Three days after launch, a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship caught up with the International Space Station early Saturday, delivering more than 5,600 pounds of equipment and supplies, including fresh fruit and holiday treats. With the Dragon poised about 30 feet from the station, commander Alexander Gerst and Serena Auñón-Chancellor, operating the lab’s robot arm, locked […]
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket will try again on Saturday to launch the mysterious NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Ahead of Friday’s launch window – that was to open at 20:19 Pacific Time (04:19 UTC on Saturday) – ULA noted an issue with the holdfire circuitry required further work, scrubbing the […]
Uber Technologies Inc has filed paperwork for an initial public offering, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, taking a step closer to a key milestone for one of the most closely watched and controversial companies in Silicon Valley. The ride-hailing company filed the confidential paperwork on Thursday, in lock-step with its smaller […]
Ignoring pressure from President Trump to keep the oil flowing, OPEC, Russia and other producers have agreed to cut production. They pledged to pare output by 1.2 million barrels a day, hoping to stem a sharp drop in oil prices. The price of crude jumped nearly 4.5 percent Friday morning, to $53.75 per barrel, on […]
Facebook is increasing its buyback program by $9 billion, the company disclosed in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The social media giant said its board approved the increase on Thursday. In 2017, the board signed off on share repurchases of up to $15 billion of its Class A shares with no […]
Early Saturday morning in China, a rocket will launch, carrying a lander and a rover bound for the Moon. It will mark the beginning of China’s ambitious lunar mission known as Chang’e-4, which will attempt to land spacecraft on the Moon’s far side — the region that always faces away from Earth. No other nation […]
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the tradition dinner, even in space. So a shipment of smoked turkey breast, cranberry sauce, candied yams and, of course, fruitcake was rocketed to the International Space Station Wednesday with delivery expected by Saturday. But as the Associated Press reports, the launch was delayed by a day because food for […]
Waymo’s first commercial pilot may be small, but Wall Street has big projections for the company’s financial future. Alphabet’s self-driving car unit could book $114 billion in revenue in 2030, according to a base-case estimate from investment bank UBS. In its self-driving taxi test in the suburbs around Phoenix, Waymo will charge a small number […]
Since the oil industry started to recover from the 2014 price crash, U.S. supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron have been re-aligning their global operations with their longer-term priorities, betting more on the shale patch at home and on several strategic projects worldwide. The companies are now looking to exit Azerbaijan, including the country’s biggest oil field […]
The launch of an unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 didn’t go quite as planned on Wednesday. The rocket lifted off successfully at 1:16 p.m. ET from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, but after successfully propelling the cargo-laden Dragon capsule on its way to the International Space Station, the spent rocket malfunctioned on its return to […]
Your muscles are made of protein, so if you’re building muscle you need to eat up. But how much protein do you really need? More than a couch potato, but less than the protein-crazy gym bros would have you believe. Here’s how to quickly calculate the real answer. First, know that there are two factors […]
After several months of oil price rises and then a sharp reversal over the last few weeks, world oil markets are in for more heightened volatility next year because of scarce spare production capacity among OPEC members. This warning comes from the World Bank, which in the latest edition of its Russia Economic Report said […]
