Category: Science
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Cygnus Resupply Craft With NASA Science, Cargo Heads to Space Station
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, commercial products, and other cargo after launching at 9:16 p.m. EDT Friday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. The spacecraft launched on an Antares rocket from the…
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WATCH LIVE: GPS III SPACE VEHICLE 04 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Friday, October 2, for a Falcon 9 launch of the GPS III Space Vehicle 04 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 15-minute launch window opens at 9:43 p.m. EDT, or 01:43 UTC on October 3. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage…
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High School Students will Ask NASA Astronaut Aboard ISS Questions
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, currently aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions posed by high school students from across the nation this week. The educational downlink event will air live at 10:25 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Cassidy will answer prerecorded questions selected from high school…
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AI Scholars Are Key to Hyundai’s Future Mobility Solutions Efforts
World-renowned AI scholars Tomaso A. Poggio and Daniela L. Rus to join Hyundai Motor Group’s AI Technology Advisory Group Poggio and Rus to consult on planning future AI-based projects; establishment of AI research organizations; and new business opportunities such as robotics and healthcare Hyundai Motor Group expects to enhance AI capabilities to rev up…
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WATCH LIVE: STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 28 at 10:22 a.m. EDT, 14:22 UTC, for launch of its thirteenth Starlink mission, which will launch 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported launch of Crew Dragon’s first flight to…
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Hyundai Motor Envisions Future of Mobility Experience
Hyundai showcases latest iteration of in-car experiences for dedicated EVs going beyond transportation functions Latest vision hints at possibilities offered by the abundant interior space of dedicated EVs Hyundai wants to make time feel more valuable both in and out of the vehicle with its dedicated EVs. SEOUL, September 23, 2020 — Hyundai Motor Company…
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NASA Invites Students to Join the Artemis Generation at SciFest Virtual Event
Venture with NASA to discover the future of flight, understand the portrait of planet Earth, and take the next steps in exploration at SciFest, the virtual STEM expo from the USA Science and Engineering Festival. The free event, which runs from Saturday, Sept. 26, through Saturday, Oct. 3, will feature NASA researchers, scientists, engineers,…
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FDA Authorizes First Point-of-Care Antibody Test for COVID-19
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first serology (antibody) point-of-care (POC) test for COVID-19. The Assure COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Device was first authorized for emergency use by certain labs in July 2020 to help identify individuals with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, indicating recent or prior COVID-19…
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Asteroid 2020 SW will pass closer than some Satellites
A small asteroid labeled 2020 SW was discovered on September 18, 2020, from Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona will pass a lot closer than the moon’s distance this week, passing even closer than geostationary satellites. This approach is so close that Earth’s gravity will bend the space rock’s trajectory. This should occur on September…
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Is there Life in the Clouds of Venus?
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, announced the discovery of a rare molecule, phosphine, in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments. Astronomers have speculated for decades that high clouds on Venus could offer a home for microbes…