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With beginnings, endings, and new discoveries, space was a busy place in 2022. New Atlas looks back at the best space stories of the past 12 months.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Science Continue reading News near and far: The year in space 2022
For indoor gardeners who want to try something a bit more exotic, cultivating mushrooms can be rewarding and FirstBuild’s Mella smart mushroom fruiting chamber promises to take some of the guesswork out of the challenge. New Atlas recently got its hand… Continue reading Review: Mella fruiting chamber turns mushroom growing into home hobby
After over four years on Mars, NASA’s InSight lander has been declared dead. Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California was unable to reestablish contact with the robotic spacecraft on two consecutive attempts, leavin… Continue reading NASA’s InSight Mars mission comes to an end as all contact is lost
The US Air Force has reached a major milestone, completing the first test of its All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile off the coast of Southern California last Friday.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, Tec… Continue reading US hypersonic missile makes first successful operational flight test
NASA’s Artemis 1 lunar mission ended today in a splashdown of the uncrewed Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 9:40 am PST, after which it was recovered by the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland.Continue Read… Continue reading Artemis 1 lunar mission splashes down after record-breaking flight
An era of aviation history has come to an end after 54 years. On Tuesday, the last 747 Jumbo Jet rolled off the production line at Boeing’s Everett, Washington, facility. Built for Atlas Air, the 747-8 freighter is the last of 1,574 of the aircraft tha… Continue reading End of an era as last Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” leaves factory
After years of testing and deliberation, the US Army has made the US$1.3-billion decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army’s 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and 1,200 AH-64 Apache assault helicopters.Contin… Continue reading US Army selects V-280 Valor as replacement for Black Hawk and Apache
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is on track for its December 11 splashdown after the uncrewed Orion spacecraft completed a second powered flyby of the Moon today that brought it within 79 miles (127 km) of the lunar surface at 11:42 am EST.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Artemis 1 on course for Sunday splashdown after lunar close encounter
In a presentation long on stagecraft and short on hard facts, Northrop Grumman has revealed the US Air Force’s long-anticipated B-21 Raider stealth nuclear strategic bomber, which will replace all other heavy bombers in the American inventory.Continue … Continue reading B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber makes its public debut
The Royal Navy has awarded a £15.4-million (US$18.9-million) contract to MSubs to build a cutting-edge robotic submarine, called Cetus, that will be the largest in Europe and will be capable of diving deeper than conventional submarines.Continue Readin… Continue reading Royal Navy awards contract for Europe’s largest crewless submarine