ST Engineering iDirect's Dialog Platform Deployed by BSNL to Connect Remote Indian Islands
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59
Write a comment
Herndon VA (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has been awarded a contract by system integrator Shaf Broadcast, Pvt. Ltd, on behalf of Indian state-owned telecommunications company, BSNL, to augment satellite bandwidth to the offshore Indian islands of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep under a Universal Service Obligation (USO) project funded by the Department of Telecommuni
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has been awarded a contract by system integrator Shaf Broadcast, Pvt. Ltd, on behalf of Indian state-owned telecommunications company, BSNL, to augment satellite bandwidth to the offshore Indian islands of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep under a Universal Service Obligation (USO) project funded by the Department of Telecommuni NASA satellites help quantify forests' impacts on global carbon budget
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2021
Using ground, airborne, and satellite data, a diverse team of international researchers - including NASA scientists - has created a new method to assess how the changes in forests over the past two decades have impacted carbon concentrations in the atmosphere.
In addition to better understanding the overall role of forests in the global carbon cycle, the scientists were also able to distin
Using ground, airborne, and satellite data, a diverse team of international researchers - including NASA scientists - has created a new method to assess how the changes in forests over the past two decades have impacted carbon concentrations in the atmosphere.
In addition to better understanding the overall role of forests in the global carbon cycle, the scientists were also able to distin Student Launch Teams Will Launch from Home Fields, Receive Awards Virtually
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
Student Launch, one of NASA's Artemis Student Challenges, is an annual competition that typically culminates each April with a gathering of teams for a weekend of rocket launches and celebration.
This year, in an effort to comply with federal guidance and help restrict the spread of COVID-19, these events will be modified to take place locally to each team or virtually. A virtual awards ce
Student Launch, one of NASA's Artemis Student Challenges, is an annual competition that typically culminates each April with a gathering of teams for a weekend of rocket launches and celebration.
This year, in an effort to comply with federal guidance and help restrict the spread of COVID-19, these events will be modified to take place locally to each team or virtually. A virtual awards ce Calnetix Technologies Supplies Key Components for NASA's Next-Generation CO2 Removal System
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Cerritos CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
Calnetix Technologies reports it has successfully designed and developed a high-speed in-line blower and a dual controller for NASA's next-generation CO2 removal system.
The design and development of the Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (4BCO2) is being led by NASA and is planned for installation on the International Space Station (ISS) after rigorous ground testing at its facilities.
Calnetix Technologies reports it has successfully designed and developed a high-speed in-line blower and a dual controller for NASA's next-generation CO2 removal system.
The design and development of the Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (4BCO2) is being led by NASA and is planned for installation on the International Space Station (ISS) after rigorous ground testing at its facilities. Armstrong Assists with Orion for First Astronaut Mission
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
As NASA's human spaceflight centers are busy preparing the Orion spacecraft and its components for the early Artemis missions around the Moon, a NASA aeronautics-focused center is lending a hand.
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is providing system engineering and integration expertise to assist with an Orion heat shield spectrometer system (OHSS). The system
As NASA's human spaceflight centers are busy preparing the Orion spacecraft and its components for the early Artemis missions around the Moon, a NASA aeronautics-focused center is lending a hand.
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is providing system engineering and integration expertise to assist with an Orion heat shield spectrometer system (OHSS). The system NASA-DLR cooperation - from Cologne to the stars
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
On 4 February 2021 at 15:40 CET, the airborne observatory of the German Space Agency at DLR and the US space agency, NASA, is due to land at Cologne Bonn Airport. From there, it will explore the night sky over Europe until 16 March.
"The SOFIA infrared observatory is one of the largest German-American projects for space exploration and underlines how important the cooperation with NASA is
On 4 February 2021 at 15:40 CET, the airborne observatory of the German Space Agency at DLR and the US space agency, NASA, is due to land at Cologne Bonn Airport. From there, it will explore the night sky over Europe until 16 March.
"The SOFIA infrared observatory is one of the largest German-American projects for space exploration and underlines how important the cooperation with NASA is NANOGrav finds possible 'first hints' of low-frequency gravitational wave background
Saturday, 06 February 2021 12:59 Write a comment
Morgantown WV (SPX) Feb 05, 2021
In data gathered and analyzed over 13 years, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) has found an intriguing low-frequency signal that may be attributable to gravitational waves.
NANOGrav researchers - including a number from West Virginia University's (WVU's) Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitati
In data gathered and analyzed over 13 years, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) has found an intriguing low-frequency signal that may be attributable to gravitational waves.
NANOGrav researchers - including a number from West Virginia University's (WVU's) Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitati Tianwen 1 makes orbital correction as Mars arrival draws near
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Beijing (XNA) Feb 08, 2021
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe conducted its fourth orbital correction on Friday evening, as the spacecraft makes ready for its arrival in orbit around Feb 10, according to the China National Space Administration.
The robotic vehicle ignited one of its engines at 8 pm to make an orbital correction and ensure it would be flying in the right direction toward the Martian gravitational field, th
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe conducted its fourth orbital correction on Friday evening, as the spacecraft makes ready for its arrival in orbit around Feb 10, according to the China National Space Administration.
The robotic vehicle ignited one of its engines at 8 pm to make an orbital correction and ensure it would be flying in the right direction toward the Martian gravitational field, th Best way to get around the Solar System
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2021
There is currently a great interest in going someplace in the Solar System. NASA wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Still others just want to go to an asteroid. These destinations require extremely complex systems and mission scenarios.
In order to get to any of these places, the easiest way is to first get into Earth orbit. This first step requires leaving the terrest
There is currently a great interest in going someplace in the Solar System. NASA wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Still others just want to go to an asteroid. These destinations require extremely complex systems and mission scenarios.
In order to get to any of these places, the easiest way is to first get into Earth orbit. This first step requires leaving the terrest Private Chinese company launches smart suborbital rocket
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Chongqing (XNA) Feb 08, 2021
A new smart suborbital rocket developed by a private Chinese company was successfully launched from a site in northwest China on Friday, according to the company.
The "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" OS-X6B, with a length of 9.4 meters, was launched at 5:05 p.m. It completed a flight time of about 580 seconds, reaching a maximum altitude of about 300 km, said OneSpace Technology Group Co.
A new smart suborbital rocket developed by a private Chinese company was successfully launched from a site in northwest China on Friday, according to the company.
The "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" OS-X6B, with a length of 9.4 meters, was launched at 5:05 p.m. It completed a flight time of about 580 seconds, reaching a maximum altitude of about 300 km, said OneSpace Technology Group Co. SpaceX Crew Dragon team to break US record for on Sunday
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 08, 2021
On Sunday, US astronauts living aboard the ISS orbital outpost will break the record for most days in space by a crew launched aboard an American spacecraft, NASA said.
"They will surpass the record of 84 days set by the Skylab 4 crew on Feb. 8, 1974", NASA said.
The Skylab 4 crew, with NASA astronauts Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson, and William Pogue, docked their Apollo spacecraft to t
On Sunday, US astronauts living aboard the ISS orbital outpost will break the record for most days in space by a crew launched aboard an American spacecraft, NASA said.
"They will surpass the record of 84 days set by the Skylab 4 crew on Feb. 8, 1974", NASA said.
The Skylab 4 crew, with NASA astronauts Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson, and William Pogue, docked their Apollo spacecraft to t A warp in the Milky Way linked to galactic collision
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 08, 2021
When most of us picture the shape of the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our own sun and hundreds of billions of other stars, we think of a central mass surrounded by a flat disc of stars that spiral around it. However, astronomers know that rather than being symmetrical, the disc structure is warped, more like the brim of a fedora, and that the warped edges are constantly moving around the
When most of us picture the shape of the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our own sun and hundreds of billions of other stars, we think of a central mass surrounded by a flat disc of stars that spiral around it. However, astronomers know that rather than being symmetrical, the disc structure is warped, more like the brim of a fedora, and that the warped edges are constantly moving around the Student astronomer finds galactic missing matter
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2021
Astronomers have for the first time used distant galaxies as 'scintillating pins' to locate and identify a piece of the Milky Way's missing matter.
For decades, scientists have been puzzled as to why they couldn't account for all the matter in the universe as predicted by theory. While most of the universe's mass is thought to be mysterious dark matter and dark energy, 5 percent is 'normal
Astronomers have for the first time used distant galaxies as 'scintillating pins' to locate and identify a piece of the Milky Way's missing matter.
For decades, scientists have been puzzled as to why they couldn't account for all the matter in the universe as predicted by theory. While most of the universe's mass is thought to be mysterious dark matter and dark energy, 5 percent is 'normal An asteroid "double disaster" struck Germany in the Miocene
Saturday, 06 February 2021 01:02 Write a comment
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2021
By analyzing sediments jostled by ground shaking, researchers have shown that two impact craters near Stuttgart were created by independent asteroid impacts rather than a binary asteroid strike.
A Gothic church rises high above the medieval town of Nordlingen, Germany. But unlike most churches, St. George's is composed of a very special type of rock: suevite, a coarse-grained breccia that'
By analyzing sediments jostled by ground shaking, researchers have shown that two impact craters near Stuttgart were created by independent asteroid impacts rather than a binary asteroid strike.
A Gothic church rises high above the medieval town of Nordlingen, Germany. But unlike most churches, St. George's is composed of a very special type of rock: suevite, a coarse-grained breccia that' NASA and international partners to study Mars Ice Mapper mission
Friday, 05 February 2021 23:31 Write a comment
WASHINGTON — NASA and three international partners have signed an agreement to cooperate on a proposed mission to search for ice deposits under the surface of Mars, a precursor for human missions there.
In a Feb.