SwRI joins new NASA institute to qualify, certify additive manufacturing methods
Wednesday, 19 April 2023 10:56
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Southwest Research Institute will contribute to a new NASA institute to improve understanding and enable rapid certification of metal parts created using advanced additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. The Institute for Model-based Qualification and Certification of Additive Manufacturing (IMQCAM) will work to improve computer models of additively manufactured metal parts and expand their utili Musk says he is out to create 'truth-seeking' AI
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Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with "truth-seeking AI" that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired late Monday.
The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has "the potential of civilizational destruction."
He said he was also worried that the ChatGPT bot cre Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of ISS
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Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module. Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to space
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Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produce large batches of stem cells.
This is the first of a series of missions funded by NASA where, for the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will be manufactured in space by astrona Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into space
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The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be launched into space from the Esrange rocket launch site near Kiruna in Sweden. If all goes well, the students will set a new world altitude record for student-built rockets.
The hybrid rocket is Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
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Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magnetically levitated blower system is providing the airflow for the FBCO2 system in a microgravity space environment and has been operating continuously since February 22nd.
"Having our first magn NASA warns of near-term cost growth on Mars Sample Return
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NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars could require $250 million more than currently planned over the next two years, putting more pressure on the agency’s overall science portfolio.
Space Forge reveals plans for U.S. manufacturing
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Space Forge announced plans April 19 to expand its U.S. presence to include manufacturing.
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Smooth sailing, Euclid
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The Euclid satellite embarked on the next leg of the 1.5 million km long journey to space from where it will unlock the mysteries of the dark Universe.
Clouds for your eclipse? NASA experiment will fly kite to rise above
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Imagine you traveled thousands of miles to see a total solar eclipse, but as the Moon began moving in front of the Sun, the sky grows cloudy, blocking your view of the unique celestial spectacle.
That's what happened to University of Hawaii astronomer Shadia Habbal—several times.
After traveling all the way to Antarctica on her latest expedition to study the inner part of the Sun's outer atmosphere—the corona—Habbal was met with clouds once again.
Space Force in wait-and-see mode as ULA continues to investigate upper-stage anomaly
Wednesday, 19 April 2023 01:37
NRO seeks innovative electro-optics
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The National Reconnaissance Office is casting a wide net in its latest bid for commercial Earth observation.
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Lower space company price tags pave the way to more acquisitions
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A drop in space company valuations could open the door to more transactions in the industry, according to an April 17 Space Symposium panel on the outlook for deals, as long as they can navigate increasing regulatory scrutiny.
Rocket science: Alaska sky spiral caused by SpaceX fuel dump
Tuesday, 18 April 2023 19:12
Team builds and tests calibrator for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in record time
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A vital subsystem for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft's Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Called the Simplified Relative Calibration System (sRCS), this component will allow astronomers to measure the total light output of cosmic objects like galaxies and supernovae with extreme accuracy. When Roman launches by May 2027, scientists will use this data to unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, discover exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics.
"Without this calibration tool, we wouldn't be able to gather accurate enough measurements to achieve the next-level science Roman is designed to do," said Joshua Schlieder, a research astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.