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Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
Rocket Lab launches HASTE for Hypersonix Feb. 27, 2926. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab, a provider of launch services and spacecraft, announced it won a $190 million Pentagon contract for 20 hypersonic test flights. The award, issued by the Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center under its Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed, or
Elon built the DOGE rocket and it’s going to keep flying
With Musk's departure, DOGE continues to uncover government waste, while Tesla and SpaceX thrive under his proven leadership model...
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship explodes after test flight over Indian Ocean
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Rocket Lab launches final set of Kinéis satellites
A Rocket Lab Electron lifted off March 17 on the fifth and final launch of satellite for French company Kinéis. Credit: Rocket Lab webcast WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab has completed the deployment of a constellation of Internet-of-Things satellites for French company Kinéis with a launch March 17. An Electron rocket lifted off from Pad A
This fusion-powered rocket could halve the time it takes to get to Mars
Interplanetary travel might be about to get a whole lot faster — and hotter. UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system — and, maybe, beyond it. Machine learning models show the rocket could potentially propel a spacecraft
3D-printed rocket remains grounded after more launch aborts
A rocket made almost completely of 3D-printed parts remains grounded after back-to-back launch aborts. Relativity Space's rocket came within a half-second of blasting off Saturday on its debut flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The engines ignited, but abruptly shut down, leaving the rocket standing on its pad...
Rocket has a plan to drastically cut costs. Does it go far enough?
Rocket Companies has cut hundreds of millions in expenses. Executives must achieve a tricky balance of cost-cutting while still investing in the business...
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“I cannot divorce the two”: How Star Wars is blending technology, creativity, and products into the experience itself
(Image credit: Disney) “It’s like a community, right? And it’s a global community that people really love and identify with.” That’s how Bobby Kim, Global Creative Director at Disney Consumer Products, describes Star Wars fandom. And it’s a framing that feels especially fitting as another May the 4th is behind us and we’re weeks out
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Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US
The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns
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Apple’s 2028 iPhone display sounds impossible, but Samsung and LG are scrambling to build it
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