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ESA invites ideas to open up in-orbit servicing market
Apr 02, 2021 (ESA)
A first stage 'request for information' has been posted on ESA's Open Space Innovation Platform, sponsored by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. Respondents...
Tesat Technology chosen for US Govt Program
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
Backnang, 31.03.2021: TESAT continues its success story for broadband laser communication in space. The development that ranges back to the laying of the corner...
Microsoft wins $22 bn US army contract for augmented reality gear
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
The headsets, based on commercially available HoloLens, will make soldiers safer and more effective, according to Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman. The De...
A new technique to synthesize superconducting materials
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, the lab of Ranga Dias, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and of physics and astronomy, describes se...
NASA tests mixed reality for mission operations for exploration
Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)
Three projects led by researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley presented their results in a special issue of Planetary and Spac...
Hitachi buys US software firm GlobalLogic for $9.6 bn
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
Hitachi will pay $8.5 billion for the firm, but the cost will be bumped up by the additional repayment of GlobalLogic's outstanding debt, the Japanese company s...
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
The environmental benefits of adding graphene to concrete are clear, chemist James Tour said. "Concrete is the most-produced material in the world, and simply m...
Radiation researchers fly nonstop to the Falkland Islands
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
This time, it will be carrying researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) that will use the flight to study c...
Robot security dogs start guarding Tyndall Air Force Base
Mar 29, 2021 (UPI)
The semi-autonomous machines, which walk on four legs and resemble dogs' bodies, were integrated into the 325th Security Forces Squadron at the base on March 22...
Pandemic fuels travel boom -- in virtual reality
Mar 27, 2021 (AFP)
"She was amazed," she said, calling the VR travel experiences "a lifesaver for us." Strict lockdowns and travel limitations during the pandemic have sparked fre...
DLR laser terminal in space establishes contact with Japanese ground station
Mar 26, 2021 (SPX)
As part of an international cooperation, researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Japanese National...
Decades of radiation-based scientific theory challenged
Mar 26, 2021 (SPX)
Background radiation is an ionizing radiation that exists in the environment because of natural sources. In their study, BGU researchers show that life expectan...
Light show over US sky likely SpaceX debris re-entering atmosphere
Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)
"While we await further confirmation on the details, here's the unofficial information we have so far. The widely reported bright objects in the sky were the de...
Illegal mining surges on Yanomami indigenous land
Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)
The increase brought the total amount of land deforested by illegal miners on the Yanomami's reserve in northern Brazil to 2,400 hectares (nearly 6,000 acres), ...
New York Times digital 'NFT' article sells for $563,000
Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)
Keven Roose's article entitled "Buy This Column on the Blockchain" was itself aimed at trying to test the market as to what sort of items would sell in the form...
Astroscale confirms successful launch of ELSA-d satellite deorbiter
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
ELSA-d, which consists of two satellites stacked together - a servicer designed to safely remove debris from orbit and a client satellite that serves as a piece...
Deployable propulsion for satellites
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
In cooperation with the US space agency NASA, the aim is to develop deployable satellite structures that will make low-cost, small satellites more powerful in t...
Recycling seen as way to bolster U.S. rare-earth element supply, go greener
Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)
REEs, sometimes called rare-earth metals, are used to make a variety of electronics, from iPhones to MRI machines. They're also vital to produce many of the mos...
Hong Kong's fragile coral reefs boosted by 3D printing
Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)
On postcards and in the popular imagination Hong Kong is a byword for urban density, a thicket of towering skyscrapers crammed along the harbour or clinging to ...
ThinKom antenna design offers flexible installation options for special-purpose aircraft
Mar 18, 2021 (SPX)
The new product variant, which targets government and military beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) satellite communication markets, integrates the VICTS antenna, antenn...
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