Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2017
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Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years - but autonomous boats could be just around the pier.
Engineering
Sep 13, 2017
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The Yara Birkeland isn't an ordinary cargo ship. If all goes well then the vessel, currently being built for a Norwegian agricultural fertiliser company, will become the world's first fully autonomous cargo ship when it launches ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2017
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A SpaceX capsule rocketed to the International Space Station on Monday, carrying tons of science research, plus ice cream.
Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2017
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SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.
Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2017
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A new, compact technique for producing beams of high-energy photons (particles of light) with precisely controlled energy and direction could "see" through thick steel and concrete to more easily detect and identify concealed ...
General Physics
Jul 19, 2017
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SpaceX on Thursday will attempt its first-ever cargo delivery to the astronauts living in orbit using a vessel that has already flown to space once before, the California-based company said.
Space Exploration
Jun 1, 2017
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SpaceX is poised to blast off its next delivery of food, supplies and science experiments to the astronauts living at the International Space Station on Thursday.
Space Exploration
May 31, 2017
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China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, successfully completed docking with an orbiting space lab on Saturday, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said.
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2017
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John Glenn's trailblazing legacy took flight Tuesday as a cargo ship bearing his name rocketed toward the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2017
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