NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Enters Isolation Ahead of Launch
02 Mar
Science & Technology

NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Enters Isolation Ahead of Launch

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The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait in their pressure suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Pilot and Commander respectively, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Mission Specialist Sophie Adenot. Credit: SpaceXSpaceX Crew-12 is in quarantine as NASA prepares for its next journey to the space station. The four astronauts selected for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission have begun a standard two-week quarantine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The isolation period started is part of routine preparations ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station. Sophie, Jessica, Jack, and Andrei entered quarantine on January 28 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,...
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All members of cabinet to undergo lifestyle audits — Ramaphosa

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Lifestyle President Cyril Ramaphosa says all members of his cabinet have agreed to undergo lifestyle audits for the 2024/2025 financial year. This includes the president, deputy president, ministers and deputy ministers. In a written reply to a parliamentary question by Rise Mzansi MP Makashule Gana, Ramaphosa said the process would be led by the office of the director-general and the secretary of the cabinet in the Presidency, who are qualified auditors. The audits will be through lifestyle reviews and lifestyle investigations. “The lifestyle reviews are the first step of the process and are conducted subsequent to the submission of financial disclosures by members of the executive. Lifestyle investigations will follow in the event the information provided during lifestyle reviews is not satisfactory,” Ramaphosa said. ...
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Members of Congress seek details on Chandra funding and operations
01 Nov
Science & Technology

Members of Congress seek details on Chandra funding and operations

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NASA Space Technology The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (above) and Hubble Space Telescope could face budget cuts as NASA deals with overall spending reductions. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. VaughanWASHINGTON — Several members of Congress are seeking more details about the operation of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a space telescope whose budget has faced steep cuts.In an Oct. 30 letter to Patrick Slane, director of the Chandra X-ray Center, six members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D), asked for more details about the operation of the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope and the effects potential NASA budget cuts would have on it.NASA had proposed a 40% cut in Chandra’s budget for fiscal year 2025 in the budget proposal the agency released in March. However, agency officials said at an Oct. 23 town hall...
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Edo guber: 111 APC members defect to PDP, say Tinubu brought hunger & hardship to Nigerians
18 Aug
Politics

Edo guber: 111 APC members defect to PDP, say Tinubu brought hunger & hardship to Nigerians

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Politics tamfitronics Over 100 former members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oredo Ward 1 in Benin City on Saturday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Speaking at the ceremony, Pastor Sidney Egede, who led the former APC members to the PDP said that they decided to abandon the APC following the untold hunger and hardship brought by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu APC-led federal government administrationHe asserted that APC as the party is not an option in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, even as he advised residents to vote massively for the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who according to him will bring all-round development to the people as governor.His words: “APC not an option in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State because since May last year, when the President came into...
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