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Air Force awards $70M contract for augmented reality system on training jet

Aug 17, 2021 (UPI)

The technology company, which specializes in synthetic air combat training, on Monday announced the Air Force contract, which will spread funding for the projec...

Purdue-designed heat transfer experiment arrives at International Space Station

Aug 16, 2021 (SPX)

A new experiment designed by Purdue University engineers addresses both problems. The Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE), which arrived at the Inte...

Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract

Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)

US media reports said the contract valued at $10 billion is for modernizing storage of classified data at the National Security Agency (NSA). "Based on the deci...

NASA Exploration has LEGS

Aug 11, 2021 (SPX)

"The main goal of the LEGS project is to offload services from the Deep Space Network," said LEGS Project Manager T.J. Crooks. "As the number of lunar missions ...

NSF awards funding for next-generation VLA antenna development

Aug 10, 2021 (SPX)

"The ngVLA will be a key tool for answering the important scientific questions facing astronomers in the coming decades. We welcome this vital support for the n...

DARPA selects research teams to enable quantum shift in spectrum sensing

Aug 05, 2021 (SPX)

The QA program aims to develop RF antennas, or apertures, that use quantum techniques to alter the way the RF spectrum is accessed. The goal is to develop porta...

Experiment bound for Space Station turns down the heat

Aug 05, 2021 (SPX)

To remove heat efficiently and reduce the mass of the cooling system, NASA is investigating new methods of transferring heat in space. One of the most effective...

End tax breaks for gaming firms, says Chinese state media

Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)

The online gaming industry, which made revenue of 130 billion yuan ($20 billion) in the first half of this year, has been the subject of several menacing state ...

The truth about space traffic management

Aug 03, 2021 (SPX)

In fact, orbiting debris is a product of negligence. Over the first 60 years of space flight, mission plans ended with the completion of in-space operations. Sa...

Metallic glass gears up for 'Cobots,' Coatings, and More

Jul 30, 2021 (SPX)

Where are the robot assistants we were promised? For all the space that robots have occupied in the popular imagination for the last hundred years - and althoug...

World's first commercial re-programmable satellite blasts into space

Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)

Unlike conventional models that are designed and "hard-wired" on Earth and cannot be repurposed once in orbit, the Eutelsat Quantum allows users to tailor the c...

World's first re-progammable commercial satellite set to launch

Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)

Unlike conventional models that are designed and "hard-wired" on Earth and cannot be repurposed once in orbit, the Eutelsat Quantum is based on so-called softwa...

Redwire to demonstrate In-Space Additive Manufacturing on ISS for Lunar operations

Jul 30, 2021 (SPX)

This will be the first time that lunar regolith simulant has been used for 3D printing in space. The mission is currently set to launch onboard Northrop Grumman...

Water as a metal - detected at BESSY II

Jul 30, 2021 (SPX)

Every child knows that water conducts electricity - but this refers to "normal" everyday water that contains salts. Pure, distilled water, on the other hand, is...

'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?

Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)

Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on as the next...

Upgrades to NASA's Space Communications Infrastructure Pave the Way to Higher Data Rates

Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)

The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) project implemented critical upgrades to NASA's space communications infrastructure by modernizing Tracking ...

Let's face the liquid-liquid interface

Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)

One of the promising compounds is a carbon-free molecule of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), having strong oxidative and bleaching properties. Most of us remember that...

Facebook assembles team to build 'metaverse'

Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)

The "metaverse," a term coined by sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson, refers to a shared online world in which multiple users can hang out, spend money, consume medi...

D-Orbit completes deployment phase of WILD RIDE space mission

Jul 27, 2021 (SPX)

The WILD RIDE mission began on June 30, with the launch of ION SCV 003 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape...

German Space Operations Center commands satellite with software of the future

Jul 24, 2021 (SPX)

DLR is active in a European network that is building a common software infrastructure with EGS-CC. Until now, several different systems have been used for space...