NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes first water drop test in preparation for Artemis I launch in Nov

NASA conducted its first splash test for the Orion spacecraft in advance of the upcoming Artemis lunar missions. Cameras captured the 11-foot capsule dropping into the ‘hydro impact basin,’ a large tank of water at Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia.  However, the drop was hardly a long fall -the … Read more

Zach Braff declares ‘voting is sexy’ during a stop at a convenience store ahead of Nov. 3 elections

Zach Braff declares ‘voting is sexy’ during a quick stop at a convenience store in the Hollywood Hills… ahead of Nov. 3 elections in US By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:53 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 03:53 BST, 19 October 2020 He has been out in force in recent months encouraging people to … Read more

MUST READS – Nov 07, 2019

MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:10 GMT, 7 November 2019 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 7 November 2019 The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Harper Collins £8.99, 416 pp) The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Harper Collins £8.99, 416 pp) A group of old university friends spend New Year in a … Read more

PICTURE THIS – Nov 07, 2019

PICTURE THIS By Gerry Fallon For The Daily Mail Published: 22:11 GMT, 7 November 2019 | Updated: 22:11 GMT, 7 November 2019 Spirit of the Amazon: The Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu by Sue & Patrick Cunningham (Papadakis, £40, 228 pp) Spirit of the Amazon: The Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu by Sue & Patrick … Read more

LITERARY FICTION – Nov 07, 2019

OLIGARCHY OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas (Canongate £14.99, 224 pp) by Scarlett Thomas (Canongate £14.99, 224 pp) We never see the oligarch in Scarlett Thomas’s latest: he’s a fabulously wealthy, shadowy Russian, possibly criminal, who has sent his adolescent daughter Natasha, the recently discovered product of a long-ago fling, to an all-girls English boarding school, ostensibly … Read more

DEBUTS – Nov 07, 2019

DEBUTS By Fanny Blake for the Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 7 November 2019 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 7 November 2019 DELAYED RAYS OF A STAR DELAYED RAYS OF A STAR by Amanda Lee Koe (Bloomsbury £16.99, 400 pp) by Amanda Lee Koe (Bloomsbury £16.99, 400 pp) A photograph taken of a chance meeting between … Read more

PICTURE THIS – Nov 14, 2019

PICTURE THIS By Gerry Fallon For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 GMT, 14 November 2019 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 14 November 2019 John Galliano for Dior Photographs by Robert Fairer (Thames & Hudson, £98) John Galliano for Dior Photographs by Robert Fairer (Thames & Hudson, £98) Galliano spent nearly 15 years at Dior before his … Read more

MUST READS – Nov 14, 2019

MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:10 GMT, 14 November 2019 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 14 November 2019 Secret Service by Tom Bradby (Corgi £7.99, 368 pp) Secret Service by Tom Bradby (Corgi £7.99, 368 pp) Tom Bradby’s day job as presenter of ITV’s News At Ten must have provided him … Read more