Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 2:28 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 11 minutes. Shkaplerov and Dubrov completed their major objectives for today to ready the new Prichal module for future Russian visiting spacecraft. The cosmonauts installed handrails, rendezvous antennas, a television camera, and docking targets on Prichal, …
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Russian Spacewalkers Exit Station to Service Russian Modules
Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos began a spacewalk to ready the new Prichal module for future Russian visiting spacecraft when they opened the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock of the International Space Station at 7:17 a.m. EST. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and …
NASA TV is Live as Two Cosmonauts Prep for Station Spacewalk
NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 66 are preparing to exit the International Space Station‘s Poisk module on the space-facing side of …
Microsoft To Buy Activision Blizzard in Metaverse Push
Microsoft is set to acquire one of the world’s top gaming development and interactive entertainment publishers in a bid to create “building blocks” for the Metaverse, the company announced on Tuesday. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant said it planned to buy out Activision Blizzard Inc to expedite the former’s gaming business operations across PCs, mobiles, […]
NUS Medical School Adopts Microsoft HoloLens 2
The National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) announced last week its medical and nursing students will adopt Microsoft’s Hololens 2 mixed reality (MR) headsets for clinical procedure training. As of April 2022, NUS educators will introduce Project Polaris, the university’s MR-based immersive learning platform. Polaris uses real-time 3d (RT3D) […]
HS2 Taps VR, Digital Twins to Monitor Railways
Britain’s High Speed Rail Network (HS2) has received a smart ally in the fight against service and operational issues, the company tasked with building the massive project announced on Monday. HS2 Ltd will incorporate both virtual reality (VR) and real-time sensor monitoring of network infrastructure such as power lines, railways, bridges, and others to safeguard […]
FTC, NY-Led Group Appeal Lawsuit Against Meta
This week, the Federal Trade Commission, along with US states such as New York, Tennessee, and North Carolina, are building an anti-competitive case against global virtual reality (VR) firm Meta. In a move launched by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, lawmakers plan to investigate the Menlo Park-based firm on accusations from […]
Twitter’s Latest Promotional Campaign Focuses on Celebrities Who’ve Manifested Success Via Tweet
The campaign showcases a range of celebrities that tweeted their dreams and ambitions long before achieving success.
Twitter Expands its Test of User-Reported Misinformation, Expanding Platform Insight
The program is designed to help Twitter’s enforcement teams understand content trends, and improve its action on such.
TikTok Looks to Expand Content Horizons with New, Integrated ‘Stories’ Test
TikTok’s looking to expand its content options, with a view to maximizing user attention, and creator opportunities.