computers and aggravated identify theft. Publisher: Forbes Date: 2022-04-30 Author: Davey Winder Twitter: @forbes Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers -- ScienceDaily A new form of security identification could soon

Fireball spotted as asteroid fragment plunges to Earth

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Dozens of witnesses in three states reported hearing a thunderous boom before seeing a gleaming fireball streaking across the sky on Wednesday, NASA scientists confirmed. Over 30 people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi reported seeing the brilliant space rock burning through the atmosphere after hearing loud booms just after 8 a.m. local time Wednesday morning, according to NASA . Publisher: New York Post Date: 2022-04-29T01:18:07 00:00 Twitter: @nypost Reference: (Read more) Visit Source A Massive Asteroid Is Heading Our Way And NASA Is Re-Routing An Old Spacecraft To Visit It This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in ... [+] close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. Remember NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that visited the distant Bennu asteroid and scraped-up a sample in October 2020. Publisher: Forbes Date: 2022-04-28 Author: Jamie

Dr. Jessica Watkins Makes History As the First Black Woman To Have Extended Stay in Outer Space

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According to NASA, astronaut Dr. Jessica Watkins , 33, serves as a mission specialist on the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission, making history as the first Black woman to journey into space for an extended mission. This is the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Publisher: Black Enterprise Date: 2022-04-30T12:35:10 00:00 Twitter: @blackenterprise Reference: (Read more) Visit Source In Photos: The Webb Telescope Is Finally Focused And Just Sent Back 10 Jaw-Dropping New Hi-Def ... The James Webb Space Telescope is a space observatory to see further into the Universe than ever ... [+] before. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that all of the space observatory's imaging instruments have passed with flying colors after the seventh and final round of testing. Publisher: Forbes Date: 2022-04-29 Author: Jamie Carter Twit