Blue Origin delivers model lander to NASA to return to the Moon in 2024
Blue Origin delivered its first technical model of a lunar lander at NASA. The project could be selected by the US space agency to transport astronauts to the Moon in 2024.
Administrative closure for duck farming implicated by L214
The association committed to animal protection known for its punchy videos, L214, has released images that are difficult to sustain from a duck farm located in Lichos in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The Minister of Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie, said he had requested the opening of an investigation with a formal notice of the operation. Its operation was suspended on August 20.
SpaceX successfully completes its 100th launch
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/q6t6QXO5Cl
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 18, 2020
On August 18, SpaceX put several dozen satellites into orbit for its Starlink constellation project from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The third operation of this kind in 2020, it is also its hundredth successful take-off. For the occasion, Usine Nouvelle looked back at the company’s successes in eight figures.
The wreck of the Wakashio shattered
Beached on July 25 off Mauritius, the Japanese tanker Wakashio dumped around 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil into the ocean and broke in two on August 16. On August 20, the Mauritian authorities announced the start of the scuttling of part of the ship.
Lucid Motors promises 800 kilometers of range for its first electric car model
Lucid Motors, a Californian electric vehicle manufacturer (United States) financed by Chinese and Saudi funds, announces a record of autonomy for its first model, the Lucid Air. The luxury sedan, whose performance has been validated by an American body, could travel 830 kilometers in a single charge, 150 kilometers more than Tesla’s “Long Range Plus”.
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