More cautious than 1960s efforts, spacewalk goes off without a hitch SpaceX's inaugural commercial spacewalk – and the first extravehicular activity (EVA) using its spacesuits – has taken place, almost eclipsing yesterday's altitude record.…
Lees meerMore cautious than 1960s efforts, spacewalk goes off without a hitch SpaceX's inaugural commercial spacewalk and the first EVA using its spacesuits has taken place, almost eclipsing yesterday's altitude record.…
Lees meer'Brilliant' team performs electrical balancing act to keep probe pointed at Earth The tenuous power situation onboard the veteran Voyager 1 spacecraft has required engineers to perform a delicate balancing act while switching between thrusters as fu…
Lees meerToys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmen…
Lees meerToys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmen…
Lees meerToys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmen…
Lees meerToys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmen…
Lees meerToys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmen…
Lees meerTrying for 3 grams, only 880 tons to go! Video On Tuesday, a robot began entering the Unit 2 reactor at the defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant, in an attempt to retrieve a tiny piece of the fuel that melted down in 2011.…
Lees meerAltitude record within grasp and in-house spacesuits to be put through their paces SpaceX has launched the Polaris Dawn mission, which is set to surpass the altitude record set by Gemini 11 and feature a commercial spacewalk using SpaceX-designed Ex…
Lees meer$7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying Video After six years of sea trials, environmental group The Ocean Cleanup claims it has proved that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a floating mass of plastic waste twice the size …
Lees meerSalsa's final act: Reminding us it was the humans all along The European Space Agency (ESA) has bid farewell to the Cluster II spacecraft with a final set of commands to show that engineers are indeed human.…
Lees meerMars adventure postponed to 2025. Perhaps NASA has decided the two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft planned to be launched on the maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will not be fueled and will …
Lees meerDo try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe Scientists have discovered a common food colorant has a remarkable property - making the skin of live mice transparent, so the organs beneath become visible.…
Lees meerWhat now for these pod people? Boeing's Calamity Capsule has returned to Earth, bringing to an end a test mission that did not go entirely according to plan. Not least because the Starliner's crew had to stay behind aboard the International Space St…
Lees meerWhat now for these pod people? Boeing's Calamity Capsule has returned to Earth, bringing to an end a test mission that did not go entirely according to plan. Not least because the Starliner's crew had to stay behind aboard the International Space St…
Lees meerGood news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans? An international team of scientists has developed a drug delivery system that could one day treat human brain aneurysms in a way without the need for traditional surgery.…
Lees meerWho needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along? NASA has announced its experimental ACS3 solar-sailing spacecraft is working as expected, after it was spotted tumbling in the night sky.…
Lees meerAlloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech The US has tightened export controls on quantum computing and semiconductor technology to address national defense and foreign policy concerns posed by foes including China,…
Lees meerESA and Arianespace now twiddling thumbs until Vega-C returns to flight The European Space Agency (ESA) has bid a fond farewell to the Vega rocket with the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C spacecraft.…
Lees meerESA and Arianespace now twiddling thumbs until Vega-C returns to flight The European Space Agency (ESA) has bid a fond farewell to the Vega rocket with the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C spacecraft.…
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