Microsoft co-founder is always making headlines. When he’s not talking about vaccines, he’s talking about how to save humanity from the impending doom of climate change. But this time, he’s shifted gears to talk about space as he renews his […]
Early this month, FireFly successfully launched its first rocket into orbit, advancing the Austin, Texas-based tech startup and rocket builder’s bid to become a reliable partner for NASA, joining the likes of SpaceX and Rocket Lab. On October 3, Firefly’s Alpha rocket FLTA002 took off […]
Remember late last year when a Japanese drone startup unveiled a hoverbike that can fly above public roads? Now, a Chinese tech startup XPeng is aiming to take flying cars to another level. During its TechDay demo earlier this week, XPeng […]
Early this month, the Ukrainian troops on the frontline reported ‘catastrophic’ outages of their Starlink communication devices. The connectivity issues hindered their efforts from liberating captured territory from Russian forces. Roman Sinicyn, a co-ordinator at a foundation that donated the Starlink […]
The concept of the flying car is nothing new. For decades, Hollywood and science fiction writers have been toying with the idea of adding wings to wheeled motor vehicles decades. As appealing as it may sound, attempts to develop economically-viable flying […]
Just three years ago, we wrote about Lilium Air Mobility after the German air taxi developer unveiled a plan to introduce unmanned flying taxis by the year 2025. Now, it appears the company may be ahead of schedule. Today, Lilium announced […]
Yesterday, Poland distributed iodine tablets to its citizens as fears grow over Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine as fighting between Russia and Ukraine rages on. Concerned about the fight around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the country handed out iodine […]
In 2019, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a plan to send the first woman ever on the Moon within four years. At the time, the agency said it plans to return humans back on the lunar surface for […]
Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based space tech startup building spacecraft to land on the Moon, announced Friday that it will go public in a US listing through a merger with a blank-check company Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. The deal, which values the space […]
The proliferation of orbital space debris is one of the future challenges facing humanity as experts worry about the potential of the debris falling back to Earth. According to NASA, the rising population of space debris increases the potential danger to […]
Alphabet’s Google just revealed a secret high-speed telecom project the search giant has been working on called Aalyria. Codenamed “Minkowski” within Google, the secret project was unveiled to the public on Monday. Google said it transferred almost a decade’s worth […]
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has postponed its Monday launch of the Artemis I rocket to the moon after an unexpected engine issue. NASA had planned to launch the 30-story-tall rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the next uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) integration project to help advance the reality of safe, high-volume drone operations, […]
UK-based UK space startup OneWeb and rival French satellite company Eutelsat are in talks over a possible merger to create one joint communications entity. The combined company would create multi-orbit satellites that will potentially expand OneWeb’s constellation big enough to challenge the likes […]
It’s becoming apparent that Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk will become the new owner of Twitter. After many weeks of setbacks, the $44 billion takeover deal is now back on track. In a sign that both Musk and Twitter are making […]
SpaceX has raised $1.68 billion in equity financing, the space rocket company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday. The announcement comes just about a month after the company raised over $1.5 billion to fund […]
The distances between planets inside the star systems and between star systems themselves are so immense that make the collisions of galaxies to be extremely rare. Before we dive right in, it’s good to get a refresher on our middle school […]
SpaceX successfully launched another spy satellite into orbit on Sunday. For the first time, the launch was conducted on a previously used rocket out of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday afternoon after its initially scheduled launch on Friday was delayed […]
In just a few months, Web3 has taken the internet world by storm. The past few years have seen more people embrace the potential of a decentralized web following the debut of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. As it stands, most […]
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications startup company, said on Monday it will resume satellite launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX after the company suspended launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The company said its first launch with SpaceX is anticipated […]
