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Other motorsport disciplines are embracing electric vehicles, too. Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, started the all-electric racing series Formula E in 2014, which is currently in the middle of its third season. Red Bull Global Rallycross recently announced it will add an all-electric class in 2018 as well. And the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has seen electric cars become a dominant force after being little more than a novelty just a few years ago. … [Read more...] about MotoGP will race all-electric motorcycles in 2019

But the EIA also released some numbers Thursday that highlight a related and interesting piece of trivia: if you include energy use beyond the electric sector and all types of renewable energy, renewables actually beat out coal last year. And to find the last time that was true, you have to go all the way back to the 1880s. … [Read more...] about 2019 was first year since 1880s that US coal lost to renewable energy

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Astronauts board via the crew access armAt T-minus 2 hours and 15 minutes, Behnken and Hurley will enter the Crew Dragon spacecraft. To board it, the astronauts will use a brand-new crew access arm, a hallway-like bridge that SpaceX added to NASA's historic Pad 39A during renovations for commercial crew launches.  Ground crews will make sure the astronauts are safely buckled up inside the spacecraft before closing the hatch at T-minus 1 hour and 50 minutes. … [Read more...] about How SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission will work in 13 steps

Big step for SpaceXThe successful launch of Crew Dragon is an historic step for SpaceX, the private spaceflight company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX has been developing the Dragon line of spacecraft since 2004, with a successful maiden flight of Dragon 1, an uncrewed cargo vessel, in 2010. The Dragon 2 class of vehicles includes Crew Dragon, which is currently certified to stay in orbit for up to 110 days, and a cargo vehicle, Cargo Dragon. Cargo Dragon is expected to launch for the first time in October.  … [Read more...] about SpaceX successfully launches two NASA astronauts into orbit for historic flight