BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) early Friday achieved a significant milestone in the development of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology with the successful completion of the second landing experiment, the RLV-LEX-02.TOI first reported that this test would happen in its Mar 16 edition.Conducted at 7.10am at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga‘s … Read more
BENGALURU: An important programme that will demonstrate one of the technologies needed to meet India’s ambitions of sustained human presence in space is scheduled for a key landing experiment (LEX) at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Challakere, Chitradurga, 220km from Bengaluru, Isro chairman S Somanath confirmed to TOI in an exclusive interview. The experiment … Read more
SpaceX has had a heck of a time getting the worlds tallest, most powerful rocket off the ground. Starship rockets are mostly known for exploding and leaving craters at their launch pads while destroying delicate ecosystems. But the company finally got it right Thursday morning and sent the towering rocket into actual space. Coming back … Read more
NASA spent three months looking into drug use at SpaceX, but the federal space agency is keeping quiet on what it found. According to Bob: Public Transit Is a Car Enthusiast’s Best Friend After Elon Musk very publicly smoked a joint on Joe Rogan’s podcast back in 2018 (Musk claims he didn’t inhale and in … Read more
Photo: Eric Gay (AP) SpaceX’s Starship rocket may sound great in theory, especially if you believe Elon Musk is going to get humanity to Mars one day (if he’s not still too busy blaming the Jews for the drop in Twitter’s ad revenue) but the last launch didn’t exactly go well. In addition to blowing … Read more