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Blue Origin has opened the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its suborbital New Shepard reusable, Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing (VTVL) space vehicle, which is scheduled to fly on July 20, 2021.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Blue Origin opens bidding for seat on its first crewed flight to space
A wine that spent 14 months on the International Space Station (ISS) is being offered up for sale by auction house Christie’s. One of a dozen bottles of vintage Pétrus 2000 sent to the space station by Space Cargo Unlimited, it could bring an estimated US$1 million through Christie’s Private Sales, which will go to fund future space missions.
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On May 5, 1961, about 45 million US television viewers watched a single-stage Redstone rocket lift off from Launch Complex 5 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on their black and white sets. Atop the rocket was a tiny capsule less than 7 ft (2 m) … Continue reading Sixty years since Mercury Redstone 3, the first crewed US space mission
A U-2 spyplane has successfully acted as an airborne interpreter and data-link between an F-22 Raptor and five F-35 Lightning IIs. The Project Hydra test by conducted by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the US Missile Defense Agency and the US Air Force de… Continue reading U-2 spyplane relays and translates data between F-22s and F-35s
A high-speed magnetic valve developed, though never used, for ESA to help steer the Philae lander on its encounter with the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has found a job on Earth adding flavor to soft drink containers, delivering precision doses in l… Continue reading Magnetic valve developed for comet lander finds job flavoring drinks
The US Army is working on a technique that will allow teams of robots on the battlefield to work together effectively, even when communications become spotty. Called α-shape, the approach helps groups of autonomous robots achieve their mission goals wi… Continue reading Resilience technique lets military robots work together without comms
Apollo 11 astronaut Major General Michael Collins (USAF (Retired)) has died at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer. In 1969, Collins was the Command Module Pilot for the first crewed lunar landing, and remained in orbit aboard the Command Service … Continue reading Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90
DARPA has awarded contracts to FLIR Systems, Leidos, and Charles River Analytics to develop new kit to protect soldiers and responders against chemical and biological (CB) threats. The Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program seeks to produce im… Continue reading DARPA seeks lighter, more effective military biochem protection suits
Engineers at Stanford University are developing a prototype ankle exoskeleton to help people walk faster. That may sound like another weird novelty gadget, but it’s designed for the serious purpose of helping those whose gait is slowing down due to age… Continue reading Experimental ankle exoskeleton increases walking speed by 40 percent
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has again set new records, flying farther and faster than ever on its third test flight on the Red Planet. Taking off from Wright Brothers Field in Jezero Crater on April 25 at 4:31 am EDT, the robotic rotorcraft reache… Continue reading Ingenuity flies farther and faster than ever on third test flight