Boeing shows off new spacesuit design
Posted on 29 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US aerospace company Boeing has this week shown off a new advanced and lightweight spacesuit design.
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Trump talks with Tesla and Apple about making US manufacturing great again
Posted on 25 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
With Donald Trump now sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America, questions remain as to how the new administration will implement its manufacturing and trade policies and what impact these will have. Moon Express secures funding for launch
Posted on 22 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US private space exploration company Moon Express last week announced that it has received sufficient funding to launch a craft to the moon.
SpaceX announces September explosion cause
Posted on 3 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Private spaceflight company, SpaceX, has today announced the root cause of a costly explosion last year.
Nasa moves ahead with robotic satellite repair craft
Posted on 11 Dec 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
US space agency Nasa has this week announced new information regarding its plans to build an in-orbit satellite repair craft.
Rockwell Automation: upskilling for the future
Posted on 8 Dec 2016 by Jonny Williamson
With high-level maintenance & repair skills seemingly in short supply, executives from Rockwell Automation tell Jonny Williamson how its Services & Solutions can help fill the gap. Now possible to accurately measure supply chain liquidity
Posted on 7 Dec 2016 by Jonny Williamson
A new Supply Chain Funding Index has been launched by URICA, in conjunction with YouGov and economic advisor, Dr John Ashcroft, to determine the health of our supply chains and the liquidity contained within. NASA publishes EmDrive paper showing physics-defying engine works
Posted on 7 Dec 2016 by Tim Brown
NASA’s long-awaited and highly anticipated EM (Electromagnetic Drive) drive paper, which details the testing of an engine that defies the laws of physics, has finally been peer-reviewed and published. Russian Progress spacecraft suffers another failure
Posted on 6 Dec 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
An unmanned Russian Progress resupply spacecraft suffered a failure minutes after launch last week.
TMALC 2016: the digitisation of manufacturing
Posted on 2 Nov 2016 by Jonny Williamson
Senior figures from across the UK manufacturing landscape discussed the trends, technologies and influences that are transforming the future of industry during the UK’s largest event of its kind, The Manufacturer's Annual Leaders Conference 2016.