Tech giant ZTE has announced at MWC25 that it has successfully completed the world’s first extended C+L band integrated 80×800 Gbps wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) trial in collaboration with China Telecom. This trial achieved flexible adjustmen…
ROAMX testing in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA Ames Research Center
During 2024-2025, helicopter blades optimized for Mars were tested in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA Ames Research Center as part of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) project. The experimental test-chamber of the PAL can be depressurized to create atmospheric air pressures of different planetary bodies such as Mars. […]
Sols 4471-4472: Marching Through the Canyon
Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University Earth planning date: Monday, March 3, 2025 Curiosity continued steady progress through the upper sulfate unit and toward its next major science waypoint: the boxwork structures. Our rover is currently driving south through a local canyon between “Texoli” and “Gould Mesa.” This route may expose the […]
What is a NASA Spinoff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 53
What is a NASA Spinoff? Well, to answer that question, we’re going to have to go all the way back to 1958, back to the legislation that originally created the space agency, NASA. So in that legislation, there’s some forward-looking language that says, “Make sure that all the cool stuff you develop for space doesn’t […]
What is a NASA Spinoff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 53
What is a NASA Spinoff? Well, to answer that question, we’re going to have to go all the way back to 1958, back to the legislation that originally created the space agency, NASA. So in that legislation, there’s some forward-looking language that says, “Make sure that all the cool stuff you develop for space doesn’t […]