Boeing makes 96 flights to test software on troubled Max jet
Boeing has made 96 flights to test a software update for its troubled 737 Max jet, according to the company's CEO.
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Science on a plane – ESA's next parabolic flight campaign
In May, engineers, pilots, researchers and scientists will convene in Bordeaux, France, for ESA's 71st parabolic flight campaign. Over the course of three days they will fly on a specially-fitted commercial aircraft, testing ...
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2019
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Friendly electromagnetic pulse improves survival for electronics
An electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, emitted by a nuclear weapon exploded high above the United States could disable the electronic circuits of many devices vital to military defense and modern living.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 6, 2018
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Rocket Lab says ground equipment marred New Zealand launch
A California aerospace company says a rocket it launched from New Zealand last May did not reach orbit because a problem with ground equipment caused a loss of telemetry that forced range safety officials to terminate the ...
Space Exploration
Aug 8, 2017
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James Webb 'Pathfinder Telescope' successfully completes second super-cold optical test
Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope's "pathfinder telescope," or "Pathfinder" completed its second super-cold optical test that resulted in the first checkout of specialized optical test equipment designed to illuminate ...
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2015
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Engineers develop ballistic wallpaper to reinforce temporary shelters
Troops often use abandoned masonry, brick or cinderblock structures for defensive purposes instead of building their own or digging foxholes.
Engineering
May 22, 2015
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Astronauts train by living in extreme conditions
ESA's team of astronaut trainers spent last week in the caves of Sardinia preparing for CAVES 2014, a two-week course for astronauts to get to grips with living in extreme conditions.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2014
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Report says EU nuclear plants need better safety
(AP)—The cost of needed improvements to the 145 nuclear reactors in the European Union could run as high as €25 billion ($32 billion) over the coming years, the bloc's energy commissioner said Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 4, 2012
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O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye
March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well known but that ...
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2012
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PML's Pernstich develops open-source software to automate test equipment
A free, easily customizable software program for automating test equipment via GPIB or RS232 bus may sound too good to be true, especially for smaller companies, graduate students, and hobbyists or for day-to-day laboratory ...
Engineering
Feb 6, 2012
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