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In this April 30, 2021, file image taken by the Mars Perseverance rover and made available by NASA, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, right, flies over the surface of the planet.
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China's Mars Rover Finds Signs of Recent Water in Sand Dunes
Water may be more widespread than previously thought.
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Mercedes Makes Drivers Pay to Go Faster
Vehicle owners have to buy extra horsepower.
May 1, 2023
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Lockheed Martin Scores $4.79B Production Contract for All-Weather Rocket
The contract calls for the production of GMLRS Unitary and Alternative Warhead rockets.
May 1, 2023
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Insider Q&A: Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on Self-Driving Trucks
The company is now making about 50 trips per week with human safety drivers on board.
May 1, 2023
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Key Radar Antenna Stuck on Europe's Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft
The 52-foot radar antenna on Juice unfolded only one-third of the way following liftoff.
May 1, 2023
A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020.
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Report: FAA Overruled Engineers, Let Boeing Max Keep Flying
An estimate said the chance of another crash was over 13 times greater than FAA guidelines allow.
May 1, 2023
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Pure Watercraft Unveils First In-House Designed Electric Pontoon Boat
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April 28, 2023
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April 28, 2023
Nikola battery-electric semi-trucks are now available at Tom's Truck Center in Santa Ana, Calif. and Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
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Tom’s Truck Center Adds Nikola Battery-Electric Semi-Trucks to EV Truck Lineup
The Nikola Tre BEV is expected to travel up to 330 miles on a charge.
April 27, 2023
Albedo Vis Sharpened Thermal Imagery Updated
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Albedo Wins U.S. Air Force Contract for Nighttime Thermal Infrared Imaging
The company will natively co-collect commercial satellite imagery available in the visible and thermal infrared spectrums.
April 27, 2023
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The World’s First Wood Transistor
Possible applications could include regulating electronic plants.
April 27, 2023
Boeing is expanding its ecoDemonstrator program to include “Explorer” platforms that will focus on short-term testing of a specific technology.
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Boeing Expands ecoDemonstrator Flight Testing with 'Explorer' Airplanes
The company announced its 2023 plan to assess 19 technologies on the Boeing 777 ecoDemonstrator.
April 27, 2023
A miner pulls back the wire fence near the shearer at the mining face of Xiaobaodang Coal Mine near the city of Shenmu in northwestern China's Shaanxi province on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.
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China Pushes to Digitize Mines in Attempt to Make Them Safer
Smart-mine sensors monitor aspects such as gas buildup and flooding or ventilation levels.
April 27, 2023
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Cambium's Bio-Manufactured Material is Making Drones More Flame Resistant
Over the course of more than two dozen flights the flame impacts across the length of the wing skin did not lead to vertical or lateral flame spread.
April 27, 2023
This time exposure photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, launching from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022.
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'High Probability' Private Lander Crashed on Moon
It was a disappointing setback.
April 26, 2023
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No One is Driving this Taxi. What Possibly Could Go Wrong?
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority has raised a red flag about robotaxis making unexpected, prolonged stops in the middle of streets.
April 26, 2023
A technician conducts tests on the electrolyzer hydrogen module at the Ohmium manufacturing facility in Chikkaballapur, outside Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
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Green Hydrogen Company Ohmium Raises $250M
The company makes electrolyzers that take water and split it into hydrogen and oxygen.
April 26, 2023
This illustration provided by ispace in April 2023 depicts the Hakuto spacecraft on the surface of the moon with the Earth in the background.
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Tokyo Company Wants to Be 1st Business to Put Lander on Moon
It could land today.
April 25, 2023
Boston Public Schools put its first 20 Blue Bird Vision electric school buses into service.
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Boston Public Schools Puts First 20 Blue Bird Electric Buses in Operation
The school buses can carry a maximum of 71 students for up to 120 miles on a single charge.
April 24, 2023
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Engineering Student Replaces Pinky With 3D-Printed Finger
The finger features movable joints and provides near-normal function.
April 24, 2023
This photo provided by the Australian War Memorial shows the Montevideo Maru.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Locates Sunken WWII Ship
The ship was carrying 1,000 Allied POWs.
April 24, 2023
Guardian Agriculture Guardian Agriculture S Aircraft Becomes First E Vtol Authorized To Operate
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FAA Approves First eVTOL Aircraft for Commercial Use
The Guardian SC1 platform is the only autonomous, electric, aerial crop protection system designed specifically for large-scale agriculture.
April 24, 2023