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Planets take virtual shape on Earth with NASA knowledge and imagery

Sep 15, 2020 (SPX)

PDS is a long-term archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions, actively managed by its scientists for the worldwide planetary scie...

Future Rocket Engines May Include Large-Scale 3D Printing

Sep 14, 2020 (SPX)

NASA's Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology project, or RAMPT, is advancing development of an additive manufacturing technique to 3D print roc...

Northrop's 'life extension' spacecraft heads to the rescue

Sep 14, 2020 (UPI)

The spacecraft is part of Northrop's new in-orbit services. Analysts and observers predict such services will grow into a multibillion-dollar market over the ne...

Virtual Air, Space and Cyber Conference

Sep 11, 2020 (AFNS)

Within AFRL, scientists and engineers collaborate to execute crosscutting R and D. External collaboration including partnerships with industry, academia and oth...

L3Harris Technologies awarded international sonar system program

Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)

L3Harris specifically designed the system to perform at a lower operating frequency against modern diesel-electric submarine threats. "This award represents our...

Giant particle accelerator in the sky

Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)

Now, a new study led by researchers from GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences shows that electrons in the radiation belts can be accelerated to very high ...

GITAI and Nanoracks demonstrate GITAI robot inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

Sep 10, 2020 (SPX)

In this technical demonstration, GITAI's space robot "S1" will be installed inside Bishop's pressurized volume to conduct two experiments: IVA (Intra-Vehicular ...

Aerospace's CT Scanning Lab uses x-rays to solve the hardest problems

Sep 10, 2020 (SPX)

At The Aerospace Corporation, a team of experts in the computed tomography scanning laboratory are at the forefront of using X-rays to peer deep inside space sy...

Expanding ESTEC's Test Centre

Sep 10, 2020 (SPX)

To begin with, 110 foundation piles have been inserted into the sandy soil, ranging in depth from 10 to 17 m. Now ground is being excavated to dig a connecting ...

ESA's polar station marks three decades satellite tracking

Sep 10, 2020 (ESA)

The station, equipped with two dish antennas 15 m and 13 m in diameter, is a crucial space gateway, bringing data down to Earth that lets us study our planet's ...

Earth's Van Allen radiation belts double as particle accelerator

Sep 10, 2020 (UPI)

The Earth's magnetic field traps high energy particles -- mostly from the sun -- in what are known as the Van Allen radiation belts, named for the astronomer wh...

Microsoft says small Xbox S game console on the way

Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)

The US technology firm posted a video and fired off a tweet about the Xbox S after word leaked that the hardware is coming as part of a new-generation console l...

Next artificial intelligence mission selected

Sep 07, 2020 (ESA)

Ph-sat-1, an enhancement of the Federated Satellite Systems mission, was launched onboard a Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 3 S...

Morocco, Netherlands, India, UAE to buy Longbow Fire Control Radars

Sep 04, 2020 (UPI)

The contract, announced on Thursday by the Defense Department, calls for AH-64E Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar units to be sold to the m...

US military sticks with Microsoft for $10 bn cloud contract

Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)

After a second look at proposals for the "JEDI" cloud computing contract, the Pentagon concluded anew that Microsoft is the preferred choice. "Microsoft's propo...

Wool-like material can remember and change shape

Sep 04, 2020 (SPX)

What if other materials, especially textiles, had this type of shape memory? Imagine a t-shirt with cooling vents that opened when exposed to moisture and close...

OCS tracking antenna support initial mission of LauncherOne

Sep 03, 2020 (SPX)

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne mission is to open space for everyone, by employing a Boeing 747 carrier for launching a rocket into orbit, thus enabling cost effect...

Satellite communications phased array prototype successfully completes transmit test

Sep 03, 2020 (SPX)

It increases throughput, while also shrinking the antenna's footprint. This marks a technology milestone for the United States Space Force's MBMM program and mo...

L3Harris Technologies selected to build space antenna for mobile telecom satellite

Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)

The geostationary satellite, owned and operated by Yahsat/Thuraya, will carry an L-band payload that will enable high-speed services for all customer segments, ...

Court rejects Oracle's appeal over Pentagon JEDI contract

Sep 02, 2020 (UPI)

The Defense Department is preparing the start of consolidation of its technology programs and its ability to deliver information around the world. A contract kn...