Beijing: China’s Long March-3B rocket, regarded as the main stay of the country’s space programme since 1970, successfully completed its 300th launch by putting a new communication satellite into orbit on Sunday. The indigenously-built rocket had sent more than 500 spacecraft into space. “This is a milestone for China’s space industry development,” Wu Yansheng, board chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said. The Long March carrier rocket series, developed by CASC, is responsible for about 96.4% of all the launch missions in China. It took 37 years for the Long March rockets to complete the first 100 launches, 7.5 years to complete the second 100 launches, and only about four years to accomplish the final 100, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. PTI
‘Sharp Objects’ showrunner teases possible season two
Los Angeles: “Sharp Objects” showrunner Marti Noxon has said the second of the HBO series might happen. The series, based on author Gillian Flynn’s debut novel of same name, featured Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina and Eliza Scanlen. The show premiered on HBO in July last year. Speaking at the SXSW conference, Noxon revealed that she is talking with the author about the possibility of a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Maybe there will be a sequel and we’ll get to find out. Gillian and I have some thoughts on it,” she said. PTI
NASA orbiter spots water molecules on Moon
Washington: Scientists, using NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon, the US space agency said, an advance that could help us learn about accessibility of water that can be used by humans in future lunar missions. Measuerments from the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project instrument aboard the LRO of the sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to the surface helped characterise lunar hydration changes over the course of a day, according to the study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Up until the last decade, scientists thought the Moon was arid, with any water existing mainly as pockets of ice in permanently shaded craters near the poles. PTI
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez announce engagement
Los Angeles: Singer-actor Jennifer Lopez and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez have got engaged after two years of dating. The two celebrities took to Instagram to share the news and posted a photo that showed an engagement ring on Lopez’s hand. “She said yes,” Rodriguez wrote in the caption. Lopez also shared the same photo and in the caption she posted a number of heart emojis. Lopez and Rodriguez began dating in February 2017. The two met while they were separately having lunch and Lopez went up to the athlete. This will be the fifth time that Lopez has been engaged. PTI
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