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6:24pm, 28th March, 2019

Mars helicopter bound for the Red Planet takes to the air for the first time

The Mars 2020 mission is on track for launch next year, and nesting inside the high-tech new rover heading that direction is a high-tech helicopter designed to fly in the planet’s nearly non-existent atmosphere. The actual aircraft that will fly on t...

Apple launches new iPad Air and iPad mini

9:26am, 18th March, 2019

Gadgets

Apple launches new iPad Air and iPad mini

has refreshed its iPad lineup with . The company is (finally) updating the iPad mini and adding a new iPad Air. This model sits between the entry-level 9.7-inch iPad and the 11-inch iPad Pro in the lineup. All new models now support the Apple Pencil,...

9:17pm, 19th February, 2019

Space

President Trump signs directive to create new Space Force under the Air Force’s wing

Vice President Mike Pence makes comments at an Oval Office signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive 4, alongside President Donald Trump and officials including Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, Air Force Ge...

6:06pm, 4th November, 2018

Space

How the Air and Space Museum signed up for a SpaceShipOne tribute to Paul Allen

The SpaceShipOne rocket plane is illuminated in blue light at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The Saturday night lighting served as a tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who backed the prize-win...

2:39pm, 30th October, 2018

News

New MacBook Air Handson

We go hands-on with Apple's latest laptop, which comes with a new Retina display, and a new Touch ID sensor on the keyboard. MacBook Air, Mac Mini and ...

9:25pm, 29th October, 2018

Space

Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization tools

The VQ-Prize aims to boost the development of new visualization tools for space situational awareness. (Air Force Space Command via YouTube) The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —...

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

7:03pm, 19th September, 2018

Space

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, chats with retired Air Force Gen. Larry Spencer at the Air Force Association’s annual conference at National Harbor, Md. Billionaire Jeff Bezos made a subtle sales pitch for Amazon Web Se...

7:06pm, 21st June, 2018

Space

SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

An automated camera documents the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first ascent from Kennedy Space Center in February with SpaceX’s hangar in the foreground. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract...

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Mars helicopter bound for the Red Planet takes to the air for the first time

Apple launches new iPad Air and iPad mini

President Trump signs directive to create new Space Force under the Air Force’s wing

How the Air and Space Museum signed up for a SpaceShipOne tribute to Paul Allen

New MacBook Air Handson

Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization tools

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

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