Russia has successfully tested its first high-altitude unmanned vehicle, or atmospheric satellite.
Atomospheric satellites are commonly known as atmosats and are sometimes called pseudo-satellites.
The testing has been done by the Foundation for Advanced Research Projects (FPI), which is an agency for research in prospective defense technologies, and the Research and Production Enterprise Taiber.
The vehicle stayed in the airRead more
NASA has tested one of the solid rocket boosters that will power its new rocket, the Space Launch System, which the agency hopes will one day fly to Mars.
After an hour delay because of a glitch with the ground computer system, the booster fired horizontally for just over two minutes at a test site in Utah, burning throughRead more