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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...
Pioneering study gives new insight into formation of copper deposits
Mar 18, 2021 (SPX)
A team of geologists, led by Lawrence Carter from the University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines, has published a new theory for how porphyry copper deposi...
NAV CANADA awards Raytheon UK contract for secondary surveillance radars to manage Canadian airspace
Mar 18, 2021 (SPX)
"We have been supplying radar systems to NAV CANADA since 1959, and MSSRs since the 1980s," said John Gallagher, managing director, Weapons and Sensors, Raytheo...
Research for environment-friendly production plants
Mar 17, 2021 (SPX)
DLR's Zittau site, the home of the new institute, was officially inaugurated on 10 March 2021 with an online event. In addition to this site in Saxony, the Inst...
Airbus pioneers first satellite factory in space
Mar 16, 2021 (SPX)
The "orbital factory" envisioned by PERIOD will pioneer construction of major components such as antenna reflectors, assembly of spacecraft components and satel...
NASA, Partners test 3D printed rocket pad designed by students
Mar 15, 2021 (SPX)
The students' design concept - called the Lunar Plume Alleviation Device, or Lunar PAD - aims to solve problems caused by lunar dust kicked up during launches a...
Battery pallet becomes largest object discharged from space station
Mar 15, 2021 (UPI)
Mission controllers in Houston commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external pallet loaded with the 2.9 tons of nickel-hydrogen batteries into Eart...
Scientists turn plastic into moisture-wicking textile
Mar 15, 2021 (UPI)
Attempts to make plastic textiles have previously faltered as a result of polyethylene's inability to wick away and evaporate moisture. However, engineers at MI...
ELSA-d mission licence approved by UK Space Agency
Mar 15, 2021 (SPX)
The ELSA-d mission presents a leading test case for licensing for future missions undertaking complex rendezvous operations in space, such as active debris remo...
Controlled by light alone, new smart materials twist, bend and move
Mar 15, 2021 (SPX)
The research provides new avenues for the development of smart light-driven systems such as high-efficiency, self-aligning solar cells that automatically follow...
Printing in 3D as long as you like
Mar 14, 2021 (ESA)
The printer is capable of printing parts of unlimited dimensions in a single direction. It is a ground demonstrator version of 3D printing technology which is u...
NFTs setting off revolution in the world of collectibles
Mar 13, 2021 (AFP)
What is an NFT, and why are they causing such a stir? - What is an 'NFT' ? - A non-fungible token (NFT) is a digital object that can be a drawing, animation, pi...
Canadian firm builds satellites to track space trash
Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)
Montreal-based NorthStar Earth and Space has three of its Skylark satellites under construction for the new network, which eventually will number about 52 space...
Arecibo telescope collapse may complicate NASA asteroid mission
Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)
The primary goal of the asteroid experiment, or DART mission, is to crash a spacecraft into a small moon that circles asteroid Didymos in 2022, and to observe h...
Father of the cassette tape dies at 94
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
Created by Ottens while working for electrical giant Philips, cassettes made music truly portable for the first time and allowed a generation of music fans to m...
Mystery buyer of $69 mn digital artwork known only as 'Metakovan'
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
The sale of "Everydays: the First 5,000 Days", a virtual mosaic created by Mike Winkelmann -- the US artist's real name -- caused upheaval on the art market, wh...
From better sunglasses to a better way of looking at asteroid surfaces
Mar 12, 2021 (SPX)
A new study recently published in The Planetary Science Journal found a better way to interpret radar signals bounced off asteroids' surfaces. The data can bett...
From 'Minecraft' to 'Valheim', Sweden conquers gaming world
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
- Industry levels up - "Valheim", a Viking-themed survival game, is the latest to rise to fame, with five million copies sold since its early-access release las...
Porous, ultralow-temperature supercapacitors could power Mars, polar missions
Mar 11, 2021 (SPX)
Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have 3D printed porous carbon aerogels for electrodes in ultralow-temperature supercapacitors, reducing heating ...
Exotrail signs license with Thales Alenia Space for ExoOPS
Mar 11, 2021 (SPX)
Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), becomes a customer of ExoOPS - Mission Design. Thales Alenia Space and Exotrail sign...
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