India News: Isro plans to air-drop test for Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight, with S Somanath. Uncrewed missions before manned mission next year. 400 km
For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture lifted up an orbital-class New Glenn rocket on its Florida launch pad — with the billionaire boss keeping watch. “Just incredible to see New Glenn on the pad at LC-36,” Bezos wrote today in an Instagram post that referred to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. “Big year ahead. Let’s go!” Blue Origin’s CEO, Dave Limp, agreed that the sight was incredible. “Its size alone — more than 30 stories high and a 7-meter diamet
German company Rheinmetall AG has initiated the construction of a new plant in Lower Saxony for manufacturing of artillery shells, explosives, and rocket artillery components, as announced in their press release on Feb. 12.
The Votkinsk Machine Building Plant produces nuclear weapons components and ballistic missiles, including the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).