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AiRANACULUS awarded Phase II NASA contract for Advanced Space Communications System

Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)

Under the new contract, AiRANACULUS will demonstrate and deliver an intelligent network platform to increase performance, efficiency and reliability of mission ...

Getting NASA data to the ground with lasers

Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)

Since the dawn of space exploration, NASA missions have primarily relied on radio frequency communications for this transfer of information. But this fall, NASA...

Shape-shifting materials with infinite possibilities

Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)

The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Today's shape-shifting materials and structures can only transition between a...

Carbon nanotubes could help electronics withstand outer space's harsh conditions

Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)

The lifetime and distance of deep space missions are currently limited by the energy efficiency and robustness of the technology driving them. For example, hars...

VR technology enables users to see individual cells in human body

Oct 28, 2021 (UPI)

The tool, called singlecellVR, enables users to visualize single-cell assays in virtual reality, or VR, with no advanced technical skills required, the research...

Energy-efficient separation of a greenhouse gas: New study from Pusan National University

Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)

Pressurized SF6 is used for insulation in systems like gas-insulated switchgear, and its leakage contributes significantly to its atmospheric presence. Hence, w...

Scientists discover plastic-like material that conducts like metal

Oct 27, 2021 (UPI)

The report, published in the Oct. 27 issue of Nature, describes a material that does not conform to the common molecular framework of other known conductors. Cl...

China launches Shijian-21 satellite

Oct 27, 2021 (XNA)

The satellite, Shijian-21, was launched at 9:27 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. The satellite ...

UK working with global partners to clear up dangerous space debris

Oct 27, 2021 (SPX)

Orbital congestion and space debris remains one of the biggest global challenges facing the space sector. There are currently an estimated 900,000 pieces of spa...

When spacecraft explode, this engineer looks for answers in the debris left behind

Oct 27, 2021 (SPX)

Since 1957, there have been more than 570 incidents of spacecraft fragmenting in Earth's orbit because they exploded, detonated or collided with each other. Com...

Microsoft quarterly earnings surge on cloud computing

Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)

The US tech titan said it made a profit of $20.5 billion in the recently ended quarter on revenue that climbed to $45.3 billion in a 22 percent increase from th...

UK spy chiefs seal cloud data deal with Amazon: FT

Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)

The secret contract was signed this year and experts estimate its value at 500 million pounds ($690 million) to 1 billion pounds, the newspaper said, citing peo...

Proba-1 marks 20 years of orbital operations

Oct 25, 2021 (ESA)

But, once in orbit, that same small satellite quickly proved to be not so little in its capabilities. Today, twenty years on Proba-1, which was intended to surv...

International Space Station maneuvers to avoid debris

Oct 25, 2021 (UPI)

"This evening, the International Space Station's Progress 81 thrusters fired for 5 minutes, 5 seconds in a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver to provide t...

A world without access to space

Oct 25, 2021 (SPX)

Just over the past 18 months the population of low-orbiting active satellites has grown from 1,918 to several thousand. And, this is only the beginning of popul...

Most plastics aren't recyclable, Greenpeace finds

Oct 24, 2021 (UPI)

Greenpeace found that only about 5% of the discarded plastic is recycled. That means about 5 million tons of plastic winds up in landfills and waterways each ye...

In-Orbit cloud computing and storage platform successfully demonstrated

Oct 21, 2021 (SPX)

This first iteration of the system has been built in collaboration with Swedish-based AI company Unibap on top of their radiation-tolerant iX5-100 SpaceCloud pl...

Laser Communications Relay Demonstration gears up for launch

Oct 19, 2021 (SPX)

LCRD will leverage the power of infrared light to send and receive information encoded into invisible laser beams from one location to the next. Once in orbit, ...

Concrete: the world's 3rd largest CO2 emitter

Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)

How can this material, essential for global housing, construction and infrastructure, be made less damaging to the planet? - How bad can it be? - Cement is the ...

Three hours to save Integral

Oct 19, 2021 (ESA)

As a result of the spacecraft turning, data were only reaching ground control patchily and the batteries were quickly discharging. With just a few hours of powe...