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.

Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

Scientists Develop a Way to Speed Up Research in Space

And it's all happening some 3,500 meters under the sea.

Supersonic Passenger Jet Would Travel at Mach 4

Aerion wants to fly commercial from Los Angeles to Tokyo in three hours.

A Guided MLRS is fired from Lockheed Martin’s HIMARS launcher.

Lockheed Gets $1B Rocket Contract

The contract calls for the production of more than 11,000 rockets.

Virgin Galactic unveiled the VSS Imagine on Tuesday, March 30, 2020.

Virgin Galactic Rolls Out New Spaceship

And it has a mirror-like finish.

The camera froze on this frame before the explosion.

SpaceX Launches Test Rocket, Breaks Apart Before Landing

Elon Musk tweeted "at least the crater is in the right place!"

Chris Sembroski, from left, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux and Sian Proctor at the SpaceX launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 29, 2021.

Two Space Fans Get Seats on Billionaire's SpaceX Flight

An Arizona teacher and a Washington data engineer will spend three days in orbit.

Nevada Company Sues NASA Over Space Habitat

The company claims that NASA owes it over $1 million.

Petr Kellner, PPF's main shareholder, watches his daughter compete during the equestrian CET Prague Cup, CSIO Grand Prix, Prague, August 23, 2020.

Czech Billionaire Killed in Helicopter Crash

The Eurocopter AS50 crashed under unknown circumstances in Alaska.

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Southwest Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max Planes

Dallas-based Southwest expects aircraft capital spending of about $5.1 billion through 2026.

Philippe Darriet, president of the Institute for Wine and Vine Research, fills glasses at the ISVV Institute in Villenave-d'Ornon, France, March 1, 2021.

Cosmic Mouthful: Tasters Savor Fine Wine that Orbited Earth

The nearly $6,000 bottle of Chateau Petrus Pomerol spent time aboard the International Space Station.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt testifies before a Senate Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, federal safety officials said tougher regulations are needed for air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides. Sumwalt said people who step on board the tours have a right to trust that the flight will be operated as safely as possible.

NTSB Targets Air Tourism

The agency says there needs to be more oversight after several deadly accidents in recent years.