US startup Rocket Lab aims to carry out its second launch of the company’s experimental Electron Rocket sometime in the next week or so. The plan is to send the rocket into orbit, and if successful, will prove the Electron Rocket is prepared to eventually send small commercial payloads to orbit in the future. There’s […]
Read MoreEver wondered how the world’s super-rich fly? If Emirates’s new first class suites on its 777 are any indication, it might be even better than you could imagine. Why’s that you ask? These @Emirates virtual windows are INSANE. Look how sharp this is! Holy friggin crap. pic.twitter.com/0U6hDcBtit — Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 1, 2017 The […]
Read MoreAs a society, we sometimes take flying for granted as it has become such a normal and routine activity for many people. However, every now and then the wonders of commercial aviation have their moment in the spotlight, as evidenced by a recent viral video a pilot shared of his descent into Queenstown, New Zealand. […]
Read MoreWorld View, out of Arizona, recently completed the longest test flight of its high-altitude balloon, after it was able to successfully stay airborne for five days. Called the stratollite, the ballon aims to carry Earth-observing instruments to the upper edges of the atmosphere and will eventually fly for months at a time. Each stratollite balloon […]
Read MorePrivate spaceflight company Stratolaunch Systems brought the world’s largest airplane (by wingspan) out of its hangar for the first time recently. Called the Stratolaunch, the massive aircraft successfully tested out all six of its Pratt and Whitney turbofan engines, each weighing 8,940 lbs. (4,000 kg), at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Here are some […]
Read MoreNASA’s Cassini spacecraft was in service for 20 years, 13 of which it spent orbiting the Saturn system. After successfully completing its two missions, the spacecraft was recently retired by being sent to its demise by way of diving into Saturn’s atmosphere and tearing apart. Cassini’s legacy will certainly live on as it gave us […]
Read MoreThree crew members recently departed the International Space Station, and as a result three new astronauts are being sent up to take their place. Six hours after launch, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will reach the ISS which will be their home for the next five […]
Read MoreElon Musk has announced that SpaceX has completed testing on all three of the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first stage cores. Now, the plan is to hopefully launch the rocket for the first time in November. In a recent tweet, Musk showed off a video of a static test of one of the Falcon Heavy cores. […]
Read MoreThe dream of a hypersonic flight five times faster than the speed of sound came a step closer to reality with a successful experimental flight designated as ‘HIFiRE 4’ at the Woomera test range in South Australia. Hypersonic is considered to be above Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) while supersonic is merely above Mach […]
Read MoreIf you love camping and spending holidays amid the pleasure of nature in fancy tents and classy tree houses, you will definitely admire this “innovative” new holiday rental home in Stirling, Scotland. This unusual holiday home is basically a retired Royal Navy search-and-rescue helicopter which has been transformed into a luxurious and unique hotel. Stirling […]
Read MoreFor those of you not keeping tabs on Japan’s space agency, they recently released the first ever photos and videos captured by the Int-Ball drone. Flight controllers and researchers on land are able to peruse footage taken by the Int-Ball in real time and then also share it with the crew onboard according to Japan […]
Read MoreHuntsville, Alabama will soon become a major point of interest for private spaceflight. Governor Kay Ivey has confirmed that Jeff Bezos aims to build a production facility in Huntsville to manufacture Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engines. According to Ivey, this “helps cement Alabama as the preferred destination for the aerospace industry.” All in all the […]
Read MoreThe XS-1 is a vehicle Boeing has been developing which will make launching satellites a much more efficient endeavor. Now, Boeing has announced that it is working DARPA in order to further advance the XS-1 in order to eventually make its DARPA’s next generation hypersonic space plane. Essentially, this means DARPA like the concept pitch […]
Read MoreComposite materials are now widely used in many industries and products including airplanes, sailboats, ski equipment, wind turbines, racecars, and medical equipment. Materials science and engineering continue to evolve with new classes of materials with new properties radically changing engineering and society. Today, materials scientists work on the atomic scale, studying atomic bonding, bond energy, […]
Read MoreGoogle founder Larry Page financially backs a “flying car” company by the name of Kitty Hawk. Up until recently, we didn’t know much about the company or the capabilities of its aircraft. Now, however, Kitty Hawk has released the first official footage of its prototype all-electric aircraft, which apparently will not require a pilot’s license […]
Read MoreLilium Aviation’s new aircraft is a mouthful to say but very impressive nonetheless. The zero-emission, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), electric aircraft recently successfully completed its first ever flight in Germany. The unmanned plane went through numerous test, including a mid-air transition from hovering to horizontal flight. At the moment, the aircraft features a two-seat […]
Read MoreElon Musk founded SpaceX 15 years ago and has now transformed it into a household name. The private company continues to push the envelope when it comes to space exploration and recently set a new milestone by landing a used rocket for the first time ever. Two years ago, SpaceX began attempting what was at […]
Read MoreSpaceX continues to do the unthinkable. Last week, the private space giant successfully landed a used Falcon 9 rocket on one the company’s drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean. The endeavor marks a historic mark in space transport, representing the first time ever SpaceX reused and landed one of its rockets. The Instagram video below […]
Read MoreBlue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle will be tasked with taking tourists to the edge of space, something I like to call a space taxi. The reusable spacecraft will enable the tourists to float around weightless for a few minutes before taking the paying customers back down. While the rocket has been launched and landed a […]
Read MoreAlaska Airlines, which actually calls Seattle home, acquired Virgin America for $2.6 billion last year in a move designed to ramp up its Californian presence. However, the company recently announced that it will kill off the Virgin brand name in 2019. In an effort to up its own offering, Alaska Airlines still plans to utilize […]
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