Aerospace

Ready for Blast-Off: Lockheed Martin Launches Educational Program to Prepare America’s Students for Deep Space Exploration

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Lockheed Martin has launched Generation Beyond, a first of its kind, national educational program to bring the science of space into thousands of homes and classrooms across America. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program is designed to inspire the next generation of innovators, explorers, inventors and pioneers to pursue STEM careers. “Our children … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing Completes Satellite for NASA TDRS Constellation Ahead of Contract Schedule

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS-M is the sixth Boeing-built satellite for the NASA network providing high-bandwidth communications to spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Programs using the system include those supporting human space flight, the … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin Readies One of the Most Sensitive IR Instruments Ever Made for NASA Telescope

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The ultra-sensitive, highly precise Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb telescope) beat its most stringent requirements during Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) testing, which is now complete. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built the instrument for the University of Arizona and NASA to serve as both the primary science instrument … Dowiedz się więcej

JAXA and UAESA sign a Cooperation Arrangement

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On March 22, 2016, Dr. Naoki Okumura, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and H.E Dr. Khalifa Mohammed Thani Al-Romaithi, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the UAESA, newly signed an „Arrangement between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency regarding Cooperation in Space Activities and Use … Dowiedz się więcej

NASA Study Finds Climate Change Shifting Wine Grape Harvests in France and Switzerland

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During a study of wine grape harvest dates from 1600 to 2007, researchers discovered harvests began shifting dramatically earlier during the latter half of the 20th century. These shifts were caused by changes in the connection between climate and harvest timing. While earlier harvests from 1600 to 1980 occurred in years with warmer and drier … Dowiedz się więcej