Jack Marlow, Skyrora’s Head of Engineering revealed this latest exercise involved a fully-integrated setup of the engine. He told Express.co.uk: “We tested the other stage of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle in a ‘static fire’, i.e. a hot fire test of the
Vulnerable elephant populations are now being tracked from space using Earth-observation satellites and a type of artificial intelligence (AI) called machine learning. As part of an international project, researchers are using satellite images processed with computer algorithms, which are trained with more
Virgin Orbit made spaceflight history on Sunday after it successfully deployed satellites into orbit using a rocket that had been launched horizontally from a Boeing 747. The company hopes that launching rockets in this way will allow it to conduct missions from
The Machiavellian political leader Samar Singh (played by Saif Ali Khan) rose to the top of the food chain before making an unprecedented decision in the first season of Tandav. The show’s lead star recently spoke to Express.co.uk about what fans could
The test is a vital step in NASA’s Artemis programme to put the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024. NASA ignited all four engines of a deep space exploration rocket – the Space Launch System (SLS) –
The Colombia-born NASA aerospace engineer shares her journey as an immigrant and how it influences her work.
China’s space contractor confirmed it had made breakthroughs on rocket engines designed for major space mission. Earlier this week, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced that progress had been made on important technologies for a 220-ton thrust, liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen
Skyrora unveil their UK-built space vehicle The claim was made by Christopher Wanjek, a science writer who authored ‘Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond’. According to the most recent United Nations estimate the current human population is around 7.8
Ruth Langsford’s “messy” streak behind the scenes has become evident. The This Morning host took to Instagram to discuss her television return today. The 60-year-old uploaded a video in view of her 985,000 followers on the app, as well as 650,000 on
The Tiangong space station will include living quarters for three astronauts to spend a period of around six months in space. Completion is planned for 2022 and it will orbit 340-420 kilometres above the Earth. The launch of its core module is