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A&D
The Aerospace/Defense Industry serves, as its name represents, two main markets: Aerospace, which largely comprises the production, sale, and service of commercial aircraft. And Defense, which is dependent on the nation’s need for military weapons and systems designed to operate on land, sea, and in the air.
High-temperature materials to make turbine engine components
Whenever you advance a technology, the goal is lighter, faster and more efficient. As NASA looks to transform the…
EPFL team bottled it at the CanSat competition
In June, five EPFL students went to Texas for the competition final, where they put the device they had been…
The largest solid 3D-printed item will help build Boeing aircraft
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has just received recognition for largest solid…
DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time ever
For the first time ever, a NASA astronaut has successfully sequenced DNA in microgravity. The feat was conducted as…
NASA five-year long competition draws to a conclusion
NASA’s Sample Return Robot Challenge has reached its final stage, after five years of competition by more than 40…
NASA astronaut breaks time-in-space record
NASA astronaut and Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams surpassed 520 days living in space on Wednesday, 24th…
NASA uses test dummies to understand landings
A mockup of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft awaits its encounter with a pad full of dirt, hoisted about 30ft.…
Students fly a prototype of Prandtl-M, an aircraft that could fly in the Martian…
Some interns get coffee. Others might make copies. Not at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California,…
Pair of satellites create their own solar eclipse
Every 18 months or so, scientists and sensation-seekers gather at set points on Earth’s surface, to await…
NASA sets a new Guinness World Record firing 44 rockets on one flight
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has caught the attention of Guinness World Records. Wallops’ sounding…