Last Gasp For Fossil Fuels: Space Solar Is Happening
Space solar once seemed like a faraway dream, but the economic case is taking shape and the basic technology is at hand.
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Researchers 3D-Print Moon Rover Wheel Prototype With NASA
For space exploration and habitation, 3D printers could eventually use local material from the moon or Mars as a feedstock.
Greece’s Agricultural Heartland Underwater
Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country’s Thessaly region.
NASA Clocks July 2023 As Hottest Month On Record
According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record. “Since day one, President Biden has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time,” said Ali Zaidi, White House National … [continued]
NOAA & NASA Spearheading Massive Air Quality Research Campaign This Summer
Scientists from NOAA, NASA and 21 universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades. Since the 1970s, U.S. scientists and environmental regulators made significant strides in reducing air pollution by cleaning up … [continued]
NASA Plans To Manufacture Solar Cells On Moon, From Scratch
NASA wants new solar cells to sport a “Made on the Moon” label, using only materials harvested from the Moon.
Canoo Transporting NASA Astronauts, Too
Canoo must be doing something right — it has done a great job landing notable US government contracts, which is never easy to do. We reported on the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ordering Canoo electric vehicles back in December and February. A few days ago, I wrote that the … [continued]
Sulfur Selenium Solid-State Battery From NASA Breaks Energy Storage Boundaries
Most of us have little idea what NASA — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — has been doing since the Apollo moon missions ended. We know it is responsible for Tang and space blankets, but what has it done for us lately? It turns out, the “aeronautics” part of … [continued]
NASA Spacewalkers Finish Installing Roll-Out Solar Array
Expedition 69 flight engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:17 p.m. EDT after 5 hours and 35 minutes. Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel … [continued]
10-Month Voyage Proves Solar Cell Material Survives, Thrives in Space
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown was hoping to see anything but mustard yellow. When the NASA research electrical engineer clicked open the photo of a small sample — a swatch of film no bigger than a sticky note — she let out a cheer. The film was still dark black after spending … [continued]
