Watch NASA launch its Perseverance Mars rover mission at 7:50AM ET

Posted on 30/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Following an eight-day delay NASA is set to launch the Perseverance rover at 7:50 AM ET today. The lander, orbiter and rover will launch aboard United Launch Alliance’s highly reliable Atlas V rocket to kick off what should be a very exciting mission...

China successfully launches its Tianwen-1 Mars rover

Posted on 23/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China has launched its Tianwen-1 lander, rover and orbiter mission and successfully reached a pre-determined transfer orbit, according to CASC, the nation’s main space contractor. The mission launched early this morning on a powerful Long March 5 roc...

Canon takes on Sony’s A7 series with the full-frame EOS R6 camera

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Canon has unveiled the 20.1-megapixel EOS R6, the little brother to the gobsmacking 8K EOS R5 camera it unveiled at the same event today. At $2,499, the R6 is everything we hoped the EOS R would be (and more) and a much better rival to the Sony A7 II...

Beidou, China’s GPS alternative, is now complete

Posted on 23/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China’s own global navigation system is now complete. Today, the country launched the last of the satellites that comprise its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, CNBC reports. Beidou has long been seen as an alternative to the US government-owned Gl...

SpaceX’s latest batch of internet satellites includes one with a sun shield

Posted on 03/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SpaceX is launching another pack of Starlink satellites into orbit at 9:25PM Eastern (weather permitting), but this won’t be a typical mission. As TechCrunch explains, one of the 60 internet satellites in the bunch will test a sun visor that should m...

Watch SpaceX’s second attempt at launching astronauts at 3:22PM ET

Posted on 30/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s time for take two. NASA and SpaceX are making their second attempt at launching the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission after scrubbing the first due to weather, and they’re once again livestreaming the potentially historic event. The launch itself is sc...

Watch NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts (updated)

Posted on 27/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

This afternoon NASA astronauts will take off from US soil for the first time since NASA’s space shuttle program ended in 2011. The launch is historic for another reason too. It will be the first time NASA launches astronauts in a SpaceX spacecraft, a...

LG finally takes the wraps off its mid-range Velvet smartphone

Posted on 07/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After weeks of teasers, leaks and announcements, LG has finally officially unveiled its Velvet phone in South Korea. Since we already knew pretty much everything about the device, the big news is that it’ll soon finally be available to buy — in South...

HBO Max arrives on May 27th

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WarnerMedia finally confirmed that HBO Max will launch on May 27th. For months, the company has been promising the streaming service would be ready this May, but it hadn’t revealed a specific date.When it arrives, HBO Max will deliver 10,000 hours of...

NASA and SpaceX’s first crewed flight is set for May 27th

Posted on 17/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, NASA announced that its crewed SpaceX flight will launch on May 27th, The Washington Post reports. The flight will mark the first astronaut launch from US soil since 2011, and it will be the first SpaceX flight carrying passengers, not just ca...

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