- Orbital-1 Launch’s 10th Anniversary
NASA/Bill Ingalls
An Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft launches from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The Orbital-1 mission ...
- Early Stage Innovations (ESI) 2023
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Advancing Radiation-Hardened Photon Counting Sensor Technologies
Karl Berggren Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation hardness study of superconducting detectors ...
- Continuous Bending-mode Elastocaloric Composite Refrigeration System for Compact, Lightweight, High-Efficiency Cooling
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Nenad Miljkovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Traditional elastocaloric refrigeration systems are based on uniaxial compression of the elastocaloric material which makes ...
- Advancing Elastocaloric Refrigeration through Co-design of Materials and Systems
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Patrick Shamberger Texas A&M University
Elastocaloric materials heat up or cool down when stress is applied to them or removed. The objective ...
- Physics-based Modeling and Tool Development for the Characterization and Uncertainty Quantification of Crater Formation and Ejecta Dynamics due to Plume-surface Interaction
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David Scarborough Auburn University
Professor Scarborough will develop and implement tools to extract critical data from experimental measurements of plume surface interaction ...
- Jim Thompson Partners with Revested for of Upcycled Silk iPhone Cases
Bangkok, January 10, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Jim Thompson unveils exclusive upcycled silk iPhone cases in collaboration with Revested Milano – a marriage of Thai tradition and Italian innovation. This ...
- 10 Years Ago: The First Operational Cygnus Cargo Mission to the Space Station
To replace the cargo and crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station following the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the United States developed a novel ...
- Hubble Finds Weird Home of Farthest Fast Radio Burst
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Hubble Finds Weird Home of Farthest Fast Radio Burst
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the host galaxy of an exceptionally powerful fast radio burst, FRB 20220610A. Hubble’s ...
- La NASA comparte avances sobre las primeras misiones lunares Artemis con tripulación
Los miembros de la tripulación del Artemis II (de izquierda a derecha) Jeremy Hansen, astronauta de la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense), y Christina Koch, Victor Glover y Reid Wiseman, astronautas ...
- NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition
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NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition
Artist concept of the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. The centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission, the agency and Lockheed Martin will formally ...
- La presentación del X-59 de la NASA personifica la tradición aeronáutica
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La presentación del X-59 de la NASA personifica la tradición aeronáutica
Concepto artístico del silencioso avión supersónico X-59. La pieza central de la misión Questt de la ...
- A “Green Monster” Lurks in Star’s Debris
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScl; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. Arcand
For the first time, astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James ...
- NASA Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew
Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of Astronaut Crew Quarters inside ...
- NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
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NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
Artist's concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and L. Hustak (STScI) ...
- Be a Burst Chaser and Witness the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe!
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Be a Burst Chaser and Witness the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe!
The Burst Chaser Project was launched today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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- Retired Banyan Tree Holdings Executive Ravi Chandran Champions Positive Social Impact
Phuket, Thailand, January 9, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Having retired following 25 years with Banyan Tree Holdings, Ravi Chandran has never been busier. It is not exactly what was planned ...
- Hubble Views a Vast Galactic Neighborhood
ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgment: L. Shatz
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the ...
- NASA, NOAA to Announce 2023 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
This map depicts global temperature anomalies for meteorological summer in 2023 (June, July, and August). It shows how much warmer or cooler different regions of Earth were compared to the ...
- NASA Armstrong Builds Model Wing to Help Advance Unique Design
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Experimental Fabrication Shop technicians created parts for the assembly of a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing model. Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research ...
- NASA Telescopes Chase Down “Green Monster” in Star’s Debris
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. Arcand
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. ...
- NASA Science Heads to Moon on First US Private Robotic Artemis Flight
As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket at 2:18 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 41 at Cape ...
- WTTC Hotel Sustainability Basics for a Sustainable 2024
London, United Kingdom, January 8, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics is set to end if first year on a high with ...
- Wynn Invites Impressive Line-Up of Guest Chefs to Macau
Macau, Macao SAR, January 5, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Wynn is starting the New Year by inviting an incredible line-up of five culinary artists for the “Celebrity Chef Pop-Up Kitchen ...
- Jim Thompson Farm Welcomes Guests to Embrace Essence of Isan Culture
Pak Thong Chai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, January 4, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / As the crisp breeze of winter envelops Thailand, Jim Thompson Farm extends a warm invitation to everyone to ...
- UNWTO in Brazil to Begin Work on First Regional Office for Americas
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 3, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / UNWTO has continued to scale up its support for its Members across the Americas, with plans for a first Regional ...