The California-based space company Rocket Lab has announced a new reusable rocket called Neutron that can compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Standing at double the height (40 meters/131ft) of their Electron rocket, Neutron will be able to carry 8,000 kilograms to orbit. Only the rocket's first stage...
During its Ignite 2021 conference last week, Microsoft unveiled Mesh, its new mixed reality platform powered by Microsoft Azure that allows users to connect and collaborate remotely from multiple devices via “shared holographic experiences". In Mesh, people will initially appear as virtual avatars from the AltspaceVR social VR platform which...
SpaceX's SN10 Starship prototype reached an altitude of about 6 miles and landed back upright for the first time, but then exploded 8 minutes after the touchdown in their latest test flight on Wednesday. Two previous Starship prototypes, the SN8 and SN9, exploded during their landing attempts following high-altitude flight...
Chinese budget EV, the Hong Guang Mini, developed by SAIC Motor has become the second bestselling EV in China (and the world according to estimates) following Tesla. Last month in China, sales of the Hong Guang Mini (priced at USD $4,500) were nearly double that of the Tesla Model...
Virgin Group's US-based spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic, has announced that it delayed its space tourism flights that were expected to happen this year to early 2022. After the announcement, the company shares ($SPCE) fell 11.9% in trading. CEO Michael Colglazier said that Virgin Galactic’s next rocket-powered test flight...
NASA has released the first-ever audio recording taken on the surface of Mars via one of the two microphones of its Perseverance rover. Ten seconds into the linked [https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25629/nasas-perseverance-rover-microphone-captures-sounds-from-mars/] filtered audio recording (without rover noise), you can hear a Martian breeze. This is the...
