Rebecca Morrell
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This was the moment Mission Control asked five astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter in their docked spacecraft. On the Russian side of the ISS, two cosmonauts were attempting to fix an air leak, and the rest of the crew were sent to a SpaceX capsule in case an emergency evacuation was needed. NASA said it was acting out of an abundance of caution, and two hours later Mission Control said the astronauts could come out of their shelter.
This isn't the first leak on the ISS. A service module on the Russian side has suffered from small amounts of escaping air for several years. There are concerns about the age of the orbiting lab, which has had crews of astronauts living there since 2000. But Libby Jackson, head of space at the Science Museum, who used to work in mission control, says there's always a way for the astronauts to get home. After now nearly 30 years of operation, it's perhaps not surprising that the space station is developing signs of old age.
There have also been questions about the future of the ISS since Russia's war with Ukraine. Russia's part of the space station and the international components can't operate separately, so the nations have had to collaborate in space. Operations on the ISS are currently scheduled to end in 2030, when the lab will be deorbited, although its working life is expected to be extended by a few years. Rebecca Murrell
Oh, my goodness.
Wow.
Oh my goodness.
That is spectacular.
It's not just what you see and you hear as the rocket lifts off.
You can actually feel the force of it through your body.
This is the most powerful rocket that NASA has ever built.
The ancient scroll held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University was thought to be unreadable. It looks like a lump of charcoal and any attempts to prise it open would see it crumble to dust. But now scientists have turned to technology. Powerful X-ray scans have enabled the team to locate every layer inside the scroll. There are about 10 metres of tightly rolled papyrus.
The ancient scroll held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University was thought to be unreadable. It looks like a lump of charcoal and any attempts to prise it open would see it crumble to dust. But now scientists have turned to technology. Powerful X-ray scans have enabled the team to locate every layer inside the scroll. There are about 10 metres of tightly rolled papyrus.
And AI has been used to detect any ink. The result is a digitally unrolled scroll showing columns and rows of text... with some letters clearly visible. More work is to be done to make all the text legible, but Stephen Parsons from the Vesuvius Challenge says it looks extremely promising.
And AI has been used to detect any ink. The result is a digitally unrolled scroll showing columns and rows of text... with some letters clearly visible. More work is to be done to make all the text legible, but Stephen Parsons from the Vesuvius Challenge says it looks extremely promising.
The team believes it will be a work of Greek Epicurean philosophy, which teaches that fulfilment can be found through the pleasure of simple everyday things. Rebecca Morrell.
The team believes it will be a work of Greek Epicurean philosophy, which teaches that fulfilment can be found through the pleasure of simple everyday things. Rebecca Morrell.