A SpaceX rocket illuminated the night sky with its exhaust plume after launching Sunday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base near the Santa Barbara County coast. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched just after 7 p.m. and could be seen for miles across Santa Barbara, LA and Orange counties. This was the 28th flight for the first stage booster supporting …
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Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of its ion engine to knock dangerous chunks of space junk into the atmosphere where they can burn up safely. The huge amounts of space junk in orbit, ranging from nuts …
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Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. The 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show award was given to this 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Nieuport-Astra Torpedo on Sunday. The car certainly looks unusual compared to any remotely modern vehicle, but its particularly bizarre exhaust caught my eye immediately. I did a little research and figured …
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