10 August 2016
Dellingr CubeSat Begins Environmental Testing
... the construction of its Dellingr CubeSat nano-satellite, and has moved to the environmental testing phase. In this vital step, a satellite is tested to make sure it can withstand intense vibrations, extreme temperatures, and magnetic fields that...
26 September 2018
A mini space elevator is being tested near the ISS
There are many of us who would like to venture above the atmosphere of our planet and to experience what it feels like to be an astronaut on the International Space Station. But for non-professional space adventurers, such dreams are generally ...
16 October 2020
SWRI tests "Clockwork Starfish" for sampling asteroids
... to gobble up rocky debris. The prototype sampling device was tested this week in a low gravity environment during a flight aboard... New Shepard, which incidentally was the seventh consecutive test flight of this particular rocket booster and the 13th...
28 July 2021
Japan successfully tests rocket engine propelled by shock waves
Japan successfully tested a rocket engine that was propelled by shock waves ... eight minutes later, Japan Times reports. JAXA later retrieved a capsule containing test data in nearby waters. “This experiment is the world’s first flight demonstration...
02 December 2014
Angara test launch
The 9 July 2014 successful sub-orbit test of the Angara launcher was greeted with solid satisfaction by the all-Russian manufacturers, the Khrunichev State ...
30 July 2018
Test of Einstein’s general relativity theory successful after 26 years
.... The resulting gravitational field, the strongest in the Milky Way galaxy, creates the ideal environment for testing Einstein's general theory of relativity. One of these stars, S2, was less than 20 billion kilometers the black hole...
