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British billionaire Sir Richard Branson almost, but not quite, flew into space today as a passenger aboard the privately built and operated Virgin Galactic spaceplane, VSS Unity, which took off from Spaceport America, New Mexico at about 10:30 am EDT.C… Continue reading Sir Richard Branson (almost) flies into space on VSS Unity
The US Air Force has released a new digital rendering of its B-21 Raider heavy strategic nuclear bomber, along with more information about the warplane. It’s being built by Northrop Grumman as part of the Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber program to… Continue reading US Air Force releases new image of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber
DARPA has announced the start of the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program, which is designed to make computer vision cameras more efficient by mimicking how the human brain processes information. Three teams of scientist… Continue reading DARPA program seeks to develop camera tech that mimics the human brain
The Royal Navy’s NavyX autonomy accelerator team and private companies Malloy Aeronautics and Planck Aerosystems have been testing the potential for heavy-lift Minerva drones to locate and aid sailors that have fallen overboard until help can arrive.Co… Continue reading Royal Navy tests potential for drones to help rescue persons overboard
The British Ministry of Defence is investing £3.5 million (US$4.8 million) in the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for the Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) program to develop new systems that will allow missiles i… Continue reading UK Ministry of Defence developing missiles that talk to each other
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed the highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica. On February 6, 2020 at Argentina’s Esperanza Base, located at Hope Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, a maximum temperature of 18.3 °C (69.9 °F)… Continue reading Record high temperature for Antarctica confirmed by WMO
Virgin Galactic is set to carry passengers into space on its spaceplane VSS Unity for the first time later this month. The flight window for the Unity 22 mission, which will consist of two pilots and four mission specialists, one of whom is Virgin Gala… Continue reading Virgin Galactic set to carry first passengers into space this month
Blue Origin has announced that 82-year-old space pioneer Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk will fill the fourth seat on New Shepard’s first passenger flight on July 20, 2021. A participant in the 1960s Woman in Space program, she will be the oldest person to e… Continue reading 82-year-old Mercury 13 member to go on first New Shepard flight
By studying the logs of computer malfunctions caused by high-energy particles striking their circuitry, ESA scientists have used “housekeeping” data from the Rosetta and Mars Express deep-space probes to shed new light on cosmic rays in the solar syste… Continue reading ESA uses spacecraft “housekeeping” data to measure cosmic rays
German defense company Rheinmetall has unveiled a new rectangular, pocket-sized stun grenade for military and law enforcement. About the size of a smartphone, it’s also designed to be easily concealable for undercover agents or bodyguards.Continue Read… Continue reading Rheinmetall’s new Spectac stun grenade takes on smartphone form factor