NASA awards contract for nuclear-powered rocket that could halve trip to Mars
Nuclear propulsion could cut a trip to Mars to just 3 to 4 months.
Tag: rocket
Saint Javelin: how do Ukraine’s anti-tank weapons work?
"Saint Javelin". Image via Reddit / USMC. Wars have always been a scientific wrestling match just as much as a ...
SpaceX rocket aced a landing, then exploded so hard it launched again for a bit
Maybe it was jumping for joy?
China launches the last of 55 satellites for its own GPS system
The USA, Europe, Russia, and now China all have their own GPS system.
Musk unveils SpaceX’s Starship on livestream
We musk spread the word!
World’s largest aircraft flies for the first time
The huge aircraft is designed to send rockets to a high enough altitude from where they can then power themselves ...
Scientists create a Bose-Einstein condensate in space for the first time
That's just colored water in the picture.
SpaceX to test the world’s most powerful operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy, later today
This is what Elon Musk hopes will put men on Mars.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — the most powerful rocket in the world — is nearly ready
Heavy metal in space.
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin unveils new heavy-duty rocket design meant to sweep contracts away from SpaceX
Should Elon Musk be worried?
SpaceX rocket explodes during satellite launch
SpaceX has suffered a serious setback after one of its rockets, carrying a $200 million communications satellite, exploded yesterday.
Hypersonic rocket reaches Mach 7.5 — that’s Sydney to London in 2 hours
A joint venture between US Department of Defense and Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization launched a rocket to a ...
SpaceX misses rocket landing by a hair’s breath – Dragon successfully launched, though
Today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 GMT) carrying ...
ESA members meet to approve Ariane rocket in light of SpaceX competition
Tuesday morning, ministers from each of the 20 nations involves in the European Space Agency will meet to decide how ...
Will the world’s strongest brakes stop the Bloodhound after it tops the 1,000MPH land record?
Bloodhound SSC 1,000 mph land speed record car The current world land speed record stands at 763.035 mph, as set ...
It really is rocket science, North Korea. In the wake of the nation’s failed launch
The whole world had its eyes on North Korea yesterday, when the nation proceeded on its third attempt to launch ...
Huge military US rocket launched into space
It's not hard to think what the purpose of the 'Eavesdropper' is; this mammoth of the US National Reconnaissance Office ...
Strange sky spiral freaks out Norway
It was Thursday night when locals from Norway started to notice a strange, rotating light that just baffled them. It ...