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Cryosat spacecraft's ice vision is boosted

Posted in Hardware on 13th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

European scientists have found a way to super-charge their study of the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland.

Seismic vibrations provide accurate way to monitor ice sheet decline

Posted in Science on 7th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers are getting positive results from a new method that tracks seismic vibrations caused by ocean waves to measure changes in ice volume.

UK wins satellite contract to 'weigh' the biomass in Earth's forests

Posted in Hardware on 4th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to monitor the status of global forest resources.

SpaceX undercut ULA rocket launch pricing by 40 percent

Posted in Hardware on 30th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Air Force awarded SpaceX an $83 million contract, breaking the monopoly that Lockheed Martin and Boeing had held on military space launches for more than a decade.

SpaceVR raises $1.25M to send VR camera satellite into orbit

Posted in Science on 29th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

At the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo in San Jose, California, Holmes said that he has raised more money to make the worlds first virtual reality camera satellite.