Space startup's CEO talks about putting tens of thousands of satellites in orbit to serve as networked data centers.

Rocket Lab has set a new personal best for annual launch cadence, using its latest Electron flight to loft a quartet of experimental DiskSat spacecraft for the U.S. military and NASA. The mission, ...

From fantastical inventions to futuristic urban transporters, flying cars have captured our imaginations on screen for decades. These vehicles, capable of both driving on the road and soaring through ...

Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero's Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft has completed its historic maiden flight. On December 16, 2025 at 12:26 pm PST, the autonomous passenger carrier lifted off from the Wisk ...

When fully put together, the ARC-170 is more than 14 inches wide which makes it stand out on a shelf or desk. There are six ...

Back in January, a small spacecraft built by a California-based company called Impulse Space launched along with a stack of ...

In 2024, Wisk obtained a G-1 Stage 2 issue paper for the Gen 6, which laid out the airworthiness standards and environmental ...

Former SpaceX propulsion lead Tom Mueller discusses Falcon 9 engine development, SpaceX's iteration culture, and Impulse ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

Official descriptions suggest the CH-7 has an ISTAR role, which would allow it to send back data on enemy vessels in the ...

A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed ways to rapidly evaluate new thermal protection materials ...