Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Space
Artemis II astronauts made history Monday as they took a trip around the moon and reached a maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles, surpassing the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by over 4,000 miles. The Orion spacecraft’s four-person crew has traveled...
Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% between 2014 and 2022, a new study using satellite images has revealed. But some areas, including those struck by war and natural disasters, or those in countries with effective light pollution and...
Apr 9, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, Europe, Featured
Collect&Go will test driverless delivery vehicles in central Leuven, Belgium, from mid-May to August. The pilot, run with mobile network operator Telenet, uses its network to connect vehicles to a remote security control centre. The delivery vehicle used is...
Apr 9, 2026 | China, Featured, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen
China says the AEP100, a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China, has completed its maiden flight on a 7.5-tonne unmanned cargo aircraft in Zhuzhou, Hunan. The 16-minute test covered 36km at 220km/h and 300...
Apr 7, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. Starlink said there appeared to be “no new risk” to other space operations...
Apr 2, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people who use them often pay less attention to the road, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Drivers with automated...
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