Space Station Delivery From Virginia Nixed at Last Minute

Many Wuhan Coronavirus Patients Still Don’t Have Access to Treatment

Residents in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are pleading for help as the city’s overwhelmed healthcare system cannot accommodate sick patients. Though authorities freed up almost 10,000 hospital beds in Wuhan, many coronavirus patients have not been able to receive hospital treatment, according to eyewitness accounts. Some were forced to wait in the cold for hours lining up in front of hospitals. Chinese authorities have reported tens of thousands of infections and over 900 deaths, but expert analysis and first-hand accounts from Wuhan suggest the true number of infections and death toll is far higher than officially reported. The Epoch Times recently spoke to staff and officials at five Wuhan funeral homes, who reported increases in their intake, suggesting that more people are dying of the disease…

Northrop Grumman delayed a space station delivery from Virginia on Feb. 9 because of trouble with ground equipment.

The company came within two to three minutes of launching a cargo ship from Wallops Island to the International Space Station for NASA. With rain and clouds in the forecast this week, the launch was bumped to at least Thursday.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is horizontal for the final cargo load on Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Feb. 7, 2020. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

The capsule atop Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket holds 4 tons of supplies, including cheese and candy for the three space station residents. The astronauts were monitoring the countdown, but the live video feed cut off and they did not learn about the delay until Mission Control radioed the news a half-hour later.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket arrives at launch Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Feb. 5, 2020. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

SpaceX also is under contract with NASA to deliver station supplies. Its next shipment is in March.

By Marcia Dunn

This article is from the Internet:Space Station Delivery From Virginia Nixed at Last Minute

Coronavirus Epidemic Underestimated?Title: Coronavirus Epidemic Underestimated?

Narration: One month into the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Mr. Lin: If you look in the Chinese media on the CCTV, you’ll still see maybe 99% of the reports regarding the outbreak, which is emphasizing how much effort the government is already doing. Ms. Gao: So what’s your assessment of the situation? Mr. Lin: I think the situation is a lot worse than they realized, Narration: Wuhan has a Maximum Security Laboratory level 4 lab that could handle the coronavirus, but are such labs really safe? Ms. Gao: According to you, the nature magazine, SARS virus has been leaked from the Beijing lab multiple times. What does that tell you? Mr. Trevan: To me it would be indicative that there’s a systemic problem there. Title: Coronavirus Epidemic Underestimated? Host: Welcome to…