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A powerful new rocket from United Launch Alliance blasted off Monday, taking with it a vehicle expected to make the first U.S. lunar landing in more than half a century.The Vulcan Centaur rocket, which took to the skies from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:18 a.m. local time, included the Peregrine Lunar Lander vehicle which, if successful, would carry out the first lunar exploration since the final Apollo mission in 1972.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 12:00 am ETA burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024.After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting risks, the air-travel business has experienced two near-catastrophic accidents already this year—one with multiple casualties.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

The U.S. wants to go back to the moon this year and is looking to profit-seeking companies to make it happen.Five moon landers made by U.S. companies are due to touch down on the moon in 2024 with NASA devices on board. The first is expected to be launched early Monday, with an expected uncrewed landing next month. If that flight—or one blasting off in February—is successful, the U.S. would be back on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Jan. 6, 2024 11:09 pm ETAfter a section of an Alaska Airlines flight ripped away midair, travelers are once again asking about the safety—and future—of their flights on Boeing’s 737 MAX.The Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 Boeing MAX 9s on Saturday and ordered immediate inspections. The inspections take four to eight hours per aircraft, the agency said.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated Jan. 6, 2024 11:09 pm ETAfter a section…

The last thing Boeing needed was more trouble with its 737 MAX jet. That is exactly what it got to start the new year.The company had just started to regain its footing following years of tumult around the popular but troubled line of narrow-body jets when a MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines had a structural failure Friday night.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 The last thing Boeingneeded was more trouble with its 737 MAX jet. That is exactly what it…

Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies. Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

General Dynamics said Friday that Kim Kuryea, currently senior vice president of human resources and administration, will become the company’s finance chief, effective Feb. 15.Jason Aiken, the current executive vice president of technologies and CFO, will move on from his joint role to focus exclusively on the operating duties of the technologies group, effective Feb. 15.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 General Dynamics said Friday that Kim Kuryea,…

Updated Jan. 4, 2024 2:13 pm ETIn its certification, Airbuswas required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. In Tuesday’s collision in Japan, the last crew member escaped the aircraft after 18 minutes—but there were still no casualties.The sizable discrepancy, for the moment, represents a puzzle for the industry: Does the safe and deliberate evacuation represent a triumph of new aircraft designs and improved procedures? Or was it a one-off, a fortunate confluence of events that…

SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s labor board a day after an official at the agency accused the company of violating a federal workplace law by firing employees who circulated a letter critical of Elon Musk.The rocket company led by Musk alleged in a complaint filed in federal court Thursday that a suit brought by a director at the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s…

An official for the U.S. labor-relations agency has accused SpaceX of violating a federal workplace law by firing employees who circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk. The former employees, along with around 400 other SpaceX workers, signed a letter in the summer of 2022 that called Musk’s public statements and behavior embarrassing and distracting. It asked SpaceX management to publicly separate the company from Musk’s personal brand. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…