Analysis-Boeing, Northrop face obstacles in commercializing flagship US rocket
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA‘s plans to turn over its flagship rocket to contractors Boeing and Northrop Grumman to find more buyers and bring down costs faces steep…
Panasonic to boost battery output at Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory by 10%
By Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) – Panasonic Holdings plans to expand production of electric vehicle batteries at a factory in Nevada jointly operated with Tesla by 10% within three years, a…
Virgin Galactic makes key spaceflight test before starting commercial service
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A spaceplane from Virgin Galactic reached the edge of space on Thursday carrying a crew of six, making its first spaceflight test in nearly…
Revolutionizing Robotics, Healthcare and Art
Is Hydraulic Filament Artificial Muscles the Next Generation of Smart Textiles? In a groundbreaking development, a team of researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and Tyree iHealth…
Analysis-Liftoff: Modi’s space push for India counts on private players
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) – Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the…
Space debris: A growing threat that needs drastic solutions
The International Space Station (ISS) was nearly hit by space debris twice in the past month. Space debris is a big threat. Hundreds of millions of debris are floating in…
China will test 3D printing to build habitats on the Moon
3D printing Moon: After abandoning its role as a world factory and becoming a global power, China also aims to conquer the Moon. But to surprise, it intends to do so in a different…
Environmentalists sue FAA over SpaceX launch license for Texas
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national…
FTC chair met UK antitrust officials last week but did not talk deals
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan met with the heads of other antitrust enforcers, including Britain’s, last week but no mergers were discussed, according…
Elon Musk’s Starship explodes minutes after first test flight’s liftoff
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) – SpaceX‘s next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting…