Marcia Dunn

How to Select Ideal IIoT & Networking Solutions

How to Select Ideal IIoT & Networking Solutions

February 23, 2023

Industrial Supply Association President on Why He's Confident About 2023

February 20, 2023

Figure 1: Stanley Robotics robot head with car loaded on platform. Thomson actuators rotate plier arms to grip tires that keep cars from sliding off the platform while in motion.

Smart Actuators Help Robot Valets Optimize High-Volume Automobile Storage and Retrieval

February 14, 2023

5 Minutes with Epson's Nathan Cheng on Using AR to Make Better Decisions

January 23, 2023

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

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January 10, 2023

This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister.

Engine Problem Leads NASA to Scrub Launch of New Moon Rocket

NASA was unable to properly chill one of the rocket's four main engines.

August 29, 2022

For the first time, scientists have used lunar soil collected by long-ago moonwalkers to grow plants, with results promising enough that NASA and others already are envisioning hothouses on the moon for the next generation of lunar explorers.

Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Dirt, Next Stop Moon

The results stunned researchers.

May 13, 2022

Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked NASA’s debut as a B&B host.

Rich Trio Back on Earth After Charter Trip to Space Station

Dicey weather kept the visitors in orbit almost twice as long as intended.

April 26, 2022

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei gives the thumbs up outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

U.S. Astronaut Ends Record-Long Spaceflight in Russian Capsule

He returned with two Russian cosmonauts.

March 30, 2022

SpaceX's Elon Musk provides an update on Starship, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk said that the first orbital flight of Starship--the world's most powerful rocket ever built--could come in another month or two. While he anticipates failures, he’s confident Starship will reach orbit by the end of this year.

SpaceX: 1st Orbital Starship Flight May Be March

While he anticipates failures, Elon Musk is confident Starship will reach orbit by the end of this year.

February 11, 2022

Rocket

Rocket Startup's Florida Launch Debut Ends in Ocean Crash

All four satellites failed to reach orbit.

February 11, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida. The image shows the rocket clearing the lightning arrestor towers at dusk.

SpaceX Satellites Falling Out of Orbit after Solar Storm

Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so.

February 9, 2022

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. SpaceX aims to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in January 2022, followed by about a dozen other test flights next year. Musk provided the update Wednesday night, Nov. 17, 2021, during a space science conference held virtually.

Musk: 1st SpaceX Starship Test Flight to Orbit in January

Musk plans to use the reusable ships to eventually land people on Mars.

November 18, 2021

In this June 2, 2021 photo made available by NASA, technicians prepare Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, Boeing and NASA officials said the capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem.

Boeing Astronaut Capsule Grounded by Valve Issue

Boeing's performance is in stark contrast to that of SpaceX, NASA's other contracted taxi service.

August 16, 2021

This undated photo made available by Blue Origin shows the interior of the crew capsule. When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for the Tuesday, July 20, 2021 debut flight from West Texas - just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenager.

How Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos Will Soar into Space

The capsule is entirely automated: No test pilots or flight engineers.

July 19, 2021

In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic, and company executives gather for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company's IPO. In an interview after the Wednesday, June 30, 2021 satellite launch by his separate company Virgin Orbit, Branson said that he has to be “so circumspect” in what he says about Virgin Galactic. “All I can say is when the engineers tell me that I can go to space, I’m ready, fit and healthy to go. So we’ll see,” he said.

Richard Branson Mum on When He'll Go to Space

The billionaire behind Virgin Galactic has said it's “very important” for potential customers to first see him strap in for a ride.

June 30, 2021

In this image from video made available by Virgin Orbit, the surface of the Earth, left, is seen from the company's LauncherOne rocket during a mission to deliver satellites from three countries into space on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

Virgin Galactic Launches 7 Satellites from 747

The company’s modified 747 jet took off from California’s Mojave Desert, carrying a 70-foot rocket beneath its left wing.

June 30, 2021

In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship test vehicle sits on the ground after returning from a flight test in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, May 5, 2021

SpaceX Launches, Lands Starship in 1st Successful Flight

The previous four tests flights ended in fiery explosions.

May 6, 2021

SpaceX Crew 2 members, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide gather at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021 to prepare for a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for April 22.

SpaceX to Build Lunar Lander

The craft will eventually put the first woman and person of color on the moon.

April 19, 2021