Talk about floating to the top of the world. Space Perspective made the first successful full test of its 700-foot-long space balloon and eight-person capsule on Sunday. The hydrogen-filled balloon…
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission Returns Safely to Earth After Its Record-Breaking Flight
“We are mission complete,” Jared Isaacman radioed SpaceX’s mission control after it splashed down at 3:36 a.m. ET Sunday, 70 miles west of Key West. After the Crew Dragon capsule…
President Biden Finally Took the First Flight in the Long-Delayed ‘Marine One’ Helicopter
President Joe Biden may have made his political swan song last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but he arrived in the coolest way possible—making the first presidential…
Watch: Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Just Completed Its First Hover-to-Horizontal Flight
One of the leading eVTOL makers just achieved another huge milestone. Archer Aviation has announced that its Midnight aircraft just completed its first successful hover-to-horizontal flight transition a mere seven…
One billionaire just said goodbye to his lunar adventure—for now. Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Japan’s largest online fashion retailer, has called off his planned trip around the moon on…
Who said sustainability and speed can’t go together? The Racer just launched a new era for high-speed helicopters—or, more accurately, a new version of mixed-design aircraft. First announced in 2017,…
Watch: This Bonkers Supersonic Drone Almost Hit the Speed of Sound on a Test Flight
Supersonic drones may sound like a far-off fantasy, but at least one new model is edging closer to reality. Venus Aerospace’s test drone completed its first flight last week, paving…
SpaceX has taken one giant leap in its journey to the moon. The company’s Starship craft successfully launched Thursday morning, traveling more than halfway around the world before burning up…
This Bonkers Jet Has an Engine With No Moving Parts. It Just Completed Its First Flight.
A jet engine with no moving parts. Sounds like something out of Dune. But a Baltimore start-up successfully flight-tested a scaled version to prove that the concept worked. Wave Engine…