Category: News
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Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Puts Human Health and Ecology at Risk
The Supreme Court has curtailed the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a decision that could limit other federal agencies’ regulatory powers. Catherine Kling is an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling who served for 10 years on the EPA’s Science Advisory Board. Kling says…
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NASA Awards Engineering, Technology, Science Contract
NASA has awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide engineering and scientific products, technical services and related services for the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, other NASA centers and government agencies. The cost-plus award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a potential base value of…
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Florida Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Florida students will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 11:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 6, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins will answer prerecorded video questions from Gifford Youth Achievement Center students. The Gifford Youth…
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World Asteroid Day is Today!
June 30, 2022 is the first live event since 2019… After being in the virtual realm, June 30 marks the return of in person Asteroid Day with the event taking place in Luxembourg, with Asteroid Day Live 2022. What is Asteroid Day? Asteroid Day, also known as International Asteroid Day, is an annual global event which is held…
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NASA to Industry: Let’s Develop Flight Tech to Reduce Carbon Emissions
NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s. Through its new Announcement for Partnership Proposals, NASA intends to fund one or more awards to design, build, test, and fly a large-scale demonstrator with an…
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SPACEX WATCH LIVE: SES-22 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting today, Wednesday, June 29 for launch of SES-22 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET, 21:04 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, June 30 with the same window. The Falcon…
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Elton John Gifts Hard Rock International His One-of-a-Kind Gucci Suit in Exchange for His Legendary Dodger’s Uniform Amid Headlining American Express presents BST Hyde Park
The multi-time Grammy-winning legend kicked off his historic London tour date at Hard Rock Cafe with a private performance and memorabilia exchange HOLLYWOOD, Fla., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As part of a legendary moment in music history, multi-Grammy award winning artist, Elton John, added his iconic Gucci suit to the renowned Hard Rock memorabilia collection at the Old Park Lane Hard…
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CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions
NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA’s Artemis program, including…
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Supply Chains in German Mechanical Engineering: Survey Shows Increasing Pressure
VDMA flash survey: better supply of electronic components not expected until mid-2023 Companies prepare for gas shortage Shortage of skilled workers is becoming an ever greater challenge Frankfurt – Production and the ability to deliver of the mechanical and plant engineering industry in Germany are increasingly hampered by material bottlenecks and a shortage of skilled workers.…
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CAP Enters Memorandum of Understanding with CDC for Surge Testing During Public Health Emergencies
The CAP signed a memorandum of understanding with the CDC to provide assistance and expertise with diagnostic surge testing during public health emergencies. WASHINGTON – The College of American Pathologists (CAP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide assistance and expertise with diagnostic surge testing during…