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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pub in north Norfolk reopens under award-winning owners
A pub in north Norfolk has reopened with award-winning owners now at the helm. The Ship in Brancaster has opened its doors again under the rule of Siobhan and Caitriona Peyton. The sisters also own Sculthorpe Mill which is best known for holding a prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand and has been named among the best places to stay in the UK. The Ship in Brancaster has reopened with new owners (Image: Pattie Tobin Photo/The Ship Brancaster) The Ship has nine en-suite bedrooms upstairs, which will undergo refurbishment, and includes four dining areas, a pub bar, a garden and an outdoor kitchen. 'We want The Ship to feel like a proper village pub, somewhere you can have oysters and a bottle of wine in the garden or just pop in for a pint after a dog walk,' Siobhan said. READ MORE: Soap legend back behind the bar at Norfolk Broads pub Head chef Elliot Ketley is going for a Mediterranean theme with the food and will make the most of local resources such as lobsters and seabass from the harbour in Brancaster. The bar menu will stick to the seafood theme with oysters, monkfish, scampi fries and a crayfish club sandwich all on offer. The inside of one of the nine en-suite bedrooms at The Ship (Image: Pattie Tobin Photo/The Ship Brancaster) Rotisserie chicken from the garden kitchen will be available for customers to take away and have a picnic on the beach or to eat in the garden alongside salad and chips. 'The cooking is serious but unpretentious and the setting is as Norfolk as it gets,' Siobhan added. 'Big skies, fresh air and a great local pint.' READ MORE: Wildlife park welcomes arrival of endangered animal Lamb rump is being served at The Ship in Brancaster (Image: Pattie Tobin Photo/The Ship Brancaster) Gareth McAnish has been appointed the general manager and has years of experience in the hospitality industry. He was the former manager and head sommelier at the Sager + Wilde in London.
Engadget
5 days ago
- Science
- Engadget
SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight reaches space but fails to deploy fake satellites
The Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle blasted off from SpaceX's Starbase in Texas for its ninth test flight on Tuesday, 7:37 PM Eastern time. It was the first Starship flight that reused a Super Heavy booster, which was also used for the vehicle's seventh test flight. During the vehicle's seventh and eighth flights, its second stage, or the Starship spacecraft itself, exploded during ascent. This time, the stage (also known as the "Ship") completed its ascent burn and even reached space, but it was one victory in a test flight with mixed results. SpaceX's Starbase launch tower caught the Super Heavy booster after it flew back with its "chopstick" arms during the two previous flights. For this one, the company conducted tests with the booster it didn't do before, such as making it fly at a higher angle during its descent. Doing so increases the atmospheric drag on the booster, slowing it down as it descends so that it requires less propellant. As such, the company had decided to let the booster splash down into the ocean, as the testing would make it more difficult for the Starbase chopstick arms to catch it. SpaceX lost contact with the Super Heavy shortly after it started its landing burn, however, and it experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" six minutes after launch. Meanwhile, the Ship stage was able to take on a suborbital trajectory and was supposed to deploy eight Starlink simulator satellites while it was in space. It was ultimately unable to deploy the simulator satellites, because its payload bay door got stuck and wouldn't open. The Ship also encountered an attitude control error that prevented it from getting into the position it needed to take for reentry. It started to tumble due to a leak that caused loss of main tank pressure, before SpaceX lost contact with it 46 minutes into the flight. While a controlled splashdown was impossible to achieve, the company still expects Ship's debris to fall within the planned hazard area in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX will not be getting all the data it was hoping to get from this flight, but Elon Musk said there's still a "lot of good data to review." He also said that the company will be flying the Starship over the next three flights once every three to four weeks.
India Today
5 days ago
- Science
- India Today
Elon Musk reveals why SpaceX lost control of Starship and crashed over Indian Ocean
SpaceX's ambitious Starship program faced another setback as its ninth test flight ended in a fiery crash over the Indian Ocean in wee hours of Elon Musk addressed the incident, highlighting both the mission's progress and the technical issues that led to the confirmed that Starship achieved its scheduled main engine cutoff, marking a significant improvement over previous flights. Notably, there was no significant loss of heat shield tiles during ascent, a positive development for the spacecraft's thermal protection However, the mission was ultimately compromised by leaks that caused a loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phases. This loss of pressure led to the rocket spinning out of control and breaking apart as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere at high Flight 9: Ship 35 has lost attitude control. NSF - (@NASASpaceflight) May 28, 2025'Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review,' Musk stated, emphasising that every test, even those ending in failure, provides valuable insights for future heat shield, which had been a concern in earlier flights, performed well, and the vehicle made it further than in previous test also included a partially successful reuse of the Super Heavy booster and attempted deployment of mock Starlink satellites, although the payload doors failed to open fully — an issue seen in earlier tests as ahead, Musk announced that the launch cadence for the next three Starship flights will increase, with launches scheduled every three to four play to SpaceX for continuing to show Ship while they still had comms with it. Most companies would have ended the stream by now. NSF - (@NASASpaceflight) May 28, 2025This accelerated pace reflects SpaceX's 'fail fast, learn fast' philosophy, using each test to refine the rocket's systems and bring the company closer to its goals of lunar and Mars the dramatic crash, the mission yielded critical data, reinforcing SpaceX's commitment to rapid development and iterative testing as it continues to push the boundaries of Watch
See - Sada Elbalad
5 days ago
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
SpaceX Loses Control with Starship During 9th Test Flight
Rana Atef Early Wednesday, SpaceX launched its Starship for the ninth time ever on a test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware. Starship's two stages separated as planned on Flight 9, and the upper stage even reached space. However, both stages failed before they could accomplish their full flight goals. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on social media after the flight, "Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight!" "Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review." Musk said the next three Starship test launches could lift off every three to four weeks in the days ahead. SpaceX is developing Starship, which is expected to be the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, to help humanity settle the moon and Mars.. The vehicle's two stages are a giant booster called Super Heavy and a 171-foot-tall (52 meters) upper-stage spacecraft known as Starship. Both are designed to be fully reusable, and both are powered by SpaceX's new Raptor engine — 33 of them for Super Heavy and six for Ship. The launch was a new milestone for SpaceX marking the first-ever reuse of a Super Heavy boostergure it out." read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Can Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship avoid another self-destruction during launch in Texas?
Billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to launch Starship again in South Texas after two test flights failed earlier this year. SpaceX last launched its Starship rocket on March 6, but that launch ended in an explosion, causing the vehicle to come apart and a cascade of fiery debris rained down. Following the botched demonstration, both of Starship's test flights in 2025 have ended prematurely after the rocket's upper stage, where crew and cargo would be transported, lost power and broke apart midair. Musk and SpaceX are preparing for Starship's ninth flight test from South Texas, hoping to get the Starship program back on track. SpaceX just received key federal approval to ramp up testing of a vehicle that will play a massive part in future crewed missions to both the moon and Mars. Here's a look back at the first two Starship launches of 2025, as well as a brief look at how the vehicle has fared since its debut flight two years ago. Musk hinted earlier this month that SpaceX could launch its Starship on its ninth flight test from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX hasn't officially announced a target launch date, and the Federal Aviation Administration hasn't yet issued a launch license. But maritime warnings over the Gulf of Mexico suggest the launch is being targeted for Wednesday, May 21. El Paso Times contacted the FAA on Wednesday, May 21, for an update on Starship's next flight date. Press office officials responded that they would follow up with additional information. Starship, the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, is SpaceX's massive spacecraft composed of a 232-foot Super Heavy rocket and the 171-foot upper stage vehicle. At over 400 feet, Starship towers over SpaceX's famous Falcon 9 rocket, one of the world's most active, which stands at nearly 230 feet. Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor engines. The upper section, also called Starship or Ship for short, is the upper stage powered by six Raptor engines that will ultimately travel in orbit. SpaceX is developing Starship as a fully reusable transportation system, meaning the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, Starship intends to carry cargo and humans to Earth's orbit and deeper into the cosmos. Explosions marred the first two Starship tests of 2025. In the most recent launch March 6, flight operators lost contact with the upper portion of Starship, which exploded less than 10 minutes into the flight, creating debris visible from Florida to the Caribbean. Despite the failure of the Starship vehicle, the spacecraft's rocket booster has now managed to navigate back to the launch pad twice in a row. The maneuver, first completed in October 2024, involves SpaceX catching the booster with giant mechanical arms known as chopsticks. Having the capability of catching the Starship booster is crucial for SpaceX, giving the company a completely reusable vehicle that can fly again. The first Starship demonstration of the year was on Jan. 16 and ended in a fiery explosion after the vehicle was lost during its suborbital flight. Mission controllers lost contact with the spacecraft within 8 1/2 minutes of its flight before determining that it was destroyed in what the company called a rapid unscheduled disassembly. Video on social media showed the explosion and its aftermath as remains of the spacecraft were seen breaking up in what looked like a meteor shower. SpaceX, which investigated with the FAA, determined that the mishap was due to a series of propellant leaks and fires in the aft section of the vehicle that caused 'all but one of Starship's engines to execute controlled shut down sequences." This led to the communication breakdown and the vehicle to trigger its self destruction. Prior to the January launch, SpaceX's fourth and final Starship flight test of 2024 unfolded in November in front of a newly elected Trump. Two test flights were completed a year prior, beginning with the maiden launch in April 2023. While the Starship has reached space, it has yet to reach Earth's orbit. The vehicle has also not exploded on every iteration. In three tests between June and November of 2024, Starship flew halfway around the world before reentering Earth's atmosphere and splashing down as planned in the Indian Ocean – critical proof that its basic design is functional. Source: USAToday El Paso Times reporter Natassia Paloma contributed to this report. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: SpaceX launch in Texas: When will Starship launch in South Texas?
