In 2021, Voyager Space presented the Starlab Space Station, and now they are enlisting the help of European aerospace company Airbus to construct it. Starlab is one of the commercial space stations intended to take over when the International Space Station (ISS) is retired at the end of this decade. Voyager Space’s subsidiary, Nanoracks, will […]
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NASA has lost contact with Voyager 2
NASA announced at the end of last week that a series of commands sent to Voyager 2 unintentionally caused it to redirect its antenna, rendering communication with the space probe, sent into space over 45 years ago, impossible. Nevertheless, NASA states that Voyager 2’s original programming causes it to automatically realign its antenna towards Earth […]
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NASA launches streaming service
NASA announced yesterday that they will soon launch NASA+, a new streaming service that will be free. On NASA+, viewers will be able to watch live broadcasts from NASA as well as documentaries and other programs that NASA has recorded over the years. The service will be available through NASA’s apps for iOS and Android, […]
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Lockheed Martin to build DRACO for NASA and DARPA
Yesterday, it was announced that the American aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin will be responsible for building the spacecraft DRACO (Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations), a vehicle that NASA, together with the United States military’s research division DARPA, presented earlier this year. Lockheed Martin will also enlist the help of the American nuclear […]
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DJI releases Air 3
DJI is now releasing another drone, and this time it comes with dual cameras, which is a first for the Air series. The drone has a wide-angle camera and a 3x telephoto camera, both equipped with a 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor and a pixel size of 2.4 micrometers. The wide-angle lens is equivalent to 24mm and […]
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Spotify is gaining more and more users
Spotify has now provided more details about its latest quarter, and it looks good. They now have a total of 551 million active users, of which 220 million are premium users. This is an increase of 27% and 17%, respectively, compared to one year ago. There are 343 million users who use the service with […]
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Amazon is building a satellite factory
Amazon announced last week that they will construct a new factory for satellites intended for their space internet initiative, Project Kuiper. The new facility will be located adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is estimated to cost around $120 million. Amazon has already started manufacturing satellites at its current facility in Kirkland, […]
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Unitree releases the robot dog Go2
Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree has unveiled a new version of their robot dog called Go, which is more powerful than the first version released in 2021. The base version of Go2 is equipped with twelve servos and has a top speed of 3.5 meters per second (9 km/h). It is controlled via Wifi 6 or […]
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Hubble captures aftermath of NASA’s asteroid collision
The Hubble Space Telescope has now captured some of the aftermath that occurred when NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) collided with the asteroid Dimorphos in September last year, which NASA conducted to test if they could change the course of the asteroid. As seen in the images above and below, the collision resulted […]
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Astronomers find a white dwarf with two “faces”
Astronomers at Caltech have discovered the remnants of an old star, known as a white dwarf, that looks unlike anything observed before. The white dwarf has two distinct sides, one composed of hydrogen while the other is made of helium. The astronomers have named the white dwarf Janus, after the Roman god often depicted with […]
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Home Robots Statistics 2023
Home robots are also known as domestic or consumer robots. These robots are designed to assist with tasks we do in our daily lives. These tasks include chores, education, entertainment, and, as well, act as our companionship. The potential applications for home robots are virtually limitless. From robotic vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers to personal assistants, […]
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Robots are being tested for future moon missions
Researchers at ETH Zurich have begun testing a group of dog-like robots that may be used to explore the moon in the future. These robots are three modified robots from the Swiss robotics company ANYmal, which we have mentioned a few times before. The idea behind these robots is that they could assist each other […]
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Now Chandrayaan-3 is on its way to the moon
Today, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayaan means “lunar vehicle” in Sanskrit, and the objective of Chandrayaan-3 is for its moon lander Vikram (“courage”) to land the rover Pragyan (“wisdom”) near the moon’s south pole. This is India’s […]
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China becomes the first to reach space with a methane-powered rocket
The Chinese space company Landspace became the first in the world to successfully launch a rocket fueled by a mixture of liquid methane and oxygen, known as metalox, into an orbit around the Earth. The Zhuque-2 rocket was Landspace’s second attempt to reach space with a methane-powered rocket. The first attempt took place at the […]
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NASA showcases its new minibuses from Canoo
Electric vehicle company Canoo has now delivered the first of the electric minibuses ordered by NASA last year. The order consists of three minibuses intended for transporting NASA’s Artemis astronauts to the rockets that will take them to the moon. The three buses have been modified to accommodate astronauts comfortably in their spacesuits, and NASA’s […]
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Nasa’s Mars helicopter checks in again
Last week, NASA announced that their Mars helicopter Ingenuity has made contact again after being silent for nearly two months. During the radio silence, Ingenuity seems to have had difficulty accessing the Mars rover Perseverance. Ingenuity’s communication with Earth is done through the Mars rover, and if the helicopter cannot establish contact with it, no […]
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Company wants to change the direction of asteroids with a catapult
The non-profit organization, The Aerospace Corporation, has developed a concept that could be used to alter the course of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth. It involves a catapult-like solution designed to land on asteroids that are on a collision course with Earth. Once the catapult has landed on an asteroid, the idea is […]
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Alef granted permission to test flying car in the US
American company Alef Aeronautics has now been granted permission by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test the flying car they presented last year. The electric-powered air and ground vehicle is called “Model A.” It is designed to both fly and be driven as a traditional car, albeit at a slow speed, on public […]
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Japanese university showcases cyborg arms
Researcher Masahiko Inami at the University of Tokyo has developed a pair of cyborg arms intended to be attached to a person’s back. The project is called Jizai Arms, and Inami says he drew inspiration from a horror novel about a man who borrowed a woman’s arms. The wearable arms have so far only been […]
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Enormous gravitational waves discovered
Since the confirmation of the existence of gravitational waves in 2015, researchers around the world have continued to search for them. Using new technology, a team of researchers has now discovered gravitational waves stretching across several light-years. 190 astronomers from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) have been tracking radio waves from […]
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Biden announces a broadband internet plan totaling $42 billion
U.S. President Joe Biden has committed to allocating $42 billion towards ensuring high-speed broadband access to every household in the country within the next seven years. During a speech at the White House, Biden emphasized the significance of this “historic investment” in making affordable high-speed internet available to all Americans by 2030. The funding for […]
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BepiColombo sends home new images of Mercury
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released some images from their spacecraft BepiColombo’s third flyby of the innermost planet of the solar system, Mercury. In the three newly released images, we get a closer look at some of the planet’s craters. The image shown above was taken at a distance of approximately 3500 km from […]
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AutoFlights eVTOL now revealed
AutoFlight has previously shown that their eVTOL Prosperity I not only exists on paper, and in February, they set a new record when they flew 25 miles at an average altitude of 170 meters. However, what they were flying then was not the final design, even though it may have appeared so. We have also […]
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Venturi Lab unveils new lunar rover wheel
During the Paris Air Show over the weekend, Venturi Group showcased this deformable lunar rover wheel. They claim to have reinvented the wheel, which will be mounted on their Astrolab Flex lunar lander, set to be transported to the moon by SpaceX’s Starship in 2026. Previous wheels used in lunar missions have always been solid, […]
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Robocops begin working at an airport in Singapore
Singapore is one of the countries at the forefront of using surveillance robots in various contexts. Now, the police in the country have started using two robots to patrol one of the terminals at Changi Airport. Singapore’s “robocops” are 170 centimeters tall and can roll around the airport while their built-in cameras capture the surroundings […]
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Chinese universities are building a flying saucer
The two Chinese universities, Beihang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University, have jointly constructed what is likely the world’s first round eVTOL vehicle, which you can take a closer look at in the images and videos here. The electric-powered vehicle is equipped with six dual rotors and is capable of flying at heights of up to […]
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Virgin Galactic’s commercial flights will start soon
It is soon time for Virgin Galactic to make its first commercial flight, where they will send three researchers from the Italian Air Force to the edge of space. The flight is designated as “Galactic 01” and is planned to take place sometime between June 27th and 30th. If all goes as planned with Galactic […]
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Astroscale demonstrates how to clean up space debris
Japanese space company Astroscale has released a new video showing how their space debris program, ELSA-M, will work. ELSA-M (End of Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) is a “garbage truck satellite” that chases down defunct satellites and docks with them. ELSA-M then changes the orbit of the combined spacecraft and eventually releases the dead […]
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Mori3 is a modular robot composed of polygons
Robot researchers at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have showcased a new modular robot that they believe could be useful in the space industry in the future. The robot is called Mori3 and consists of triangular modules that can be connected to form various polygonal structures, as seen in the image above. […]
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Robotic dog Spot gets some new features
Boston Dynamics has equipped its robotic dog Spot with some new features that can make it more useful during inspection rounds in factories, mines, and other places where the robot is employed. Spot has improved its ability to navigate through different types of spaces and terrains. The robot has also been equipped with a new […]