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Video still of a DJI drone sensing nearby aircraft and exhibiting a warning.

DJI Promises to Add “AirSense” to Its New Drones

22 May

Falcon9 with Starlink satellites waiting for a future launch, on May 16, 2019.

SpaceX Preps Self-Driving Starlink Satellites for Launch

22 May

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Conceptual illustration of an air taxi on a landing pad.

Bosch to Sell Low-Cost Sensors for Flying Cars

21 May

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test May 1, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

How the United States Plans to Update Its Nuclear Arsenal

20 May

Air Race 1 pilots compete at an event in Thailand.

Can Electric Air Racing Add a Jolt to the Quest for Better E-Planes?

7 May

Videos

Overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the Apollo 14 transposition and docking maneuvers.

Don Eyles: Space Hacker

10 Jul 2018

glass filled furnace artistic wide view

Casting a $20 Million Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

6 Jan 2018

Photo: DARPA

Robot Mechanic Could Prevent Satellites From Becoming Space Junk

29 Jul 2017

Brown cardboard box with two wheels attached sitting on rocky dirt surface

NASA Tests Origami-Inspired Robot That May One Day Explore Mars

13 May 2017

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A Gyroscope Jetpack for Astronauts

23 Nov 2015

Photo of Andy Weir

Andy Weir on The Martian, Mars, and the Movie

2 Oct 2015

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Features

Illustration of the Parker Solar Probe in orbit around the sun.

How the Parker Solar Probe Survives Close Encounters With the Sun

25 Apr

Photo-Illustration: Edmon de Haro

SpaceX Confident About Its Starlink Constellation for Satellite Internet; Others, Not So Much

6 Jan

Opening illustration for this feature article.

Musk vs. Bezos: The Battle of the Space Billionaires Heats Up

1 Jan

Photo: Curt Mason/Project Habu

NASA Remakes the Airplane Wing With Electric Propulsion and a Whole Lot of Propellers

24 Jul 2018

Photo: Siemens

Hybrid Electric Airliners Will Cut Emissions—and Noise

1 Jun 2018

Illustration: Jonathan Carlson

Zunum Aero’s Hybrid Electric Airplane Aims To Rejuvenate Regional Travel

26 Apr 2018

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Photograph of AI SpaceFactory's egg shaped structure, which won NASA's 3D-Printed Extraterrestrial Habitats Challenge.

AI SpaceFactory Wins NASA's 3D-Printed Extraterrestrial Habitats Challenge

7 May

Detector engineers are pictured here beginning the hardware upgrades inside the vacuum system of the detector at LIGO Hanford Observatory,

Black Holes Bumping in the Night: LIGO "Hears" Gravitational Waves With Increasing Sensitivity

30 Apr

Photo pf a LinkSpace rocket lifting off from a launch pad.

Private Space Launch Firms in China Race to Orbit

26 Apr

Photo of the crash site showing engine.

How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer

18 Apr

The black Defiant helicopter hovers above the treetops against a cloudy blue sky in a photo taken during its maiden flight.

Maiden Flight of Sikorsky-Boeing's Defiant Helicopter

5 Apr

Swarm's latest experimental satellite in a custom dispenser

Swarm Signs Up Ford, Vodafone, and Others for Its Satellite IoT Service

4 Apr

The toggle gripper holding a pair of pliers.

Soft Circuits to Control Soft Robots

2 Apr

Air Force 2nd Lt. Paul LaTour is illuminated by a brilliant flash of green laser light during a simulated landing in a Boeing 737 flight simulator at the FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.

How to Protect Pilots From Laser Pointer Attacks

1 Apr

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford waits to testify to the House Armed Forces Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2019.

Pentagon Warns Silicon Valley About Aiding Chinese Military

28 Mar

Illustration from Blue Origin imagining Blue Moon on the moon.

NASA Is Working With Blue Origin on a Lunar Lander

27 Mar

Illustration showing Sabrewing's Rhaegal drone, which will use vertical takeoff for a medium load of cargo and short runway takeoff for a larger load.

Sabrewing Plans a Cargo Drone That Can Detect and Avoid Obstacles

27 Mar

A man walks towards a Harbour Air Seaplane six-passenger Havilland Beaver aircraft, which will soon be retrofitted with a battery-powered electric motor.

First Passenger Electric Aircraft to Take Off Soon

26 Mar

Photo: Press Association/AP

Growing Drone Industry Spawns a Growing Antidrone Industry

26 Mar

Illustration imagining a satellite redesign

SpaceX Claims to Have Redesigned Its Starlink Satellites to Eliminate Casualty Risks

21 Mar

Conceptual treatment applied to an image of what a Hawk 30 may look like, from an AeroVironment presentation.

SoftBank Hopes Its Solar Internet Drone Will Soar Where Facebook’s and Google’s Sank

5 Mar

Illustration imagining Japan's future flying cars.

Japan's Roadmap for Flying Cars

11 Feb

In LEO satellite constellations, signals are beamed from satellite to satellite to transmit them around the globe.

Loon to Adapt Its Balloon Tech for Telesat’s Satellite Internet Service

6 Feb

Artistic impression of a collision event at the center of a future detector.

Designing Magnets for the World’s Largest Particle Collider

30 Jan

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