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How US firm plans to beam solar power from orbit after world-first aircraft laser test

In late November, a Cessna turboprop aircraft flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters performed an impressive world-first demonstration. Flying over Pennsylvania, the small airplane wirelessly beamed ...
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Zhuque-3 reaches orbit on test flight, first stage lost during landing attempt

HELSINKI — China’s Landspace carried out the first launch of its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket late Tuesday, successfully achieving orbit, but failing with a first stage landing attempt. The first Zhuque-3 ...
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SpaceX plans next Starship test flight in March

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...
WESH

NASA fast-tracks Artemis III Earth-orbit test mission ahead of lunar return

WESH TWO NEWS ON CW 18 STARTS NOW. SPLASHDOWN. SENDING POST LANDING COMMAND SPLASHDOWN. CONFIRMED. COPY. WAITING ON VILDOR. NOW IT’S HEAD. THE TWO CREW IS BACK ON EARTH. THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS SPLASHED ...
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Aurora Flight Sciences co-invests with DARPA on X-65 aircraft, plans first flight test in 2027

A rendering of Aurora's X-65 aircraft for DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) project. (Aurora Flight Sciences) The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's ...