Inside This SpaceX Billionaire’s Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis
Tom Mueller is driving his candy green Porsche Taycan Turbo S the way he builds rocket engines: with…
Student-built rocket engine fires 20,000 rotating blasts per second
Students in Switzerland have recently tested an experimental rocket engine that is capable of generating 20,000 detonation waves…
US: Star Catcher nears launch of world’s first energy grid in space
Star Catcher, the company aiming to build the “first energy grid in space”, just announced it has raised…
China unveils 220-pound robotic porter to use human tools on moon
China has announced that its planned Chang’e-8 mission will feature a new robotic “Moon mechanic.” This robot, the…
Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 set for Mach 7 crash on moon’s Einstein crater
Ironically, SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket might beat Starship to the Moon. Instead of gracefully landing on the…
US-made reusable Hadley liquid rocket engine hits Mach 5 in 10 flights
A US aerospace and defense company has taken a huge step towards operational hypersonic systems after recently completing…
Astrobotic’s Chakram engine aces record 300-second hot fire
Astrobotic put its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) through its paces for the first time. During the…
China’s scientists could resurrect NASA’s ‘SpiderFab’ concept robot
Chinese researcher are reportedly developing their own version of NASA’s “SpiderFab” orbital fabrication autonomous robot. Never tested in…
New method to detect ‘faintest whispers’ of nuclear proliferation from space
Nuclear activity detected from space—primarily via commercial and military satellite imagery—has played a key role in the Trump…
NASA gets its largest 777 research aircraft for Earth science missions
Most Boeing 777s spend their lives shuttling passengers between global hubs. But one specific triple-seven just touched down…
11th Moon mineral discovered in China’s first lunar meteorite sample
Scientists in China have discovered and identified the 11th new lunar mineral, according to findings reported by the…
World-first metajet propulsion could enable Alpha Centauri missions
Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions of dollars and hundreds…