NASA Is Building A Robot With Super Strong Toes

These "toes" are small hooks that can grip on to rough, rocky surfaces, which are especially useful on asteroids and comets.

Nov 3rd, 2016

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

In this Tuesday, May 25, 2021, file photo, travelers watch a JetBlue Airways aircraft taxi away from a gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport†ahead of Memorial Day weekend.

Travel Sector Sell-Off, Airlines, Cruises, Hotels Tumble

TSA screened more than 2.2 million people at airport checkpoints on Sunday.

The jet cabin from Transair Flight 810 rests on the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of Honolulu, July 8, 2021.

Air Cargo Company Grounded Over Safety Practices

The order comes after its Boeing 737 crashed off Hawaii.

This undated photo made available by Blue Origin shows the interior of the crew capsule. When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for the Tuesday, July 20, 2021 debut flight from West Texas - just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenager.

How Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos Will Soar into Space

The capsule is entirely automated: No test pilots or flight engineers.

Hidden under tarpaulin, a prospective Russian fighter jet is being towed to a parking spot before its presentation at the Moscow international air show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Russian aircraft makers say they will present a prospective new fighter jet at a Moscow air show that opens next week. The new warplane hidden under tarpaulin was photographed being towed to a parking spot across the airfield in Zhukovsky outside Moscow. That's where MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon opens on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit the show’s opening.

Russia to Unveil New Fighter Jet

Russian media reports said a new jet has been built by the Sukhoi aircraft maker.

SpaceX Warned Launch Tower May Need to Come Down

The company was warned by the FAA.

An Antonov An-26 with the same board number as the missed plane at Airport Elizovo, outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, Nov. 17, 2020.

28 Feared Dead in Russian Plane Crash

The plane was on approach for a landing in fog and clouds when it missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar.

A 2021 photo showing Oliver Daemen in an airplane cockpit.

18-Year-Old Joining Blue Origin Flight

The son of an auction bidder — rather than its $28 million winner — will launch with Jeff Bezos next week.

Boeing 737 Max jet landing at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, June 29, 2020.

FAA Requires More Tests for Boeing 737s

The agency said it acted after receiving reports of newly installed switches failing.

Jeff Bezos speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Sept. 19, 2019.

Bezos Donates $200M to Smithsonian for Air and Space Museum

The donation comes as the richest man in the world prepares to fulfill his childhood dream of traveling to space.

Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington, May 9, 2019.

Blue Origin Gets OK to Send Bezos, 3 Others to Space

The FAA gave the go-ahead for Tuesday's planned launch.

The purchase of 100 electric aircraft will take place once the aircraft meets safety, business and operating requirements.

United Invests in Electric Aircraft Company

The deal could lead to electric flights by 2026.