France’s Airbus Helicopters has revealed two next-generation rotorcraft designs for NATO’s future fleet. The concepts—a conventional helicopter and a high-speed compound aircraft—share common systems to reduce costs. They build on Airbus Racer demonstrator technology and aim to replace aging NATO helicopters by 2035-2040.
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has detected the most powerful natural microwave laser ever found in the universe. The gigamaser signal comes from two colliding galaxies 8 billion light years away and is 100,000 times stronger than a typical star, offering a rare glimpse into galaxy mergers in the early universe.
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago have developed a new way to calculate the
Researchers at Kyoto University, in partnership with Sumitomo Forestry, have developed the world’s first wooden satellite. The satellite, named LignoSat,
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NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a new navigation system that works like GPS, letting it pinpoint its location without waiting for instructions from Earth. The software matches the rover’s panoramic images to orbital terrain maps in about two minutes, ending its reliance on daily check-ins with human controllers millions of miles away. The upgrade allows much longer drives and more science.
China’s mysterious reusable space plane has returned to orbit, igniting fresh debate over its purpose and long-term ambitions in space.
NASA has officially ruled out its March 6 launch window for the much-anticipated Artemis II mission. This decision followed engineers’
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in June 2024 during a mission that NASA now classifies as its most serious “Type A mishap” due to thruster failures and leadership failures.
SpaceX unveiled the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system which leverages its vast Starlink satellite constellation to deliver near-real-time orbital tracking
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