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DLR and Tesat laser terminal paves way for high-speed data transfer from space
Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)
"This success is the result of our many years of research in the field of optical satellite communications," said Florian David, Director of the DLR Institute o...
NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands
Oct 30, 2023 (JPL)
NISAR is a joint mission by NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), and when in orbit, its sophisticated radar systems will scan nearly all of Earth...
NASA tech breathes life into potentially game-changing antenna design
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
Taking the call, he shut off the stove and stretched plastic wrap over the pot to keep the pudding fresh. By the time he returned, the cooling air in the pot ha...
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
Roughly half a pound of material collected from the 85 million-ton asteroid (77.6 billion kg) will help scientists learn about the formation of the solar system...
Panama president proposes referendum on controversial copper mine
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
The copper mining contract with First Quantum Minerals, a Vancouver-based company, has sparked nine days of demonstrations over the mine's potential environment...
Shape-shifting fiber can produce morphing fabrics
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
A programmable, actuating fiber developed by an interdisciplinary team of MIT researchers could someday make this vision a reality. Known as FibeRobo, the fiber...
Panama bans new mining deals, but fails to quell protests
Oct 28, 2023 (AFP)
In a televised address, the president said the government had issued a decree "declaring a ban on granting new metallic mineral concessions throughout the count...
NASA's First Two-way End-to-End Laser Communications System
Oct 26, 2023 (SPX)
Laser communications uses invisible infrared light to send and receive information at higher data rates, providing spacecraft with the capability to send more d...
Terran Orbital awarded $4.7 Million Contract by European Space Agency
Oct 26, 2023 (SPX)
The deployed nanosatellite will perform proximity operations maneuvers around Space Rider, demonstrating unprecedented in-orbit servicing capabilities. Space Ri...
Increasing transparency in critical materials price, supply, and demand forecasts
Oct 26, 2023 (SPX)
Yet critical materials pricing today is opaque, and supply and demand forecasts are often untimely, inaccurate, or too imprecise for operational relevance. Mark...
Tightbeam tech set to revolutionize Global Marine Internet through Aalyria-HICO Partnership
Oct 25, 2023 (SPX)
Tightbeam technology leverages coherent light laser terminals to transmit data through the atmosphere at speeds beginning at 100 Gbps. Unlike its predecessors t...
Riverside Research taps Spire Global for Space Domain Awareness subcontract
Oct 25, 2023 (SPX)
The DEEP-SDA initiative focuses on confronting a vital national security concern-monitoring and understanding the ever-increasing activity in space. Specificall...
Goddard engineers improve NASA Lidar tech for exploration
Oct 25, 2023 (SPX)
Like a sonar using light instead of sound, lidar technology increasingly helps NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-imag...
Panama president pushes back against Canadian copper mine protests
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
The protesters are concerned about potential environmental damage from operations at the mine owned by First Quantum, a Canadian firm and one of the biggest cop...
EU takes step towards recycled packaging
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The nod by the legislature's environment committee paves the way for a parliamentary vote in November to set the lawmakers' negotiating stance with European Uni...
Microsoft profits beat expectations, cloud business heats up
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The company exceeded expectations to report a net income of $22.3 billion for the July to September period, up 27 percent from a year ago. All eyes have been on...
Sony says 'Spider-Man 2' videogame sales set record
Oct 23, 2023 (AFP)
The title, developed in collaboration with Insomniac Games, became the fastest selling PlayStation Studios game in the 24 hours after its release on Friday, wit...
Scientific Systems wins SpaceWERX contract for space debris solutions
Oct 20, 2023 (SPX)
Orbital Prime is a specialized initiative designed to expedite the ISAM market, focusing on the real-world application of Active Debris Remediation. To hasten t...
US Space Force to Leverage Danti's AI-Powered Data Search with AFWERX deal
Oct 20, 2023 (SPX)
AFWERX, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, aims to expedite the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Tr...
Researchers developing 'revolutionary' multi-material for light-based 3D printing
Oct 19, 2023 (SPX)
"We want to produce two material properties with the same resin," said Adarsh Krishnamurthy, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and leader of the ...
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