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NASA's first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact
Flying cars. Space tourism. Safe reentry for astronauts coming back from Mars.
These technologies are still science fiction, but some won't be for much longer, according to Charles "Mike" Fremaux, NASA Langley Research Center's chief engineer for intelligent flight systems.
To test these concepts, particularly in regard to public and military safety, NASA Langley is building its first new wind tunnel in over 40 years. The NASA Flight Dynamic Research Facility, a project Fremaux has been pursuing for 25 years, will replace two smaller wind tunnels that are around 80 years old. The center's most recent and largest, the National Transonic Facility, was built in 1980.
"These facilities are really kind of tailor-made for doing a lot of that work," he said at a presentation at the Virginia Air & Space Science Center in Hampton on Tuesday. The talk was part of NASA Langley's Sigma Series community lectures.
"That's not our traditional wheelhouse. We haven't tested anything with a propeller on it in decades."
That's because many new craft will depend on electric vertical takeoff and landing, or "eVTOL," technology.
Virgin Galatic's next spaceflight will include sweepstakes winners
Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean who won their tickets in a sweepstakes contest, as well as an 80-year-old former Olympian.
The company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson flew its first paying customers, members of the Italian Air Force, last month—a long awaited achievement that put it back on track in the emerging private spaceflight sector.
Its next mission "Galactic 02,' is planned for August 10 from Spaceport America, New Mexico, the company said in a statement.
Space awaits you! More ESA vacancies open for applications
In March, we announced that 2023 would see the publication of over 300 vacancies at ESA. New vacancies keep being published as we continue our search for talented and motivated professionals to join our teams across Europe and support our mission of the peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of everyone. Could ESA be the next step in your career? Read more to find out!
NASA's GISTEMP Confirms June 2023 as the Record-Breaking Warmest Month
NASA recently disclosed that June 2023 was the most thermally elevated June recorded in history. This information has emerged from NASA's meticulous global temperature analysis, conducted via its Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York.
The GISTEMP, an acronym for NASA's Global Land-Ocean Temperature Index, has facilitated this groundbreaking finding. The process of GISTEMP is NASA-ISRO earth observing satellite coming together in India
Built on opposite sides of the planet, the NISAR satellite will deepen understanding of climate change, deforestation, glacier melt, volcanoes, earthquakes, and more.
Two major components of the NISAR satellite have been combined to create a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, India. Set to launch in early 2024, NISAR - short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar - is being jointly developed Low altitude flights study everyday emissions
Often research associated with air quality and pollution prioritizes transportation - especially car emissions - as an area of focus. However, many urban areas have less pollution from motor vehicles than in the past. That's why scientists leading the AEROMMA project this summer are focused on gathering data on other anthropogenic, or human-based, pollution sources.
The AEROMMA project - A HawkEye 360 raises $58M for satellite architecture and data science acceleration
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Leading the Series D-1 funding round were funds and accounts managed by BlackRock (NYSE: BLK). In additi GMV teams with Galician Innovation Agency to fortify CIAR with advanced cybersecurity system
Leading global technology firm GMV has forged a euro 1.6 million contract with the regional government of Galicia's Galician Innovation Agency. The ambitious agreement is for the development of a robust cybersecurity system, specifically designed to detect radiofrequency signal jamming in the vicinity of the Rozas Airport Research Center (CIAR). The primary objective of this system is to provid India launches Chandrayaan-3 mission on path toward moon landing
India will try to become the fourth country to land on the moon after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft left Earth in a liftoff on Friday.
The Mark-3 rocket with Chandrayaan-3 on top blasted off shortly after 5 a.m. EDT from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the coastal island of Sriharikota.
"Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the moon. Health of the spacec Above Space signs Umbrella Space Act Agreement With NASA
Above Space Development Corporation, a key player in the space technology sector, has recently inked an Umbrella Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA, a development set to have significant implications for both parties. This five-year SAA outlines the scope for collaborative work on various technologies designed for commercial, civil, and government clientele, marking an important step in the pro 
