L3Harris ‘optimistic’ Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition will close in 2023
Friday, 27 January 2023 17:10
Christopher Kubasik, CEO of L3Harris Technologies, said Jan. 27 regulators continue to review the company’s proposed $4.7 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne and expects the merger to close in 2023.
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Iceberg larger than London breaks off Brunt
Friday, 27 January 2023 13:00
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An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving’. The iceberg, measuring 1550 sq km, detached from the 150 m-thick ice shelf a decade after scientists first spotted massive cracks in the shelf.
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NASA still working on long-term plans for ISS seat barters
Friday, 27 January 2023 12:16
As NASA prepares to launch another commercial crew mission with a Russian cosmonaut on board, the agency says it has yet to work out an agreement with Roscosmos on future crew swaps.
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Hispasat invests in reforestation to drive sustainability expansion strategy
Friday, 27 January 2023 12:08
After recently investing in Spain’s largest reforestation project, Madrid-based operator Hispasat hopes to use a satellite SpaceX is launching next month to support other sustainability projects across Latin America.
Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Bruce Willis: you can stand down.
A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few days ago - with the Earth in its sights - sailed harmlessly past us on Thursday, space scientists said.
Despite what we've seen in movies like "Armageddon," no global mission to blow it up or knock it off course with nuclear weapons was required.
Instead, Asteroid 2023 BU whizze Aiming for the Triple Junction: Sols 3723-3724
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Your blogger is a little tired right now... I am just back from a field trip to the salt flats in Botswana, guided by colleagues from BIUST University, walking, viewing and sampling in 38C heat. It was great to walk around and see with my own eyes geology relevant to Mars here on Earth. This enhances my - and more generally our - understanding of the physical and chemical processes that underly New data platform to host Copernicus Earth observation data
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Remote sensing data reveals the state of our planet and allows us to look into Earth's past: it is an indispensable tool to help us better understand and protect our planet. How can we secure this tool long term while providing continuous access? The European Copernicus Earth observation programme seeks to answer this question.
On 24 January 2023, the 'Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem' was 20 Years Ago: Remembering Columbia and Her Crew
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
The year 2003 was shaping up to be an ambitious one for NASA, with six space shuttle missions planned, five to continue construction of the ever-growing and permanently occupied International Space Station. The first flight of the year, STS-107 aboard NASA's oldest orbiter Columbia, the first shuttle mission dedicated to microgravity research in nearly five years, would not travel to the space s SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink satellites in heaviest payload yet
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
SpaceX on Thursday morning launched 56 new Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit as it expanded the satellite network in its sixth launch of 2023.
The launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:32 a.m. following a 10-minute delay. The 56 satellites weighed a combined total of 19.4 tons, marking the space company's heaviest pay MEASAT partners Parcel365 to unlock digital economy potential in rural areas
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
MEASAT has signed an agreement with Parcel365 to collaborate on the Digital Village365 initiative that aims to uplift rural communities and stimulate digital economic activities for B40 communities. In the Digital Village365 initiative, Parcel365 will offer logistics and eCommerce platform services as well as training sessions at suitable CONNECTme NOW locations identified by MEASAT.
Throu Driving mobility into the third dimension
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
After selecting all partners for structural elements of its eVTOL prototype, Airbus is now focusing on two major features of CityAirbus NextGen: the electrical power distribution system (EPDS) and the human-machine interface.
Airbus has announced the selection of Eaton and Crouzet to provide the EPDS and the human-machine interface of CityAirbus NextGen, respectively. The providers' valuab Waseda researchers measure boron flux in high-energy cosmic rays with CALET
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Cosmic rays (CR) constitute high-energy particles that mainly originate outside our solar system. These primary CR interact with interstellar matter to produce secondary CR. The secondary nature of their origin is reflected in the higher abundance of light elements, such as boron (B), in secondary CR relative to the solar system. Likewise, the primary CR can be quantified in terms of the amount Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAI
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Microsoft on Monday said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that has sparked widespread fears of cheating in schools and universities.
In a company blog post tweeted by CEO Satya Nadella, the tech giant announced a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs" that would be "bro Lockheed Martin achieves first light in latest laser lab demonstration
Friday, 27 January 2023 11:05
Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser's optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters.
Lockheed Martin's 50 kW-class DEIMOS system is a ruggedized, tactical laser weapon system that can be integrated into the Stryker combat vehicle to deliv Janus considering alternative missions after losing original ride
Friday, 27 January 2023 10:59
A NASA asteroid smallsat mission that lost its original ride to space is considering alternative missions while also accommodating performance issues with its propulsion system.
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