Mercury

While the big news was the all-new 425 model, the existing V10 Verado 350 enjoys some serious updates, too

Mercury V10 outboard engine hits a new horsepower high mark

While auto engines shrink, marine outboards are packing on cylinders. A year after introducing "world's first V12 outboard," Mercury followed up with what it called the industry's first V10. Now it's updating the V10 lineup with a new flagship.

That certainly doesn't look like the face of an electric vehicle

Automotive

Electric powertrain injects new life into bruised and battered 1949 Mercury

Los Angeles-based Icon does the "electrified classic" a little differently, preserving the aged look and patina of a 1949 Mercury while adding a 200-mile (322-km), 400-hp (298-kW) dual-motor electric powertrain. It's a sleeper for the electric age.

Ed White during the first-ever American spacewalk (Photo: NASA James McDivitt)

Space Systems

The Gemini program: 50 years on

March 23 marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Gemini III - the first manned mission of the now legendary Gemini program. Gemini was tasked with testing the technologies and techniques that would lead America to victory in the space race.