Esa's Exomars: Europe's Martian Rover

Europe is working on a rover that will explore the Martian surface. The Rover for Mars is called Exomars and had some interesting technology on board. Esa's Rover is smaller than Nasa's Curiosity: probably the size of Spirit and Opportunity. 

NuSTAR will hunt for black holes

Nasa's NuSTAR will scan the sky for interesting black holes. supernova and high energy X-rays. Launched in spring 2012.

Max Launch Abort System

Nasa's MLAS (max launch abort system) at Wallops. The MLAS is a crew escape system. Check it out!

Mars Rover Curiosity Movie - Animation

Haven't you heard about the new Mars Rover? Nasa's newest Rover is allready launched and will reach Mars in August 2012. The new Rover called Curiosity has the size of a refrigerator. Check-out the newest Mars Rover: Curiosity!

Samsung Galaxy S3 newest smartphone

The new smartphone from Samsung, Galaxy S3, is definitely a new phone you don't want to miss! The Galaxy S2 was a great success for Samsung Telephone and they want to repeat thát with the new Galaxy S3. The phone looks stunning, has a huge screen and dazzling specs. Prices will be announced soon.

SpaceX shuttle lifts off for space station mission: finally!

SpaceX's shuttle finally lifts off for the international space station! SpaceX is a commercial/private company. The dragon capsule carries some supplies (food and clothes) for the international space station. The future seems bright for SpaceX since Nasa's spaceshuttle retired and no longer lifts off to the international space station. 

Launch SpaceX's Dragon

SpaceX's Dragon will probably launch 7th may. The launch system is reuseable, which makes it quite interesting!

Eigenlijk zou de Dragon in februari al....

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Virgin Galactic: soon we can fly to Earth's orbit!

Got 200.000 dollars? You can buy a ticket for 200k and fly to Earth's orbit with Virgin Galactic! First commercial flight will departure next year.

Manned mission to Mars!

Finally^^!! Here you can see the animation of Nasa's brand new mission to Mars. It's part of Nasa's new Constellation project. Don't get too excited yet: this manned mission to Mars is planned for 2030 + .....

Maglev for Japan

It's been a while since we got some exciting train news from Japan. You've probably seen the 500km/h maglev traintests already. Here some new footage:

personal transport pods: London Heathrow

I recently came across these cute pods! They bring you from the parkinglot to terminal 5 (or more).

SwissMetro: maglev train for Switzerland

This project was cancelled some time ago but it's quite nice to see how European countries (like Switzerland) are trying to make use of the Maglev system. Check out the SwissMetro video and let me know what you think about it. I think it's ''okay'' but would probably cost way too much...

The Straddling bus for China

Check out this new idea. China wants to built a new type of bus! The bus drives over cars and use the same road as normal cars do. I think it's a great idea, and very efficiënt. Maybe the design of this bus can change a bit...it's not the most flashy bus I've seen so far. What do you think? Check the video beneath.