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XCOR’s Lynx Spaceplane Meets Development Milestone Leading Up to First Test Flight XCOR’s Lynx Spaceplane Meets Development Milestone Leading Up to First Test Flight « AmericaSpace The XCOR Lynx Mark I vehicle being fabricated at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. Photo: Mike...

NASA Prepares for First Interplanetary CubeSats on Agency’s Next Mission to Mars NASA Prepares for First Interplanetary CubeSat Mission | NASA NASA's two small MarCO CubeSats will be flying past Mars in 2016 just as NASA's next Mars lander, InSight, is descending through the Martian...

Happy Independence Day (it's the 12th here in the US:partay:) Philippines!

This Incredible Wheelchair Can Climb Stairs Like a Tank Technology has been making wheelchairs more convenient and easier to use, but this crazy amazing model that actually scales staircases is a metaphorical mic drop. This prototype, called the Scalevo, has rubber, tank-like treads mounted...

Astronomers Trace Spiral Structure of Milky Way With WISE Astronomers Trace Spiral Structure of Milky Way With WISE « AmericaSpace Using data from NASA’s WISE spacecraft, astronomers were able to trace the shape of our Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms, by revealing the presence of hundreds of...

KSC to Build New Launch Complex 39C, Opens Opportunities for Small-Class Launch Providers KSC to Build New Launch Complex 39C, Opens Opportunities for Small-Class Launch Providers « AmericaSpace As KSC transitions to a multiuser spaceport, more and more opportunities are becoming available...

A Rare Glimpse Of Rapidly Pulsating Aurorae Over Iceland Aurorae are rare. Pulsating aurorae, whose structures fade in and out of existence, are rarer, still. But rapidly pulsating aurorae, like that featured in this video by French astrophotographer Stéphane Vetter (previously), are among...

Innsatsstyrke Polar Bear VI i samarbeid med Politiet under øvelse Oslofjord Task force Polar Bear IV in cooperation with the police during exercise Oslofjord

Watch The Razorbacks And Their Apaches Tear Up The Sky Around Hawaii Last year, the U.S. Army’s Razorbacks were the first AH-64 Apache unit to participate in the Pentagon’s gigantic Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) on and around the Hawaiian Islands. This included embarking aboard USS...

’We've Got a Satellite!’ ’We’ve Got a Satellite!’ With the possible exception of Columbia and the very first space shuttle mission, few orbiters had as dramatic and exciting a maiden voyage as Endeavour. On STS-49, she provided a reliable stage for the longest EVA in history and the first...

Watch a Boeing 787 Dreamliner takeoff almost perpendicular to the ground Wow. Watch the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner pull off an amazing aerial display in preparation for the 2015 Air Show. You can see the big bodied jet pretend it’s like a stunt plane and basically do tricks in the air. The most...

Danske soldater på vei ut av teigen i bil under Cold Response 2009 Soldater fra Batteri Nils i Artilleribataljonen etablerer stilling med m109 panserhaubitser skyts En skytter på CV90 fra Telemark bataljon øver på Rena F16 i julestjerneformasjon Forsvarets nye transportfly...

:lol:Man I'm getting old. I don't usually make it past 12:00 AM:partay:. You kids and your youth:hitwall:. On @Transhumanist - I'll text her and see what's going on, and if she wants to get lunch with me tomorrow:whistle:... but i'm not sure if she's still in the States or not:(. I'll see...

:taz: :lol: I'm not grumpy (at you anyways, one of my dogs has been chewing a cord that attaches to my pool cleaning robot, so that didn't brighten my day:angry:), I'm just finding things to post elsewhere, which cuts into my response time. I was done with that particular thread though, I...

Antares Antares is an expendable launch system being developed and operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It is a two stage launch vehicle with an optional third stage. The launcher can reach a variety of orbits including Low Earth Orbit, Sun Synchronous Orbit, Geosynchronous Transfer...

I stuck it here to encourage casual the use and contribution by members who don't frequent the America's section, which based on the participation in that section seems to be a lot of people, but I'll leave the decision in your hands.

NASA Awards SpaceX $30 Million for Successful Dragon Pad Abort Test Milestone NASA Awards SpaceX $30 Million for Successful Dragon Pad Abort Test Milestone Under CCiCap « AmericaSpace A mockup SpaceX Crew Dragon takes flight for the company Pad Abort Test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

The US and the Philippines Sweden always best

@Nihonjin1051 I have no side in the trade debate, but I do have an interest in seeing this increased: EU Naval Force and Japanese Navy Strengthen Counter-Piracy Cooperation During Visit to Djibouti | Eunavfor A Swedish marine aboard HMS Malmo aims his machine gun at suspected pirates in the...

Minotaur V The Minotaur V is an expendable launch system developed and operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation and the US Air Force. The launcher is based on the all-solid Minotaur IV launch vehicle which itself is based on the Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Peacekeeper...