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Rubin Observatory's newly coated mirror will reflect the ever-changing universe with unparalleled completeness

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a research facility under construction in Chile and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, achieved a major milestone on April 27, 2024, with the successful coating of its largest mirror with silver. The now-reflective 8.4-meter primary-tertiary mirror — about as wide as a tennis court — is so-called because it has two optical surfaces with different curvatures.�� The completion of the multi-stag...

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MIT astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars

MIT astronomers have observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The distant signals, which trace back more than 13 billion years to the universe's infancy, are revealing clues to how the very first black holes and galaxies evolved. Quasars are the blazing centers of active galaxies, which host an insatiable supermassive black hole at their core. Most galaxies host a central black hole that may occasionally feast on gas and stellar debris, gene...

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ARMD Solicitations

This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA's aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Leadership Initiative - Key date: May 29, 2024 Commercial Supersonic Technology - Key date: May 31, 2024 University Stud...

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Statement from Bart Demosky, Executive Vice President and CFO, Bombardier, On Moody's Ratings Upgrade to B1

The entire Bombardier team is proud to celebrate Moody's rating upgrade announced yesterday. This most recent upgrade places Bombardier at a B1 rating with a stable outlook and reflects the company's consistent performance to date throughout its turnaround. As we outlined in our� 2024 Investor Day �this week, we have a strong foundation upon which to keep improving key balance sheet metrics.� Bombardier continues to build its resilience through growth pathways that thoughtfully diversify...

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National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Star Wars X-wing Outfitted Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has welcomed a Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle (CAV) to the collection. This CAV was the first remotely piloted large eVTOL (electrical vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to be flown in support of a commercial operation in the United States. For this flight, Boeing partnered with Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development to mount X-wing “body shells” on two CAVs for the opening events of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction at Walt...

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Verizon Business & We Are Incandescent's UKII unveil the future of UK industry

Verizon Business and We Are Incandescent have unveiled a new online platform to highlight the innovation, talent and future potential of the UK industry. The UK Innovation Industries (UKII) Intelligence Report presents stories of pioneering companies and organisations from far and wide across UK industry sectors – from food security to space-based research, quantum computing to clean mobility, advanced manufacturing and creative production – and provides insight into the key areas of fo...

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NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science

NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting. The agency will provide coverage of undocking and departure beginning at 12:45 p.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. Dragon will undock from the...

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Lockheed Martin Successfully Transitions Long Range Discrimination Radar To The Missile Defense Agency

The� Long Range Discrimination Radar �(LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in Clear, Alaska, completed DD250 final acceptance and was officially handed over to the Missile Defense Agency in preparation for an Operational Capability Baseline (OCB) decision and final transition to the Warfighter. In addition, prior to this transition, the system has started Space Domain Awareness data collects for the United States Space Force.� “This milestone represents years of dedication to the MDA's mis...

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NASA Sets Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station

NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 25, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is expected to begin at 10:55 a.m. and could last up to seven hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. Expedition 71 crewmates Oleg Kononenko and...

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ESA's astronaut class of 2022 graduate

ESA celebrated the graduation of its class of 2022 astronaut candidates. The ceremony, held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, signified the successful completion of basic training for the five European astronaut graduates and the Australian Space Agency's first astronaut, all now eligible for spaceflight assignments. The new graduates ESA astronauts are Sophie Adenot, Pablo �lvarez Fern�ndez, Rosemary Coogan, Rapha�l Li�geois and Marco Sieber. Also, as testament to ESA...

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RTX's Collins Aerospace named a finalist for three Crystal Cabin Awards

Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been named a finalist for three Crystal Cabin Awards, the only international award recognizing excellence in aircraft interior innovation. Crystal Cabin Award winners will be announced in eight categories on May 28 in Hamburg, Germany as part of the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. Collins was nominated for three solutions that help airlines improve the inflight and cabin experience. Collins' STARLight™ structural technology �utilizes a...

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Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found

Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion star orbiting it. Data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and other ground-based observatories were used to verify the mass of the black hole, putting it at an impressive 33 times that of the Sun. Stellar...

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Northrop Grumman Expands Australia MQ-4C Triton Support Team

Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) has signed a contract with L3Harris Corporation (L3HCA) for the operation and maintenance of command-and-control systems aboard Australia's MQ-4C Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft fleet. The collaboration is another milestone in advance of delivery of the platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). - - - • As prime systems integrator on Triton, Northrop Grumman has collaborated with several suppliers to integrate and maintain key sys...

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NASA Astronaut Loral O'Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 11:54 p.m. EDT on April 5, and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 3:17 a.m., April 6 (12:17 p.m. Kazakhstan time), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. O'Hara laun...

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