AFRL's Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 08:33
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Sep 07, 2021
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces for aircraft wings.
"This technology is a method for designing a smooth, morphing aileron for an aircraft wing, where the aileron c
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces for aircraft wings.
"This technology is a method for designing a smooth, morphing aileron for an aircraft wing, where the aileron c Adding foreign atoms to graphene does wonders to boost its properties
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 08:33
Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Sep 02, 2021
Few materials have stolen the limelight like graphene. Since its discovery, graphene has become the go-to for nearly any technology out there, thanks to its exceptional properties such as high surface area, chemical stability, and high mechanical strength and elasticity.
However, despite its seemingly limitless applications, graphene's potential remains underutilized due to several factors
Few materials have stolen the limelight like graphene. Since its discovery, graphene has become the go-to for nearly any technology out there, thanks to its exceptional properties such as high surface area, chemical stability, and high mechanical strength and elasticity.
However, despite its seemingly limitless applications, graphene's potential remains underutilized due to several factors Elon Musk's Tesla Bot raises serious concerns - but probably not the ones you think
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 08:33
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 08, 2021
Elon Musk announced a humanoid robot designed to help with those repetitive, boring tasks people hate doing. Musk suggested it could run to the grocery store for you, but presumably it would handle any number of tasks involving manual labor.
Predictably, social media filled with references to a string of dystopian sci-fi movies about robots where everything goes horribly wrong.
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Elon Musk announced a humanoid robot designed to help with those repetitive, boring tasks people hate doing. Musk suggested it could run to the grocery store for you, but presumably it would handle any number of tasks involving manual labor.
Predictably, social media filled with references to a string of dystopian sci-fi movies about robots where everything goes horribly wrong.
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Wednesday, 08 September 2021 08:33
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EC Commissioner Breton visits ESTEC EC Commissioner Breton visits ESA-ESTEC
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EC Commissioner Breton visits ESA-ESTEC Commercialisation – ESA’s added space ingredient
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 07:00
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Space is changing fast. ESA wants to open up space to start-ups, new companies, new actors – basically to everyone. Our aim today is to help European businesses to use space technology to innovate and grow services and products that ultimately will change all our lives. And, instead of doing everything ourselves, it means we at ESA can be customers too. Commercialisation marks a fundamental change to the traditional rules of the space game, with the market providing more of what we need, and competition slashing costs and sharpening efficiency. It’s already happening in everything from micro-launchers
Space industry grapples with COVID-19-related oxygen fuel shortage
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 7, 2021
A pandemic-related shortage of a key rocket propellant, liquid oxygen, could force rocket launches to be postponed in coming months, possibly delaying important scientific and national defense missions, industry observers said.
In fact, NASA has pushed back the launch of its Landsat 9 climate and land use satellite from California one week to Sept. 23 because of delivery problems for re
A pandemic-related shortage of a key rocket propellant, liquid oxygen, could force rocket launches to be postponed in coming months, possibly delaying important scientific and national defense missions, industry observers said.
In fact, NASA has pushed back the launch of its Landsat 9 climate and land use satellite from California one week to Sept. 23 because of delivery problems for re Mars: Perseverance rover takes a sample, Ingenuity notches 13th flight
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 7, 2021
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has drilled and encapsulated the first rock sample ever taken on another planet, while the accompanying helicopter Ingenuity has completed its 13th flight.
The mission reached both milestones over the Labor Day Weekend - the flight was completed Saturday and the drilling Monday.
The rock sample was imaged by the rover's instruments and stored in an
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has drilled and encapsulated the first rock sample ever taken on another planet, while the accompanying helicopter Ingenuity has completed its 13th flight.
The mission reached both milestones over the Labor Day Weekend - the flight was completed Saturday and the drilling Monday.
The rock sample was imaged by the rover's instruments and stored in an Rocket flight to sharpen NASA's study of the Sun
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 08, 2021
It's best not to look directly at the Sun, unless you're one of NASA's Sun-observing instruments. And even then, doing so will cause some damage. Exposure to the Sun degrades light sensors of all kinds, from the retinas in the human eye to instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, or SDO. Fortunately, with periodic calibrations, the latter can continue transmitting high-qua
It's best not to look directly at the Sun, unless you're one of NASA's Sun-observing instruments. And even then, doing so will cause some damage. Exposure to the Sun degrades light sensors of all kinds, from the retinas in the human eye to instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, or SDO. Fortunately, with periodic calibrations, the latter can continue transmitting high-qua China develops prototype Mars helicopter
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 08, 2021
The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature helicopter drone, a possible means to support China's Mars missions, is designed to become a navigator for the Mars rover. It will greatly boost the latter's ability to explore valuable targets on the surface of the Red Planet, the project leader said on 6 September.
The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature
The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature helicopter drone, a possible means to support China's Mars missions, is designed to become a navigator for the Mars rover. It will greatly boost the latter's ability to explore valuable targets on the surface of the Red Planet, the project leader said on 6 September.
The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature Gaofen 5-02 satellite launched from Taiyuan
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Beijing (XNA) Sep 08, 2021
China launched the Gaofen 5-02 Earth-observation satellite on Tuesday morning at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to the China National Space Administration.
The administration said the satellite was carried by a Long March 4C carrier rocket that blasted off at 11:01 am and then successfully entered orbit, marking the deployment of the 24th Gaofen-series sp
China launched the Gaofen 5-02 Earth-observation satellite on Tuesday morning at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to the China National Space Administration.
The administration said the satellite was carried by a Long March 4C carrier rocket that blasted off at 11:01 am and then successfully entered orbit, marking the deployment of the 24th Gaofen-series sp Space Health Institute launches the first commercial spaceflight medical research program
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 08, 2021
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has announced the first-of-its-kind research platform to study human health and performance in private spaceflight participants. Working with commercial spaceflight providers and their passengers, TRISH's EXPAND (Enhancing eXploration Platforms and Analog Definition) Program will collect in-flight health
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has announced the first-of-its-kind research platform to study human health and performance in private spaceflight participants. Working with commercial spaceflight providers and their passengers, TRISH's EXPAND (Enhancing eXploration Platforms and Analog Definition) Program will collect in-flight health Diamonds in the sky
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 06:36
Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 08, 2021
Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and Rutgers University have used simple concepts from granular physics to explain the curious diamond shapes of two "near Earth" asteroids.
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the sun. What makes them fascinating to researchers is that they are made up of leftover materials-the matter that didn't g
Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and Rutgers University have used simple concepts from granular physics to explain the curious diamond shapes of two "near Earth" asteroids.
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the sun. What makes them fascinating to researchers is that they are made up of leftover materials-the matter that didn't g Bradford’s Comet production moves to Luxembourg
Tuesday, 07 September 2021 22:42
Bradford Space is updating its Comet electrothermal propulsion technology and transferring production of the small satellite thrusters from the United States to Luxembourg.
Exotrail to provide thrust for York cislunar mission
Tuesday, 07 September 2021 21:54
York Space Systems plans to rely on Exotrail electric propulsion for a mission to provide Earth-to-moon communications services from cislunar orbit.