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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 06:39
NASA awards agreement for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
NASA has awarded a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Capella Space Corporation of San Francisco to provide high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (0.5 meter to 1.2 meters) commercial Earth observation data products.
Under this agreement, the government will issue fixed-price BPA Calls for these products, at a not-to exceed value of $7 million per Call. The work will b
NASA has awarded a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Capella Space Corporation of San Francisco to provide high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (0.5 meter to 1.2 meters) commercial Earth observation data products.
Under this agreement, the government will issue fixed-price BPA Calls for these products, at a not-to exceed value of $7 million per Call. The work will b
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications
Niversity Park PA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The multidisciplinary research collaboration aims to develop a framework for the design and production of soft, self-charging,
A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The multidisciplinary research collaboration aims to develop a framework for the design and production of soft, self-charging,
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Northrop Grumman expands space technology capabilities in Huntsville
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) cut the ribbon on a new, two-building campus located just outside of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its launch and missile defense development capability. This campus will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area.
"Our new lab enables us to deliver innovative solutions to our customers on rapid time
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) cut the ribbon on a new, two-building campus located just outside of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its launch and missile defense development capability. This campus will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area.
"Our new lab enables us to deliver innovative solutions to our customers on rapid time
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Musk's Twitter marks BBC, NPR as 'government funded' but not Tesla or SpaceX
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2023
Elon Musk's Twitter marked the BBC and NPR as "government-funded" on Saturday but has not applied the label to Tesla or SpaceX - which have received billions in subsidies.
Despite the significant contributions of federal and local governments to his businesses, Twitter this week decided to label NPR as "state-affiliated" media.
After pushback from NPR, Twitter has since changed the l
Elon Musk's Twitter marked the BBC and NPR as "government-funded" on Saturday but has not applied the label to Tesla or SpaceX - which have received billions in subsidies.
Despite the significant contributions of federal and local governments to his businesses, Twitter this week decided to label NPR as "state-affiliated" media.
After pushback from NPR, Twitter has since changed the l
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Rocket Lab updates launch location for NASA's TROPICS mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
A NASA constellation of four storm tracking CubeSats are getting a new launch location as they prepare to study tropical cyclones beginning in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) will observe the atmosphere to increase our unders
A NASA constellation of four storm tracking CubeSats are getting a new launch location as they prepare to study tropical cyclones beginning in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) will observe the atmosphere to increase our unders
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Orion stretches its wings ahead of first crewed Artemis mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
Before NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission can be outfitted with its solar array wings, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center must first verify that the arrays extend and close properly. On March 17, 2023, technicians inside the Florida spaceport's Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building unfurled one of the wings to confirm all mechanisms operate as expected.
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Before NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission can be outfitted with its solar array wings, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center must first verify that the arrays extend and close properly. On March 17, 2023, technicians inside the Florida spaceport's Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building unfurled one of the wings to confirm all mechanisms operate as expected.
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
A Jovian journey to the icy worlds of a Gas Giant
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - or JUICE - will spend at least three years on Jupiter's moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning to launch a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to the Jovian moons, highlighting an increased interest in these
On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - or JUICE - will spend at least three years on Jupiter's moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning to launch a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to the Jovian moons, highlighting an increased interest in these
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
NASA study helps explain limit-breaking ultra-luminous x-ray sources
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 11, 2023
These objects are more than 100 times brighter than they should be. Observations by the agency's NuSTAR X-ray telescope support a possible solution to this puzzle.
Exotic cosmic objects known as ultra-luminous X-ray sources produce about 10 million times more energy than the Sun. They're so radiant, in fact, that they appear to surpass a physical boundary called the Eddington limit, which
These objects are more than 100 times brighter than they should be. Observations by the agency's NuSTAR X-ray telescope support a possible solution to this puzzle.
Exotic cosmic objects known as ultra-luminous X-ray sources produce about 10 million times more energy than the Sun. They're so radiant, in fact, that they appear to surpass a physical boundary called the Eddington limit, which
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:43
Guiding JUICE to Jupiter
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
This phenomenal endeavour, led by the European Space Agency, is powered by Airbus technology. Our engineers have rarely faced a greater challenge than enabling such a journey. The JUICE probe will encounter extreme temperatures, intense radiation and decreasing solar energy during its 5 billion kilometre journey. Being self-sufficient in energy generation and storage is key to the mission's succ
This phenomenal endeavour, led by the European Space Agency, is powered by Airbus technology. Our engineers have rarely faced a greater challenge than enabling such a journey. The JUICE probe will encounter extreme temperatures, intense radiation and decreasing solar energy during its 5 billion kilometre journey. Being self-sufficient in energy generation and storage is key to the mission's succ
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Monday, 10 April 2023 15:13
Heart experiments to help astronauts live better in space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work on research guided by students and researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Two cardiovascular tissue experiments were launched to the ISS aboard SpaceX CRS-27 on March 15, 2023, and CU Boulder's BioServe Space Technologies developed the hardware for both. The research stems from National Institutes of Health grants led by Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University.
"When astronauts go to space it can have negative impact on their cardiovascular systems," said Stefanie Countryman, director of BioServe. "Our organs evolved to work here on Earth so they function differently in space. The goal with both of these projects is to better understand how these treatments impact cardiovascular issues in Earth bound people and to advance treatments that could be provided to astronauts before launch or while in space."
BioServe has been designing, building, and flying microgravity life science research experiments and hardware since 1987.
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