New York Times: In the coming years, NASA will be busy at the moon. A giant rocket will loft a capsule with no astronauts aboard around the moon and back, perhaps before the end of summer. A parade of robotic landers will…
E&T Magazine: The small electric seaplane designed by a Norwegian company is currently undergoing tests, with the aim of transforming passenger travelling. Forget flying taxis and electric cars. Norway is instead betting on flying boats. The seaplane – currently being tested…
IEEE Spectrum: A recent United Nations provision has banned the use of mercury in spacecraft propellant. Although no private company has actually used mercury propellant in a launched spacecraft, the possibility was alarming enough—and the dangers extreme enough—that the ban was…
Forbes: It’s official—NASA is being sent to orbit the seventh planet Uranus and land on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It should arrive at these two distant targets in 2045 and…
E&T Magazine: An American start-up has introduced its ‘bullet-shaped’ plane that they believe could change the world of private air transportation. The Celera 500L fuel-efficient ‘bullet’ plane features a five-bladed pushing propeller mounted behind the tail, which is powered by a…
