SpaceX’s Starhopper spacecraft finally completed its long-delayed test launch. The same day, CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to speculate about what a…
Volocopter’s 2X eVTOL records a first with flight at Helsinki International Airport
The Volocopter 2X air taxi vehicle is the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft to fly at an international airport,…
NASA OFFICIALLY ACTIVATES ITS “GPS FOR DEEP SPACE”
NASA just activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), which launched into Earth’s orbit in June. Scientists will attempt to use the…
THIS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM COULD BE BUILT IN A BACKYARD
U.S. government report noted the “enormous untapped potential” of geothermal energy, the heat naturally produced beneath Earth’s surface, for the generation of electricity.…
THIS ROOMY, INFLATABLE HABITAT COULD ONE DAY TAKE YOU TO MARS
Aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corporation just showed off its prototype of a 26-feet-across inflatable space habitat module — roughly one third the…
VOLOCOPTER UNVEILS 18-ROTOR ELECTRIC AIR TAXI FOR TWO
German startup Volocopter unveiled the aircraft it hopes will service the world’s first on-demand air taxi service — and it is wild-looking. The…
VIRGIN GALACTIC UNVEILS LUXURIOUS SPACEPORT LOUNGE
Virgin Galactic revealed what its spaceport at its new New Mexico home looks like — and it’s a beautiful vision of the…
China Deploys Its First Robot Traffic Police
The Handan Public Security Bureau in Northern China deployed three types of traffic robots to assist human officers in the city. A…
THE PENTAGON IS LAUNCHING MASS SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS OVER AMERICA
The Pentagon is launching spy balloons over the Midwest to monitor and track individual people and vehicles. The point of the balloons…
ASTRONOMER: WE CAN USE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AS A MASSIVE TELESCOPE
David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, thinks we could transform its atmosphere into a planet-sized telescope he dubs…