NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:28
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission.
The TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six CubeSats and will increase the scientific community's understanding of storm processes.
The launch service contract for the
NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission.
The TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six CubeSats and will increase the scientific community's understanding of storm processes.
The launch service contract for the Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:28
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2021
To become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union launched two ambitious programmes: "Green Deal" and "DigitalStrategy". As a key component of their successful implementation, climate scientists and computer scientists launched the "Destination Earth" initiative, which will start in mid-021 and is expected to run for up to ten years. During this period, a highly accurate digital model of the
To become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union launched two ambitious programmes: "Green Deal" and "DigitalStrategy". As a key component of their successful implementation, climate scientists and computer scientists launched the "Destination Earth" initiative, which will start in mid-021 and is expected to run for up to ten years. During this period, a highly accurate digital model of the Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:28
Narragansett RI (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
February 26, 2021 - A team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and their collaborators have revealed that the abundant microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules.
The team discovered that the creation of these chemicals is amplified signifi
February 26, 2021 - A team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and their collaborators have revealed that the abundant microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules.
The team discovered that the creation of these chemicals is amplified signifi NASA, LAPAN launch Ozonesonde from Indonesian site
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:28
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2021
Up, up, and ... back down! On Jan. 27, scientists on an island in Indonesia launched a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde - an instrument that measures ozone throughout the layers of Earth's atmosphere. Ozonesondes collect valuable data that scientists use to understand Earth's atmosphere, improve air quality predictions, and validate satellite measurements.
The Indonesian space agency
Up, up, and ... back down! On Jan. 27, scientists on an island in Indonesia launched a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde - an instrument that measures ozone throughout the layers of Earth's atmosphere. Ozonesondes collect valuable data that scientists use to understand Earth's atmosphere, improve air quality predictions, and validate satellite measurements.
The Indonesian space agency Artificial "molecules" open door to ultrafast polaritonic devices
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:28
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 02, 2021
Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Cambridge have shown that polaritons, the quirky particles that may end up running the quantum supercomputers of the future, can form structures behaving like molecules - and these "artificial molecules" can potentially be engineered on demand. The paper outlining these results was published in the journal Physical Review B Letters.
Polariton
Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Cambridge have shown that polaritons, the quirky particles that may end up running the quantum supercomputers of the future, can form structures behaving like molecules - and these "artificial molecules" can potentially be engineered on demand. The paper outlining these results was published in the journal Physical Review B Letters.
Polariton Australian startup develops quantum sensors for space applications
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Australian startup Q-Ctrl is developing quantum sensors to send to Earth orbit, the moon and eventually Mars.
“Our team members have built a variety of quantum sensors in the past with world-record performance,” Q-Ctrl CEO Michael Biercuk told SpaceNews.
Video: Suitcase-sized asteroid explorer
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 09:25
Video: Suitcase-sized asteroid explorer
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Tuesday, 02 March 2021 09:00
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Launch rates are dramatically increasing Space in response to COVID-19
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 08:00
Do you have fresh ideas on how Earth observation data can contribute to monitoring the effects brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, ESA and the European Commission have launched a new series of monthly challenges asking for innovative solutions on how satellite data can be used to help better understand the effects of the coronavirus on society, economy and the environment.
Fly me to the Moon: Japan billionaire offers space seats
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Tokyo (AFP) March 3, 2021
It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world.
Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar spaceship being developed by SpaceX.
Maezawa, who paid an undisclosed sum for the trip expected to launc
It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world.
Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar spaceship being developed by SpaceX.
Maezawa, who paid an undisclosed sum for the trip expected to launc Rocket Lab plans new Neutron rocket, intends to go public
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Orlando FL (UPI) Mar 03, 2021
California-based Rocket Lab, which has sent rockets into space 17 times using its small Electron vehicle, plans to launch a much bigger rocket called Neutron by 2024.
As part of Rocket Lab's effort to raise funds for Neutron, it plans a public listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange by the end of June.
Rocket Lab is confident it will succeed, but humble enough to adapt and offer new products
California-based Rocket Lab, which has sent rockets into space 17 times using its small Electron vehicle, plans to launch a much bigger rocket called Neutron by 2024.
As part of Rocket Lab's effort to raise funds for Neutron, it plans a public listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange by the end of June.
Rocket Lab is confident it will succeed, but humble enough to adapt and offer new products New design for Russian super-heavy methane-powered launch vehicle completed
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2021
The new design of a Russian carrier rocket powered by liquefied natural gas (methane) has been put together, a space industry source told Sputnik.
"It is planned to create a super-heavy launch vehicle ... [with] six side blocks around the central one - all with the RD-182 engine [operating on methane], and the upper stage using the RD-0169 [engine]", the source said.
The Russian SRC
The new design of a Russian carrier rocket powered by liquefied natural gas (methane) has been put together, a space industry source told Sputnik.
"It is planned to create a super-heavy launch vehicle ... [with] six side blocks around the central one - all with the RD-182 engine [operating on methane], and the upper stage using the RD-0169 [engine]", the source said.
The Russian SRC Musk, Maezawa say moon mission is on track for 2023
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021
SpaceX will fly its deep-space rocket Starship in orbit "many, many times before 2023" and will take 12 people around the moon that year, the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday.
"It will be safe enough for human transport by 2023 - it's looking very promising," Musk said in a video announcement with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
Maezawa and Musk fles
SpaceX will fly its deep-space rocket Starship in orbit "many, many times before 2023" and will take 12 people around the moon that year, the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday.
"It will be safe enough for human transport by 2023 - it's looking very promising," Musk said in a video announcement with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
Maezawa and Musk fles Lockheed Martin And NEC Put AI To Work On Programs Like NASA's Artemis Mission
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 03, 2021
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). The companies are also finalizing a licensing agreement with a multi-year option.
"The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilitie
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). The companies are also finalizing a licensing agreement with a multi-year option.
"The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilitie NASA, Navy test diving technology that could be used on the moon
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 07:19
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021
The Navy teamed up with NASA astronauts and engineers last week to test a technology that allows divers to work more efficiently underwater and could be used the next time astronauts return to the moon.
Divers from the Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving joined the NASA team at the Sonny Carter Training Facility in Houston between Feb. 24 and 26 to test the Navy
The Navy teamed up with NASA astronauts and engineers last week to test a technology that allows divers to work more efficiently underwater and could be used the next time astronauts return to the moon.
Divers from the Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving joined the NASA team at the Sonny Carter Training Facility in Houston between Feb. 24 and 26 to test the Navy