Space & Aviation

Japan Successfully Lands Robot Rovers on an Asteroid’s Surface

Chandler Thornton and Euan McKirdy report: The Japanese space agency JAXA said it made history Saturday by successfully landing two unmanned rovers on an asteroid. “The two rovers are in good condition and are transmitting images and [...]

Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane Nears 1 Year in Orbit

Leonard David reports: The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B miniature space plane has winged past 340 days in orbit performing secretive duties during the program’s fifth flight. The robotic craft’s latest mission, known as Orbital Test [...]

Japanese Probe Snaps Close-Up Images of Asteroid Ryugu

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor reports: A Japanese sample-return spacecraft just gave its destination asteroid a special close-up. As Hayabusa2 swept to only 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) above the surface of 162173 Ryugu, it spotted boulders, [...]

Death Wish Coffee Launches into Space

NEW YORK (Death Wish Coffee PR) Doug Messier reports: Death Wish Coffee, also known as The World’s Strongest Coffee, announced its launch into space on June 28th aboard SpaceX CRS-15, officially making it the galaxy’s strongest coffee. The [...]

HondaJet Business Plane To Go On Sale in Japan Next Year

TOKYO (Reuters) — Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday said it would start selling its six-seater business jet in Japan next year, as it seeks to expand global sales by tapping into demand from a growing class of high net-worth individuals. The automaker [...]

Asian Powers Step Up Their Readiness For Space Warfare, Following America’s Lead

As Asian societies step up and out into space, American thinking, actions, and leadership stand to profoundly affect the security and stability of their ventures. Today, there is renewed interest in the idea of creating an American space force [...]

OH YES HE DID: Elon Musk Has Deleted Tesla and SpaceX’s Facebook Pages

Chris Mills reports: As of Friday afternoon, the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX are no longer online, a move that appears to have been taken after Elon Musk was questioned on Twitter. The move appears to be a response to the #DeleteFacebook [...]

[PHOTOS] First Japanese-built F-35A Lands at Misawa Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase, 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs reports: A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB’s [...]

Japan Airlines Launches $10 Million Strategic Partnership with U.S. Supersonic Jetliner Startup Boom

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE/DALLAS – ANURAG KOTOKY, KYUNGHEE PARK AND JUSTIN BACHMAN report: Supersonic jetliner travel, which ended more than a decade ago with the Concorde, is set for a boost after Japan Airlines Co. agreed to invest $10 million [...]

Voyager 1 Just Fired Up its Backup Thrusters for the 1st Time in 37 Years

NASA’s far-flung Voyager 1 spacecraft has taken its backup thrusters out of mothballs. Voyager 1 hadn’t used its four “trajectory correction maneuver” (TCM) thrusters since November 1980, during the spacecraft’s last [...]

[VIDEO] Astronauts Make Pizza in Space

Astronauts at the International Space Station created a video of themselves making pizza in zero gravity. (UPI) — Astronauts at the International Space Station created a video of themselves making pizza in zero gravity. Italian astronaut Paolo [...]

Astronaut Food: A Brief History Of Space Food Sticks

Space Food Sticks are a living monument to golden years of the Space Age. In the formative years of space travel, food represented a major hurdle for NASA technicians. Keeping it fresh, tasty and safe was tricky business. The first brave souls who [...]

Air Force to Discuss ‘Unusual and Compelling Urgency’ for New Missile-Warning Satellites

WASHINGTON — Sandra Erwin reports: Defense and space industry executives were surprised Wednesday to see a U.S. Air Force “sources sought and request for information” in FedBizOpps on the next-generation missile-warning satellite [...]

South Korea Close to Developing ‘Blackout Bomb’

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea has secured technologies to build a non-lethal graphite bomb which can paralyze the North’s power systems in case of war, military sources said Sunday. The so-called “blackout bomb” works [...]

From Tokyo to the United States in 30 Minutes: SpaceX Plans to Use Spaceships for Earth Passenger Transit

Some of the flight times SpaceX displayed during its presentation include 22 minutes for Hong Kong to Singapore, 24 minutes from LA to Toronto, 25 minutes from LA to New York, and just 30 minutes from New York to Paris. Darrell [...]

South Korea Simulates Attack; ICBM Launch Plan Suspected

SEOUL (AP) — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest [...]

[PHOTO] Behold: First Picture of Functional SpaceX Spacesuit

Elon Musk has revealed the first picture of a new SpaceX spacesuit. Elon promises more in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup)…. (read more) via [...]

New stamps issued in commemoration of the successful test launch of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile are seen in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Tuesday. Reuters

Lack of Real-World Tests Raises Doubts on U.S. Missile Defense

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — When simulating missile attacks from North Korea or Iran, the U.S. military says its defense system and network of radars allow it to successfully track and destroy incoming warheads. But test conditions do not accurately [...]

North Korea Shows Off Improvements with Latest Launch

Munenori Inoue and Seima Oki report: North Korea’s second intercontinental ballistic missile launch late Friday night reached the highest altitude ever achieved by the nation, possibly enough to threaten the U.S. capital of Washington, according [...]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, inspects a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea’s northwest in this July 4 file photo, distributed by the North Korean government. As North Korea advances its weapons systems, an increasing number of South Korean lawmakers say the south should develop its own nuclear arsenal. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service AP July 28, 2017 1:07 PM

South Korea Debates Developing its Own Nuclear Weapons

Stuart Leavenworth writes: No longer sure they can rely on the United States, an increasing number of South Korean lawmakers say their country should develop its own nuclear arsenal to deter an attack by Kim Jong Un, their belligerent neighbor to [...]

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