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Space Test Support and Satellite Environmental Testing Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing. Hypersonic/Long Range Systems Hypersonic/Long Range Systems is a collaborative effort between the Army and its Sister Services to deliver precision-strike dominance on land, sea, in the air and beyond , ranging from hypersonic missiles with a range of more than 1,000 miles, to an upgraded long-barrel howitzer. White Sands Missile Range is helping this leap-ahead technology as it transitions from the science...

Qwake Technologies Awarded Air Force Contract to Adapt AR Solution for Smokejumpers and Special Operations News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The US Air Force has tapped Qwake Technologies to adapt its augmented reality technology, C-THRU TM, to enhance C-THRU VISUAL COMMUNICATION ADAPTED FOR AIR FORCE MISSIONS Qwake Technologies has partnered with the Washington, DC-based start up company Rhea Space Activity (RSA) to  adapt Qwak...

New astronauts sought for out of this world career Updated / Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021 19:47 For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency has announced it is looking for new astronauts. It plans to recruit four and up to six career astronauts. It is also looking for up to 20 people to join a pool of reserve astronauts. The space agency said it wants the next cohort of astronauts to be more diverse. It is 11 years since the European Space Agency last recruited and this time it is s...

Share this article Share this article CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Metawave Corporation has been awarded a prime, Phase One contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to provide a high-precision, all-weather sensing solution for electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The initial Metawave study outlined by the contract will identify modifications needed for the companys existing "SPEKTRA" radar for aerial operations, all of which will be applied to deve...

Predict weather. the way we understand climate and of course a lot of people dont realize every banking transaction in the united states of america requires a timing signal from g.p.s., which means if we lose g.p.s. in this country, we have no milk in the grocery store within a matter of three days. its an existential threat to the united states. now, as nasa administrator, and nasa, we dont get involved in space security. thats not what we do. we do discovery and exploration and science. whats ...

>> its $8 billion over the next five years, thats the initial. >> the annual economy for space activity is $350 billion annually. >> president trump is really doing the right drithing by mak sure its secure. >> what you have is the product of an impulse rather than the product of a study. >> state of emergency has been declared in charlottesville, virginia ahead of the one year anniversary of the violent rally. >> they did commemorate the tragic death of heather heather. >> i dont want to see th...

Truck? >> is the steering wheel on the right? >> it looks like a jeep with a label on the side. >> the post office apologized and they are looking into the matter. they have a lot of i-phones smashed there in kentucky. nasa astronauts are going to take a space walk outside to space station to install a new backup computer after the old one failed. phil keating is live. why is this so important? >> the space station could lose significant power and all incoming and outcoming space activity coul...

Planetarium. dr. pitts, we saw a couple weeks ago, mid-february, the 15th, that meteor right that came crashing to earth over russia, scared so many people, hurt a bunch people, broke windows. now we have this comet coming nearby. are we seeing more of this space activity or are we getting better at finding it? >> well, i think youre right on count number two. were getting better at fining it and were getting better at seeing it. from what we saw of the asteroid last month. so many people had da...

Jon: now after 25 -- >> space shuttle aircraft with endeavour strapped on its top coming in for a landing at ellington field. touchdown. jon: i jumped the gun there. after 25 missions in space and nearly 123 million miles flown, space shuttle endeavour is on its final journey headed to california. this is the landing in houston, the home of so much of our nations space activity. steve harrigan joins us live from miami with an update, steve? >> reporter: jon, weve been watching this remarkable pi...