First Mode delivers goniometer gizmo for Mars missions

First Mode delivers goniometer gizmo for Mars missions

Chris Voorhees, President of First Mode, and engineers Brian Geddes and Sophia Kim check the newly completed goniometer before shipping it to Western Washington University. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) The 3 foot wide device, built in First Mode’s Seattle workshop, looks like a science fiction movie with spinning gears and a flashing beam of … Read more

One-chance assassination missions arrive in ‘Hitman 3’

Jon Fingas

It took IO Interactive a while to bring its famous Elusive Target missions to Hitman 3, but they’re finally here. The game’s first high-stakes target, The Collector, is now available through April 19th. As with previous brands, you only have one chance to assassinate this obsessive, murderous art curator – if you botch the mission, … Read more

Next NASA chief will face big decisions on future moon missions

Bill Nelson and Chris Ferguson at Starliner mockup

In a 2014 photo taken while serving as a U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson (center) examines a model of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with ex-astronaut Chris Ferguson as a guide. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) President Joe Biden’s decision to head NASA – former US Senator Bill Nelson … Read more