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Budel, Netherlands (ESA) Jun 01, 2023
Everything burns. Given the right environment, all matter can burn by adding oxygen, but finding the right mix and generating enough heat makes some materials combust more easily than others. Researchers interested in knowing more about a type of fire called discrete burning used ESA's microgravity experiment facilities to investigate. In a series of parabolic flights and on sounding rocke

Arlington VA (AFNS) Jun 01, 2023
The Department of the Air Force selected Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, as the preferred location to host the Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters, along with Space Delta 10. Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the preferred location for Space Delta 11, and Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, is the preferred location for Space Delta 12. STARCOM, one of three U.S. Spac

Arlington VA (AFNS) Jun 01, 2023
The U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 15, activated in March 2023, is expected to be permanently based at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, along with the new 75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron. Additionally, the service expects the 74th ISR Squadron, activated in November 2022, to be based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. DEL 15, a command-and-control org

Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Drone delivery is rapidly taking off in major cities, with rotor-powered rideshares not far behind. The convenience promised by electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles generates a substantial buzz - not just from excitement but from all the noise generated by rotors filling the sky. To address key challenges facing the future of air transport, NASA has awarded $5.7 million to a mul

Herndon VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multimillion dollar renewal contract to provide advanced subscription-based tactical imagery and analytics services to an international ministry of defense customer. "BlackSky's commercially available real-time intelligence services are bringing the tactical value of space-based assets into the hands of customers at unprecedented speed and reliab

Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2023
The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches in order to prevent overfishing, under a deal Wednesday that environmentalists hailed as a "landmark moment". The planned overhaul of existing fishing rules for the bloc - the world's biggest seafood market - was worked out in talks between the 27 European Union member states and the Europ

Bangalore, India (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growx, Sparta and Athera. The new funds will advance Pixxel's mission to build the world's first and highest-resolution hyperspectral satel

Vienna VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) was selected by Navidium, an innovative software company active in the maritime industry, to provide real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Navidium will integrate the data into its Voyage Optimization and Environmental Compliance products to help users track vessel position along a route, reoptimize routes based on various con

The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the Moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not out of reach, even in space: fries.