Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 private orbital rocket launched successfully, making India the third country with a private company capable of reaching orbit.
Deep dive: How the Vikram-1 private orbital rocket reaches orbit
Aerospace, Defence & MarineInnovation
JetZero has started assembling its full-scale blended wing body aircraft demonstrator Jet1 in Mojave, promising 50% lower fuel burn for airlines.
Deep dive: why blended wing body aircraft burn less fuel
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China's Qianfan satellite constellation hit 200 in orbit with costs slashed 96%. Here's the engineering behind the flat-pack satellites and mass launches.
Deep dive: Hall-Effect Thrusters, Orbital Mechanics, and the Logistics of Building a 15,000-Satellite Fleet
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
Engineers have developed force-regulating fuses that prevent building collapse propagation, isolating damage like an electrical fuse before it cascades.
Deep dive: Progressive Collapse, Structural Mechanics, and the Design of Force-Regulating Fuses
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China's Tianwen-2 entered orbit around asteroid Kamoʻoalewa on 7 June 2026, beginning a sample return mission that could confirm the rock is a fragment…
Deep dive: How Do You Orbit a Rock That Barely Has Gravity?
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
SpinLaunch's Orbital Accelerator spins satellites to 8,000 kph before release, eliminating 70% of rocket fuel. The company now plans its own broadband constellation using…
Deep dive: The physics of kinetic launch
Automotive & Transport
Tesla's Cybercab achieves 165 Wh/mi, making it the most efficient EV ever certified. The engineering behind the record reveals how mass reduction and aerodynamics…
Deep dive: The physics of EV efficiency
Construction & Infrastructure
The HS2 tallest bridge launch sees the 4,200-tonne Curzon 2 arched truss pushed 93m over live Birmingham rail lines in a precision engineering feat.
Deep dive: Launching a Bridge Over a Live Railway
Aerospace, Defence & MarineBreakthroughs
SpaceX's Starship V3 test flight launched from Starbase Texas, standing 124m tall with 33 Raptor 3 engines and carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites.
Deep dive: How 33 Engines Talk to One Computer
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
A £19M Olympic Park footbridge has opened at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, a 44-metre single-span steel structure floated into position by pontoon.
Deep dive: Single-Span Steel Bridge Design
Aerospace, Defence & MarineBreakthroughs
The Artemis II moon mission tested heat shields, life support, and spacecraft systems on humanity's first crewed lunar flight since 1972.
Deep dive: How the Artemis II moon mission spacecraft works
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
Early construction works have begun on the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel, a £10.2bn project featuring Europe's largest tunnel boring machine.
Deep dive: How the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel will be built