Europe’s Next-Gen Rocket Concept Could Be Way More Efficient Than SpaceX’s Starship

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Germany’s Aerospace Center (DLR) published a paper in May 2025 proposing a more efficient European version of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, with the concept called the RLV C5. The team from DLR studied SpaceX’s publicly available data and provided a unique assessment of the rocket’s ability. The analysis was built on telemetry data obtained via publicContinue Reading

How will NASA’s astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?

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NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (Image credit: Elizabeth Howell/Future) HOUSTON — What does NASA’s astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring more commercial space stations into the fold? It’s an interesting mix of government and private companies, of space agency personnel and of contractorsContinue Reading

einride-orders-500-tesla-semis—the-automaker’s-biggest-electric-truck-order-to-date

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Einride offers Freight Capacity as a Service—a turnkey package that includes electric trucks, charging depot infrastructure and software to coordinate it all. The company’s cabless autonomous truck may be still awaiting its moment, but Einride is already operating substantial numbers of electric semi-trucks (250 at last count) from Peterbilt andContinue Reading