WVU engineers create software for aerobots WVU Today Engineers at West Virginia University are propelling exploration forward by creating control software for a group of aerial robots (aerobots) that will […]
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WVU engineers take on data transfer limits during space exploration
MORGANTOWN — Engineers at West Virginia University are helping to solve one of the greatest limitations of space exploration — sending and receiving information between a spacecraft and the ground […]
Gov.’t can fund SpaceX but not infrastructure?
There’s a fine line between a public-private partnership and a government handout. A private-public partnership would be akin to the West Virginia Legislature approving $37 million in surplus state funds […]
Marion County firm lands $24M NASA contract
FAIRMONT – If you want to hear about that $24 million NASA contract, you have to take the car tour, first. One look at rocket ship-styled hood ornaments and other […]
Morgantown software engineer, Fairmont tech firm, play key role in NASA’s first battery-powered airplane
FAIRMONT – TMC Technologies of Fairmont is playing a key role in NASA’s development of its first all-electric experimental airplane, the X-57 Maxwell. TMC Senior Systems Engineer Steve Yokum, of […]
Lesson of a little helicopter on Mars
The little helicopter weighs only 4 pounds, and its first flight lasted a mere 30 seconds and reached an altitude of only 10 feet. But it did so on Mars. […]
ETAM Earth Station sold to Deep Space Network
Duke Jordan, a sales professional with Great Expectations Realty Commercial division in Charleston, said Etam Earth Station was sold to Deep Space Network LLC for about $1.5 million. Jordan said […]
New Space Age hampered by old tech
by Andrew Holland and Stephane Lintner The world is entering an exciting new Space Age. Where once the superpowers competed in a space race to the moon, today commercial companies […]
Prepare for Takeoff
BY ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPostWV With the exciting success of NASA’s rover Perseverance landing on Mars this past week, this is the perfect time to engage (with or without kids) in some […]
A mission to Mars — by way of Marion County
Almost heaven … definitely Mars. NASA’s “Perseverance” rover successfully touched down on The Red Planet’s surface Thursday afternoon. The space agency is now hoping for an equally successful 10-year mission […]
