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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”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data whenContinue reading “NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. New images of NGC 346 and the Sombrero Galaxy have already been published. Now, ESA/HubbleContinue reading “Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA prepares to return to the Moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and analyze every part of the International Space Station crew’s daily life—down to the air they breathe. These studies are helping NASA prepare for long-term human exploration of the Moon and,Continue reading “NASA Glenn to Test Air Quality Monitors Aboard Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale). The designation Messier 77 comes from the galaxy’s place in the famous catalog compiled by the French astronomerContinue reading “Hubble Spots a Squid in the Whale”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Margaret Deahn, Ph.D. Student at Purdue University Last week, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover continued its journey down lower ‘Witch Hazel Hill’ on the Jezero crater rim. The rover stopped along a boundary visible from orbit dividing light and dark rock outcrop (also known as a contact) at aContinue reading “Origins Uncertain: ‘Skull Hill’ Rock”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather. Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collisionContinue reading “NASA Studies Wind Effects and Aircraft Tracking with Joby Aircraft”