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Watch how DARPA plans to launch small rockets from jets
Posted in Hardware on 8th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Small satellites are usually launched to space as secondary payloads aboard big rockets, but DARPA's Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program could change that.
Shackleton Energy Company aims to mine the moon
Posted in Business on 3rd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
There are billions of tons of ice on the poles of the Moon. Shackleton Energy plans to extract lunar water ice, turn it into rocket fuel and create fuel stations in Earth's orbit.
Incredible video shows how SpaceX plans to land largest rocket in the world
Posted in Science on 2nd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
SpaceX has released a new video this week demonstrating just what it plans to do with its upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket.
NASA successfully launches SMAP satellite
Posted in Science on 1st Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The maps generated will grant us an improved ability to forecast droughts, floods, and even aid agricultural workers in crop planning and rotation.
SpaceX and U.S. Air Force reach settlement on rocket program
Posted in Hardware on 24th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
The settlement, SpaceX said, improves the competitive landscape and achieves mission assurance for national security space launches.