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NASA and partners are developing backpack-sized technology for future Moon explorers that will allow them to map and navigate the lunar surface in the darkness of the high polar regions to within a centimeter without GPS.Continue ReadingCategory: Space… Continue reading NASA laser backpack promises GPS-free Moon mapping and navigation
Texas A&M engineers led by Ana Diaz Artiles are developing soft robotic technology that could make future “SmartSuit” space suits for planetary exploration more safe, comfortable, and energy efficient for astronauts.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sci… Continue reading Robotic joints could make future space suits more comfortable
After delays due to bad weather back on Earth, Axiom-1 (Ax-1), history’s first all-private mission to the International Space Mission (ISS) returned today. At 1:06 pm EDT, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida.Continue R… Continue reading The first all-private mission to ISS splashes down after 17 days
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built, is ready to go back into service after a three-year overhaul and refit. On April 22, 2022 at 12:16 pm CEST, two proton beams with an injection energy of 450… Continue reading Large Hadron Collider restarts after three-year refit
In what it describes as the most significant demonstration of its kind in half a century, the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) beamed 1.6 kW of power over a kilometer (3,280 ft) using a microwave beam at the US Army Research Field in Maryland.Continu… Continue reading US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves
Stuttgart-based German aerospace company H2FLY has claimed a new world record for its four-seater HY4, which became the first hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft to reach an altitude above 7,000 ft (2,134 m) on April 13. In addition, the HY4 made the f… Continue reading Hydrogen-electric HY4 passenger aircraft sets altitude record
Rafael has successfully tested its Iron Beam laser weapon in various scenarios against steep-track threats, including UAVs, mortars, rockets, and anti-tank missiles. The weapon is set to complement Israel’s famous Iron Dome aerial defense systemContinu… Continue reading “Iron Beam” laser weapon counters multiple targets in live fire tests
In 1964, the Buck Knives company marketed its 110 Folding Hunter knife, which changed the knife-making industry forever. It introduced a revolutionary folding blade that locked into place so strongly it performed like a fixed-blade sheath knife. New At… Continue reading The game-changing Buck 110 Folding Hunter knife
The US Navy has shot down its first drone representing a subsonic cruise missile using an all-electric high-energy laser. At the US Army’s High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the Lockheed Martin Layered… Continue reading US Navy shoots down drone using all-electric laser for the first time
Although nuclear power remains controversial, new reactors are being built in surprising numbers and these will provide the second largest share of the world’s carbon-free energy. It’s also an industry undergoing rapid change as new technology comes on… Continue reading Generation IV, the future of nuclear power