Drone Designs Inspired By Nature

Scientists developing new drones are taking inspiration from bats, bees and octopuses.

Aug 10th, 2017

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.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens onboard, lifts off in this time-exposure photo from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

SpaceX Launches 4 Amateurs on Private Earth-Circling Trip

A spacecraft orbited Earth with an all-amateur crew for the first time.

This July 17, 2019 file photo shows Southwest Airlines planes at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Southwest Airlines President Tom Nealon, who was once seen as a leading candidate for CEO but was passed over this year, has retired. Southwest said Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, that Nealon, 60, will still serve as an adviser focusing on environmental issues, including plans to reduce carbon emissions.

Southwest President Abruptly Retires

He was seen as a leading candidate for CEO but was passed over.

Pandemic Hasn't Dimmed Boeing's Rosy Prediction for Planes

Last year shows that air travel can rebound quickly.

Southwest Airlines jets parked at their gates at Baltimore Washington International Airport, May 16, 2008.

Biden's Goal for Cleaner Jet Fuel May Not Fly

Climate experts say that while the effort is laudable, the administration's approach is aspirational and unrealistic.

The Biden administration says, Monday, Sept. 13, it will give $482 million to aviation manufacturers to help save jobs at companies that are still struggling because of the pandemic.

U.S. Will Give Aircraft Companies $482M for Pandemic

The relief will help save up to 22,500 jobs.

In this image taken from Roscosmos video, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, top, and Pyotr Dubrov, bottom, perform a spacewalk to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station, June 2, 2021.

Smoke Alarms Sound at Space Station

The incident occurred as the station's batteries were being recharged.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 26, 2020.

Air Force Base Breaks Ground on Space Tech Lab

The Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation Laboratory will be used for space technology R&D.

The hole drilled by the Perseverance rover during its second sample-collection attempt in Mars' Jezero Crater, Sept. 1, 2021.

NASA Confirms Mars Rover's 1st Rock Sample

Perseverance still has 40 to go.

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Lockheed's Johnstown Facility To Build Parts For New F-16s

The work will generate 80 new jobs.

The first rock sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover, Sept. 1, 2021.

Mars Rover May Have Snagged 1st Rock Sample

Perseverance's chief engineer called it a perfect core sample.

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Small Jet Crashes into Building

All four people aboard were killed.