Rehearsal

Actress Jennifer Lawrence shared that she had asked Hollywood star and frequent co-star Robert De Niro to leave her wedding rehearsal dinner when she got married to her husband Cooke Maroney in 2019. The 33-year-old actress sent the Oscar-winner home while speaking about how “stressful” it is to be a bride in a new interview. She shared that she felt “better” once Robert left, according to hollywoodlife.com. The actress then went on to share the reason as to why she asked him to leave. Lawrence…

ESA's next-generation Ariane 6 heavy rocket came another step closer to flight on November 23, 2023 as it completed a long-duration hot-fire test of the stacked booster's Vulcain 2.1 engine at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.With so many space launch startups cropping up all over the world, it might seem like there's no shortage of choice for getting into orbit. However, there are only a handful of rockets that can handle heavy payloads and ESA hasn't had one since the Ariane 5 was retired in July 2023.To…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully conducted a full-scale rehearsal of its new Ariane 6 rocket at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a significant step towards the launch vehicle’s first flight.Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands OnGround controllers performed the full-scale wet dress rehearsal on Thursday, November 23, according to an ESA press release. The exercise (carried out at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana) involved a complete launch countdown and a seven-minute…

The European Space Agency’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 successfully completed a full dress rehearsal on Thursday, in preparation for its maiden flight next year. The so-called hot-fire test at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana “simulated a complete launch sequence and thus validated the entire flight phase of Ariane 6’s core stage,” said the agency.   During the rehearsal, the rocket engine was ignited while securely mounted to a test stand or test platform. The term…

After landing on an asteroid nearly three years ago to scoop up a sample from its rocky surface, the OSIRIS-REx mission is finally in the homestretch. NASA is preparing for the special delivery of the rocky sample next month and the agency just pulled off the most realistic rehearsal for the big day.Inspiration Behind Immortal Longings | io9 InterviewFrom July 18 to 20, the team behind the mission practiced the recovery of a mock sample return capsule at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range, the same…

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday completed a…

SpaceX has rescheduled for Thursday the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, after a technical glitch forced a halt to the countdown.A planned liftoff Monday of the gigantic rocket was called off less than 10 minutes ahead of the scheduled launch because of a pressurization issue in the first-stage booster, SpaceX said.The private space company continued with the countdown in what it called a "wet dress rehearsal," stopping the clock…

Grammy winner Beyonce`s rehearsals for her upcoming world tour are well under way and she is pulling out all the stops to ensure her performance will be "groundbreaking". The Renaissance World Tour will be the 41-year-old`s first solo world tour since her 2016 Formation World Tour and is due to kick off next month in Stockholm, reports mirror.co.uk. She will take in dates across Europe, the UK, and North America. And while tickets have controversially cost thousands for fans to snap up, it seems no expense is being…

SpaceX could conduct Starship’s first orbital flight test as early as the week after next. On Thursday, the private space firm tweeted new photos of the super heavy-lift rocket at its Boca Chica facility in Texas. “Starship fully stacked at Starbase,” SpaceX said of the images. “Team is working towards a launch rehearsal next week followed by Starship’s first integrated flight test ~week later pending regulatory approval.” That same day, SpaceX owner Elon Musk offered an even more aggressive timeline. “Starship is…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunrise on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission, Thursday, February 23, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab…