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NASA has selected SpaceX to carry cargo to the space agency’s deep-space Gateway outpost. Under the first Gateway Logistics Services contract to be awarded to a US company, SpaceX will deliver pressurized and unpressurized supplies, experiments, and it… Continue reading NASA contracts SpaceX for supply missions to Gateway outpost
If you see a drone fly by in the future, it could be looking for evidence of COVID-19. The University of South Australia (UniSA) and Canada-based drone technology specialist Draganfly Inc have teamed up to develop a “pandemic drone” platform that uses … Continue reading “Pandemic drone” could help detect infections in crowds
NASA has released three concept art images showing its X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane in its final configuration. The first manned X-plane from NASA in two decades, the X-57 is shown in its Modification iV (Mod IV) form, which includes a high-aspect… Continue reading NASA reveals what the final X-57 all-electric X-plane will look like
The US Army has reduced its Future Attack and Reconnaissance (FARA) competition to two contenders. Bell Helicopter Textron’s 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Aircraft’s Raider X have been given the green light to proceed to the prototype phase in search of a … Continue reading Two remain in US Army’s FARA small attack helicopter competition
The coronavirus situation in Europe has forced ESA to temporarily suspend a number of its deep-space missions. To reduce the risk to space agency personnel from the virus, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany is reducing on… Continue reading Coronavirus lockdown reaches space as ESA partially shuts down spacecraft
MB&F has unveiled its latest Horological Machine (HM) wristwatch with the release of its HM10 Bulldog. Combining innovations from previous watches in the series, the Bulldog features a canine-inspired design that includes metal “legs” and a set of work… Continue reading MB&F’s HM10 Bulldog wristwatch bares its teeth
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has completed a successful test of a hypersonic glide body that will be the basis for a future class of hypersonic weapons. The US Army and US Navy jointly launched the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) from the Pa… Continue reading US Department of Defense successfully tests hypersonic glide body
One of the truly revolutionary watches of the 20th century is making a comeback as Hamilton Watch issues an updated version of its iconic Pulsar – the world’s first electronic digital wristwatch. Called the Hamilton PSR, the 50th-anniversary edition co… Continue reading Hamilton puts a new spin on the first digital watch
The final test prototype of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s SpaceJet M90, in its certifiable baseline configuration, has made its maiden flight. On March 18, 2020, at 2:53 pm JST, Flight Test Vehicle 10 (FTV10) took off from Prefectural Nagoya Airpor… Continue reading Mitsubishi SpaceJet MR90 jetliner final prototype makes maiden flight
NASA is building a Moon-mining robot and is asking for public help to improve it. The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) bucket challenge is accepting new designs to tweak the technologies needed to mine ice and other materials… Continue reading NASA calls on public to help improve RASSOR Moon-mining robot