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Russia targets February 24th for Soyuz MS-22 crew rescue launch
Russia has set a new date for when it will send a rescue ship to the International Space Station to retrieve the three astronauts whose Soyuz return craft was compromised in December. The country’s Roscosmos space agency told AFP on Saturday it is targeting a February 24th launch for MS-23, the uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft that is scheduled to bring back cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, as well as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, from the International Space Station.
Roscosmos delayed the mission last Monday after Progress 82, a supply ship that had been docked with the ISS since last October, began leaking coolant over the weekend. Petelin, Prokopyev and Rubio flew to the space station in September, and they were supposed to return on the same Soyuz spacecraft that brought them there. In December, however, the spacecraft sprung a leak, due to an apparent meteoroid strike. One month later, Roscosmos announced it would send a second Soyuz craft to retrieve the three astronauts. The timing of the leaks lead to some speculation that a manufacturing issue was at fault for the Soyuz leak, not an errant space rock as Roscosmos had said. Earlier this week, the agency shared images (seen above) showing the location of the coolant leak and reported micrometeoroid strike.
NASA’s Jeff Arend references the coolant leak on Progress MS-21, which occurred Saturday. Said no conclusions drawn about its cause. After the uncrewed vehicle undocks tonight it will rotate so astronauts can photograph the damage area before Progress enters Earth’s atmosphere.
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) February 17, 2023
On Saturday, Roscosmos said it had carefully inspected the rescue ship to ensure it was undamaged and ready for flight. One day earlier, Progress 82 separated from the ISS. Per Space News, video broadcast during the undocking procedure failed to show any obvious signs of damage to the resupply craft. According to NASA, Progress 82 will initiate a deorbit burn at 10:15PM ET tonight. Provided Roscosmos doesn’t delay MS-23’s launch, the spacecraft will arrive at the ISS two days before Space X’s Crew-6 mission is scheduled to launch on February 26th. That flight will bring two NASA astronauts, a United Arab Emirates astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the space station.
Kapor Capital’s new crew is raising an opportunity fund
Four months after closing its largest fund to date, Kapor Capital wants more. The firm is under new leadership after co-founders Freada and Mitch Kapor stepped back from the outfit, which focuses on funding social impact ventures and founders of color. Now, led by Uriridiakoghene “Ulili” Onovakpuri and Brian Dixon, Kapor Capital is hoping to […]
Kapor Capital’s new crew is raising an opportunity fund by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
The Crew Motorfest will bring open world racing to Hawaii this year
Test Drive Unlimited was set on a Hawaiian island modelled after O’ahu and the Forza Horizon games each focus on a festival of racing events. If those two games were to come together in a high speed collision, the mangled wreckage might look like The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft’s newly announced game about a racing festival on the island of O’ahu. The reveal trailer is below.
The Crew Motorfest is set in Hawaii and coming this year
The follow-up entry in The Crew racing game series is The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft has revealed. Coming later this year, The Crew Motorfest is set in an international automotive festival on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu, and you can register to try it out early starting February 1.
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Ubisoft announces The Crew Motorfest, set to launch in 2023
The Crew: Motorfest takes you to the Hawaiian island of Oahu
The next installment in Ubisoft’s racing franchise has been announced. It’s titled The Crew: Motorfest.
Developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower, the game promises tailor-made races, themed events, and plenty of challenges.
Set on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, you will race through the streets of Honolulu, drive down ashy volcano slopes, explore the rainforest, tackle curvy mountain roads, aven even take to the beach.
A new The Crew game is about to be announced
If you’re itching to get back out on the open road, you’ll want to tune in tomorrow for something The Crew has planned. Ubisoft will be making an announcement of some kind about the open-world racing game series, and it seems highly likely that it’s going to be The Crew 3.
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The Crew 3 is real and an announcement is coming tomorrow
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 trailer is here, but most of the crew is not
Paramount+ has released the official trailer for Star Trek: Picard‘s third and final season, giving us a look at the titular Starfleet Admiral’s (Patrick Stewart) ongoing refusal to retire. Jean-Luc Picard will encounter two new characters played by Ed Speleers and Todd Stashwick on his continued space treks. However, much of the cast from Star Trek: Picard‘s past two seasons won’t be returning, including weirdly human Borg Queen Agnes (Alison Pill), weirdly human android Soji Asha (Isa Briones), and weird Romulan Elnor (Evan Evagora).
Elnor’s departure in particular seems like a pretty big waste considering Picard already went through the trouble of resurrecting him in the Season 2 finale. But at least we know Starfleet Academy’s resident Space Legolas is still out there somewhere.
Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard will premiere on Paramount+ Feb. 16.