The Chinese Commercial Autonomous Driving Company CiDi Plans for IPO
08 Nov
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The Chinese Commercial Autonomous Driving Company CiDi Plans for IPO

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Technology tamfitronics Changsha Intelligent Driving Institute (CiDi) officially submitted its prospectus to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on November 7, 2024, intending to list on the main board. CICC, CITIC Securities International, and Ping An Capital (Hong Kong) are acting as joint sponsors.This means that CiDi is another autonomous driving company that has submitted documents to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in the short term. It is also the second autonomous driving-related company after Black Sesame Technologies...
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Perseverance rover watches ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse from Mars
08 Nov
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Perseverance rover watches ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse from Mars

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NASA Space Technology NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the even tinier Deimos — traveled between the Red Planet and the sun on Sept. 30, the 1,285th Martian day of Perseverance's mission. The rover, located on the western wall of Mars' Jezero Crater at the time, captured the eclipse using its powerful Mastcam-Z camera system.NASA recently shared a new video of footage taken by Perseverance, showing the tiny, potato-shaped moon as it moved in front of the sun's disk. Phobos appeared as a dark black object against the warm glow of the sun, creating what looks like a "googly eye" (where Phobos is the pupil) in the skies above Mars.This...
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Astronaut’s photo shows Earth as you’ve never seen it before
08 Nov
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Astronaut’s photo shows Earth as you’ve never seen it before

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NASA Space Technology Don Pettit / NASANASA astronaut Don Pettit already has a long-held reputation for creating stunning space photography, and his latest effort will only bolster it.Shared on social media on Thursday, the image (top) shows Earth as a blaze of streaking light, an effect created by using a long and multiple exposures to capture cities at night across several continents.But the photograph, captured from the International Space Station (ISS) where Pettit arrived in September on his fourth orbital mission, also features lots of other goodies, including perhaps the first ISS image to show both a sunset and sunrise in a single frame. Circular star trails above Earth are also visible, and if you look closely enough you might also be able to see lightning flashes and aurora.New star trails photography is back!This 30-minute...
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Oral History with Stephen G. Jurczyk, 1962 – 2023
08 Nov
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Oral History with Stephen G. Jurczyk, 1962 – 2023

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NASA Space Technology NASA Acting Administrator Stephen G. JurczykCredits: NASASandra L. JohnsonNov 07, 2024Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. During his time at Langley, he served in other roles, including director of engineering and director of research and technology.  Jurczyk was named as director of Langley in 2014, then in 2015 he left Langley to serve as the associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.  He quickly rose to the rank of associate administrator in 2018, and in January 2021 was named the agency’s acting administratorNASA Oral History, September 22, 1921NASA Honors Steve JurczykThe transcripts available on this site are created from audio-recorded oral history interviews. To preserve the integrity of the audio record, the transcripts are presented...
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