Collaborate Disseminate
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover finally has a name: Perseverance. The result of a nationwide “Name the Rover” essay contest, the winning moniker was submitted by 13-year-old Alexander Mather of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where the result… Continue reading NASA’s Mars 2020 rover gets an official name
Boston Dynamics and OTTO Motors have teamed up for a demonstration of the warehouse of the future. In a newly released video, a Boston Dynamics Handle robot rushes about a storage area at speed as it picks boxes and builds pallets atop an OTTO Autonomo… Continue reading Boston Dynamics and OTTO Motors demo robotic warehouse of the future
Boeing has revealed its entry for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype competition. The conceptual rotorcraft is one of five competing designs by Boeing, Bell, AVX Aircraft, Karem Aircraft, and Sikorsky to replace the Ar… Continue reading Boeing unveils Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft concept
Superyachts and space satellites may not seem like they have much in common, but Dutch shipbuilder Royal Huisman’s Sea Eagle II – the world’s largest aluminum sailing yacht – was designed using the same engineering techniques that go into developing ES… Continue reading Record-breaking superyacht designed using space mission techniques
In a graphic display of self-confidence, Boeing deliberately shut down and restarted the engine on one of its T-7A Red Hawk trainer jets as part of a major safety test. At an altitude of 20,000 ft (6, 96 m) over a test area in Illinois, T-7A Chief Pilo… Continue reading Boeing shuts down and restarts T-7A trainer engine in flight
Astronomers have found evidence of the most powerful explosion in the universe. Using data from ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescopes, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Australia, and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)… Continue reading Astronomers find the most powerful explosion in the universe
A recent study led by scientists from Australia’s New Curtin University shows that the world’s smallest type of killer whale has a surprisingly complex musical repertoire. Recordings of the Ross Sea killer whales that live in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica,… Continue reading The smallest killer whale has a large musical repertoire
Two unmanned commercial satellites have docked in orbit for the first time. On February 25, Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) linked up with the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) communication satellite at an altitude of 22,416 mi (36,076 km) … Continue reading Space docking first gives commercial satellites a new lease of life
Virgin Galactic has announced a new program to drive reservations for flights on its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The One Small Step initiative isn’t for the direct sale of tickets, but instead invites aspiring passengers put down a deposit of U… Continue reading Virgin Galactic launches new drive for would-be space tourists
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. In a formal ceremony on February 25, 2020, hosted by the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and attended by international dignitaries, the… Continue reading Global seed bank gets largest deposit since it first opened