Daily Archives: Jul 3, 2026

A $500 hobby drone flying almost 40 miles into enemy territory isn't supposed to happen, yet Ukraine's battlefield proves otherwise. In a war defined by attrition and innovation, small quadcopters now strike far beyond their traditional limits, reshaping both tactics and technology. Since the start of 2022, Ukraine has been...

A trillion people could someday live comfortably in habitats built from asteroid resources, if estimates of the solar system’s capacity prove correct. But before those visions can be realized, engineers must overcome the interlinked hurdles of detection, capture, transport, and processing of the celestial bodies. California-based TransAstra thinks it’s...

It was a launch that combined firsts, risks, and engineering milestones. On November 13, 2025, Blue Origin's towering 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket roared off Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36, carrying NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a trajectory unlike any Mars mission before-and then nailed a precision booster landing at...