India recently completed a series of tests aimed at demonstrating homegrown technology for autonomously landing its reusable launch vehicle, agency officials said in a recent news release. The milestone gets the country another step closer to its goal of operating such a vehicle end-to-end within this decade, the technology for which can be adapted to […]
Steve Vai is selling two of his Ibanez electric guitars to raise money for two charities, and both are currently listed on Reverb. Interestingly, the guitars were part of his 2022 auction in partnership with Julien’s, but they’ve since been returned to him so he can sell them again and raise even more money for […]
Panasonic Unveils Prototype 4680 Battery Cell Tesla’s North American battery partner, Panasonic has shown a prototype of the new 4680-format cylindrical battery cell. The format was first shown by Tesla at its ‘Battery Day’ in September 2020 and led the automaker to claim that EVs equipped with this cell would travel 16% further than vehicle’s […]
Germany plans to send Ukraine a prototype artillery shell that can travel 62 miles, Handelsblatt reported. They’d be part of a planned package of hundreds of thousands of conventional rounds. Germany previously announced a $5.3 million military aid package for Ukraine. Germany is gearing up to send Ukraine a prototype artillery shell that can travel […]
India has taken a big step forward in its development of a reusable space plane. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its second RLV Landing Experiment (RLV-LEX-02) on March 22, the agency announced. The mission is part of a plan to make access to space more affordable. The 21-foot-long (6.5 meters) prototype […]
Stratolaunch, a company that aims to launch hypersonic vehicles from the world’s largest airplane, aced its first rocket-powered flight on Saturday (March 9) with a historic test over the Pacific Ocean. The massive Stratolaunch carrier plane “Roc” launched its expendable prototype vehicle Talon-A1 (T-A1) during a test flight that took off from the Mojave Air […]
A Chinese state-owned company has successfully pulled off a brief launch and landing test as it aims to build a reusable rocket. The Kuaizhou reusable technology test rocket lifted off from a pad at test facilities on Jan. 26, hovering in the air for nine seconds before landing back at the takeoff area. The flight […]
The Chinese company Landspace just notched a big milestone in its quest to develop a reusable rocket. The Beijing-based startup launched and landed a test version of its Zhuque-3 rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on Jan. 19. The vehicle soared about 1,150 feet (350 meters) into the sky during the […]
British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could pave the way for cheaper launches of small satellites and would leave no debris behind. The concept rocket engine, called Ouroborous-3 after the ancient mythical creature that eats its own tail, was developed by a team of researchers at the University of Glasgow in the […]
Volkswagen said its battery startup has seen promising results with solid-state cells for electric vehicles, a win for the German carmaker as it pushes to make EVs more efficient and less expensive. A solid-state prototype from VW’s US partner QuantumScape “significantly exceeded” industry targets in recent tests, the carmaker said Wednesday in a statement. During tests […]
The Smithsonian would love to display the first vehicle to achieve powered flight on another world, but with NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter still busy setting records on Mars, the Washington, D.C. institution has accepted the next best thing. Officials from NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum marked the agency’s donation of the aerial […]