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An Antarctic lake holding twice the volume of water as San Diego Bay in California has vanished. An international team of scientists used satellite imagery to show that on the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, a lake containing an estimated 600 to 75… Continue reading Antarctic lake disappears after ice shelf fractures
Virgin Galactic has made history, becoming the first spaceliner to be certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry passengers on its spaceplanes. The adjustment of the operator’s license held by the company since 2016 comes as Vir… Continue reading Virgin Galactic receives FAA approval to carry passengers into space
Procter & Gamble, through its Tide brand, is working with NASA to develop special detergents and washing machines to launder clothes in space. Under a Space Act Agreement, the company’s Mission PGTide (P&G Telescience Investigation of Detergent Experim… Continue reading P & G and NASA team up to tackle astronauts’ dirty space laundry
Lockheed Martin has been selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California to design and build the aeroshell and heat shield for the space agency’s Mars Sample Retrieval Lander, which will help return the first Martian samples … Continue reading Lockheed Martin to build aeroshell for Mars Sample Retrieval Lander
The Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Israeli Air Force (IAF), and Elbit Systems have successfully field tested an airborne High-Power Laser Weapon System (HPL-WS). Installed inside a Cessna prop plane, the solid-state laser weapon intercepted a number … Continue reading Israel tests airborne high-energy laser against drone targets
Masten Space Systems is developing a robotic rover called Rocket M that could one day mine water on the Moon using rocket blasts. An entrant in NASA’s Break the Ice challenge, the rover uses rocket pulses to break up ice-bearing lunar soil or regolith … Continue reading Rocket mining system blasts water from beneath the Moon’s surface
Over a year and half after its rollout, Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 passenger jet has made its first flight. The largest member of the 737 MAX family, the MAX 10 is designed to compete with the Airbus A321neo in the anticipated highly competitive post-COVID-19… Continue reading Biggest member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family makes its maiden flight
IBM’s Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS400) has set sail across the Atlantic ocean without a crew or human control. Built and operated in conjunction with ocean research non-profit ProMare and industry partners, the autonomous trimaran left Turnchapel Wha… Continue reading IBM’s autonomous Mayflower ship sets sail across the Atlantic sans crew
Intelligent sensing technology company Teledyne FLIR has been awarded US$4 million in initial funding by the Pentagon to develop the “first mass-wearable chemical detector for U.S. troops.”Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Chemical We… Continue reading US Army to get first personal wearable chemical detector
The US Space Force has launched a tactical satellite developed in only four months with only 21 days notice. On June 13 at 4:11 am EDT, the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) demonstration satellite was launched on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL r… Continue reading US Space Force launches tactical satellite with only 21 days notice