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Alta Devices’ Solar Cells Power Cubesat Mission

Aug 8, 2018

Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a subsidiary of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd of Beijing, China since 2014) says that its solar cells have powered a CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space Lab LLC (TSL), NearSpace Launch Inc (NSL) and their ...

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Foton Auman GTL Super-Power Truck Boosts China Aerospace Industry

Dec 8, 2016

China launched the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft on Monday morning to transport two astronauts to the Tiangong II space laboratory. The spacecraft was sent skyward at 7:30 am atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ...

Tags: super-power truck, Aerospace Industry

Arralis Wins Irish Times Innovation of The Year Award

Oct 12, 2016

At the Irish Times Innovation Awards ceremony in Dublin on 5 October, Arralis Ltd of Limerick, Ireland - which has a design center in Belfast and manufactures RF, microwave and millimetre-wave devices, modules and antennas up to and beyond ...

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Spectrolab Producing New 30.7%-Efficient Space Solar Cell

Aug 3, 2016

Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA, which manufactures multi-junction solar cells and panels for concentrated photovoltaic and spacecraft power systems, says that it has begun manufacturing a higher-efficiency space solar ...

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Ford and Mit Project Uses Lidar, Cameras to Predict Demand for New Electric Shuttles

Aug 2, 2016

Ford Motor and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working together on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services for ride-hailing and ...

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Seattle Firm Sells off POW Holdings Brands

Apr 6, 2016

Columbia Pacific Advisors said it sold POW Gloves to Rojo Australia, Spacecraft Collective to Omen Longboards and Holden Outerwear to unidentified private investors 30 months after investing $2.5 million in the partnership that used to own ...

Tags: POW Gloves, Rojo Austalia, POW Holdings Brands, D.A, Davidson&Co.

Space Station Receives First U.S. Shipment Since Rocket Explosion

Dec 29, 2015

The International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday received its first U.S. shipment, including food and Christmas presents, since two private U.S. space firms each recently suffered a failure on their cargo delivery missions, U.S. space ...

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NASA Finds Sun Stripped Away Mars' Atmosphere and Water

Dec 29, 2015

NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft has gathered new evidence which scientists say appears to prove its the sun that has been robbing the red planet of its atmosphere and water. Researchers say solar winds are still stripping Mars of ...

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NASA Documents Large Solar Storm on Mars

Dec 29, 2015

NASA has documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere. The event provides an important clue as to how water disappeared from the planet. NASA said on Thursday its Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft caught such a storm on March 8. ...

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British Astronaut Says He Has A Spectacular Life up in Space

Dec 28, 2015

The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...

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NASA Suspends 2016 Launch of Mars Lander due to Instrument Leak

Dec 25, 2015

U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday it has suspended the planned launch of a Mars lander called InSight in March 2016 due to unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a French-built seismological instrument. "The bottom line is that we're ...

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a Transport Revolution Is Coming

Nov 27, 2015

Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless ...

Tags: stainless magnesium, cars, trucks

Producer on 'the Martian', 'X-Men' and Role of China

Nov 25, 2015

Actor Matt Damon arrives for the UK premiere of "The Martian" at Leicester Square in London, Britain, Sept 24, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] In the latest sci-fi blockbuster "The Martian," China plays a critical role in aiding an American ...

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Astronauts Sample Taste LED Grown Veggies in Space

Nov 12, 2015

Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Expedition 44 crew members, including NASA's one-year astronaut Scott Kelly, are ...

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OLED Applications from Outer Space Down to Earth

Nov 12, 2015

Jay Kim, Head of Marketing and Business Development Head of Marketing and Business Development at Business Center OLED, Philips’ OLED lighting division shares in this blog entry how OLEDs are making their ways into outer space and ...

Tags: Philips, OLED lighting, outer space, everyday lighting

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