Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
Louise Haigh has been elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley for the fourth time and has been appointed Transport Minister in the cabinet of new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. We look at Haigh’s history as a politician and in particular the relationship between transport and politics. Immediately prior to being elected as MP … Read more
The world’s largest passenger plane, also known as the “Superjumbo,” is making a rapid comeback after production was halted in 2021. During Covid-19, many A380s were put into storage worldwide. Industry experts predicted that the planes would be scrapped in the coming years. But with Boeing’s 737 Max production halted, Heathrow recording its highest passenger … Read more
Residents have expressed their anger over a property developer’s plan to build new homes in a village. They claim that “someone is going to get killed.” Esquire Developments has unveiled proposals for the rollout of 17 mixed-use homes in the heart of Wingham, near Canterbury. If approved, the homes will be built on land north … Read more
Residents have expressed their anger over a property developer’s plan to build new homes in a village. They claim that “someone is going to get killed.” Esquire Developments has unveiled plans to build 17 mixed-use homes in the heart of Wingham, near Canterbury. If approved, the homes would be built on land north of Gobery … Read more
Labor has promised to improve railways in northern England, but the party has refused to commit to specific plans. Labour’s shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, said this Manchester Evening News that the party has not ruled out anything – including building the new platforms on Piccadilly that were promised more than a decade ago but … Read more
Described at the time as the ‘biggest change in the history of the oil market’, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) imposed new standards on January 1, 2020 to reduce the sulfur content of their fuels from 3.5% to 0.5%. The rule change resulted in an 80% reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions, a team of scientists … Read more
THOUSANDS of rail customers saw a shock rise in their ticket prices this week after a major train company unexpectedly increased fares. South Western Railway last week increased prices on 522 routes in and out of London after a major disruption prevented prices from rising in line with other train fares in March, The Sun … Read more
A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Boeing’s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will remain at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission was originally planned, NASA announced Friday. This developmental nature of the mission, known as … Read more