SpaceX wiggles Starhopper’s Raptor engine, tests parts ahead of hover test debut

On the evening of July 12th, SpaceX technicians put Starhopper’s freshly-installed Raptor – serial number 06 (SN06) – through a simple but decidedly entertaining test, effectively wiggling the engine in circles. Designed to verify that Raptor’s thrust vectoring capabilities are in order and ensure that Starhopper and the engine are properly communicating, the wiggle test […]

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EGEB: A solar system that delivers electricity at night, solar panels in Fortnite, and more

In today’s EGEB:

A thermal battery is being developed that could be used in a solar power system for overnight electricity.
One developer pulls out of the running for a Long Island-area offshore wind farm.
The first solar project in Anchorage, …