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Dark of the Moon review – bluegrass girl meets emo witch boy and their songs soar

Charing Cross theatre, LondonThe power and personality of its singers and music lift this Twilight-esque story into the realms of enjoyably ridiculousThe origins of this supernatural musical are in ancient British folklore but it plays out as a teen love story in small-town America. Young, spirited – and human – Barbara Allen (Lauren Jones) falls in love with John the Witch Boy (Glenn Adamson), from a community of Witches and Conjur People.She is willing to incur the wrath of parents and...

Blue Origin launch pad repairs could take 'serious time', NASA chief tells CNBC

Blue Origin launch pad repairs could take 'serious time', NASA chief tells CNBC June 1 : Damage to a Blue Origin launch pad from the spectacular explosion of the company's giant New Glenn rocket during a test firing of its engines last week will "take some serious time" to repair, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told CNBC on Monday. A 2028 time frame was "within the realm" of possibility, he said in an interview at CNBC's CEO Council Summit, the network reported. The powerful two-stage...

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad. Critical to NASA's Artemis moon program, the company's massive New Glenn rocket blew up during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A lightning tower and the transporter-erector used to move and hoist the rocket were destroyed in...

Saturday Citations: Failure to launch; cellular mortality; heavy weather

May 30, 2026 report Saturday Citations: Failure to launch; cellular mortality; heavy weather Chris Packham Author Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Highlights from the last week of May, 2026: A key climate tipping point is disrupting the Arctic Ocean food chain (more of a lowlight, I guess). Scuba-diving tourism may not be the benefit to coral reef systems that we once thought, and might actually be unsustainable.

Dark of the Moon review – bluegrass girl meets emo witch boy and their songs soar

NASA announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027

NASA announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027 Questions linger over whether the recent explosion of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will affect the Artemis III mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has unveiled the crew for its upcoming Artemis III spaceflight, a preparatory mission as the United States plans to return to the Moon. On Tuesday, it was revealed that astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, Luca Parmitano...

NASA announces the crew of its critical Artemis III mission

NASA announces the crew of its critical Artemis III mission Three Americans and an Italian walk into an Orion spacecraft... Following the historic success of the Artemis II Moon mission earlier this year, NASA today announced the four astronauts who will crew the agency's forthcoming Artemis III mission. The crew consists of four men, three of whom — Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio and Randy Bresnik — are NASA astronauts.

Italian Luca Parmitano to be first European to join an Artemis mission: NASA

Italian Luca Parmitano to be first European to join an Artemis mission: NASA Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut, will be the pilot of NASA's Artemis 3 mission, the first European to join one of the program's missions, the U.S. space agency announced Tuesday. Parmitano, who will represent the European Space Agency, is one of four men named as crew members and tasked with carrying out Artemis 3, which is targeting a launch in late 2027. Artemis is a series of...

NASA reveals Artemis 3 astronaut crew

NASA reveals Artemis 3 astronaut crew The quartet will fly to Earth orbit next year to test docking techniques and procedures ahead of a planned moon landing in 2028. HOUSTON — NASA has announced the astronauts who will launch to space on the Artemis 3 mission next year. The international crew consists of three spaceflight veterans and one first-time spaceflyer, all with backgrounds specially suited for their upcoming mission.

NASA announces astronauts for its Artemis III mission to test new moon landers

NASA on Tuesday named the four astronauts it plans to send on the Artemis III mission, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program. Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are expected to launch into Earth orbit next year, with the goal of testing out two commercially built lunar landers being developed to carry NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon in 2028. Bresnik will be the mission’s commander, with Parmitano, an Italian astronaut with the European...