Jun 03 SpaceX aims for history with latest rocket launch By Kamala Kelkar With 40 mice, 400 fruit flies and 3 tons of supplies in a refurbished cargo capsule, a SpaceX rocket embarked on another historic mission to the International Space Station from Florida on Saturday. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 10:11 L.A. to San Francisco by train in 30 minutes? A pipe dream indeed By PBS News Hour What if you could make a train trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour? It may sound farfetched, but a group of MIT students are developing a new form of transportation to bring that dream to… Continue watching
May 11 Can our bodies handle the hyperloop? By Nsikan Akpan The hyperloop wants to transport people at near supersonic speeds. An engineer and a NASA doctor explain if the human body can cope. Continue reading
May 06 Two in a row! SpaceX sticks second, trickier sea landing By Nsikan Akpan SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket pulls off tougher second landing on a droneship barge at sea. Continue reading
Jan 16 SpaceX releases video of rocket's spectacular crash landing By Margaret Myers On Monday, we told you about SpaceX’s failed attempted to recover and reuse Falcon 9, the 14-story rocket that launches supply capsules into space. This was the rocket that helped deliver the company’s fifth resupply mission to the International Space… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Extended Interview: Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels talked in April to electric car maker Tesla Motors' founder and chairman, Elon Musk -- an entrepreneur who previously founded PayPal -- about the future of the electric car. Continue watching