Copernical Team
How much water do we use for irrigation?
While we know that we use more water for irrigation than for any other single purpose, watering practices are not monitored worldwide. Water needed for agriculture is expected to further increase as time goes on, so managing this precious resource as effectively as possible is imperative. Scientists have now shown that a nifty way of using information from satellites could pave the way to measuring how much water we use to irrigate, which could subsequently lead to better management.
Smooth sailing, Euclid
The Euclid satellite embarked on the next leg of the 1.5 million km long journey to space from where it will unlock the mysteries of the dark Universe.
Clouds for your eclipse? NASA experiment will fly kite to rise above
Imagine you traveled thousands of miles to see a total solar eclipse, but as the Moon began moving in front of the Sun, the sky grows cloudy, blocking your view of the unique celestial spectacle.
That's what happened to University of Hawaii astronomer Shadia Habbal—several times.
After traveling all the way to Antarctica on her latest expedition to study the inner part of the Sun's outer atmosphere—the corona—Habbal was met with clouds once again.
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magnetically levitated blower system is providing the airflow for the FBCO2 system in a microgravity space environment and has been operating continuously since February 22nd.
"Having our first magn Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into space
The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be launched into space from the Esrange rocket launch site near Kiruna in Sweden. If all goes well, the students will set a new world altitude record for student-built rockets.
The hybrid rocket is Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to space
Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produce large batches of stem cells.
This is the first of a series of missions funded by NASA where, for the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will be manufactured in space by astrona Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module. Musk says he is out to create 'truth-seeking' AI
Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with "truth-seeking AI" that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired late Monday.
The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has "the potential of civilizational destruction."
He said he was also worried that the ChatGPT bot cre SwRI joins new NASA institute to qualify, certify additive manufacturing methods
Southwest Research Institute will contribute to a new NASA institute to improve understanding and enable rapid certification of metal parts created using advanced additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. The Institute for Model-based Qualification and Certification of Additive Manufacturing (IMQCAM) will work to improve computer models of additively manufactured metal parts and expand their utili Space Force "Simple Formula to Go Fast in Space Acquisition"
Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum April 5, outlining the U.S. Space Force's plan to transform its architecture to a more proliferated and resilient form.
"Today our space systems are increasingly under threat," Calvelli said. "Strategic competitors want to deny our advantage in space during a potentia