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Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Stacked

In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026. Follow along with the mission on the NASA Artemis blog. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Source link

World

Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missing

Huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Poin Tai Po district on Wednesday The death toll from a huge fire that has engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 36, with a further 279 people reported missing, the city’s leader, John Lee, said in the early hours of Thursday morning. A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. The complex is made up of…

China

France’s Emmanuel Macron to meet Xi Jinping during China trip next week

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China next week and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Élysée Palace said in a statement on Wednesday. The three-day visit is scheduled to begin on December 3, with two stops in Beijing and Chengdu, according to the statement. “On this occasion, major issues relating to the strategic partnership between France and China will be addressed, as well as several major international matters and areas of cooperation aimed at tackling the global… Source link

Space

NISV Live – Episode 02 – Self-driving Robots, Planes and Automobiles

NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a live show streamed on Twitch.tv that features conversations with the various researchers, scientists, engineers and all around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode live streamed on January 26, 2018, we explore autonomy, or “self-driving” technologies with Terry Fong, NASA chief roboticist, and Diana Acosta, technical lead for autonomous systems and robotics. Transcript: YouTube Source link

Science

New study shows rheumatoid arthritis begins long before symptoms

Rheumatoid arthritis begins years before pain ever appears, and scientists have now mapped the hidden immune battle that unfolds long before symptoms. By studying people with RA-linked antibodies over seven years, researchers discovered sweeping inflammation, malfunctioning immune cells, and even epigenetic reprogramming in cells that had never encountered a threat. These changes show that the body is preparing for autoimmune attack long before joints become damaged. Source link