Airbus Defense and Space's first  aircraft of the Zephyr program, the Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite), has successfully landed. After taking off July 11 in Arizona, Zephyr S logged a maiden flight of over 25 days, the longest duration flight ever made, Airbus claimed. An application has been made to establish this as a new world…

For India’s farmers, doubling their annual income over a five-year period translates into enabling them to grow at more than 1.5 times the rate of the nation’s entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate over the same period of time. This is no small feat in leapfrogging to be achieved in a country where a…

Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket on Monday, which headed toward the International Space Station (ISS). Upon leaving the ISS, the spacecraft deployed six cube satellites from the attached Nanoracks deployer before performing a safe and destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. This mission marks the company’s ninth…

SES saw a fall of more than 17 percent in net profits for the first half of this year, compared to the same stage last year. This was one of the highlights of its half-year results announced today. With an additional decline in overall revenue, the operator will have its work cut out to grow…