space

Boeing's internal data from defense and space contractor Boeing was published online by the Lockbit cybercrime gang, which steals and releases data unless a ransom is paid. Boeing was given until November 2 to pay the ransom. The published…

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s optical navigation team, as backup to the OSIRIS-REx mission to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, double-checked the primary navigation team’s work, proving the viability of navigation by visual cues. Using…

According to a Space Force memo dated September 29, Space Force Guardians are temporarily forbidden from using government data in generative AI solutions without prior official approval. IBM describes Generative AI as programs "that can…

Looking to deliver reliable test, measurement, and prototyping equipment for D band led NI to THz-enabled isolators designed for NASA.  The call for "more D band" has gone out. With the ability to transmit 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps),…

To say that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is upending our thoughts about the universe is an understatement. Scientists were shocked when they saw the telescope's first images of the universe's earliest galaxies. The galaxies…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory scientists observed a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly munching on a Sun-like star. Swift science uses a unique way to analyze data from the satellite’s X-ray Telescope (XRT) and adapt to new…

Many space missions re-use technologies. For example, Voyager probes have been around longer than most of my readers. Launched 46 years ago, the twin probes still send data back to Earth (when someone doesn't tilt its antenna the wrong…

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort. Sumner, New Mexico Aug. 10. The ComPair mission instrument measures and detects gamma-ray…

Transportation has become an indispensable part of modern life, facilitating the movement of people and goods across the globe. However, our current transportation systems face numerous challenges that demand innovative engineering…

NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21st after flight commanders sent an order that tilted the probe's antenna away from Earth, making it impossible to send and receive commands and data. Mission control tilted the antenna a mere 2%.…