TORONTO - Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime. The fundamental challenge in reaching a different star system lies in figuring out how to generate and transfer enough energy to a spacecraft both efficiently and affordably. The physical limitations of modern
DETROIT - This week’s Smart Mobility Today focus is a lot on electric and autonomous trucks, a big announcement from a group of auto companies, a couple of different stories concerning the Chinese auto industry, plus robots and space.
SAN FRANCISCO - Only 63 years passed between the Wright Brothers’ famous first flight in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, in 1903 and the first human boots stepping on lunar soil in 1969. In only six decades between these monumental events, humanity evolved from hundreds of thousands of years of earthbound existence to cruising on commercial planes,
HOUSTON - NASA on Monday inaugurated 10 new astronaut candidates who could walk on the moon within the next decade, or carry out research on the International Space Station. The new astronaut candidate class is NASA’s 23rd since 1959, when seven astronauts were picked by the military for Project Mercury, the first American human spaceflight
ATLANTA - Supersonic flight is arriving—in a hurry. In the last 18 months, Boom has successfully tested its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft and pre-sold 15 of its still-in-development 30-seat Overture models to United Airlines. Virgin Galactic and Rolls Royce rolled out a partnership to develop a 19-seater. Even the Russian Federation revealed plans to build a supersonic jet for commercial use.
TRAVERSE CITY—Atlas Space Operations announced the addition of five new ground stations to its growing global satellite ground control network. The new antennas in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Alaska, and an upcoming commissioning in Dubai, represent a dramatic increase in Atlas’ global footprint and network capacity. The move is expected to bolster global antenna coverage
TRAVERSE CITY—Atlas Space Operations Inc., a provider of communications for the space industry, announced it has brought online nine new ground stations in its network. This brings the total to 13 ground stations, with an additional 17 sites planned by 2020. These new stations have all become fully operational in the span of the last
