Interesting Engineering

US lab creates bubble wrap-like window material that traps heat without blocking light

Physicists at CU Boulder have developed a novel insulating material for windows to improve the energy efficiency of buildings ...
TechAnnouncer

Upcoming Rocket Launch Florida: Your Guide to Space Coast Liftoffs

Thinking about catching a rocket launch in Florida? It’s pretty exciting stuff! The Space Coast sees launches pretty often ...
CNET

I Tried Turbocharged Sunglasses at Disney and Got a Stunning New View

These XR glasses are a theme park experience waiting to happen. I checked out Disney-backed startup Liminal Space's tech in person.

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the last decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...
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 ...
WGN Radio 720

US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000, but continuing claims are lowest since April

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but the total number of those collecting ...

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ...

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

NASA loses contact with Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade

NASA said this week that it was working fine before it went behind the red planet. When it appeared again, there was only silence.

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...
Interesting Engineering

The space-based heat maps changing how engineers fix cities

Thermal satellites map block-level heat islands, letting cities target cool pavement and shade where they deliver the biggest ...

Exclusive: See the Starlab space station mockup astronauts will test at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

Houston-based Starlab Space recently completed a space station mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Astronauts will test its design and use it for training.