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Altius Space Machines to support on-orbit servicing for the Dynetics Human Landing System

Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)

Leveraging its deep expertise in space robotics, Altius develops on-orbit servicing technology, specializing in on-orbit assembly and manufacturing, orbital ren...

French firm thrusts Microsoft Flight Simulator to new take-off

Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)

With access to Microsoft's Bing satellite mapping and cloud-powered processing, French developers Asobo Studio have sought to render the piloting experience as ...

'Fortnite' maker sues Apple over app restrictions

Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)

Epic Games called on a federal judge to order Apple to stop its "anti-competitive conduct" and invalidate the tech giant's rules requiring app developers to pay...

Laser beams reflected between Earth and Moon boost science

Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)

The reflector NASA scientists aimed for is mounted on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a spacecraft that has been studying the Moon from its orbit since ...

PredaSAR chooses SpaceX to launch its first synthetic aperture radar satellite

Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)

As part of the agreement, PredaSAR, Tyvak, and SpaceX will be working together to optimize the deployment plan for the remainder of PredaSAR's groundbreaking co...

Digital content to total half Earth's mass by 2245

Aug 11, 2020 (UPI)

As more and more raw materials and fossil fuels are used to power the computer systems and servers that support the digital economy, the Earth gets a little sma...

Return of the LIDAR

Aug 07, 2020 (ESA)

The Light Detection and Ranging instrument, or LIDAR, is a remote sensing technique that uses light to study an object. A pulsed laser beam is aimed at the targ...

First laser detection of space debris in daylight

Aug 07, 2020 (ESA)

For some time, lasers could only be used to measure the distance to space debris during the few twilight hours in which the 'laser ranging' station on Earth is ...

Scientists find way to track space junk in daylight

Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)

Defunct rockets, satellites and spacecraft parts continue to orbit Earth after they are discarded. The estimated 500,000 objects circling the globe range in siz...

Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

Now, in ACS Omega, researchers report a selective, small-scale microrecycling strategy, which they use to convert old printed circuit boards and monitor compone...

At Aerospace: How Internships Went Virtual

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

While telework lends itself acceptably to most corporate functions in our industry, Aerospace's world-class facilities and labs have traditionally been utilized...

How to mix old tires and building rubble to make sustainable roads

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

Construction, renovation and demolition account for about half the waste produced annually worldwide, while around 1 billion scrap tyres are generated globally ...

Pentagon aims to continue supporting telework

Jul 30, 2020 (UPI)

"There's a lot of pilots going on right now on how we pivot [the Commercial Virtual Remote Environment] from an [impact level] 2 world to an [impact level] 5 wo...

Hole in none: how screen golf got serious in South Korea

Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)

In front of him it circled the hole, making a rattling sound as it dropped, and Ha raised his fist in triumph, taking victory and a 20 million won ($17,000) win...

Battelle Energy Alliance seeks industry partners to design nuclear power system for Moon

Jul 27, 2020 (Sputnik)

The US Department of Energy has recently put out a request to the private sector to construct nuclear power plants capable of operating beyond the boundaries of...

Texas firm develops adaptable satellites with fast software upgrades

Jul 27, 2020 (UPI)

Austin-based Hypergiant, which works on several kinds of artificial intelligence, has a formal but classified agreement to develop technology for the Air Force,...

Spaceflight Inc chooses Tethers Unlimited's Terminator Tape to deorbit of Orbit Transfer Vehicle

Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)

When the orbit transfer vehicle's mission is completed, a timer release system will deploy the Terminator Tape to rapidly deorbit the Sherpa-FX vehicle so that ...

Chemists make tough plastics recyclable

Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)

MIT chemists have now developed a way to modify thermoset plastics with a chemical linker that makes the materials much easier to break down, but still allows t...

Loft Orbital selects LeoStella to supply satellites for Space Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Jul 23, 2020 (SPX)

Under the contract, Seattle-area LeoStella will use its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, which opened in 2019, to produce multiple satellites based on E...

Microsoft sees growth amid pandemic computing demands

Jul 22, 2020 (AFP)

Profits in the quarter ending June 30 fell 15 percent to $11.2 billion, the result of increased tax charges compared with a year ago. Revenue meanwhile rose 13 ...