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Astroscale announces March 2021 Launch Date for Debris Removal Demonstration
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
"We now have the launch in our sights," says Seita Iizuka, ELSA-d Project Manager. "Publicly announcing this significant milestone is possible thanks to years o...
China launches antenna array for Mars, moon missions
Nov 19, 2020 (XNA)
After nearly two years of construction, the deep-space antenna array system was built at the control center's Kashgar station in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur aut...
The Workspace Of The Future, Carnegie's VizLab Will Unlock The Secrets Of The Universe
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
Imagine standing in front of a wave of data and probing the mysteries of the universe's most-ancient galaxies side-by-side with swirling, colorful simulations o...
MDA receives commercial contracts for on-orbit servicing technologies
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
MDA has announced that it has signed multiple contracts with Maxar Technologies to provide advanced space robotics technologies for the Space Infrastructure Dex...
Danger in sun-synchronous orbits
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
Since these orbits have inclinations that require satellite to pass over north and south polar regions of the Earth during each circuit around the planet the pr...
Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
Of the 614,387 bridges in the U.S., for example, 39% are older than their designed lifetimes, while nearly 10% are structurally deficient, meaning they could be...
Smaller than ever - exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
Moreover, as particles become smaller, exotic quantum phenomena become more prominent. This has enabled scientists to produce materials and devices with charact...
Earth may have recaptured a 1960s-era rocket booster
Nov 13, 2020 (JPL)
This story of celestial catch-and-release begins with the detection of an unknown object by the NASA-funded Pan-STARRS1 survey telescope on Maui in September. A...
New PlayStation hits market as console battle with Xbox begins
Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)
With pre-orders pointing to a record launch, market leader Sony is counting on big-ticket exclusive games like "Spider-Man: Miles Morales" to keep the edge over...
Radiation Hard Lenses for Satellite UHD Video Cameras
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
Sen launched its first set of UHD video cameras into space in 2019 and successfully demonstrated the excellent performance of its video streaming platform. The ...
A chemical space mapping method helps crack the mystery of Mendeleev number
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
Yet the meaning and origin of MNs were unclear. Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) puzzled out the physical meaning of ...
Surrey helps to produce the world's first neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, the University of Surrey together with its partners detail how they used a new isotope-separation facility, cal...
Chain reaction: virus darkens future of Albania's chromium miners
Nov 11, 2020 (AFP)
"When China and America have problems, we have even bigger problems in Bulqize," he says, referring to the region to the east where the blue-grey metal is mined...
New Xbox hits stores, launching holiday season console war
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
The Xbox Series X launches just two days before Sony's next generation PlayStation 5, in a head-to-head likely to dominate the gaming sector this shopping seaso...
Exceptional ground and flight demonstrations lead way to further applicability across programs
Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)
For the demonstrations, an advanced Northrop Grumman wideband AESA sensor was connected to an OMS-compliant mission computing system provided by Boeing. After i...
Printing self-folding paper structures for future mechatronics
Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)
Surprisingly, it turns out that this type of motion could become the basis to produce new types of robots and mechatronic devices. In a recent study published i...
Optimizing the design of new materials
Nov 09, 2020 (SPX)
The new strategy, a collaboration between Professors James Rondinelli and Wei Chen, integrated techniques from statistical inference, optimization theory, and c...
Diversity, streaming reshape video games for a new generation
Nov 06, 2020 (AFP)
The Japanese tech giant and its American rival Microsoft are preparing to launch their latest consoles next week, competing in an estimated $175 billion global ...
Portrait transmitted via 3D printing
Nov 06, 2020 (ESA)
ESA non-metallic materials and processes engineer Ugo Lafont explains: "In recent years we have been working on 3D printing using 'polyether ether ketone' - or ...
Price, date, games... PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
Nov 05, 2020 (AFP)
Microsoft is hoping the Xbox Series X will help it close the gap with Sony, which has sold twice as many PlayStation 4 consoles as did Microsoft its Xbox One si...
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