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General Atomics Partners with Lockheed Martin for Next-Gen Missile Tracking Satellites
In a significant advancement for missile defense technology, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been selected by Lockheed Martin Space to supply missile warning, tracking, and defense payloads. These systems are essential components of Lockheed Martin's project under the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Program, which involves deploying 18 satellites. Antaris and SpeQtral Unveil Quantum Encryption Satellite Collaboration
In a significant move for secure global communications, Antaris, a supplier of military space mission software, has teamed up with SpeQtral, specialists in quantum key distribution (QKD), to manufacture and deploy satellites equipped with quantum-safe key distribution technology for both government and commercial use. The collaboration includes merging SpeQtral's cutting-edge quantum payloads wi Space-Born Muscle Monitoring Technology Promises Earthly Healthcare Advancements
For the first time, astronauts can monitor their muscle health during space missions thanks to a new handheld device, revealing the muscle groups most vulnerable in low-gravity environments.
A collaborative effort involving the University of Southampton and spearheaded by Charite University in Berlin enabled a team of researchers to observe the muscle condition of twelve astronauts before, Hanwha Phasor introduces next-gen satellite antenna for enhanced global communication
Hanwha Phasor, a satellite communications innovator based in the UK, has announced the upcoming release of its new land-based antenna, the Phasor L3300B, set to hit the market in Q3 of 2024. Engineered for both commercial and military applications, the Phasor L3300B represents a significant advancement in active electronically steered antenna (AESA) technology.
This launch signifies the de Unveiling hydrogen's role in life's early energy mechanisms
A study reveals that hydrogen gas, known as a modern clean fuel, was also a fundamental energy source at the dawn of life nearly 4 billion years ago. This discovery underscores hydrogen's longstanding significance in both ancient biological processes and its potential in future sustainable energy solutions.
Hydrothermal vents, releasing hydrogen in the deep sea, provided the early Earth's Venus' Clouds Could Harbor Life: MIT Study Finds Amino Acids Stable in Sulfuric Acid
If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In contrast to the planet's blisteringly inhospitable surface, Venus' cloud layer, which extends from 30 to 40 miles above the surface, hosts milder temperatures that could support some extreme forms of life.
If it's out there, scientists have assumed that any Venusian cloud inhabitant would look v Earth from Space: Southeast Kenya
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The striking contrast of the diverse landscape in southeast Kenya is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2. Russia's space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe
Japan's space agency says it hopes to forge a profitable launch business with its new H3 rocket
Japan's space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Space X.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been developing the H3 as a successor to the soon-to-retire current mainstay H-2A, which enjoyed a 98% success rate but its high launch cost made it less competitive in the global market.
The Mars science helicopter could be an airborne geologist on Mars
After more than 70 successful flights, a broken rotor ended the remarkable and groundbreaking Ingenuity helicopter mission on Mars. Now, NASA is considering how a larger, more capable helicopter could be an airborne geologist on the Red Planet. For the past several years scientists and engineers have been working on the concept, proposing a six-rotor hexacopter that would be about the size of the Perseverance rover.
Called the Mars Science Helicopter (MSH), it would not only serve as an aerial scout for a future rover, but more importantly, it could also carry up to 5 kg (11 lbs) of science instruments aloft in the thin Martian atmosphere and land in terrain that a rover can't reach.
A new paper presented at the March 2024 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference outlines the geology work that such a helicopter could accomplish.
The paper, "Unraveling the Origin and Petrology of the Martian Crust with a Helicopter," notes there are several outstanding questions about the makeup and history of Mars' surface, especially with recent discoveries of unexpected dichotomies in the composition of basaltic rocks.