An Army veteran has finally summoned up the courage to watch graphic footage of the moment a grenade launcher nearly blew his head off when it exploded in his hands. Adam Knowles runs YouTube channel Ballistic High Speed on which he demonstrates the awesome power of modern weaponry with ultra-high […]
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WASHINGTON — Europe, temporarily lacking its own access to space, plans to rely more on SpaceX to launch key science and navigation spacecraft while working to restore its launch capabilities. The successful final Ariane 5 launch July 5 means that Europe temporarily has no ability to launch payloads into orbit. […]
WASHINGTON — The first components for a new mobile launch platform for NASA’s Space Launch System, which has suffered extensive cost and schedule overruns, have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. Bechtel, the prime contractor for the Mobile Launcher 2 (ML-2), said May 25 that the first steel components for […]
ORLANDO — Vast, a startup developing artificial-gravity space stations, announced Feb. 21 that it acquired launch services company Launcher, using its technology to further space station plans while ending developing of a small launch vehicle. Vast announced it acquired Launcher for an undisclosed amount. The two companies, which currently have […]
WASHINGTON — Launch services startup Launcher said its first orbital transfer vehicle failed shortly after deployment on a launch last month, but that it will fly upgraded versions of the vehicle later this year. In a Feb. 16 statement, Launcher said its Orbiter SN1 vehicle malfunctioned shortly after deployment from […]
Extraordinary footage shows the moment a Russian thermobaric rocket launcher was destroyed in a series of fireball explosions on the front line in Ukraine. Video shows the TOS-1A Buratino, which is equipped with thermobaric warheads, erupting into flames following a Ukrainian strike near Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine. The Russian weapons […]
The Steam Deck has been a huge hit for Valve, opening up the world to PC gaming on a portable console style PC. They’re great little machines that make wonderful travelling companions. Whether you’re headed to a bar or 2,500 ft above the surface of the Earth, the Steam Deck […]
Patching a game to add a launcher is like doing an operation to put in an appendix, and it’s become alarmingly common this year. Once, I seem to recall, patches fixed bugs, corrected typos, and added new content, but since a September “Quality of life update” to the BioShock games […]