01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
...only life-sized object on board is a mannequin called "Ripley," named after Sigourney Weaver's character in the "Alien" films. Ripley is an anthropomorphic test device, so is not there simply for show or for promotional purposes. Instead this "smarty...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
... inhabitant onboard was a life-sized mannequin called "Ripley," named after Sigourney Weaver's character in the "Alien" films. Boeing aim to send a similar anthropometric test dummy on their test flight, but this one is called “Rosie...
19 February 2020
Molecular oxygen detected for the first time in another galaxy
In a far-off galaxy with a name apt enough for a sci-fi film, astronomers have for the first time detected molecular oxygen beyond the Milky Way and it has ...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
... a 1.2 kilometre (4,000 foot) high wave caused by the planet's proximity to Gargantua, the black hole featured in the film. Aside from a colossal wall of water that devastates anything in its path, could LHS1140b also be classed as a water...
