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Blue Origin came a step closer to crewed flights today as ground personnel stood in for astronauts during the 15th New Shepard suborbital space mission. Before the NS-15 mission lifted off, the “astronauts” carried out preflight capsule procedures and … Continue reading Blue Origin rehearses for passengers during latest capsule test flight
DARPA’s nuclear space rocket project is progressing, with contracts awarded to General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin for the first phase of the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal is to plac… Continue reading DARPA awards contracts for orbital nuclear propulsion demonstrator
Northrop Grumman and its SpaceLogistics LLC subsidiary have made the first successful docking of their robotic service vehicle with a fully operational communications satellite. On April 21, 2021 at 1:34 pm EST, the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) … Continue reading MEV-2 spacecraft docks with satellite in orbit to extend its life
Sixty years ago on Monday, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a variation of a rocket originally designed to launch nuclear weapons to become the first person to orbit the Earth. Though his flight lasted only one… Continue reading Vostok 1: 60th anniversary of historic first human spaceflight
The US Air Force’s long anticipated first powered flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile was scrubbed this week when the booster vehicle failed to launch from the B-52H Stratofortress bomber. The eighth… Continue reading Hypersonic weapon setback after USAF missile prototype fails to launch
Like a high-tech Russian nesting doll, a prototype US Air Force Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie combat drone being developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) dropped a smaller drone from its weapons bay during flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Militar… Continue reading Valkyrie combat drone launches another drone during test flight
NASA’s Ingenuity robotic helicopter has survived its first night on the surface of Mars. After being deployed on Martian soil by the Perseverance rover, the miniature rotorcraft had to keep itself warm through the night for the first time using only it… Continue reading Ingenuity robotic helicopter survives its first Martian night
Saab has flown a 3D-printed replacement part on the exterior of a Gripen fighter jet for the first time. The test flight over the company’s facility at Linköping, Sweden, on March 19, 2021, potentially paves the way for 3D-printed parts to be used to m… Continue reading Flight tests 3D printing’s potential to repair forward deployed jets
The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the line in 2003 after more than six decades in production. One of the great game-changing automobiles, the quirky little sedan emerged from a dramatic birth to become the best-selling car in history, altered how s… Continue reading Volkswagen Beetle, the game-changing People’s Car
Europe is getting into the space manufacturing race as the European Commission awards Airbus a €3-million (US$3.5-million) contract to prepare a low-Earth orbit demonstration project. Currently an A/B1 phase study contract, the PERIOD (PERASPERA (short… Continue reading EU contracts Airbus to develop in-orbit satellite manufacturing concept