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NASA unsure Boeing Starliner will ever be certified for human flight

Place your bets, because it looks increasingly unlikely Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will carry astronauts again, if a NASA inspector general's report is anything to go on. Published on Tuesday, the OIG report on NASA's management of its Commercial Crew Program (CCP) examines how SpaceX and Boeing have performed in providing crew transportation to the International Space Station. The report notes that SpaceX worked through its own technical challenges getting humans into space and to the ISS. Boeing’s Starliner, a.k.a. the Calamity Capsule, on the other hand, featured extensively in the writeup, with the OIG calling into question whether it’ll ever get past the testing phase. “Boeing has been unable to obtain human-rating certification for its Starliner capsule and Atlas V launch vehicle, conducting two orbital flight tests and one crewed flight test that suffered significant issues and was ultimately classified as a serious mishap,” the OIG report said. “With over 11 years invested and about 4 years of crewed operations aboard the ISS remaining until the Station’s planned decommission in 2030, NASA and Boeing have limited time and resources to realize the value of their significant investments into Starliner.” The saga of Boeing’s Starliner has been one of repeated failures and budget overruns, both at NASA and Boeing, thanks to the capsule’s disastrous launch record. As the NASA OIG noted in its report, Starliner has flown three test missions, one with crew, and each encountered significant technical problems. The first flight, in 2019, failed to reach the ISS because a software-related mission timing error caused an incorrect orbital insertion burn, preventing the spacecraft from docking. Problems with stuck oxidizer valves discovered ahead of a planned 2021 launch delayed the second orbital flight test until May 2022, when Starliner successfully reached the ISS despite experiencing thruster failures and helium leaks. NASA was going to get a pair of astronauts up in the craft in 2023, but that didn’t happen after a series of issues were discovered, including a faulty parachute system and flammability risks associated with tape used to protect internal wiring. The one crewed mission that Starliner attempted was also a disaster. No one was injured or killed in the incident, but NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were stranded on the ISS for months after NASA determined the craft wasn’t safe enough to return its crew to Earth. According to the OIG, it’s the parachute problems, along with persistent helium leaks and the aforementioned propulsion system failures, that are making it question whether Starliner is fit for purpose. “The helium leaks and propulsion systems failures remain unresolved as of March 2026, and NASA is uncertain as to when this testing will be completed or human-rating certification for the Starliner will be obtained,” the report states. The OIG placed the blame on both NASA and Boeing for the problems, similarly to what NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said earlier this year when he accepted that his agency was part of the reason the whole thing had gone so badly. Per the OIG, NASA contributed to the problem by being “overconfident in Boeing’s design and potential success based on the provider’s use of heritage systems,” which led to the space agency setting “unrealistic launch and flight test schedules.” “The pressure to adhere to this aggressive schedule was compounded by NASA’s underutilization of the contract’s data rights, limiting the Agency’s ability to fully analyze and resolve flight simulation training failures to ensure crew safety,” the report continued. Staffing constraints driven by the Trump administration’s desire to cut costs wherever it can find them are likely to further hinder oversight, the OIG said, calling into question once more whether the Calamity Capsule will ever fly again and whether it's worth the cost. “We question $127.9 million in payments to Boeing, in addition to the $43 million we questioned in a prior 2019 CCP-related report, for a mission that is far from certain,” the OIG said. In other words, if you want to trim some NASA fat, the Starliner budget’s a perfect place to do it. ®

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Meta concurreert met Amazon met eigen AI-cloud, meldt Bloomberg

SANTA CLARA (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Het Amerikaanse socialemediaconcern Meta Platforms werkt aan plannen voor een cloudbedrijf dat toegang gaat verkopen tot AI-rekenkracht en AI-modellen. Daarmee begeeft het concern zich op een nieuw terrein waarop het gaat concurreren met marktleiders als Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure en Google Cloud. Dat meldt persbureau Bloomberg op basis van bronnen.

Meta heeft de afgelopen tijd in hoog tempo geïnvesteerd in kostbare datacenters en andere infrastructuur om zijn ambities op het gebied van AI te ondersteunen. Volgens de ingewijden richt het concern een bedrijfsonderdeel op dat inkomsten moet genereren door overtollige rekenkracht aan externe klanten te verkopen.

Een van de mogelijke plannen is om toegang te verkopen tot verschillende AI-modellen die draaien op Meta's bestaande AI-infrastructuur. Meta zou de datacenters en chips beheren waarop de modellen draaien. Meta is het bedrijf achter onder meer Facebook en Instagram.


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​Dreun voor klimaatbeweging: het is buiten weer uit te houden

De Nederlandse klimaatbeweging heeft een nieuwe dreun te verwerken gekregen: het is buiten weer te doen qua temperatuur. “Dit komt even keihard aan”, zegt een woordvoerder namens meerdere milieubewegingen. “We begonnen net op stoom te komen, en nu kunnen de plannen weer aan de kant.”

“We zijn terug bij af, zo voelt het”, zegt een lid van Extinction Rebellion. “Een paar gesprekken over airco’s hebben we gevoerd, en dat was het dan.” Maar hoe moedeloos de beweging ook even is, gelukkig gloort er alweer een klein beetje hoop: “Het wordt over anderhalve week mogelijk weer langere tijd boven de dertig graden en ook de komende jaren zit het er dik in dat het weer op gezette tijden ondraaglijk wordt.”

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What’s really in a hotdog? Nutrition experts explain

Americans eat 50bn hotdogs every year, but experts say they’re also among the most highly processed foods

In 1969, the late writer William Zinsser toured a hotdog factory and described his visit in Life magazine, opening with the lines: “I’ve often wondered what goes into a hotdog. Now I know and I wish I didn’t.”

All these years later, his words still reflect our love/hate relationship with the humble wiener. We love eating them, but would rather not think about what’s in them.

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German police raid national football HQ over Euro 2024 corruption allegations

  • Operation concerns ‘unauthorised favours’ in host cities

  • Bribery involving tickets is suspected, Bild reports

Police in Germany have raided the national football federation headquarters and other sites across the country as part of an investigation into alleged corruption involving “unauthorised favours” linked to the 2024 European Championship.

The case focuses on accusations that employees of cities in Germany, which hosted the tournament, were improperly invited to matches or given preferential treatment in acquiring tickets.

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Guimi You’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings Delve into Memory, Introspection, and Rediscovery

Guimi You’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings Delve into Memory, Introspection, and Rediscovery

Whether it’s the atmosphere casting a haze or the fuzziness of memories and dreams, Guimi You’s lush paintings have an aura of wistfulness and quietude. The Seoul-based artist creates dreamy oil compositions that tap into personal experience, passing time, and how one gains perspective and reevaluates their needs or desires as they go through life.

You’s canvases are infused with elements of still life and landscape traditions, where anonymous protagonists reflect quietly in a garden, pause in a golden meadow, or stroll through a park in the rain. Cerulean shadows complement the magenta jacket of a woman strolling with her dog along a stream in “Spring Walk,” and a woman sits down at an easel in an open doorway in “Painting, Again.”

a painting of a person standing under an umbrella in a park near some colorful trees
“Park in the Drizzle” (2026), oil on linen, 46 x 36 inches. Photo by Ian Yang

Several of the works seen here are included in You’s current solo exhibition, When the Sun Shines Again at Lehmann Maupin, a meditation on rediscovery and beginning again. “Conceived as a tribute to those who have returned to creating after time away, the works unfold through a recurring image of sunlight, an enduring symbol of clarity, renewal, and hope,” the gallery says.

The figures sometimes appear to blend into the backgrounds like secondary characters, while the spaces filled with objects, contrasting light, and portals take center stage. Individual faces are often obscured or shadowy, introspectively looking down or away. Some appear lost in thought, while others concentrate on a creative task, such as throwing pottery on a wheel or putting a brush to canvas. There is a somberness tinged with hope as You taps into the courage required to start anew.

The artist’s approach, the gallery says, “synthesizes East Asian pictorial traditions of evocation and atmospheric transparency with Western lineages such as Romanticism and Surrealism, positioning landscape not as an escapist subject, but as a space for reflecting on memory, subjectivity, and how we situate ourselves within the world.”

When the Sun Shines Again continues through August 14 in New York City.

a painting of a woman seated in a room, painting, with shelves and flowers and other objects around her
“Painting, Again” (2026). oil on linen, 65 x 81 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Photo by JeongKyun Goh
a painting of a spring scene with blue and magenta tones with a river, trees, and a bridge
“Spring Walk” (2026), oil on linen, 65 x 81 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Photo by JeongKyun Goh
a painting of a window with a garden beyond, with decorative objects and food on a surface in the foreground
“Pause” (2025), oil on linen, 65 x 80 inches. Photo by OnArt Studio
a painting of a woman making pottery next to a shelf full of different shaped objects
“The Shape of Silence” (2026), oil on linen, 81 7/8 x 65 x 1 1/8 inches. Photo by JeongKyun Goh
a still life painting of food and other decorative objects on a table
“Let the Sunlight In” (2026), oil on linen, 65 x 79 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Photo by JeongKyun Goh
a painting of a woman seated on a lawn in front of a church at the golden hour, with a fuzzy, dream-like feel to the composition
“Golden” (2026), oil on linen, 74 x 59 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Photo by JeongKyun Goh
a yellow-toned painting of a woman in a meadow beneath some trees
“Deep in the Yellow” (2025), oil on linen, 63 7/8 x 44 1/8 inches. Photo by OnArt Studio

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Mensen we liggen eruit. Koeman is weg. Frenkie is op vakantie. Virgil denkt na. Cody rouwt. De materiaalman ruimt op. De penaltynemers treuren. Maar we moeten toch iets kijken en we moeten toch iets kiezen. Afellay koos, wij kiezen ook. We zijn niet voor Duitsland, want Duitsland ligt er al uit, en anders waren we ook niet voor Duitsland. We zijn niet voor Frankrijk, want Frankrijk is zo goed. We zijn niet voor Marokko, want dan wordt de boel weer gesloopt. We zijn niet voor Canada, want dat is een saaie ploeg. We zijn niet voor Brazilië, want Vinicius is zo'n gare gast. We zijn niet voor Paraguay, want we zijn niet gevlucht. We zijn niet voor Mexico, want ze zeiken nog steeds over die pingel. We zijn niet voor Noorwegen, want Haaland is een beest. We zijn niet voor Ghana, want die schoppen zo veel. We zijn niet voor Colombia, al zijn we wel fan van hun exportproducten. We zijn niet voor Argentinië, want we zijn het nog niet vergeten. We zijn niet voor Egypte, want Caïro is zo goor. We zijn niet voor Australië, want ze kunnen niet voetballen. We zijn niet voor Algerije, want wij hebben rapper Boef al. We zijn niet voor Zwitserland, want daar is het zo duur. We zijn niet voor Portugal, want Ronaldo is een draak. We zijn niet voor Kroatië, want daar zijn ze zo oud. We zijn niet voor Spanje, veel te frivool. We zijn niet voor Oostenrijk, daar gaan we al skiën. We zijn niet voor Bosnië, want Dzeko is over de heel. We zijn niet voor de VS, zij mogen lekker gaan basketballen. We zijn niet voor België, want we zijn 1830 niet vergeten. We zijn niet voor Senegal, want die lopen van het veld. We zijn niet voor Kaapverdië, zij hebben Rotterdam al. We zijn niet voor Engeland, hun fans zijn zo stom. Wij zijn voor: CONGO. Nu live, Engeland tegen CONGO. Hup Congo!

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Large flock of rare swift parrots seen near Port Macquarie

Large flock of rare swift parrots seen near Port Macquarie. The sighting of critically endangered parrots is seen as really exciting after hardly any were seen across New South Wales last year. But a bird expert warns the species still faces significant threats.

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