Emerging Tech
SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Makes Historic Landing
Falcon 9’s successful mission shows how the cost of space access is headed down as reusable rockets head up.
Emerging Tech
The Reason SpaceX Keeps Aborting Launches
The last two failures to launch were linked to the upgraded rocket SpaceX is using, which relies on “superchilled” liquid oxygen to get an extra thrust into orbit.
Digital Government
Who Left a Gigantic US Voter Database Sitting Naked on the Internet?
Information on more than 190 million U.S. voters has been floating around the Internet.
Emerging Tech
The Latest SpaceX Launch Could be Make or Break for Elon Musk
Since the company’s June to mission the International Space Station ended in an explosive failure, SpaceX has been forced to delay its commercial manifest, costing it and its clients millions of dollars.
Cybersecurity
Bernie Sanders Has His Own Computer Scandal: A Data Breach Exposed Hillary’s Secret Info
The consequences of the glitch—which originated with Democratic campaign vendor NGP-VAN—could prove devastating to Sanders.
Digital Government
DARPA Kills Program That Would Have Launched Satellites with Fighter Jets
The next-generation rocket fuel involved turned out to be a little too explosive.
Emerging Tech
The Tech Start-Up Running Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
The Groundwork, started by Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt, plays a major role in Clinton’s digital efforts.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Booked its First Moon Mission—and it Uses Ridesharing
Designed by nonprofit SpaceIL, the unmanned dishwasher-sized probe will attempt to land on the moon, transmit digital pictures and video back to earth, and “hop” 500 meters across its surface.
Digital Government
Amazon's Despised Management Tool Could Be Coming to Your Office
Who doesn’t enjoy a good round of brutal criticism?
Emerging Tech
A SpaceX Rocket Exploded on a Mission to the International Space Station
The cause of the failure is still unknown.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Has Launched a Competition to Build Pods for His Futuristic Hyperloop
The Hyperloop is a solar-powered pneumatic mass-transit system Musk hopes will replace high-speed rail as a regional people-mover.
Digital Government
SpaceX Has Broken the Monopoly on US National Security Launches
The move is another milestone in the development of SpaceX from start up to a legitimate aerospace company.
Digital Government
US Has Space Experts Worried About an Extraterrestrial Land Grab
Plans to make money in space are missing one of the fundamental ingredients to any business: property rights.
Digital Government
Secret US Military Space Drone Heads Back to Orbit
The flying robot looks like a shrunken down version of the Space Shuttle—and we still don’t know exactly what it will do up there.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Mission Today Tested if it Can Protect Astronauts on its Spaceship
SpaceX has to prove it can get astronauts away from its rocket as fast as possible in the event of an emergency.
Emerging Tech
Jeff Bezos Has a Rocket Now, too
Blue Origin, the space company created by the Amazon founder, had its first successful test flight yesterday.
Emerging Tech
The Latest Disruptive Space Technology Is a Battery-Powered Rocket Engine
The Electron battery will be focused on lifting the new generation of miniature satellites weighing as little as 2 kg that some entrepreneurs say they will use to create the infrastructure for a global internet network.
Emerging Tech
The Space Suit You Could Be Wearing In a Few Years Is Being Designed in a Small Workshop in Brooklyn
Fashion and space flight have a long history together.
Emerging Tech
US Government Is Getting Ready for the Commercialization of the Moon
The Federal Aviation Administration has started laying plans to license U.S. businesses to operate on the moon, Reuters reports.
Digital Government
SpaceX Founder Drops Lawsuit Against Air Force, Will Compete for Future Satellite Contracts
The US government is the world’s largest spender on space access, so its contracts remain a key point of competition for space companies already battling for private satellite business.
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