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Heat Shields Emerging as Crucial Enabler of Reusable Spacecraft![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere is among the most technically demanding tasks in spaceflight. During low-Earth orbit returns, spacecraft experience searing temperatures up to 1,600oC. This figure skyrockets to over 16,000oC in extreme cases, such as the Galileo probe's plunge into Jupiter. Heat shields are indispensable for protecting both payloads and human passengers from this intense thermal stress. Complicating the challenge is the need to keep shields lightweight to preserve payloa ... read more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Flying beneath a waxing Moon in March 2025, NASA's ER-2 aircraft transformed into a unique lunar observatory, soaring above the clouds from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Califo ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2025 SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California then 12 hours later 21 Starlink satellites from Florida. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Vast, a leader in orbital habitation systems, has finalized a strategic partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to enable new research initiatives aboard the Inte ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 The Expedition 72 team aboard the International Space Station (ISS) closed out their week with a focus on spacesuit enhancements and critical biomedical research. As one group adjusted to the rigors ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 CesiumAstro has secured a key contract with the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) to supply advanced communications payloads and ground systems for the nation's inaugural low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite co ... more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Rx Networks Inc., a leader in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data services, has announced the debut of TruePoint FOCUS, a cloud-powered correction platform that provides near-instantaneou ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman gave insights into a new, soon-to-be-released International Partnership Strategy to unify like-minded nations' efforts in the space domain during his k ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2025 Western allies want a "militarily strong Ukraine," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Friday, as his country pledged $12.4 billion in military aid, part of a larger combined $24 billion allied commitment. ... more ![]() ![]() Sumy, Ukraine (AFP) April 14, 2025 A Russian missile strike on Sunday on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 34 people, authorities said as European and US leaders condemned one of the deadliest attacks in months. ... more |
![]() Jerusalem (AFP) April 13, 2025 The Israeli military said a missile was launched from Yemen on Sunday and was likely intercepted, shortly before Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2025 Japan scrambled jets in response to Chinese drones 30 times during the past year, the military said, up over threefold year-on-year as Beijing bolsters its air force. ... more ![]() ![]() Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 11, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Ukraine needs more air defence systems to protect civilians, speaking from the site of a recent Russian missile attack that killed several children. ... more ![]() ![]() Jerusalem (AFP) April 12, 2025 Israel's military said Friday it had intercepted an incoming UAV while a military source in Jordan said another drone had crashed there, as Iran-backed Huthis claimed the attacks. ... more ![]() ![]() Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 13, 2025 A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 21 people and wounded 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said, in another deadly attack on civilians that came after a top US official travelled to Russia. ... more |
![]() Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria (AFP) April 13, 2025 Bulgaria on Sunday welcomed its first US-made F-16 fighter jet ordered as part of the eastern-flank NATO member's landmark efforts to modernise its air force. ... more ![]() ![]() Leeuwarden, Netherlands (AFP) April 11, 2025 Fighter jets from the United States, France, Finland and Germany roar into the skies from a Dutch base as part of NATO's biggest air exercise this year. ... more ![]() ![]() Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 7, 2025 EU funding of non-governmental organisations is "too opaque", auditors found on Monday in a report set to further fan a heated political tussle over the financing of environmental groups. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has launched a new capability for its Siteworks Machine Guidance Module that integrates tilt bucket attachments into its field software suite. This enhancement enables constru ... more |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Built upon more than three decades of space-proven electronic systems and trillions of miles of cumulative flight heritage, Aitech has introduced the IQSat, an ultra-compact, AI-enabled picosatellit ... more ![]() ![]() Mandalay, Myanmar (AFP) April 13, 2025 Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. ... more ![]() ![]() Basra, Iraq (AFP) April 12, 2025 Every Friday, Alawi crosses the border from Iran into Iraq to sell his produce in the markets of Basra, which serve as a haven for Iranians grappling with economic sanctions. ... more ![]() ![]() Geneva (AFP) April 11, 2025 The United Nations rights office decried Friday attacks by Myanmar's military despite a ceasefire declared following last month's devastating earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people. ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 World governments should look to current international legal frameworks to curb the growing militarization of space, according to a new study that emphasizes the urgent ... more |
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![]() Santo Domingo (AFP) April 9, 2025 Rescue workers in the Dominican Republic said Wednesday they will wind down the search for survivors of the nightclub roof collapse that left scores of people dead after they found more bodies under the rubble. ... more ![]() ![]() Santo Domingo (AFP) April 9, 2025 Rescuers raced to find survivors early Wednesday after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert by popular singer Rubby Perez, one of nearly 100 people killed in the disaster. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2025 Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned Monday that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he was due to kick off a tour of Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) April 14, 2025 US President Donald Trump warned Sunday that no country would be "getting off the hook" on tariffs, as his administration suggested exemptions seen as favoring China would be short-lived. ... more |
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