This image taken from the Twitter account of President Donald J. Trump, @realDonaldTrump, shows an … [+] undated photo of the aftermath of an explosion at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Space Center in the country’s Semnan province. The explosion Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, left the smoldering remains of a rocket on a launch pad at the
Month: October 2019
BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A watchmaker in Indonesia’s Bandung city thinks the next step in sustainability is a wristwatch with a strap made out of the complex root structure of a mushroom. A worker prepares mycelium leather to be used for wristwatches at a workshop of Pala Nusantara, a watchmaking company, in Bandung, West Java
WASHINGTON — Boeing and SpaceX are on schedule to perform two critical tests of their commercial crew vehicles in the next week with hopes that both vehicles will be ready to carry astronauts by early next year. In an Oct. 30 presentation to the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations committee, Kathy Lueders, manager
By now, more Japanese have died from the closing of Japan’s nuclear power plants following the 2011 Tohoku quake than from the tsunami and the earthquake combined, which was about 20,000 people. Most of Japan’s nuclear plants, like the one shown here (Tomari, Hokkaido, Japan), were never at … [+] risk from tsunamis. But the decision to
WASHINGTON — More than half a dozen House lawmakers said Oct. 29 that the FCC, not the satellite industry, should conduct an upcoming auction to transfer C-band spectrum to the 5G wireless industry. Several of those members, speaking at an Oct. 29 hearing by the House Energy and Commerce communications and technology subcommittee, questioned the
Inquiring minds want to know how the jaguar fit a pool in that little townhouse. Google Thursday’s Google Doodle celebrates Halloween 2019 with cool facts about spiders, bats, and other occasionally creepy creatures. They’re not monsters; they’re just misunderstood! In the spirit of Halloween, enjoy some extra trivia treats about these hauntingly cool animals. Jaguar
GAO said the Air Force Space C2 program requires more oversight from the Defense Department. WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office in a new report gave low marks to the Air Force’s Space Command and Control program, a long troubled effort to provide commanders with better tools to monitor what is happening in space. The
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a fast-moving wildfire erupted … [+] early Monday morning near the famous Getty Center in Los Angeles. Qian Weizhong/Xinhua via Getty Topline: Authorities have determined the cause of the Getty Fire in Los Angeles: a tree
WASHINGTON — NASA is emphasizing the science that astronauts will do when they return to the moon in the Artemis program, but agency officials acknowledge that the initial missions might be limited in how many lunar samples they can return. In presentations at the annual meeting of the Lunar Exploration and Analysis Group (LEAG) here
What the massive GMT will look like. It’s now being built in Chile. M3 Engineering GMTO Corporation The world’s largest optical, land-based telescope is entering its design and construction phase. Slated for Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert at 8,500 ft./2,550m, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will have an 80ft./24.5m diameter mirror (actually seven giant
WASHINGTON — While NASA achieves milestone assembling and testing the James Webb Space Telescope, a key manager said the mission only has a few months of schedule reserve left ahead of a March 2021 launch. In a presentation to NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee Oct. 29, Greg Robinson, program director for JWST at NASA Headquarters, said
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This is an example of a 3D printed doll, custom created for a child with prosthetics. Mickey’s Mission LLC, Instagram All of us remember our childhood, some of us enjoyed playing games, some enjoyed reading, but one thing we all have in common is a favorite
SAN FRANCISCO – York Space Systems announced plans Oct. 29 to expand production facilities for its S-Class satellites. The Denver-based company that currently produces ten to 12 satellites per year will be able to produce 50 satellites in 2020 and hundreds of satellites annually in the future, York Executive Chairman Chuck Beames told SpaceNews. York’s
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Discovered in 1999 during mining operations in the Mina Rica (the Rich Mine) in Almeria, southeast Spain, the crystal geode of Pulpí hosts among the most beautiful crystals ever discovered. Even if not the largest gypsum crystals in the world, the 0,5 meter (almost 2 ft)
Aevum, an Alabama startup designing a drone-launched rocket in a former textile mill, went from winning a $50,000 study grant to landing a $4.9 million U.S. Air Force launch contract in the span of three weeks. About a month later, on Oct. 10, Aevum then became one of eight launch service providers qualified by the
Prescribed burn being set in Malibu Creek State Park Tuesday morning July 8, 1997, to eliminate … [+] thistles that are intruding into native grasslands. Photo of firefighter standing by with hose while fire burns to the edge of Malibu Canyon Road. LOS ANGELES TIMES PHOTO BY ^^^. (Photo by Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via
WASHINGTON — Intelsat, SES and Telesat on Oct. 28 acquiesced to demands for more spectrum, saying their group, the C-Band Alliance, would offer 300 megahertz of satellite spectrum to cellular operators for 5G services instead of 200 megahertz as previously planned. The increase — to 280 usable megahertz plus a 20 megahertz guard band — follows
A crescent Moon will shine close to Venus then Jupiter over the next few days. Jamie Carter There are few more beautiful sights than a slim crescent moon, just past new moon, shining delicately above the western horizon just after sunset. This week’s twilight is extra special as the moon, just two days since it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana – once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats – may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people on Earth today, researchers said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Vanessa Hayes speaks with Headman ǀkun ǀkunta, from an
One of the headlines from the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference held in Washington in mid-October was the interest senior officials expressed in low-Earth orbit satellite constellations. The Army is not ready to sign contracts with anyone quite yet, but it’s scoping the market. Program managers and buyers have heard the buzz about
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