July 2021

LOVE1. It's a wrap. If firing a rocket from Van Horn in far west Texas wasn't interesting enough, how about a company near Hawley packing the semi-trailer that delivered the rocket? We just need Jeff Bezos to come to town and spend some…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may have started his own private spaceflight company, funded the development of new rockets and capsules, and soared to the edge of space, but even that doesn't make any difference. him an astronaut, according to…

By Dan Parsons | July 23, 2021 Estimated reading time 3 minutes, 54 seconds. In a recent test, the Sikorsky-Boeing SB> 1 Defiant helicopter prototype lifted an external load representing a tracked guided rocket launcher.…

On July 21, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis last landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, marking the last time a space shuttle would land again.The space shuttle program used five separate spacecraft throughout its life, which were humanity's…

The ROK Air Force commissioned Korean Air and Seoul National University to study the use of the Boeing 747-400 for aerial rocket launch. The joint research project will explore areas such as the 747's current capabilities, the technology…

The analog dials and displays used to pilot a 40-year-old NASA space shuttle inspired the look of a new avant-garde timepiece.The UR-100V P.02 wristwatch, which was unveiled on Tuesday, July 20, merges Swiss luxury watchmaker Urwerk's…

China's Five Hundred Meter Aperture Radio Telescope (FAST) undergoing maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 8, 2020. / Xinhua China's Five Hundred Meter Aperture…

With excited cries of "woo-hoo" and "yeah" aboard the weightless cockpit, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos performed a successful flight aboard New Shepard this morning at 8:00 a.m. from its launch pad in outside of Van Horn, Texas. The…

To use Eminem's words, guess who's back? Well, that's us. We are back. Connor Lemons and Justin Golba, BucketHeads residents of Land-Grant Holy Land (check out our podcast), and we're here to debate yet another semi-trivial topic. It…

The high school volleyball season does not officially start until August 9 with the first day of training, but Gabby Deery and Sophia Armstrong have started to hone their skills.Deery, who will be a junior at Notre Dame High School, and…

The fleet of drones that SpaceX uses to catch falling rockets now has a third autonomous ship, whimsically called "A Shortfall of Gravitas."Founder Elon Musk unveiled the latest floating rocket landing pad on Twitter Friday, July 9, along…

July 2021 is a big month for Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos. Not only did he resign as CEO of the company in which he built a $ 1.63 trillion empire, it will also fly into space during the first crewed flight of its New Shepard…

July 9 (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) has won a $ 935 million NASA contract to develop housing for the planned US space agency outpost in lunar orbit , the arms manufacturer announced on Friday. Astronauts will live and…

Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve, tweeted that the air base was attacked by 14 rockets which landed on the "base and perimeter" and that "two personnel suffered minor injuries ". He told CNN he did not…

New Zealand International Science Festival / SuppliedThe New Zealand International Science Festival features over 100 unique events from July 8-18.Foodies bought tickets for a three-course meal that included foods often destined for scrap.…

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) satellite takes off from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in northwestern China on July 5, 2021. China has sent a new weather satellite into orbit scheduled from the Jiuquan…

DETROIT (AP) - Cam Davis landed a 50-foot sand shot on the 71st regulation hole and it propelled him into a five-hole playoff where he outlasted Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic for his first victory on…

"It's like launching a rocket in the hope of going into orbit, but reaching the moon on the first try." - Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, University…