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Follow latest updates, including how to watch the launch, as four astronauts prepare to set off on a 10-day, 685,000-mile journey with millions watchingAll four astronauts are now in their assigned seats in the Orion crew capsule, and have completed successful “loud and clear” communications checks to make sure all is working well ahead of their scheduled launch at 6.24pm ET.Nasa’s close-out crew that secured the crew into their seats and completing their final checks on the capsule, including the sealing of the hatch, and are preparing to leave the launchpad. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2026/apr/01/artemis-ii-launch-nasa-orion-moon-trip-live-updates Author : Richard

More than 100 of the Baidu driverless vehicles stopped running because of a system malfunctionSome robotaxi passengers were left stranded in the middle of fast-moving traffic in a major Chinese city after their driverless vehicles stopped running, according to police and media reports on Wednesday.A preliminary investigation indicates more than 100 robotaxis came to a halt because of a “system malfunction”, police in the city of Wuhan said in a statement, without elaborating. No injuries were reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/china-robotaxi-outage Author : Blake Montgomery Publish date : 2026-04-01 16:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

In an apparent swipe at US, France’s president says that with some countries you do not know ‘whether tomorrow they won’t… hurt you’Meanwhile, the European Union has sought to ramp up pressure on Hungary to drop its veto on the €90bn loan for Ukraine, with the European Commission saying it will push ahead with its preparatory work for the loan to be paid out.The commission said it would draft a legal text setting out the details of the first payment of €45bn in 2026 and what the funds would be used for, and send it to the European Council to