The X-37B marks one year in orbit
The X-37B marks one year in orbit.
More importantly, the Air Force has indicated that a third X-37B mission will launch this fall.
Tag: engineering
Pendulum waves
An evening pause:
Clouds inside a room.
Clouds inside a room. With pictures.
What next for the X-37B?
Today the second X-37B celebrates the completion of a full year in orbit, with no indication from the Air Force that the mission is to end soon.
We should all cheer SpaceX’s success
The cracks that have been found on the wings of the new Airbus A380 jumbo jet have now been traced to a company in the United Kingdom.
The cracks that have been found on the wings of the new Airbus A380 jumbo jet have now been traced to work done by a company in the United Kingdom.
A senior industry expert told The Times: ‘The issue is around the type of aluminum being used and the fitting which, as a result of the assembly, creates the crack’, with a source close to the problem adding, ‘It is a design and process engineering failure’.
The March 9 launch of Europe’s cargo freighter to ISS has been delayed two weeks so that engineers can climb inside and tighted two straps holding two cargo containers in place.
The March 9 launch of Europe’s next cargo freighter to ISS has been delayed two weeks so that engineers can climb inside and tighten two straps holding two cargo containers in place.
I suspect the reasons behind this problem are quite embarrassing, which is probably why the press releases are so vague about why the straps were loose and how the Europeans discovered the problem.
A new roller coaster, dubbed “the Swarm,” is so intense it ripped the arms and legs off of its crash dummies during testing.
Not my idea of fun: A new roller coaster ride, dubbed “the Swarm,” is so intense it ripped the arms and legs off of its crash dummies during testing.
NASA successfully completed parachute drop tests of its Orion capsule on Wednesday.
NASA successfully completed parachute drop tests of its Orion capsule on Wednesday. With pics.
Construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest structure, was completed on Wednesday.
Construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest structure, was completed on Wednesday.
SpaceX’s dress rehearsal countdown and fuel test of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral today was a complete success.
Good news: SpaceX’s dress rehearsal countdown and fuel test of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral today was a complete success.
A commercial project to refuel and repair communication satellites with an unmanned robot, recently killed due to lack of interest from the U.S. government, might get the needed additional funding from DARPA.
Back from the dead? A commercial project to refuel and repair communication satellites with an unmanned robot, recently killed due to lack of interest from the U.S. government, might get the needed additional funding from DARPA.