Se espera que la próxima semana sea emocionante para los entusiastas de los cohetes, ya que hay no menos de siete lanzamientos programados en los próximos siete días. También es la semana en la que finalmente sabes cómo serán los trajes Luna Artemis de la NASA.

Terran 1, Electron, Falcon 9, estos son algunos de nuestros favoritos. Todos estos cohetes están listos para despegar esta semana, pero sigue siendo una pregunta abierta si todos tendrán la oportunidad de volar.

El segundo intento de lanzamiento de Terran 1 fue abortado el sábado, en preparación para un tercer intento a finales de esta semana, tal vez jueves. La startup de California busca hacer lo que ninguna empresa privada ha hecho antes: poner con éxito un cohete en órbita en su primer intento. También es único el empuje y la configuración del misil; El cohete alimentado con metano se fabrica principalmente con tecnología de impresión 3D.

Revelación del traje de Artemis Moon

Esta es la semana en la que finalmente podemos ver los trajes lunares que usarán los astronautas de la NASA durante la misión Artemis 3 planificada a la superficie lunar, actualmente programada para fines de 2025 a más tardar. Es casi imposible de creer, pero esta es la primera luna. trajes Ha sido diseñado y construido desde la era Apolo, por lo que estamos comprensiblemente emocionados. También esperamos quedar impresionados al ver lo que la NASA ha hecho anteriormente. Él dijo a cerca de ellos. Las unidades de movilidad extravehicular, o xEMU, están en proceso desarrollado Desarrollado por Axiom Space en asociación con la NASA. La gran revelación es programado para el miércoles a las 10:30 a. m. ET.

Misión SpaceX Cargo a la Estación Espacial Internacional

Un cohete Falcon 9 cargado con 5800 libras de carga y otros suministros está programado para despegar a las 8:30 p. m. ET del martes desde el Complejo de Lanzamiento 39A en el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Florida. b conocido Misión SpaceX CRS-27La entrega fletada por la NASA incluye suministros, equipos y experimentos científicos para la tripulación. Uno de los experimentos científicos más conocidos que se están realizando es una colaboración entre el Centro Nacional de Ciencias Traslacionales de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud y el Laboratorio Nacional de la ISS para el estudio. chips de tejido que imitan los órganos humanos. Crew Dragon permanecerá atracado en la Estación Espacial Internacional durante un mes, después de lo cual regresará con investigación y recarga.

Lanzamiento de varios continentes desde Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab se prepara para lanzamientos consecutivos Desde ubicaciones en los Estados Unidos y Nueva Zelanda. Misión de la empresa “Más fuertes juntos” Aparentemente tomar un vuelo no antes del martes., con un misil electrónico programado para despegar de las instalaciones de vuelo de Wallops en Virginia. El cohete intentará conectar dos satélites comerciales de radar de apertura a Capella Space.

Misión “El ritmo continúa” se ve bien para ir el miercoles en su complejo de lanzamiento en la península de Mahia en Nueva Zelanda. Para esta misión, impulsarás a Electron intentar Para conectar dos satélites de observación de la Tierra para BlackSky. Una subsidiaria de SpaceFlight Inc.

Más lanzamientos de Falcon 9

Un SpaceX Falcon 9 es específico para entregar SES-18 y SES-19, un par de satélites de comunicaciones construidos por Northrop Grumman, el viernes por la noche, con el lanzamiento del cohete desde SLC-40 en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida. Además, la compañía sumará a su impresionante constelación Starlink con Lanzamiento programado Desde otra constelación de satélites el jueves a las 2:05 p. m. ET. El Falcon 9 despegará de la Base de la Fuerza Espacial Vandenberg en California.

Hasta la fecha, SpaceX ha lanzado al espacio 4.053 satélites Starlink, de los cuales 3.709 están actualmente operativos, según Estadísticas Fue conservado por el astrónomo de Harvard-Smithsonian Jonathan McDowell.

La NASA hablará con la prensa sobre el nuevo presupuesto

El presidente Joe Biden le anunció nuevo presupuesto Para el año fiscal 2024 el jueves pasado, la agencia espacial dijo en declaración. a Conferencia de prensa Está programado para el lunes a la 1:00 p. m. ET, donde los funcionarios de la NASA dirán más sobre el tema y responderán las preguntas de los reporteros.

Donald Trump’s ex-personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified for three hours Monday to a Manhattan grand jury investigating the former president and will return Wednesday to answer more questions from prosecutors about a hush-money payment to a porn star that he arranged for Trump.

“Michael has spent a long and productive afternoon,” Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis told reporters outside Manhattan Criminal Court, NBC News reported.

Davis added that Cohen plans to return Wednesday afternoon to “complete his testimony.” The lawyer declined to go into detail about what Cohen told prosecutors.

Cohen, before entering the courthouse earlier Monday, told journalists that his “goal is to tell the truth,” not to engage in “revenge” against Trump.

“This is all about accountability. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds,” Cohen said.

Cohen, who served for years as Trump’s attorney, paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual tryst with Trump.

The Trump Organization later reimbursed him for the payment but classified the disbursement as legal expenses. The mischaracterization is now the focus of the criminal investigation of the former president.

Cohen later pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to multiple crimes, including one related to the payoff to Daniels. He has since become an outspoken critic of Trump.

Trump declined an offer to testify to the grand jury investigating him, his lawyer said Monday.

Such an offer is common shortly before prosecutors seek indictments against the people extended the chance to testify.

Trump has denied having sex with Daniels and has condemned the investigation into the payoff. The probe is being conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

In a post on his social media site over the weekend, Trump said the late former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau would be “spinning in his grave if he were told that his Office was even thinking about bringing charges against the 45th President of the United States & leading Republican contender for the 2024 Nomination.”

Trump called the case a “Scam” led by Daniels, Cohen and Daniels’ ex-attorney Michael Avenatti, who is serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding clients.

Source: cnbc

Silicon Valley Bank collapsed with astounding speed on Friday. Investors are now on edge about whether its demise could spark a broader banking meltdown.

The US federal government has stepped in to guarantee customer deposits, but SVB’s downfall continues to reverberate across global financial markets. The government has also shut down Signature Bank, a regional bank that was teetering on the brink of collapse, and guaranteed its deposits.

In a sign of how seriously officials are taking the SVB failure, US President Joe Biden told Americans Monday that they “can rest assured that our banking system is safe,” adding: “We will do whatever is needed on top of all this.”

Here’s what you need to know about the biggest US bank failure since the global financial crisis.

What is Silicon Valley Bank?

Established in 1983, Silicon Valley Bank was, just before collapsing, America’s 16th largest commercial bank. It provided banking services to nearly half of all US venture-backed technology and life science companies.

It also has operations in Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

SVB benefited hugely from the tech sector’s explosive growth in recent years, fueled by ultra-low borrowing costs and a pandemic-induced boom in demand for digital services.

The bank’s assets, which include loans, more than tripled from $71 billion at the end of 2019 to a peak of $220 billion at the end of March 2022, according to financial statements. Deposits ballooned from $62 billion to $198 billion over that period, as thousands of tech startups parked their cash at the lender. Its global headcount more than doubled.

Why did it collapse?

SVB’s collapse came suddenly, following a frenetic 48 hours during which customers yanked deposits from the lender in a classic run on the bank.

But the root of its demise goes back several years. Like many other banks, SVB ploughed billions into US government bonds during the era of near-zero interest rates.

What seemed like a safe bet quickly came unstuck, as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates aggressively to tame inflation.

When interest rates rise, bond prices fall, so the jump in rates eroded the value of SVB’s bond portfolio. The portfolio was yielding an average 1.79% return last week, far below the 10-year Treasury yield of around 3.9%, Reuters reported.

At the same time, the Fed’s hiking spree sent borrowing costs higher, meaning tech startups had to channel more cash towards repaying debt. At the same time, they were struggling to raise new venture capital funding.

That forced companies to draw down on deposits held by SVB to fund their operations and growth.

What sparked the bank run?

While SVB’s problems can be traced back to its earlier investment decisions, the run on the bank was triggered Wednesday when the lender announced that it had sold a bunch of securities at a loss and would sell $2.25 billion in new shares to plug the hole in its finances.

That set off panic among customers, who withdrew their money in large numbers.

The bank’s stock plummeted 60% Thursday and dragged other bank shares down with it as investors began to fear a repeat of the global financial crisis a decade and a half ago.

By Friday morning, trading in SVB shares was halted and it had abandoned efforts to raise capital or find a buyer. California regulators intervened, shutting the bank down and placing it in receivership under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which typically means liquidating the bank’s assets to pay back depositors and creditors.

What about depositors and investors?

US regulators said Sunday that they would guarantee all SVB customers’ deposits. The move is aimed at preventing more bank runs and helping tech companies to continue paying staff and funding their operations.

The intervention does not amount to a 2008-style bailout, however, which means investors in the company’s stock and bonds will not be protected.

“Let me be clear that during the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out … and the reforms that have been put in place mean that we’re not going to do that again,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CBS in an interview Sunday.

“But we are concerned about depositors and are focused on trying to meet their needs.”

Will this trigger a banking crisis?

There are already some signs of stress at other banks. Trading in First Republic Bank (FRC) and PacWest Bancorp (PACW) was temporarily halted Monday after the shares plunged 65% and 52% respectively. Charles Schwab (SCHW) stock was down 7% at 11.30 a.m. ET Monday.

In Europe, the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and UK banks, fell 5.6% in morning trade — notching its biggest fall since last March. Shares in embattled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse were down 9%.

SVB isn’t the only financial institution whose investments into government bonds and other assets have fallen dramatically in value.

At the end of 2022, US banks were sitting on $620 billion in unrealized losses — assets that have decreased in price but haven’t been sold yet, according to the FDIC.

In a sign that regulators have concerns about wider financial chaos, the Fed said Sunday that it would make additional funding available for eligible financial institutions to prevent the next SVB from collapsing.

Most analysts point out that US and European banks have much stronger financial buffers now than during the global financial crisis. They also highlight that SVB had very heavy exposure to the tech sector, which has been particularly hard hit by rising interest rates.

“While SVB is a major failure, [it] and other niche players like Signature are quite unique in the broader banking world,” research analysts David Covey, Adrian Cighi and Jaimin Shah at M&G Investments commented in a blog post on Monday. “So unique, in our view, that it is unlikely to create material problems for any of the large diversified banks in the US or Europe from a credit point of view.”

Why did HSBC buy the UK business for £1?

HSBC stepped in Monday to buy SVB UK for £1 ($1.2), securing the deposits of thousands of British tech companies that hold money at the lender.

Had a buyer not been found, SVB UK would have been placed into insolvency by the Bank of England, leaving customers with only deposits worth up to £85,000 ($100,000) — or £170,000 ($200,000) for joint accounts — guaranteed

The HSBC rescue is “fantastic news” for the UK startup ecosystem, said Piotr Pisarz, the CEO of Uncapped, a financial tech startup that lends to other startups. “I think we can all relax a bit today,” he told CNN.

In a statement, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the acquisition “strengthens our commercial banking franchise and enhances our ability to serve innovative and fast-growing firms, including in the technology and life science sectors, in the UK and internationally.”

Source: cnn