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SpaceX Reveals Plan To Reach Mars With Human Crew, It's Ambitious
SpaceX Reveals Plan To Reach Mars With Human Crew, It's Ambitious

28 Sep 2016, 09:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / SpaceX, the company started by Elon Musk to conquer space, has revealed its strategy of sending a manned mission to Mars. It's ambitious and involves rockets

 
UPDATE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes on the Cape Canaveral Launching Pad
UPDATE: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes on the Cape Canaveral Launching Pad

1 Sep 2016, 14:40 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Eyewitnesses report a very powerful explosion at the Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida where a SpaceX Falcon 9 was preparing for a launch on Saturday

 
SpaceX Launches Another Satellite, Rocket Lands On "Of Course I Still Love You"
SpaceX Launches Another Satellite, Rocket Lands On "Of Course I Still Love You"

15 Aug 2016, 15:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / SpaceX, the other company that fills the heart of Elon Musk, has successfully launched another satellite. Its Falcon 9 Rocket safely landed vertically

 
Roush Will Build An Engine For A Rocket, It's Not A V8
Roush Will Build An Engine For A Rocket, It's Not A V8

13 Jul 2016, 13:45 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Roush will make the first internal combustion engine that will leave the Earth's atmosphere. It will be a flathead inline-six, which will power a rocket

 
SpaceX Landed a Rocket on a Drone Ship, Again
SpaceX Landed a Rocket on a Drone Ship, Again

6 May 2016, 13:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / SpaceX market another win for privately-funded space explorations. They successfully concluded the second landing of a rocket on a drone ship. Science FTW

 
The Fastest Aircraft in the World Is the X-15, and It's Literally a Rocket
The Fastest Aircraft in the World Is the X-15, and It's Literally a Rocket

21 Mar 2016, 23:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Development of the X-15 research plane as the latest in a series of experimental aircraft reached over 100 kilometers in altitude

 
SpaceX SES-9 Mission Canceled Due to a Bothersome Boat and a Fuel Issue
SpaceX SES-9 Mission Canceled Due to a Bothersome Boat and a Fuel Issue

29 Feb 2016, 11:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Unfortunately for SpaceX and Elon Musk's ambitions, the third SES-9 mission had to be canceled due to two variables: a boat and the Falcon 9 rocket's propellant

 
Timber Kings Create Log on Wheels, Name It the Cedar Rocket
Timber Kings Create Log on Wheels, Name It the Cedar Rocket

26 Oct 2015, 10:33 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The talented people over at Pioneer Log Homes of B.C. regularly create some of the most beautiful log homes, but this is something different

 
Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Braking Car Set to Make Full Debut on 24 September
Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Braking Car Set to Make Full Debut on 24 September

17 Sep 2015, 16:11 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If speed is what you're after, forget about your Bugattis and your Koenigseggs - it literally doesn't get any better than the Bloodhound SSC

 
Chris Harris Checks the Bloodhound SSC and It’s Amazing
Chris Harris Checks the Bloodhound SSC and It’s Amazing

5 Feb 2015, 13:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the speed-breaking Bloodhound SSC is being built, Chris Harris has been invited to check out the thing in its most details

 
NASA Wants to Send People to Venus and Fly a Zeppelin There
NASA Wants to Send People to Venus and Fly a Zeppelin There

22 Dec 2014, 13:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, we have plans to colonize Mars a bit in the future, but that’s kinda’ far, reason why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking towards Venus for a simila...

 
Bloodhound SSC Hybrid Rocket Motor Gets Tested, Set to Beat Land Speed Record
Bloodhound SSC Hybrid Rocket Motor Gets Tested, Set to Beat Land Speed Record

16 Dec 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you haven’t heard about the Thrust SSC, that’s the fastest wheeled vehicle to have traveled on Earth so far. It broke the world landspeed record in 1997, clocking 1,228 km/h (763...

 
Peel Trident with Rocket Engine Sets Absurd Drag Racing Record
Peel Trident with Rocket Engine Sets Absurd Drag Racing Record

30 Oct 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Bubble cars – we all know them as a crazy idea born out of necessity. The Germans made the famous Isetta, while the Bits are famous for the Peel P50, the smallest road-legal production vehicle...

 
Romanian Inventor Adds Homemade Jet Engine to Bike
Romanian Inventor Adds Homemade Jet Engine to Bike

18 Dec 2013, 16:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's some new footage from Romanian inventor Raul Oaida and his jet-powered mountain bike. Now, Raul's contraption is not exactly new, as he already had his first runs and a fair amount ...

 
Interview with Francois Gissy, the 285 KM/H Bicyclist
Interview with Francois Gissy, the 285 KM/H Bicyclist

25 Nov 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / He's 31 and he is a bus driver. He's also the fastest bicyclist in the world. Daring Swiss Francois Gissy is the man who reached 285 km/h (177.12 mph) riding his rocket engine-propelled mo...

 
177 MPH on a Mountain Bike, Anyone?
177 MPH on a Mountain Bike, Anyone?

16 Nov 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's the first video of the record-breaking run Francois Gissy had in Switzerland at Interlaken. This footage may not be as spectacular as other which will most likely surface any time now...

 
Rocket-Powered Bicycle Does 263 KM/H
Rocket-Powered Bicycle Does 263 KM/H

24 May 2013, 07:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So, you've only got a bicycle and dream that one day you could take on those tough boys revving up their Ninjas around the neighborhood... Your day gas come, just give Frenchman François...

 
Rocket Engine for Blodhound SSC Successfully Completes Testing
Rocket Engine for Blodhound SSC Successfully Completes Testing

5 Oct 2012, 08:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Thrust SSC broke the world land speed record back in 1997, achieving an official top speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph), with the use of two Rolls Royce turbofan engines. Now, the bat will be raised ...

 
Iran Launches Capsule into Space
Iran Launches Capsule into Space

17 Mar 2011, 19:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space shuttle Discovery landed for the last time earlier this month, ending an era and opening the doors for new nations and new corporations to take over the exploration of space. What NASA, the US...

 
BLOODHOUND SSC Design Finalised
BLOODHOUND SSC Design Finalised

24 Nov 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Bloodhound SSC attempt to break the land speed record has reached a new stage, as the team announced the final design of the car. The project has gone through ten design evolutions since it star...