SpaceX Falcon 9 Does Its Best Heavy Duty Pickup Truck Impression, Hauls 19 Tons to LEO
26 Jan 2023, 19:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Following a ten-minute delay, a Falcon 9 laden with upwards of 17.4 metric tons (19.4 tons) of Starlink satellites ready to transmit Wi-Fi to the masses.
At Long Last, The Long Island Rail Road Begins Service to Grand Central Terminal
26 Jan 2023, 01:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / NYC's two major rail lines have maintained a separate but equal status within the city for decades. But that all changed this morning with East Side Access
NASA/DARPA Want to Test Nuclear Fission Engines by 2027, Can They Bring Us to Mars?
25 Jan 2023, 00:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If ludicrously powerful rocket engines are what you're after, science fiction tells us there's no better place to look than nuclear energy
Igor Sikorsky Was the Henry Ford of Helicopters, Founded His Company 100 Years Ago
24 Jan 2023, 03:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / No wonder one of the first pieces of technology to inspire the young Sikorsky was a rough blueprint by Leonardo da Vinci for an air screw
We Need to Stop Treating Low Earth Orbit Like a Landfill, ESA Vows a Solution
22 Jan 2023, 18:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "We want to establish a zero debris policy, which means if you bring a spacecraft into orbit, you have to remove it," Aschbacher declared.
NASA and Boeing Team Up to Build the Greenest Airliner in History, Sports 2 Sets of Wings
20 Jan 2023, 00:55 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The name of the game in the 2020's airliner sector is far different than in the late 1960s. Big, wasteful, fossil-fuel-burning behemoths are going dodo
South Korea Stands With Japan, Will Not Back Down on Nuclear Energy
18 Jan 2023, 17:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Like their strategic neighbors in the Japanese, South Korea aims to ditch the stigma behind nuclear energy in any of its forms.
This Man Put the Entire Soviet Space Program on His Back, He Deserves Our Respect
10 Jan 2023, 05:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The story of the life of Sergei Korolev is one that leaves a bitter aftertaste. But a life defined by a brilliant mind for engineering
Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7's Lunar Module Pilot Has Passed Away Aged 90
4 Jan 2023, 21:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / On behalf of autoevolution and the entire space junkie community, we offer the family and friends of Walter Cunningham our deepest condolences.
France's Nuclear Energy Grid Is the Toast of Europe, But It's Not Enough to Save Everyone
3 Jan 2023, 23:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The French nuclear reactor fleet dotted across the French landscape were built to solve the 1973 OAPEC-driven oil crisis. Some decay has taken place since then
This Interstate Took the Worst Winter Storm In Generations on the Chin, Still Reeling
29 Dec 2022, 00:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From the morning of December 21st to the evening of December 26th, a bomb-cyclone winter storm transformed into a weather incident not seen in decades
NASA's $25.4 Billion Budget for 2023 May Sound Like a Lot, but It's Not
28 Dec 2022, 20:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In stark contrast to 2023's national defense budget totaling an eye-watering $857.9 billion, NASA's wound up receiving around $600 million less than proposed.
NASA Tests Lunar 4G/5G LTE Communications Tech in Ancient Arizona Lava Field
8 Dec 2022, 17:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Such equipment can't just be tested on-sight at the Lunar surface. It needs years of testing here on Earth before NASA feels comfortable using it
Audi's First Ever Formula One Concept Car Now Available to Gamers via EA's F1 22
8 Dec 2022, 04:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the help of top-notch computer graphics courtesy of EA Sports and their F1 2022 game, we're getting an up close and personal look Audi's first F1 Car.
Boeing's Last 747 Just Rolled Off the Production Room Floor, Cue the Waterworks
7 Dec 2022, 07:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though orders for Seven-Fours fizzled into little more than a trickle by the 2010s, the type continues to be the go-to airframe for heavy load cargo airlines
$10,000 Lounge Chairs Share a Designer With the Aston Martin DB7 and Ford RS200, but Why?
6 Dec 2022, 03:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In truth, only 50 of these custom lounge chair and ottoman sets will ever be manufactured. So the chair is actually considerably rarer than an Aston Martin DB7.
This Long Dead Russian Carmaker Just Returned From the Crypt, Here's Its Bizarre Story
24 Nov 2022, 06:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Moskvitch brand has returned after two decades, doing so with the Moskvitch 3 crossover SUV reported to be built with a great deal of assistance from China
Watch Out, Great White North, SpaceX Starlink Now Available in All of Alaska and Canada
22 Nov 2022, 13:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In places like the tundras and forests of Alaska, there's often no practical way to maintain a high-speed internet connection. But no more thanks to SpaceX
All-New 2024 Mercedes E-Class Leaked Images Depict Fresh Front End and Dashboard Design
21 Nov 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Mercedes-benz E-Class is inching closer to debut. While spy photographers are trying to catch a glimpse of the design, here come the first leaked photos
Massive Tesla Recall Nabs 321,000 U.S. Model 3s and Model Ys, See If Yours Is Afflicted
19 Nov 2022, 19:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For now, Tesla has reported it's working on a range-wide firmware update that can mediate the internal software bug until the recall can be properly addressed.