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The Bristol University-led project will consider how drones could be used to harvest wind energy and further help the UK transition to net zero.
Researchers at the University of Bristol received a grant to study Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) that use tethered drones to capture wind energy at high altitudes.
The high wind pulls the drone away from the ground station, driving the generator.
ESA tested the Juice spacecraft's navigation software on an engineering model to prepare for a 2031 flyby of Callisto, ensuring it can autonomously navigate despite significant communication delays. What Happened? Seven years from now, in April 2031, ESA’s Juice mission will fly past Jupiter’s moo
To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter's fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.