Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Inspiration4, ecco il turismo spaziale che conquisterà l’orbita (Global Science)

Giulia Bonelli Inizia il countdown per la prima missione spaziale orbitale interamente privata. Tra esattamente 30 giorni, infatti, diventerà realtà Inspiration4, la missione nata dalla lotteria stellare promossa...

Tianhe, pronto un nuovo carico verso l’armonia celeste (Global Science)

Giulia Bonelli Continua inarrestabile la corsa allo spazio cinese. Dopo essersi assicurata la presenza indipendente di taikonauti in orbita bassa, la Cina preme sull’acceleratore per il...

Partito Vega, a bordo anche il nanosatellite italiano LedSat (Global Science)

Nuovo successo per il razzo europeo Vega. Nella notte del 17 agosto, quando in Italia erano le 3:47, il vettode dell’Esa operato da Arianspace è...

La tela di Starliner (Global Science)

Francesco Rea Potremmo definirla la tela di Starliner. La navetta spaziale per il volo umano destinazione Stazione spaziale internazionale di produzione della Boeing sembra non trovare il...

Jeff Bezos porta in tribunale Elon Musk (Global Science)

Francesco Rea Blue Origin non ci sta e torna all’attacco. La società di Jeff Bezos ha contestato in più occasioni la decisione della NASA di...

Cybersecurity – Threat actors hacked US Census Bureau in 2020 by exploiting a Citrix flaw (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day vulnerability, OIG revealed Threat actors hacked...

Malaysia – Malaysia’s Longest-ruling Party Seems Set to Return to PM (VoA)

Malaysia’s longest-governing political party appeared set to reclaim the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election result, with its lawmakers summoned to the...

Hezbollah/Iran/Lebanon – Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker to Sail to Lebanon Soon (VoA)

The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and...

Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso’s Military Widows Get Help to Support Their Families (VoA)

Henry Wilkins Saturday, August 21, is the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, a day that is unfortunately relevant in Burkina...

North Korea – N. Korea Issues Navigational Warning Amid Fears of Weapons Test: Reports (VoA)

William Gallo North Korea declared a no-sail zone for ships off its east coast earlier this week, suggesting it may have been planning a missile...

Afghanistan – Taliban Violently Disperse Protest After Vowing No Retribution (VoA)

The Taliban are continuing to consolidate power in Afghanistan amid reports of violence against protesters in the eastern part of the country, a day after...

Afghanistan/USA – US Continues Diplomatic Outreach to Host At-risk Afghans (VoA)

Nike Ching The United States says it is engaging directly with the Taliban to secure safe passage for "everybody" who is trying to get to...

Azerbaijan/Turkey/Cyprus – The Cyprus Dimension to the Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance (The Jamestown Foundation)

Rahim Rahimov Following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020) between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Turkey’s support for the latter in that conflict, Ankara...

Ukraine – Hydrogen Production in Ukraine: Escape From Energy Dependency and a New Source of Revenue After Nord Stream Two (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On June 19, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, speaking at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, Turkey, underscored that the use of alternative...

Ukraine – New Appointments in the Ukrainian Military: Occasion for Restrained Optimism? (by Yuri Lapaiev – Jamestown Foundation)

From August 9 to 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) conducted large-scale military exercises in the southern part of the country, including on...

Mapping Drought Trends in the U.S. (Esri)

Dan Pisut If you haven’t heard of the drought in the western U.S., you must be living blissfully under a nice cool, moss covered rock....