Collaborate Disseminate
Japan’s attempt to put a privately-owned spacecraft on the Moon appears to have ended in failure. Scheduled to land in the Mare Frigoris region at 16:40 GMT, the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander lost contact with Mission Control in Nihonbashi, Tokyo shortly b… Continue reading Japan’s Hakuto-R Moon landing ends in silence
DuPont has debuted a new version of its famous bulletproof Kevlar fabric called EXO at this year’s United States Army Rangers’ Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning Georgia. The company says it is the most significant aramid fiber innovation in over … Continue reading Latest Kevlar EXO fabric is lighter, more flexible and bulletproof
In an autonomous orbital ballet, Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) completed a demonstration of how highly automated CubeSats can upgrade and service increasingly common constellations of small satellites.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Lockheed Martin demonstrates system for servicing CubeSat swarms
A ‘safe’ handgun is a relative term, but Colorado-based Biofire Technologies is taking a high-tech crack at the idea with its Biofire Smart Gun, which uses an electronic identification and firing system to prevent accidental or unauthorized use.Continu… Continue reading Biofire Smart Gun uses dual biometric sensors to prevent unauthorized use
Garmin has released two wrist-mounted tactical GPS navigators that can not only make complex ballistic calculations for rifle shooters, but come with Stealth and Kill Switch features to prevent location data from falling into the wrong hands.Continue R… Continue reading Garmin military-grade Fortex GPS units keep data out of enemy hands
History was made today as a private company leapfrogged ahead of NASA by launching the largest, most powerful rocket ever. At 8:36 am CDT, SpaceX’s uncrewed Starship lifted off from the company’s Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, on an orbital test flight… Continue reading SpaceX successfully launches largest ever space rocket – which blows up
The age of uncrewed air combat took a step forward as two Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) JACKAL drones developed by Flyby Technology successfully fired a Thales Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) in tests sponsored by the Rapid Capabilities Off… Continue reading JACKAL VTOL drone fires advanced multi-role missiles in successful trial
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) deep-space probe is on its way to Jupiter and has sent back its first selfies. Captured by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) located on the front of the spacecraft, the new images show the Earth and Juice’s deplo… Continue reading Juice deep-space probe headed for Jupiter sends back selfies
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) deep-space probe is on its way to Jupiter and has sent back its first selfies. Captured by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) located on the front of the spacecraft, the new images show the Earth and Juice’s deplo… Continue reading Juice deep-space probe headed for Jupiter sends back selfies
A new study led by UCLA scientists on how water forms on young exoplanets with hydrogen atmospheres and molten oceans of magma suggests that Earth-like planets may not be as uncommon as once thought and that the presence of water on such planets may be… Continue reading Earth-like exoplanets may be much more common than previously thought