Elon Musk is about to face his biggest test after almost two decades as a space entrepreneur: launching human beings into orbit.
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The tech bubble is popping, but not in the way anyone expected. After years of fretting that free-spending start-ups with unrealistic valuations would bring down the start-up economy on its own, a global pandemic is doing it in instead.
Toyota is making a $394-million investment in Joby Aviation, one of the handful of companies with the seemingly implausible goal of making electric air taxis that shuttle people over gridlocked highways and city streets.
Spacewalking astronauts have added another parking spot to the International Space Station. It will be used by SpaceX and Boeing once they start launching astronauts to the orbiting lab late this year or early next year.
Aerospace firm Boeing has announced plans to work on self-flying taxis with an American start-up backed by Google co-founder Larry Page.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites late on Thursday, a key step in Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband service around the world.
US aviation regulators have signalled their confidence in the safety of Boeing’s embattled 737 Max jetliner, issuing a global notice of “continued airworthiness” a day after the model’s second deadly crash in less than five months.
What’s the future for Boeing’s 737 Max jet after its second tragic accident in less than five months?
Airbus has decided to stop making the A380 double-decker after a dozen years in service, burying a prestige project that won the hearts of passengers and politicians but never the broad support of airlines.
Flying cars! So futuristic! A world in which they’re buzzing around the skies must be dazzling — like a Popular Mechanics feature come to life! Well, yeah. About that.