A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race.
How Fully Reusable Rockets Are Transforming SpaceflightMorris Plains, New Jersey--(Newsfile Corp. - November 23, 2024) - ...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sierra Space Corporation have developed a new heat shield based on venerable 1980s Space ...
Chinese state aerospace company AVIC has unveiled a model of the country’s first uncrewed commercial spaceplane at the Zhuhai airshow. The Haoloong-1, or ...
The new podcast 16 Sunsets opens with archive audio from Nasa’s mission control in 1981, in the build-up to the first flight ...
ORNL and Sierra Space developed a thermal protection system for reusable spacecraft, withstanding multiple re-entries.
China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong ... However, this isn’t the first time that there has been a concerted Chinese effort to mimic American space technology.