Veggie Plant Growth System Activated on International Space Station
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 23, 2014 -
If you plant it, will it grow-in microgravity on the International Space Station? Expedition 39 crew members soon will find out using a plant growth system called "Veggie" that was developed by Orbital Technologies Corp. (ORBITEC) in Madison, Wisconsin, and tested at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first fresh food production system, along with the Veg-01 experiment, were deliv ...
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Land-based variant of Aegis tested
Washington (UPI) May 21, 2013 -
Components of the Aegis Ashore anti-ballistic missile system have successfully undergone a first flight test, according to the Department of Defense.
In the test Tuesday at a facility in Hawaii a simulated ballistic missile target was acquired, tracked, and engaged by the weapon system, which fired a Standard Missile-3 from a vertical launch system.
The primary purpose of the tes ...
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Thales, Alcatel-Lucent in partnership talks
Paris (UPI) May 22, 2013 -
Thales is negotiating with Alcatel-Lucent over a possible takeover of Alcatel-Lucent's cyber-security services and communications security business.
Thales said the exclusive negotiation is part of "a strategic partnership to provide end-to-end solutions for securing networks."
"With this strategic partnership, Thales strengthens its position in cyber-security and consolidates i ...
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First broadband wireless connection ... to the moon
San Jose CA (SPX) May 23, 2014 -
If future generations were to live and work on the moon or on a distant asteroid, they would probably want a broadband connection to communicate with home bases back on Earth. They may even want to watch their favorite Earth-based TV show.
That may now be possible thanks to a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory who, working with NAS ...
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Atlas 5 rocket powers clandestine satellite launch
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) May 22, 2013 -
Private space company United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas 5 rocket Thursday morning, carrying with it one of the United States' newest spy satellites - the company's latest mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
The rocket successfully blasted off at just after 9 a.m. EST, taking flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It's the fourth successful mis ...
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Astronomers identify signature of Earth-eating stars
Nashville TN (SPX) May 23, 2014 -
Some Sun-like stars are 'Earth-eaters.' During their development they ingest large amounts of the rocky material from which 'terrestrial' planets like Earth, Mars and Venus are made. Trey Mack, a graduate student in astronomy at Vanderbilt University, has developed a model that estimates the effect that such a diet has on a star's chemical composition and has used it to analyze a pair of twin st ...
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Engineers Test NASA's SLS Booster Forward Skirt to the Limits
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 23, 2014 -
A critical connection between NASA's new rocket and its twin solid rocket boosters that will help it get to space proved it could withstand millions of pounds of launch stress during a series of ground tests that ended May 20.
The booster forward skirt, which houses the electronics responsible for igniting, steering and jettisoning the two five-segment boosters and carries most of the forc ...
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