Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 8:40 a.m. EST while the station was traveling 260 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Coverage of hatch opening and welcome remarks will air at 10:15 a.m. on NASA Television, the NASA …
Soyuz Trio Blasts off to Station for 11-Day Stay
Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft after launching at 2:38 a.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (12:38 p.m. Baikonur time). After a four-orbit, six-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the station’s Poisk module at 8:41 a.m. About …
Three Visitors Prepare to Launch to Station Live on NASA TV
NASA TV coverage now is underway for the launch of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens to the International Space Station. Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin joins spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:38 a.m. EST (12:38 p.m. Baikonur …
Funk AR Brings Home Xmas with New AR App
This week, augmented reality (AR) creative content developer Speed 3D Inc unveiled its ‘FunkAR: AR Gifting Service Platform,’ a webAR digital gifting platform with advanced eCommerce functions. The new platform is a service that enables friends and family to send AR greeting cards globally just ahead of the Christmas season. Funk AR combines remote communications […]
Snoop Dogg Opens Sandbox Metaverse LAND Sales
US Hip Hop Superstar Snoop Dogg has stepped up his investments in the Metaverse after launching the sale of his LAND digital real estate on Thursday last week, the Sandbox announced in a press release. The rap icon opened sales of 122 LANDs and 67 premium LANDs plots on the Metaverse platform along with an […]
Marriot Joins Metaverse with NFT Travel Art
Marriot Bonvoy has joined with several digital content creators to launch three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aimed at promoting the global tourism industry, the company announced last week. Digital artists TXREK, Erick Nicolay, and JVY are designing the new NFTs to promote the massive hospitality franchise’s “Power of Travel” global campaign, which debuted on Saturday at […]
Nanome Review: Accelerate Drug Discovery Using 3D Visualisations
Nanome is a 2015 founded virtual reality (VR) collaboration company that’s recently gained tremendous traction in the wake of the pandemic. It helps researchers, academics, pharmaceutical and biotech organisations collaboratively conduct drug research and development. It provides a VR environment in which to visualise molecular structures and correlations. It includes remote collaboration tools, helping academia […]
Twitter Acquires Messaging App Quill, Which Points to Coming Upgrades for Professional Users
New pro tools could be coming to Twitter, with the acquisition of messaging app Quill.
Instagram Adds New Features to Offer More Protection and Well-Being Prompts for Young Users
The new tools aim to address concerns that the app can be harmful for young users.
Instagram’s Testing a ‘Dancify’ Option for Reels Which Would Automatically Sync Video and Music
‘Dancify’ appears to be an auto-synch tool, much like TikTok’s music sync feature.