Smithsonian Magazine

Sixty Years Ago, When Instruments Were Played in Space for the First Time, It Was ‘Jingle Bells’ All the Way

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra delighted mission control with their rendition of the Christmas classic ...
Space.com

Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' passes final test ahead of 1st reusable Neutron rocket launch

Rocket Lab is getting ready to take a bigger bite out of the space launch market. The company recently completed final ...
IEEE

A Space Mapping Augmented Compact Model for Uncertainty Quantification of GaN HEMT Devices and Circuits in the Presence of Trap Effects

Abstract: In this article, an artificial neural network (ANN) augmented compact model is developed for the fast uncertainty quantification (UQ) of GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). The ...
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Legacy of the An-225 - The Future We Never Got...

The An-225 was just the beginning. The engineers had big plans for the aircraft, and by big, we mean huge. Meet the An-325 and its bigger brother, the Antonov AKS. They were templates for a new soviet ...
IEEE

Efficient Mesh Space Mapping Optimization for Tunable Filters Incorporating Structurally Simplified Coarse Mesh Model Without Tunable Elements

Abstract: Mesh space mapping (MSM) is widely recognized as a popular surrogate-based optimization approach for expediting electromagnetic (EM) design, particularly in cases where traditional ...
GitHub

Open3D-VQA: A Benchmark for Embodied Spatial Concept Reasoning with Multimodal Large Language Model in Open Space

We present Open3D-VQA, a novel benchmark for evaluating MLLMs' ability to reason about complex spatial relationships from an aerial perspective.The QAs are automatically generated from spatial ...
LAist

A peek inside the space shuttle Endeavour’s new home in Exposition Park

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Houston Public Media

Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
New York Post

Trio of Chinese astronauts stranded in space after their shuttle was used to rescue another trapped group

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...
LAist

A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

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The Stolen Starship: Why Russia's Buran Space Shuttle Was Secretly Superior to NASA's

Unbeknownst to the world, as America launched its first Space Transportation system in 1981, Russia was in the middle of building its own space shuttle, the Buran, based on stolen blueprints and ...
SlashGear

Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...