SpaceX has applied for more spectrum to upgrade Starlink satellite broadband services for mobile users.

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Lockheed Martin and Maxar Space won contracts worth $5 million apiece to help define the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary weather satellites.

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Satellite operator Iridium Communications said July 26 it has entered into a development agreement to enable its technology in smartphones.

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NASA and the European Space Agency have revised their plans to return samples from Mars, removing a rover and its lander from the effort and replacing them with helicopters modeled on Ingenuity.

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An innovative small-sized satellite product line for geostationary telecommunications has passed its ESA system requirements review and received its official name of “HummingSat”.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2022
Future human explorers on the moon might have 99 problems but staying warm or cool won't be one. A team led by planetary scientists at UCLA has discovered shady locations within pits on the moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The pits, and caves to which they may lead, would make safer, more thermally stable base camps for lunar exploration and long-term habi

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2022
The Defense Department and other federal agencies have sought advanced sources that generate gamma rays, X-rays, neutrons, protons, and electrons to enable a variety of scientific, commercial, and defense applications - from medical diagnostics, to scans of cargo containers for dangerous materials, to non-destructive testing of aircraft and their parts to see internal defects. But none of these

Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 26, 2022
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The scientists found a way to build hi

Edwards AFB Ca (SPX) Jul 21, 2022
Small drones delivering packages, air taxis carrying passengers, or air ambulance providing lifesaving transportation - these are just some of the concepts NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission is helping get into our skies. For these aircraft to safely operate, cities, suburbs, and rural areas will need new or enhanced infrastructure. Imagine a network of routes where new aircraft wo