North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year.
In the decade since Kim Jong Un took power, North Korea has made rapid progress in its military technology at the cost of international sanctions.
The nuclear-armed nation's first apparent weapons launch of 2022 follows a year o IBCS connects the Joint Force, enabling effects across all domains
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year contract valued at more than $1 billion from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production and full-rate production of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) on December 23.
"IBCS is a centerpiece of the U.S. Army's modernization strategy for air and missile defense to address the changing battlefield," said Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice presi China will continue to 'modernise' nuclear arsenal: foreign ministry
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
China Tuesday said it will continue to "modernise" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons spreading.
In a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions, the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France reaffirmed their goal of creating a world free of atomic weapons Callisto Technology Demonstration to Fly Aboard Orion for Artemis I
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
Flying on NASA's Orion spacecraft during the uncrewed Artemis I mission will be Callisto, a technology demonstration developed through a reimbursable space act agreement with Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin has partnered with Amazon, and Cisco to bring the Alexa digital assistant and Webex video collaboration aboard Orion's first flight test in deep space.
Named after a mythological Greek Matter and antimatter seem to respond equally to gravity
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
As part of an experiment to measure-to an extremely precise degree-the charge-to-mass ratios of protons and antiprotons, the RIKEN-led BASE collaboration at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, has found that, within the uncertainty of the experiment, matter and antimatter respond to gravity in the same way.
Matter and antimatter create some of the most interesting problems in physics today. They ar China to complete building of space station in 2022
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
China will complete the building of its space station in 2022, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The country will see 40-plus space launches in 2022, including multiple manned space flights, the company said at a recent conference on its plan for the new year.
It plans to launch two cargo craft, two Shenzhou spaceships and two laboratory modules of CASC plans more than 40 space launches for China in 2022
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's major space contractor, plans to carry out more than 40 space launch missions this year, according to its annual work report.
Among the scheduled launches, the most important ones will be the six related to the Tiangong space station program, according to the report delivered by Xu Qiang, general manager of the State-owned space co New epoch of miniaturized Cherenkov detectors
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
Cherenkov radiation refers to the photon emission from the swift charged particle moves with the velocity greater than the phase velocity of light in the surrounding materials. Ever since its experimental observation by a Soviet physicist P.A. Cherenkov in 1934, Cherenkov radiation has been widely explored and applied in many research fields ranging from cosmology and information, to medical and Scientists invent lead-free composite shielding material for neutron and gamma-ray
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:28
Dr. HUO Zhipeng and his student ZHAO Sheng from the Hefei Institutes of physical science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a lead-free neutron and gamma ray composite shielding material that has high shielding properties and is environmentally friendly. Their results were published on Nuclear Materials and Energy.
The composite, modified-gadolinium oxide/boron c Leidos signs on as HawkEye 360 investor and strategic partner
Thursday, 06 January 2022 12:00
HawkEye 360 extended its Series D funding round to $150 million with a $5 million investment from Leidos.
Angara upper stage reenters after failed launch
Thursday, 06 January 2022 11:06
The upper stage of a failed Angara launch harmlessly reentered Jan. 5, capping another setback in the protracted development of that vehicle.
China plans space station completion, many launches in 2022
Thursday, 06 January 2022 08:33
New Year’s science in space for a healthier life
Thursday, 06 January 2022 07:09
Another year passes, and our muscles, bones, eyes and ears deteriorate as we age – even more so in space. Reactions in ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer’s body after barely two months on the International Space Station are giving European scientists clues on how to fight the downsides of growing old on Earth.
Space Force wants to help fund technologies to recycle, reuse or remove space debris
Wednesday, 05 January 2022 20:08
Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson in a video released Jan. 5 called on the private sector to help clean up space junk.
Webb telescope deploys flap that will keep it oriented during its mission
Wednesday, 05 January 2022 13:24
On December 25, 2021, astronomers and space exploration enthusiasts got the greatest Christmas present of all—after years of delays, cost overruns and additional testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. In a real nail-biter, the Ariane 5 rocket and its precious payload reached orbit without a hitch. But as is so often the case, the deployment of the JWST was just the first in a series of "hurry-up-and-wait" episodes.
Typically, periods of waiting are accompanied by plenty of worry and doubt. Luckily, there have been several positive developments since the JWST launched that could alleviate these anxieties. The latest is that the telescope successfully deployed its aft momentum flap, an instrument that will keep the telescope oriented during its mission. The news was announced yesterday (December 30) via @NASAWebb, NASA's official Twitter account for the Webb telescope, and the JWST page at NASA Blogs.
According to NASA Blogs, the deployment of the aft momentum flap began at 09:00 AM EST (06:00 AM PST) and lasted about eight minutes. During this time, the mission team released the flap's hold-down devices while a spring brought the flap into its final position.