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Voyager Space and Airbus to Collaborate on Commercial Successor to the ISS
Colorado-based company Voyager Space is collaborating with Europe’s Airbus to build a commercial space station in low Earth orbit that will succeed the International Space Station (ISS) following its retirement. The two companies announced on Wednesday that they were furthering their partnership on the space station and will now work together to develop, build, and…
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11 of the Weirdest X-Plane Designs
X-planes are a class of experimental aircraft designed to test and demonstrate new innovations in flight — some were created for NASA, others for DARPA or the U.S. military. The first X-plane, X-1, was flown by Chuck Yeager in the 1940s and was the first craft to fly faster than the speed of sound. Over…
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Two Military Satellites Just Communicated With Each Other Using Space Lasers
Two satellites recently exchanged more than 200 gigabits of data over a distance of about 100 kilometres using laser communication in space. The achievement sets the stage for yet another satellite constellation.
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Lockheed Officials Discuss Hypersonic Challenges Following Pricey U.S. Missile Delay
U.S. hypersonic weapons systems are becoming the military’s perpetual late kid leading to growing frustration among some lawmakers who worry Uncle Sam’s ceding ground to Russia.