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Radiation-hardened MOSFET qualified for commercial and military satellites and space power solutions
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
These events degrade space-based systems and disrupt operations. To meet this requirement, Microchip Technology Inc. has announced the qualification of its M6 M...
New spacecraft will use lasers to transmit video, data in seconds
Jun 09, 2021 (UPI)
Two missions by the U.S. government will test such lasers, which use invisible, infrared light beams. NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration will explo...
CityU scientists make a breakthrough towards solving the structural mystery of glass
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid which has widespread practical and technological use in daily life. Besides the soda-lime glass used in windows, ther...
Visualizing cement hydration on a molecular level
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
The study is a "Brothers Lumiere moment for concrete science," says co-author Franz-Josef Ulm, professor of civil and environmental engineering and faculty dire...
New connector for sustainable structures on Earth and in space
Jun 08, 2021 (SPX)
Van Wassenhove got the idea for his connector during a class at EPFL on composite materials and developed the concept further through his Master's project, co-d...
Technique inspired by lace making could someday weave structures in space
Jun 06, 2021 (SPX)
She grabbed ribbon-like plastic material she had been experimenting with in her studio, bending and connecting the semi-rigid strips. To Dreier's surprise, the ...
SpaceChain to test On-orbit Ethereum Multisignature Transaction Services on ISS
Jun 04, 2021 (SPX)
The mission, made possible by Nanoracks and its Space Act agreement with NASA, marks SpaceChain's fourth blockchain payload launch into space and the first demo...
Study: AI faster, better at predicting successful radiation treatment
Jun 03, 2021 (UPI)
Researchers at the University of Toronto found radiation treatment plans created by AI were selected over human-based treatments 72 percent of the time in a bli...
Government fund will support new ideas for cleaning up space
Jun 03, 2021 (SPX)
One of the biggest global challenges facing the space sector is orbital congestion and space debris. There are currently an estimated 900,000 pieces of space de...
World's first digital fiber can collect, store, analyze data
Jun 03, 2021 (UPI)
The breakthrough technology, detailed Thursday in the journal Nature Communications, could be paired with machine learning algorithms and used to make smart fab...
Trashing space begins in low earth orbit
Jun 03, 2021 (SPX)
The junk - or space debris - is made up of uncontrollable human-made items that remain in orbit long after they've served their original purpose. The scale of d...
NRAO selects contractor for Next-Generation VLA Antenna Development
Jun 02, 2021 (SPX)
The ngVLA, a powerful radio telescope with a total of 263 dish antennas distributed across North America, is proposed as one of the next generation of cutting-e...
AFRL Materials Characterization Facility pushes state of the art
May 31, 2021 (SPX)
"Advanced instrumentation is growing increasingly sensitive to the local environment," said Butler, "and this requires a strict level of environmental control t...
ESA's Space Environment Report 2021
May 31, 2021 (ESA)
So how do we clean up this mess? In 2002, a major step was taken to create some rules for our space highways. The Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee (IA...
Canadian manipulator on ISS holed by space debris
May 31, 2021 (Sputnik)
"While the utmost precautions are taken to reduce the potential for collisions with the ISS, impacts with tiny objects do occur. One such hit was noticed recent...
RUAG Space dispenser places 200th OneWeb satellite in orbit
May 27, 2021 (SPX)
As a key supplier to OneWeb Satellites, RUAG Space built the satellite dispenser, which functions as an interface between the Soyuz rocket and satellites. The d...
Graphene solves concrete's big problem
May 27, 2021 (SPX)
In a world-first for the sector, the team has laid the floor slab of a new gym in Amesbury, Wiltshire with graphene-enhanced 'Concretene', removing 30% of mater...
Astroscale UK to develop space debris removal technology innovations with OneWeb
May 25, 2021 (SPX)
This latest 2.5 million pound award forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite programme, totalling over 32 million pounds, granted from the UK Space Agency,...
New optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composite materials
May 25, 2021 (SPX)
Carbon fibers are usually combined with other materials to form a composite. One such composite material is the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), which is...
Alpha Data Launches new Space Development Kit
May 25, 2021 (SPX)
Alpha Data's new Space Development Kit, the ADA-SDEV-KIT3, is a development kit for the Xilinx Radiation Tolerant Kintex UltraScale XQRKU060 FPGA, the world's ?...
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