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Millennium Space Systems completes DRAG RACER satellite qualification ahead of orbital debris mission
Jul 17, 2020 (SPX)
Millennium has completed space qualification of its two DRAG RACER small satellites that will embark on a first-of-its-kind Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mission to hel...
Place for space testing
Jul 17, 2020 (ESA)
The CATR is screened against external electromagnetic radiation, while their inside walls is covered with pyramid-shaped non-reflective foam to absorb signals a...
Data-relay satellite beams at light speed
Jul 17, 2020 (ESA)
The European Data Relay System (EDRS) was built to accelerate the flow of information from Earth-observation satellites to people on the ground. The second sate...
Scientists map radioactive soil in Western Europe
Jul 16, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers used a new analysis method to calculate caesium and plutonium concentrations in an archive of European soil samples. The team published their new ma...
Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
"The goal of the work is to manipulate the wave interactions resulting from a shockwave," said Dana Dattelbaum, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory an...
Portable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
The heart of the new squeezer is a marble-sized optical cavity, housed in a vacuum chamber and containing two mirrors, one of which is smaller than the diameter...
Programmable balloons pave the way for new shape-morphing devices
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
The team also developed an inverse design strategy, an algorithm that finds the optimum design for the kirigami inflatable device that will mimic a target shape...
NASA's Deep Space Station in Australia Is Getting an Upgrade
Jul 13, 2020 (JPL)
Forty-eight years old and 70 meters (230 feet) wide, the dish recently received a new X-band frequency cone. Inside the cone is a powerful state-of-the-art tran...
Liverpool researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next, and has already discovered a new catalyst...
New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation
Jul 09, 2020 (SPX)
"Given the increased interest in space travel, and the general need for lightweight, multifunctional and radioprotective biomaterials, we've become excited abou...
Deutsche Bank teams up with Google in cloud services
Jul 07, 2020 (AFP)
The companies have signed a letter of intent and plan to sign "a multi-year contract within the next few months", Deutsche Bank said in a statement. The Frankfu...
Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
Now, in a new study, scientists have discovered previously unrecognized structural lines 100 miles or more down in the earth that appear to signal the locations...
The lightest shielding material in the world
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
However, for many applications such a shield is too heavy or too poorly adaptable to the given geometry. The ideal solution would be a light, flexible and durab...
Europe radioactivity likely linked to nuclear reactor: UN watchdog
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it could not yet determine where the reactor was located after several northern European countries, including...
Just add nano-materials for stronger, tougher diving fins
Jul 03, 2020 (ESA)
An idea originally championed by inventors from Leonard da Vinci to Benjamin Franklin, before finally reaching mass production during the last century, diving f...
US Air Force collaboration leads to new method of triggering shape change
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory, in collaboration with academic colleagues, have used this idea as motivation for designing soft materials that...
Launch campaign for 2nd Mission Extension Vehicle begins at Kourou
Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)
"These satellites are excellent examples of our established leadership and innovation in the industry," said Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, ...
BAE Systems Delivers First Radiation-Hardened RAD5545 Radios
Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)
"Our RAD5545 software defined radios are ideal for any mission requiring reconfigurable radio processing," said Ricardo Gonzalez, director of Space Systems at B...
Capella Space goes all-in on AWS
Jul 01, 2020 (SPX)
Using AWS, Capella provides its customers with access to satellite data within minutes of its capture - far faster than traditional satellite data delivery serv...
AFRL partners with FSU to develop reinforced ceramics 3D printing of sensors
Jul 01, 2020 (AFNS)
The technology of reinforced ceramics 3D printing of sensors uses a new liquid polymer in a 3D printer that can dispense pre-ceramic polymer, which is then pyro...
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