Four organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a moon mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm using virtual reality. It will be for “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU) activities on the Moon. The four are: ispace (including ispace Europe SA), Stardust Technologies, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and EXPLOR Space ...
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With unprecedented demands on high-bandwidth memory (HBM), Richard Walsh of Samsung Semiconductor Europe considers what the industry needs to do for the next generation of memory technology. The wonder that is HBM has been on a steady journey over the past few years. Performance, power efficiency and speed have all improved incrementally over time. Until ...
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Digi-Key Electronics has signed a global distribution partnership with Red Pitaya. The distributor will offer the programmable test and measurement instrument specialist’s @HOME kit. It’s based on the Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-10, which is all-in-one open-source board, designed to be able to replace 12 benchtop lab instruments. The kit was created specifically for professors and ...
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With space debris an ever growing problem, Astroscale has announced the successful completion of Phase 3A of its ELSA-d mission (End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration). It successfully tested its ability to capture its client spacecraft using the servicer’s magnetic system, in a demonstration performed on 25 August 25. Basically, the procedure was a validation of ELSA-d’s ...
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One to record: The U.S. Space Force (USSF) has activated its third and final field command, its Space Training and Readiness Command, dubbed STARCOM. At a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado last week, Brig. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, Air National Guard assumed its command. “Today marks a significant milestone for the U.S. ...
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Iceotope Technologies, the precision immersion cooling specialist, has announced a CPD accredited training module addressing CPUs and GPUs in data centre and edge computing environments. Specifically, the training module covers the challenge of the processors becoming ever more powerful while being required to operate in a more diverse range of locations. “In this era of ...
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New research published suggests that commercial space revenue grew 6.6% in 2020, exceeding $356 billion, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Space Foundation released “The Space Report 2021 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition” at the Symposium, which took place earlier in the week at Colorado Springs. Headline points include infrastructure and support industries growing the most, ...
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iSpace – the lunar space transportation company based in Tokyo – has unveiled its next generation lunar lander, dubbed Series 2. It will first be used for the company’s third lunar mission. The new design of the lander sees an increase in size and payload design capacity. Standing at approximately 9 ft tall and 14 ...
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BAE Systems has announced another strategic business agreement for its FAST Labs R&D organisation having early access to selected Intel technologies. The agreement, says the company, is intended to help accelerate development of military applications. The agreement will enable it “to develop and more quickly field next-generation defense applications based on Intel’s most advanced technology”. ...
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Redwire, the Jacksonville, Florida-based space infrastructure company, has unveiled its Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory (HOSS), which it describes as “a first-of-its-kind digital engineering environment”. Announcing “initial operational capability” for the state-of-the-art facility, the company says it is designed to address next-generation space architectures and solutions, via artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber technologies. It ...
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