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Air Force-funded Ursa Major successfully tests ‘Draper’ engine built to power spacecraft of the future – The Debrief

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Draper Ursa major Test Fire

Colorado-based aerospace and defense contractor Ursa Major has announced the first successful “hot fire” test of its Draper liquid-fuel engine. Funded by the Air Force Research Labs (AFRL), Ursa Major debuted the 4,000-lb thrust closed-cycle engine in May 2023, with the ultimate goal of having a fully operational engine capable of operating in the atmosphere … Read more

Scientists successfully create a time crystal made of giant atoms

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Experimental protocol and mean-field phase diagram. Credit: Physics (2024). DOI file: 10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 A crystal is a system of atoms that repeats itself in space at regular intervals: at every point, the crystal looks exactly the same. In 2012, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek asked the question: Could there also be a time crystal, an object … Read more

China-France space science satellite successfully launched

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China successfully launches the Space Variable Objects Monitor, a space science satellite co-developed by China and France, to its preset orbit at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China

China successfully launches the Space Variable Objects Monitor, a space science satellite co-developed by China and France, to its preset orbit at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on June 22, 2024. Photo: CCTV News China on Saturday successfully launched the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), a space science satellite co-developed … Read more

TDK has successfully developed a material for solid-state batteries with a 100 times higher energy density

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June 17, 2024 TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) has successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid-state battery . TDK’s technology aims to provide a solution that can be used in various wearable devices, such as … Read more

SpaceX’s spaceship rocket successfully completes its first return from space

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SpaceX’s launch of its giant Starship rocket on Thursday accomplished a series of ambitious goals that Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, had set out before the test flight, its fourth. While the flight wasn’t a perfect success, it offered a sign that Musk’s vision to build the most powerful rocket ever and make it reusable … Read more

Chinese Chang’e-6 probe successfully lands on the far side of the moon | CNN

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Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images/File The Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe was launched on May 3, 2024 from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China’s Hainan province. Hong-Kong CNN — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully landed on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning, Beijing time, in a key step … Read more

SpaceX has successfully launched a new series of Starlink satellites

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Spacex Successfully Launched Another Batch Of Starlink Satellites

SpaceX has successfully launched a new batch Starlink Satellites on May 31, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission, called Starlink 6-64, saw a Falcon 9 rocket Delivering 23 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. The launch is a significant milestone as it marked the 14th mission for SpaceX in May 2024 and … Read more