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NASA develops flight-ready aerogel antennas for next-gen airspace communications![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 NASA is advancing flight communications with a breakthrough antenna made from one of the lightest solid materials ever created. Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center are embedding this innovative device directly into aircraft surfaces, offering a sleeker and more efficient solution for future aviation platforms, including autonomous air vehicles and drones. The antenna employs a polymer-based aerogel - a highly porous, lightweight material composed of 95% air - which can be tuned to resemble t ... read more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. space infrastructure company, has signed a five-year master services agreement with additive manufacturing leader Velo3D, Inc. (OTC: VLDX). This partnership mark ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) April 22, 2025 British Steel announced on Tuesday it has halted plans to lay off thousands of workers after the government secured the raw materials necessary to keep Britain's last steelmaking blast furnaces running. ... more ![]() ![]() Sihanoukville, Cambodia (AFP) April 16, 2025 Once a collection of sleepy fishing villages, vast Chinese investments have transformed Cambodia's Sihanoukville into a half-finished gambling resort with signs everywhere in Mandarin. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) April 16, 2025 Meta will start using public posts and comments by its European users to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) models from May 27, unless users opt out of the data-mining project. ... more |
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![]() Paris, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 The ALEK structure, part of ESA's uncrewed Space Rider vehicle, has successfully completed an extensive battery of mechanical qualification tests at the agency's facilities. Over a two-month campaig ... more ![]() ![]() Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 A Spanish start-up with roots in Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is developing advanced space tether systems aimed at tackling orbital debris and supporting satellite servicing. The company, ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 The vast archival legacy of George Biddell Airy, former director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, stretches 110 meters across the Cambridge University Library shelves-roughly the length of a foo ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Sierra Space has announced a strategic partnership with Honda and Tec-Masters to conduct in-orbit testing of Honda's advanced water electrolysis system aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2025 Japanese companies have built what they call the world's first 3D-printed train station, a compact white curved-roof structure installed in a rural western region. ... more |
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Honda to test renewable tech in space soon![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) April 4, 2025 Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the Moon's surface, the Japanese carmaker announced Friday. The auto giant is developing a mechanism capable of generating electricity and oxygen continuously - enabling astronauts to breathe - thanks to solar energy and water known to be present in some lunar soils. Now it plans to test this technology aboard the International Space Station, it said in a release, without giving a ... read more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 Karman Space and Defense (NYSE: KRMN), a prominent provider of precision-engineered systems for missiles, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and spacecraft, has unveiled a new ISO 8 clean room facility at it ... more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 An international research team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick has succeeded in creating a synthetic quantum material by combining two compounds long regarded as incompatible. This pioneerin ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 Mechanical energy storage plays a crucial role across numerous technologies, from energy-absorbing springs to robotic components and energy-efficient machines. By converting kinetic energy into elas ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised an innovative method to repair bricks made from lunar soil using bacteria, a technique that could prove essential for maintaining s ... more ![]() ![]() Paris, France (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 With its scheduled launch date of 29 April fast approaching, ESA's Biomass satellite has reached a critical stage in final preparations at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. After three weeks of d ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick has succeeded in integrating two highly unconventional quantum materials into a synthetic structure long considered un ... more |
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