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NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeings troubled new crew capsule.The space agency said Tuesday its bumping SpaceXs four-person flight from this month to next. Its now targeted for Sept. 24 at the earliest. Officials said that will give them more time to analyze thruster and leak problems that hit Boeings Starliner capsule after its June liftoff, its first with a crew on board.Tuesday marked the two-month point at the space station for Starliners test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who should have been back by mid-June. NASA is weighing all its options for returning the two veteran astronauts, including a ride home in a SpaceX capsule.NASA and Boeing continue to evaluate the spacecrafts readiness, and no decisions have been made regarding Starliners return, NASA said in a statement. Further details were expected at a news conference set for Wednesday.Only two docking ports at the space station can accommodate U.S. astronaut capsules and, right now, both are occupied. So one will need to be vacated before the next SpaceX crew can arrive. Russia has its own parking places for its Soyuz capsules.The latest setback means the four astronauts who flew up with SpaceX in March now also face a longer mission than planned.Over the past several weeks, Boeing has conducted thruster test firings on the ground as well as in space to better understand why five thrusters failed ahead of Starliners June 6 arrival at the space station. All but one came back online. Helium leaks in the capsules propulsion system also cropped up.Citing the testing, the company late last week said: Boeing remains confident in the Starliner spacecraft and its ability to return safely with crew.Boeing and SpaceX topped NASAs list for astronaut taxi service to and from the space station, after the shuttles retired in 2011. NASA signed contracts worth billions with both companies in order to have a backup in case one of them got sidelined by an accident.SpaceX launched its first crew in 2020; the upcoming flight will be its 10th astronaut flight for NASA. Its also sent a few private crews into orbit.Boeing has had to overcome multiple Starliner problems over the years. The company had to launch an empty Starliner twice before committing to a crew, repeating the initial flight test because of bad software and other issues. The delays have cost the company more than $1 billion.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art by Danish studio BIG, engineering firm Arts Group and architecture studio Front has topped out in China, with curved metal roofs designed as a "fifth facade".Located on Jinji Lake near the Suzhou Ferris Wheel, images of the museum's construction progress show a series of tiered buildings connected by swooping metal roof planes.The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art has topped out in China"Against the open space of the lake, the gentle catenary curvature of the roofs forms a graceful silhouette on the waterfront," said BIG founder Bjarke Ingels."Its nodular logic only becomes distinctly discernible when viewed from the [ferris wheel] gondolas above," he continued. "The stainless roof tiles form a true fifth facade."Curving roof planes connect the museum spacesAiming to combine art and nature, the museum was designed by BIG in collaboration with Arts Group and Front as a series of pavilions that connect indoor and outdoor spaces.Once complete, the curving roof will create sheltered walkways through gardens populated with artworks and water features. According to BIG, the design was informed by corridors typical of traditional lng gardens in Suzhou.Its dynamic roof was designed to be best viewed from the nearby ferris wheelThe museum's facades will feature rippled, curved glass panes with warm-toned stainless-steel elements designed to reflect outdoor gardens."Our design for the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art is conceived as a Chinese garden of pavilions and courtyards," said Ingels."Individual pavilions are woven together by glazed galleries and porticoes, creating a network of interconnected sculpture courtyards and exhibition spaces."Read: BIG completes twisting One High Line skyscrapers in New YorkScheduled for completion in 2025, the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art will contain main galleries in four of the pavilion-like spaces. A multifunctional hall, theatre, restaurant and main entrance space will be spread across the other structures.Bridges and tunnels lined with stone will connect the tiered building at different levels, providing indoor and outdoor routes throughout for visitors to explore.The building will have glass facades once complete"We envision the lng, a traditional element of Suzhou gardens, gracefully winding through the landscapes and transforming into pavilions," said BIG partner Catherine Huang."In doing so, it frames the contemporary gardens, making them an integral part of the exhibition, as significant as the artwork within."Artwork and water features will be added to the gardens. Render by Atchain, BIG and Bucharest StudioProjects recently completed by BIG include a curved tower in Ecuador made up of L-shaped stacked blocks and a pair of twisting residential skyscrapers in New York.The photography is by Justin Szeremeta unless stated.The post BIG tops waterfront art museum in Suzhou with swooping roof planes appeared first on Dezeen.

"Our goal is to deploy autonomous humanoid workers to support us on a global scale," writes robotics and AI startup Figure, who recently revealed their Figure 02 'bot. "As we reach the upper limits of our production capability, humanoids will join the workforce with the ability to think, learn, and interact with their environment safely alongside us.""Figure 02 is AI-powered and self-reliant, ready to produce an abundance of affordable, more widely available goods and services to a degree which humanity has never seen."For them to achieve their goal, their Figure 02 'bots have to be able to interact with humans. This is a fairly stunning demonstration of where they're at right now:Three things jumped out at me.One, the delay while it "thinks" is a bit eerie.Two, I was surprised at how human-sounding they've got the voice, and I'm not sure I like the hesitancy they've programmed in, where it actually says "uh;" it's one thing to make the robot human-shaped so that it can work in human spaces, but I think it's a bad idea to lull people into feeling that they're interacting with another human. I think robots should sound like robots, so that we never forget what we're interacting with. Barriers to forming subconscious emotional connections with these machines should be designed in.Three, check out those graphics on its face. While the visual language is not yet clear, you can see the designers are trying to convey to the interactee that something is happening; the 'bot is sensing now, the 'bot is processing now. To me, those face graphics are the most interesting part, and they remind me of the early days of GUIs. Rather than render a human face with expressions, the designers are using low-resolution white-on-black shapes to provide visual feedback to the human. I'll be curious to see how this visual language develops, and how competitors will handle it. Your thoughts? Would you be comfortable interacting with one of these?

While LEGO sets were probably originally built for kids to enjoy, most of the people I know who play with these patented bricks and sets are grownups. Granted, these are adults who were somehow deprived of owning some of these pretty expensive sets, its just one of those toys that can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. There are sets however that are especially built for grown-ups as they are pretty detailed and contain a lot of intricate and authentic parts. Designer: LegoThis new LEGO set theyre releasing in particular is meant for adults and will appeal to those who are into space travel. The LEGO Technic NASA model set includes a displayable model version of the Lunar Rover Module that was aboard the historic Apollo 17 mission back in 1972. It also includes 3 attachable equipment sets that includes a lot of authentic details. Basically, this LEGO set is for the big boys and girls who are very much interested in outer space and everything NASA.If you are a frustrated (or aspiring) astronaut, you can test out some of the steering and suspension included in the set and play around with equipment like the model battery pack (with its heating and cooling elements), a TV camera with antennae, communications unit, and even a shovel and drill so you can pretend to find LEGO Moon rock elements. Theres even a Traverse Gravimeter Experiment that was carried by the Apollo 17 during NASAs very last Apollo mission. Aside from the enjoyment of building this LEGO set, you will also get a deeper insight in the Apollo missions (if you didnt already know everything there is to know about it). The young ones may need adult assistance for this as there are a lot of detailed equipment with this and its a hefty 1,913-piece set. The post LEGO Technic NASA model set brings the Lunar Rovel Module to your table first appeared on Yanko Design.

No Kiryu vs Kazuya anytime soon.Please no, I want Kiryu in Tekken so bad.

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When we think of the biggest movie franchises, generally it's stuff like Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, DC, James Bond--mainstream pop culture around the world, spanning generations. One property that should be in that conversation of the Fast & Furious movies. Amazingly, the Fast & Furious franchise is the sixth biggest movie series of all time in terms of worldwide box office receipts--and there's at least one more movie to come.It's astonishing, because no one could have guessed we'd end up here during the early days. The first four movies in the series combined to gross just under a billion dollars at the global box office. It's a great total considering all of them had sub-$100 million budgets, but not much of an indication of what would come next: The seven Fast & Furious movies we've gotten since, starting with Fast Five and including the Hobbs & Shaw spinoff, have earned a combined $6 billion worldwide. It's a completely unique track record for a franchise that isn't based on any existing beloved IP--that extremely rare blockbuster movie franchise that's popular on its merits.We're now 11 movies deep, including a spin-off movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, video games, a Netflix animated series, and more. Still, what's being labeled the final movie in the main series is series due in 2026. So you've got plenty of time to rewatch this whole epic car saga before then--and you absolutely should, because this series is one of a kind. Scroll on to find out the best place to stream each Fast & Furious flick. The Fast and the Furious (2001)Where to stream: TubiIt's funny to remember that when The Fast and the Furious first came out, it was mocked as just being a car-based ripoff of Point Break. Which is true, honestly--this is the story of LAPD cop Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) infiltrating the truck hijacker #family of Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) and developing a lifelong LA bromance in the process. In a vacuum it's kinda a meh film, but it improves once you come back to it after watching the others--when you really care about what happens to Brian and Dom, The Fast and the Furious hits different. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)Where to stream: TubiVin Diesel opted out of this sequel, and instead we get the adventures of Brian and his childhood pal Roman (Tyrese Gibson) in Miami, where US Customs forces them to go undercover with a Cuban cartel run by Yellowstone star Cole Hauser. It's a pretty sloppily edited film, but this is the one where the series found its identity largely thanks to Tyrese's and Hauser's delightfully unhinged performances, not to mention the extra-long climactic chase sequence that involved a hundred-car scramble and concluded when Brian ramps his car from land onto a yacht that's moving down a river. It's not as pretty as the big stunts they do in later movies when they had budgets over $200 million, but it's still my favorite stunt in the series. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)Where to stream: TubiIt's hard to figure out what Universal was trying to do with this film. Without any returning cast members from the first two, aside from a two-second cameo by Diesel, Tokyo Drift had the air of a DTV sequel that was released in theaters by accident. It's got a pretty solid saving grace, though: The first of these directed by franchise stalwart Justin Lin is a good freakin' movie, pretty much functioning as a car-based Karate Kid. Here we've got Sean Boswell, a redneck white boy from Alabama who's sent to live in Tokyo with his military dad after he totals his car in a high school street race. There he hooks up with Han, another American living in exile who's involved with some yakuza dealings, and things get really heavy really quickly. In a very real way, this was the movie that saved the franchise, even while it had the lowest box-office take of all the movies.While this one was the third movie released in the series, it's actually seventh in chronological order--Han was so popular that they just kept bringing him back. Fast & Furious (2009)Where to stream: TubiAfter Tokyo Drift, Universal decided to move forward more earnestly, reuniting Walker and Diesel in what amounts to a direct sequel to the first movie, with Tokyo Drift director Justin Lin returning. So Dom is in Mexico still hiding from the law, but he comes back to LA when he hears that his longtime girlfriend, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), was murdered by drug runners while working undercover for Brian, who is once again a cop. So Brian and Dom cooperate uneasily to infiltrate the cartel responsible, and eventually they have to invade Mexico to get their revenge. I enjoy this one, but others find it grating because it's overly serious like the original movie was--but with Lin behind the camera, it's a much better movie, so I don't mind the tone. Fast Five (2011)Where to stream: TubiIt's here that Fast & Furious turned into the franchise we know today. After Brian and Dom's sister Mia break Dom out of prison, they all go on the run until they end up in Brazil--where they naturally have to do some car-based crimes so they can eat. All the while they're caught between the local crime lord and Hobbs, a US government agent played by Dwayne Johnson in full heel mode. So what do they do? They call in a bunch of supporting characters from the previous movies, including Tyrese, Ludacris, Gal Gadot, Don Omar, Tego Calderon and, of course, Sung Kang's Han. The final sequence, in which Brian and Dom have to pull a huge vault safe in tandem through the streets of Rio--is an all timer. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)Where to stream: TubiI've always had an excess of affection for this one, in which our group of heroes basically become car-based superheroes who have to go up against up against essentially the dark versions of themselves: a crew of amazing drivers who don't care about each other and whose boss (Luke Evans) is happy to get rid of any of them he deems expendable--and Letty, who we thought was dead for the past two movies, is on that team. It's also the last one of these that Paul Walker was in all the way through, since he would die a year later during production on Furious 7, so there's a big element of nostalgia involved as well. It's not the best of these movies, but it feels like the end of something even so. The franchise still hasn't really recovered from Walker's death, and Lin's exit from the franchise after this film didn't help either. Furious 7 (2015)Where to stream: MaxFurious 7 is actually the biggest movie of the franchise, and the biggest movie of all of 2015 outside the US--its foreign-box-office total actually beat that of The Force Awakens, which is astonishing to think about. It made some sense--Walker's death was shocking, and this would be his last movie. Without those raw emotions, though, Furious 7 is pretty hard to watch, especially in the later action sequences when Brian is clearly being played by Walker's non-actor brother. Director James Wan does what he can, though, and Furious 7 is worth watching just for the incredible Azerbaijan car-skydiving sequence, which was filmed before Walker died. The Fate of the Furious (2017)Where to stream: Prime Video rent/buyStraight Outta Compton director F Gary Gray took over for the first Fast/Furious without Paul Walker, and it turned the franchise on its head by having new villain Cipher (Charlize Theron) force Dom to do her bidding by kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and secret baby son that he didn't know about. This, in turn, forces all of Dom's #family to fight him.This one caught tons of flack for giving Jason Statham's character a chance to redeem himself after he was revealed to have murdered Han in Tokyo Drift, but that never bothered me because his redemption task is suitably difficult and heroic--and also because the film lays it on thick with the "Dom turns enemies into #family" thing from the start. But Fate is also a good movie because it actually successfully changed up the franchise formula in a fun way. That's not easy to do this far into a series--as evidenced by all the movies that came after this one. Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & ShawWhere to stream: Prime Video rent/buyThis spin-off from director David Leitch came about as a result of a feud between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel, with Johnson and, for some reason, franchise screenwriter Chris Morgan, being exiled to this spin-off. The action is legitimately dope, and Idris Elba is always a great villain, but nothing about this movie makes any sense at all--Hobbs and Shaw became BFFs over the course of The Fate of the Furious, but they start this movie hating each other again with no explanation, and it never gets any more coherent after that. But if you're just here for action nonsense, Hobbs & Shaw will do it for you. F9: The Fast Saga (2021)Where to stream: Prime Video rent/buyThere's a really interesting idea here, going deep into Dom's past through flashbacks like it's Fast & Furious trying to pull a Godfather II. Unfortunately, the particulars of the story are pretty hinky, and it's a little bit too late in the franchise to introduce Dom and Mia's secret brother (John Cena) who no one has ever mentioned or hinted at--much less make him the villain. The action is still pretty good, especially the giant magnet stuff during the final big chase, but there are fewer brain cells than usual in this one. Fast X (2023)Where to stream: Prime VideoThe son (Jason Momoa) of the baddie from Fast Five is here to be the most ridiculous person imaginable and cause a whole lot of carnage in the process. While Momoa himself is a delight, new director Louis Leterrier's aesthetic is overly cartoonish, and the story just flails around randomly--Cipher and Letty basically have their own separate movie going on and they never participate in the main plot or interact with the other main characters, the big twist is an out-of-left-field rehash of Fast & Furious 6, and it has what could be the most nonsensical cliffhanger anybody's seen in a cinema since they were running weekly serials a hundred years ago. It's the kind of thing you should probably see once just because it's so outrageous, but it's not a good movie. How to Watch the Fast & Furious Movies in Order of Story TimelineWhile, for the most part, the Fast & Furious films have been released in order of where they are set in the timeline, there's one massive exception. The third movie, Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, was retroactively moved in continuity to actually happen after the events of Fast & Furious 6. With that in mind, if you're dipping into the franchise for the first time and want to experience the series in storyline order, follow our guide below. That said, chances are we will still be watching them in release order. However you watch, there is no bad way to experience this series of movies.The Fast and the Furious movie timelineThe Fast and the Furious2 Fast 2 FuriousFast & FuriousFast FiveFast & Furious 6The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftFurious 7The Fate of the FuriousFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawF9: The Fast SagaFast X

With Hearts of Iron 4 considered one of the most comprehensive grand strategy games set in World War 2, fans of wargames may appreciate the level of depth the game offers, especially from the perspective of wartime production and overall warfare. After players research improvements and other advancements for their ground troops, they can engage in intense land battles against enemy forces - with much of their units' strength reliant on Combat Width.