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To measure gravitational waves, LISA consists of three spacecraft that form an equilateral triangle deep in space, 2.5 million kilometers apart from each other.
Airbus Helping Develop Gravitational Wave Space Antenna
Gravitational waves were first postulated by Albert Einstein.
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The LMXT is built on the design of the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport.
Lockheed Martin to Build Aerial Refueling System in U.S.
The exact location of the manufacturing facility has yet to be determined.
May 19th, 2022
Last month Spirit said that after speaking with financial and legal advisers, its directors believed JetBlue’s offer could “reasonably” turn out to be the better of the two deals. But on Monday, May 2, 2022 the company announced that it was determined that JetBlue's offer “is not reasonably capable of being consummated.'
Rebuffed Twice, JetBlue Goes Hostile in Bid for Spirit
Spirit's board favors Frontier's bid.
May 16th, 2022
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule lifts off on a second test flight to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Boeing Crew Capsule Launches to Space Station on Test Redo
May 20th, 2022
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Boom Founder Shares Commitment for Supersonic Future with Congress
May 19th, 2022
Pratt & Whitney Canada is targeting a 30% improvement in fuel efficiency
Pratt & Whitney Finds Battery Supplier for Hybrid-Electric Planes
May 19th, 2022
Researchers discovered that ancient moon volcanoes spewed out huge amounts of water vapor, which then settled onto the surface—forming stores of ice that may still be hiding in lunar craters.
Astronauts May One Day Drink Water from Moon Volcanoes
May 18th, 2022
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This Dec. 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander. The scene was assembled from 11 photos taken using its robotic arm. The spacecraft is losing power because of all the dust that's accumulated on its solar panels. NASA said Tuesday, May 17, 2022, it will keep using the spacecraft's seismometer to detect marsquakes until its power peters out. Officials expect operations to cease in July, almost four years after InSight's arrival at Mars.
Dusty Demise for NASA Mars Lander in July; Power Dwindling
InSight currently is generating one-tenth of the power from the sun that it did upon arrival.
May 18th, 2022
Due to the high cost involved, most satellites are not removed after their mission is completed.
Space Tether Could Prevent Dead Satellites from Hitting Earth
The E.T. PACK-Fly equipment uses an electrodynamic space tether that does not require propellant.
May 17th, 2022
This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022.
SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites from California
Starlink brings internet access to underserved areas of the world.
May 16th, 2022
RTX Ventures will directly support the buildout of its first aircraft, Quarterhorse.
Raytheon Invests in Hypersonic Aircraft Company Hermeus
RTX Ventures will directly support the buildout of its first aircraft, Quarterhorse.
May 13th, 2022
This image released by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, Thursday, May 12, 2022, shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way black hole is called Sagittarius A*, near the border of Sagittarius and Scorpius constellations. It is 4 million times more massive than our sun. The image was made by eight synchronized radio telescopes around the world.
Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way's Huge Black Hole
It is 4 million times more massive than our sun.
May 12th, 2022
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a passenger jet that veered off a runway during take-off and caught fire is seen in the aftermath in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwestern China's Chongqing Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Chinese passenger jet left the runway upon takeoff and caught fire in western China on Thursday morning, and several people were injured.
Plane Veers Off Runway and Catches Fire; 36 Injured
In the process of taking off, the flight crew discovered an abnormality in the craft.
May 12th, 2022
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Boeing Ordered to Clean Up California Field Laboratory
Cleanup costs are expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars.
May 10th, 2022
This combination of images provided by NASA on Monday, May 9, 2022, shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, seen by the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, left, and the new James Webb Space Telescope. The new telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday.
Space Telescope in Home Stretch of Tests
Each of the 18 mirror segments on the new telescope is bigger than the single one on Spitzer.
May 10th, 2022
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Tianzhou-4 spacecraft docks with China's under-construction space station, as seen on a video screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. A Chinese cargo vessel docked with the country's under-construction space station Tuesday ahead of a new three-person crew expected to arrive next month.
Supplies Launched to China's New Space Station
China intends to finish building the station this year.
May 10th, 2022
Stratolaunch anticipates beginning hypersonic flight testing and delivering services to government and commercial customers in 2023.
Stratolaunch Completes Latest Test of 'World's Largest Flying Aircraft'
The aircraft flew for 4 hours and 58 minutes over the Mojave Desert.
May 9th, 2022
The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash that killed 152 other people is expected to attend the trial of Yemen's main airline which is opening Monday May 9, 2022 in Paris.
Paris Trial for 2009 Plane Crash That Left 152 Dead, 1 Alive
The lone survivor is expected to attend.
May 9th, 2022