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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying approximately 6,700 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, lifted off at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, on the company’sContinue reading “NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio departed the space station at 5:57 p.m. EDT aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft before making a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 9:20Continue reading “NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in theContinue reading “Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24, on the agency’s website from NASA’s Johnson Space Center inContinue reading “NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Arya.pdf Manan Arya Stanford University This grant will design and develop lightweight, low-cost modular solar reflectors that can be stowed for transport in a compact volume. These reflectors can potentially be used to reflect and concentrate sunlight into a permanently shadowed area of the Moon where itContinue reading “Lightweight Deployable Solar Reflectors”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Underwood.pdf Thomas Underwood University of Texas, Austin This project will demonstrate a fusion propulsion system based on z-pinch which is a method of compressing plasma by running electrical current though it. The z-pinch will compress and heat the plasma to produce fusion reactions, and the system willContinue reading “Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Driven Electromagnetic Propulsion”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Boles.pdf Jessica Boles University of California, Berkeley This project will develop piezoelectric-based power conversion for small power systems on the lunar surface. These piezoelectric systems can potentially offer high power density to significantly reduce size, weight, and cost. They can also offer high efficiency as well asContinue reading “Piezoelectric-Based Power Conversion for Lunar Surface Systems”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Beik.pdf Omid Beik Colorado School of Mines This project will design a power management and distribution (PMAD) system that can be coupled with a megawatt-scale nuclear power generation system for nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) that is suitable for a Mars mission. The system will include all neededContinue reading “Development of a MW-Scale High-Voltage Multiphase Dual-Rotor Generator and Rectifier for a PMAD in an NEP System”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to build a power transmission cable that can operate in the extreme cold temperatures found on the Moon with very low electrical losses. The team will use novel manufacturing techniques to growContinue reading “Developing Oxychalcogenide Membranes for Superconducting Power Transmission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ECF 2024 Quadchart Ilic.pdf Ognjen Ilic University of Minnesota This effort will aim to demonstrate the feasibility of directed-energy propulsion through a combination of computational simulations and prototype testing. The project will model the interactions between lightsail material and a laser beam that can be pointed at the sail toContinue reading “Concept Demonstration of Directed Energy Propulsion with Metasurface Lightsails”