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Time of India
17-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Was that a jellyfish in the sky? China's Tianzhou-9 stuns with glowing rocket cloud. Watch video
What Did Tianzhou-9 Deliver? Live Events Two upgraded EVA (spacewalk) suits with enhanced durability, capable of supporting up to 20 spacewalks over four years. A core-muscle training device to help astronauts combat muscle atrophy during long stays in microgravity. A brain organoid-on-a-chip experiment, designed to study human brain cell behavior and the blood-brain barrier in space. Nanocarrier drug delivery systems, materials science experiments, and equipment for aerospace medical research. Why This Mission Matters What's Next? (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel On July 16, 2025, China launched its Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft aboard a Long March-7 Y10 rocket, leaving behind a mesmerizing, jellyfish-like cloud in the sky that quickly went viral on social Tianzhou-9 successfully docked with the Tiangong space station just over three hours after liftoff, delivering up to 7.2 tonnes of supplies—including food, oxygen, scientific instruments, and cutting-edge equipment. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) confirmed that the cargo ship completed its docking at 8:52 a.m., following a rapid autonomous rendezvous with the station's Tianhe core mission is the fourth resupply operation since Tiangong entered its application and development phase, underscoring China's growing capability in maintaining a self-sufficient orbital total, Tianzhou-9 carried over 1.5 tonnes of food, featuring 190 menu items—including more than 90 side dishes—to improve life aboard the station. It also delivered nearly 780 kilograms of scientific payloads, ranging from biomedical tools to long-term experiment the crucial payloads were:As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches retirement in 2030, China's Tiangong is rapidly emerging as the next-generation orbital lab. Built with three modules—Tianhe, Wentian, and Mengtian—it is already conducting a wide range of scientific, medical, and technological space program has advanced significantly despite being excluded from ISS cooperation due to U.S. restrictions. The nation's consistent success in spacecraft docking, human habitation, and autonomous operations is a testament to its goal of becoming a top-tier spacefaring is set to launch the Shenzhou-21 crewed mission later this year, which will rotate the current crew and continue ongoing research aboard Tiangong. China is also planning a crewed missions to the Moon before 2030, for which Tianzhou and Shenzhou missions serve as critical stepping stones.
India Gazette
15-07-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Daily World Briefing, July 15
China launches Tianzhou-9 cargo craft to send space station supplies China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-9 in the early morning on Tuesday to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The Long March-7 Y10 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-9, blasted off at 5:34 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, the agency said. After about 10 minutes, Tianzhou-9 separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. Its solar panels soon unfolded. The agency declared the launch a complete success. The cargo craft will later conduct the rendezvous and docking with the space station combination. China, India should adhere to good-neighborliness, friendship: Chinese FM Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that China and India should adhere to the direction of good-neighborliness and friendship, and find a way for mutual respect and trust, peaceful coexistence, common development and win-win cooperation. Wang made the remarks when holding talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Beijing. As two major Eastern civilizations and major emerging economies living adjacent to each other, the essence of China-India relations lies in how to live in harmony and achieve mutual success, said Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Trump says U.S. to send weapons to Ukraine through NATO, threatens "severe tariffs" targeting Russia U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will send weapons to Ukraine through NATO, and threatened "severe tariffs" targeting Russia if a ceasefire deal is not reached in 50 days. Trump announced an agreement with NATO regarding weapons to assist Ukraine while meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office. "We are going to be sending them weapons and they're going to be paying for them," said Trump, adding that the United States will manufacture those weapons. "We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days," Trump said of Russia. Over 20 U.S. states sue Trump administration over frozen funds for schools More than 20 U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Monday in a federal court in Rhode Island, demanding that the Trump administration release approximately 6.8 billion U.S. dollars in federal funding for education. According to the lawsuit, the federal funds were originally intended to support the education of migrant farm workers and their children, teacher recruitment and training, English proficiency learning, academic enrichment, after-school and summer programs, as well as adult literacy and job-readiness training. The lawsuit said the government was required to distribute the funds to the states by July 1. Instead, the Education Department notified states on June 30 that it would not be issuing grant awards under those programs by that deadline, citing the change in administration as the reason. Brazilian president announces formation of committee to coordinate trade countermeasures Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Monday the formation of an interministerial committee to coordinate economic and trade countermeasures to protect the country's economy. The move was taken after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on all imports from Brazil starting Aug. 1. The interministerial committee is created through a decree regulating the economic reciprocity law and will be chaired by Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is also minister of development, industry, trade and services. The first meeting of the committee will be held on Tuesday, with representatives from the industrial sector in attendance. At least 47 killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza At least 47 Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling and gunfire across Gaza on Monday, according to Palestinian sources. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that in central Gaza, five people were killed and four others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian gathering in the Bureij refugee camp, and one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a water distribution tanker in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, Three were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City, and five others were killed in an airstrike on a gathering in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of the city, Basal said.
The Citizen
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
‘Ubuyile ubaby': Dr Musa Mthombeni happy as his wife returns from girls' trip
The former TV presenter happily cuddled with his wife, Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni, after her return. While others were concerned with their outfit changes at the Durban July or scrambled to score free Bok tickets, Dr Musa Mthombeni welcomed his wife, Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni, back home. 'Everything is good in the world again! The mercury is no longer in retrograde or what it is you guys say! 'Ubuyile ubaby [my baby is back], Abathakathi are down [witches are down],' wrote Mthombeni in a post. Known for his unwavering public expression of his love for his life partner, Mthombeni was ridiculed earlier this week when he posted a photo of Laurie-Mthombeni, stating that he misses her as she was on a girl's trip. ALSO READ: Somizi arrives in a chopper, stealing the show with 8 outfit changes at the Hollywoodbets Durban July 'Missing you' In a the humorous post where he jokingly offered a reward of R100 000, the former kid's presenter said KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissiner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi had issued an urgent public service announcement which stated: 'The following people are both MISSING and WANTED by the National Intervention Unit. 'The suspects are extremely gorgeous and dangerous at the same time. If spotted, Please contact Musawenkosiwesizwesethusamazulu Mthombeni, said Mthombeni. Musa Mthombeni's 'missing' alerts while Laurie-Mthombeni was away. Pictures: drmusamthombeni/Instagram A few days before that, he shared a video of himself, wearing a gown and standing in front of a big screen TV with a gallery of photos of Laurie-Mthombeni in motion. 'Aren't girls trips supposed to be 2/3 days? Yoh! It's enough now! She must come back home! Her husband misses her! Please go tell her enough is enough!' ALSO READ: 'This one was particularly special for me': Dr Musa Mthombeni celebrates another milestone Career milestone In late June, Mthombeni announced that he has been elected as a member of the young specialist forum in the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA). 'This one was particularly special for me as a newly elected member of the young specialist forum in the CMSA. 'Onwards and upwards – and if you were looking for motivation to study, this is it,' he wrote on Instagram. 'I had the honour of watching some of my friends and colleagues get admitted into the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. 'We now have a new bunch of specialists and sub-specialists ready to assist you all over the country,' he wrote. NOW READ: F1 film star hints at Black Panther role as racing film takes driver's seat in the box office
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Satellite spies both ISS and China's Tiangong space station
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Since 1998, when the International Space Station (ISS) launched, there has been a place for astronauts around the world to run experiments in space, from growing food to learning how low-Earth orbit affects the human body. More recently, the Chinese Tiangong Space Station was fully completed, with its third and final module, the Mengtian, added on Oct. 31, 2022. Tiangong sits at the same height as the ISS. The ISS is a joint venture between NASA, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organizations. It's been continuously inhabited since 2000 and serves as a microgravity laboratory for research in biology, physics, medicine and earth sciences. The ISS is significantly larger than the Tiangong Space Station, as the ISS has 16 modules while Tiangong only has three. As China was excluded from the ISS program, it created its own space station, Tiangong, which shows the nation's prowess in space exploration. Tiangong, which means "Heavenly Palace" in Chinese, was built by the Chinese Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and provides a platform for scientific research for countries not involved in the ISS program. These two photographs were taken from space, about 250 miles (402 km) from Earth. These two photos were taken by a Maxar WorldView Legion satellite from low-Earth orbit. In a tweet, Maxar Technologies discussed how their satellites could capture these images with crisp clarity as both space stations continue to move in their respective orbits. It's difficult to photograph something moving as quickly as the ISS or the Tiangong Space Station. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes at a speed of about 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h) and the Tiangong moves at a similar rate. Being able to capture the detail on both space stations shows the timing and engineering capabilities of the Maxar satellite. You can read more about the ISS, the Tiangong Space Station, and observation satellites as companies like Maxar continue to study Earth from space.
Free Malaysia Today
30-06-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Ex-investment banker jailed 2 years, fined RM1mil for securities fraud
Former investment banker Ruwan Amaresh Shaun Ponniah also pleaded guilty to carrying out fund management activities without a licence. (Pexels pic) PETALING JAYA : A former CIMB investment banker was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined RM1 million today for defrauding investors of RM201,000. Ruwan Amaresh Shaun Ponniah was sentenced by Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge Norma Ismail after he pleaded guilty to one charge of investment fraud under Section 179(b) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 (CMSA). The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said the court took into consideration nine other similar charges under Section 179(b) of the CMSA. This consideration was made under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code, which allows the court to bundle related or admitted offences into a single sentence, it said in a statement. Ruwan, a former associate director of debt capital markets at CIMB Investment Bank, was arrested and charged by the SC last September with 10 charges under Section 179(b) of the CMSA and an additional charge under Section 58(1) of the same Act. The SC said Ruwan also pleaded guilty today to the one charge under Section 58(1) of the CMSA for carrying out fund management activities without a licence. The court sentenced him to two years' imprisonment and ordered the jail term to run concurrently with the first offence. Ruwan will have to serve an additional six months' jail if he fails to pay the RM1 million fine. The SC said Ruwan had falsely represented to seven investors that he would invest their monies in shares listed on the Malaysian and foreign stock exchanges. However, the monies were for other purposes without the investors' knowledge. The offences took place between October 2018 and June 2020. Ruwan's guilty plea was made pursuant to his application for a plea bargain under Section 172C of the Criminal Procedure Code. He had claimed trial to all the charges and was granted bail of RM210,000 with one surety. On Feb 5, upon Ruwan's application to the High Court for a reduction in the bail amount, the sum was reduced to RM105,000. However, Ruwan was unable to post bail and has been held in remand at Sungai Buloh prison.
