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Science News and April 30, 2021 A man tries to wrap his arms around a massive 800-year old Douglas Fir in Vancouver Island, Canada. Matthew Bailey/VWPics/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, D.C. – Together Science News and The New York Times Learning Network are excited to announce the winners of the 2021 STEM Writing Contest. Eleven talented young science communicators are named winners based on their keen ability to shed light on scient...

Can astronaut suits repel lunar dust? This team believes so University team takes a look at the moons ghastly, sticky blanket -- and how astronauts could keep it off. When multiple talented engineers go into the same room (or Zoom call), awesome things can happen, especially when experts in other disciplines also pitch in. Case in point: engineers and designers recently collaborated on how to protect spacesuits from lunar dust. Moon dust can be a big problem for astronauts. Image credits: NASA....

Published March 14, 2021, 9:15 AM Maya-2, along with two other cube satellites–Japan’s Tsuru and Paraguay’s GuaraniSat-1–under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, is set to be deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, March 14, at 5:25 p.m., the STAMINA4Space has announced. Maya-2 (DOST) BIRDS-4 Project is a global small satellite development project under a strategic partnership pact between the Kyushu Institu...

Published March 14, 2021, 5:40 PM This afternoon’s release of Maya-2, the country’s fourth satellite and second nanosatellite. to space from the International Space Station (ISS) will be delayed for more than one hour, the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) said Sunday, March 14. Maya-2 (DOST) “The release of Maya-2 will be delayed, the schedule has been adjusted to 6:50 p.m.,” DOST-ASTI Chief Science Research Specialist Alvin Ret...

(FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOST-ASTI Chief Science Research Specialist Alvin Retamar said Maya-2, along with the two other cube satellites under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, is set to released in space from ISS on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. “The BIRDS-4 Satellites (Maya-2 Philippines, Tsuru [of] Japan, and GuaraniSat-1 [of] Paraguay) are scheduled to be released in space from the International Space Station on Sunday, March 14, 2021, 5:30 p.m. (Ph...

Coaching centres facing tough times Updated: Updated: No clear instructions yet on opening of institutes Share Article No clear instructions yet on opening of institutes The pain of the lockdown is continuing for the teachers of hundreds of coaching and training centres that dot the city. While schools and colleges have been allowed to re-open with social distancing and staggered timings, there are no clear instructions for coaching centres. The result: Many coaching centres have shut down w...

PASAY CITY, Feb. 27 -- Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants the Senate to recognize the three Filiipino space engineers for developing Maya-2 CubeSat, the countrys 2nd nanosatellite successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) last Feb. 21. In filing Senate Resolution 657, also introduced by Sen. Nancy Binay, Villar said the three engineers—Izrael Zenar C. Bautista, Mark Angelo C. Puno and Marloun P. Sejera, have brought pride to the country for the satellite launched aboard the ...

Published February 25, 2021, 8:09 PM The PH started its space technology development program only in 2014. •       The Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program is the country’s first initiative in developing its capacity in space science and technology. •       During its four-year program life, it successfully launched two microsatellites: Diwata-1 and Diwata-2; and a nanosatellite, Maya-1.  •       Succeeding microsatellites Diwata-3 and Diwata-4 and...

Press Release Villar lauds 3 Pinoy space engineers in the 2nd nanosatellite launched to the ISS Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants the Senate to recognize the three Filiipino space engineers for developing Maya-2 CubeSat, the countrys 2nd nanosatellite successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) last Feb. 21. In filing Senate Resolution 657, also introduced by Sen. Nancy Binay, Villar said the three engineers—Izrael Zenar C. Bautista, Mark Angelo C. Puno and Marloun P. Seje...