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New patented invention stabilizes, rotates satellites
Feb 27, 2020 (SPX)
"We developed, with NASA"s Jet Propulsion Lab, a way to cancel out the vibrations of a satellite by vibrating the solar panels in the opposite direction - activ...
SpaceLogistics completes first docking of Mission Extension Vehicle-1 to the Intelsat 901 satellite
Feb 27, 2020 (SPX)
MEV-1, launched Oct. 9, 2019, recently completed its orbit raising to an orbit approximately 180 miles above geosynchronous orbit. IS-901 is a fully operational...
Engineers break reciprocity with 'spacetime-varying metamaterials'
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
In physics, for example, it concerns electromagnetic and acoustic waves. The idea is that waves travel the same way backward as they do forward. Which is fine, ...
Where is the greatest risk to US mineral resource supplies
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
"This methodology is an important part of how we're meeting our goals in the President Trump's Strategy to ensure a reliable supply of critical minerals," said ...
Time-resolved measurement in a memory device
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
A few years ago researchers could already show that a certain physical effect - the spin-orbit torque - makes particularly fast data storage possible. Now Gamba...
Creating custom light using 2D materials
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, have discovered an entire class of two-dimen...
'Wood' you like to recycle concrete?
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
Concrete has long been the material of choice for construction our modern world, used in structures such as skyscrapers, bridges, and houses - to name just a fe...
Raytheon awarded $17 million for dual band radar spares for USS Ford
Feb 21, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies an ordering agreement awarded in March 2019. According to Raytheon, the dual band radar is the first radar system in the U.S. Navy fleet capab...
Celestia UK to develop advanced antenna systems with Scottish Enterprise Support
Feb 21, 2020 (SPX)
The company, a UK subsidiary of Celestia Technologies Group headquartered in Holland, will be based initially at The GRID at Heriot-Watt University while it ide...
Going viral: Demand for disease-themed movies and games explodes
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
The iTunes movie download charts are usually dominated by the latest blockbusters. But in the last few weeks a blast from the past has stormed up the charts -- ...
Exotrail Secures Contract with AAC Clyde Space to equip their customers' spacecrafts
Feb 20, 2020 (SPX)
Exotrail will equip them with cutting-edge propulsion solutions for their customers, including global satellite telecommunications leader Eutelsat for its ELO 3...
Cracks actually protect historical paintings against environmental fluctuation
Feb 20, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, wood paneled paintings with significant cracking patterns are surprisingly resilient, even in substandard storage conditions. Wood pan...
Outer Space Chicken
Feb 19, 2020 (SPX)
They have apparently been positioned near a U.S. national security satellite. One Russian satellite is known as Cosmos-2542 which ejected a smaller, nested sate...
Army researchers develop new method for analyzing metal
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
When mechanical parts slide against each other for long periods of time, the constant grinding may wear down the metal surfaces until the parts are no longer fu...
Orion Passengers on Artemis I to test radiation vest for deep space missions
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
Earth's atmosphere and magnetic shielding protect us from most of the radiation in the universe, including radiation from our Sun. When astronauts leave Earth, ...
Amazon wins suspension of $10 bn 'JEDI' contract to Microsoft
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
A preliminary injunction requested by Amazon was issued by Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith, barring the Department of Defense from starting work on the contract k...
In Norway, bottles made of plastic are still fantastic
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
"You have to get rid of them, so you may as well do it intelligently," says the woman in her 70s, as the machine spits out a bar-code ticket that entitles her t...
Researchers develop smaller, lighter radiation shielding
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
"Our approach can be used to maintain the same level of radiation shielding and reduce the weight by 30% or more, or you could maintain the same weight and impr...
Astroscale teams with JAXA for Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project
Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)
The JAXA Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project (CRD2) consists of two mission phases to achieve one of the world's first debris removal missions of...
NASA prepares for Moon and Mars with new addition to its deep space network
Feb 12, 2020 (JPL)
Using massive antenna dishes, the agency talks to more than 30 deep space missions on any given day, including many international missions. As more missions hav...
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