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Total number of Space Energy Headlines: 1092
Solar Power Satellite Hardware That Beams Energy to Earth Tested in Orbit
Source: SciTechDaily : Date: 17-06-2020
The use of solar energy to operate satellites began at the start of the space age with another NRL spacecraft: Vanguard I, the first satellite to have solar ...
Yes, there's ice on the moon. But it's not the 1st lunar resource we'll use.
Source: Space.com : Date: 12-06-2020
"The first and easiest resource that we have there is solar energy," Jake ... Energy means power, particularly for operating instruments on the lunar ... program mandate from the National] Space Council, is enabling because of the ...
Experiments with Tritium and Helium-3 Reveal New Questions in Understanding of Nuclear Structure
Source: Sci-News.com : Date: 11-06-2020
Helium-3 contains two protons and one neutron, while tritium contains one proton and two neutrons. “They are mirror nuclei,” said Dr. Florian Hauenstein ...
China's Cislunar Space Ambitions Draw Scrutiny
Source: National Defense Magazine : Date: 01-06-2020
Many of the ideas about Beijing's future in space come from individual ... posed by potential Chinese activities, such as space-based solar power, ...
A PV antenna for beaming solar power from space to Earth
Source: pv magazine USA : Date: 12-06-2020
Researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have launched the first orbital experiment with space-based solar power. They launched a ...
Q&A with Space Force's No. 2
Source: Politico : Date: 15-05-2020
Boeing's space plane is expected to launch Saturday on a mission that could prove critical for the potential use of space-based solar power.
Space technologies can help solve Earth's challenges
Source: Space.com / Dylan Taylor (op-ed) : Date: 12-05-2020
Additionally, sending solar power generation to space would free up land and cultural resources from huge panel arrays, and it would also save landfills ...
X-37B Space Plane's Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems
Source: The Drive : Date: 09-05-2020
.. an experimental system designed by the Naval Research Laboratory that is capable of capturing solar power and beaming that energy back to Earth ...
Here are a few of the experiments hitching a ride on the Air Force's secret space plane
Source: C4ISRNet : Date: 08-05-2020
“The Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research ... is a very interesting concept that will enable us to capture solar energy in space ..
X-37B's Next Mission To Demo Space-Based Solar Power
Source: Breaking Defense : Date: 07-05-2020
The Naval Research Laboratory is responsible for the experiment, she said. DoD has a history of on-again, off-again interest in space-based solar power ...
Space Force will test solar power transmission during X-37B space plane’s next mystery flight
Source: GeekWire : Date: 07-05-2020
If such a power-beaming system could be perfected, concentrated microwave energy from space could conceivably be converted to electricity for ...
Space technologies can help solve Earth's challenges
Source: Space.com / Dylan Taylor (op-ed) : Date: 12-05-2020
Additionally, sending solar power generation to space would free up land and cultural resources from huge panel arrays, and it would also save ..
Astronauts Test Power Beaming on Space Station
Source: Machine Design : Date: 2020-04-28
But one of the most interesting applications they're looking into is space-based solar panel arrays.” Led by electronics engineer Paul Jaffe, NRL ...
Might the Russia-China-USA Alliance for Space Exploration Define the New ‘New World Order’
Source: Strategic Culture Foundation / Matthew Ehret : Date: 2020-04-20
President Trump passed a fascinating Executive Order on April 6 calling for the mining of asteroids and the Moon which may serve as the gateway to shaping a new system of economic relations, rules and values around a shared future for humankind. Trump’s Executive Order states in part that “successful long term exploration and scientific discoveries of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies will require partnerships with commercial entities to recover and use resources, including water and certain minerals in outer space.”
Letter: The future is in plain sight
Source: Quad City Times : Date: 2020-04-18
If China stays on its current path, it will develop nuclear propulsion technology and solar power stations in space within ten years. This will give it the ability to beam energy to anyone on Earth-and power to disable any portion of the American power grid and paralyze our military anywhere on the planet."
NRL power-beaming demonstrated on International Space Station
Source: Yahoo Finance : Date: 2020-04-14
Space solar is simply using solar panels in space to harvest the sun's energy, where collecting rays would be unaffected by clouds or other interference.
Space-Based Solar Power for Energy Transmission
Source: Nanalyze : Date: 2020-04-14
That's sort of the proposition behind space-based solar power – except you're floating solar panel arrays in orbit around Earth and transmitting the ...
Heliogen: the Bill Gates backed startup hoping to use mirrors to power heavy industry
Source: The Engineer : Date: 2020-04-07
Space based reflectors could boost solar farms on earth ... Concentrated solar power uses mirrors or lenses to focus sunlight from a large area on to a ...
Funding secured to research solar power generation from space
Source: Environment Journal : Date: 2020-04-03
A new research project will explore the potential of using space-based reflectors to shine additional sunlight towards future large-scale solar power ...
Scots scientist gets Euro grant in quest to make sun brighter
Source: HeraldScotland : Date: 2020-04-02
And his new project to explore the possibility of using space-based reflectors to shine additional sunlight towards future large-scale solar power farms at dawn and dusk has won backing from the European Research Council.
Solar power, even at night: These giant space mirrors could send sunlight back to Earth after dark
Source: ZDNet : Date: 2020-04-01
The initiative, dubbed Solspace, has just received a €2.5 million ($2.75 million) grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to support five years of research into ways to keep solar power flowing from dusk to dawn.
Chinese Rocket Fails on Maiden Launch
Source: The Epoch Times : Date: 2020-03-17
China intends to fly its Long March-9 heavy-lift carrier rocket by 2030 to support construction of a space-based solar power plant to sustain its lunar ...
Image: Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell
Source: Tech Xplore : Date: 2020-03-11
ESA has backed the creation of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to deliver the best power to mass ratio for space missions. Just about 0.02 mm ...
India Is Fostering a Solarized Digital Future
Source: Cointelegraph : Date: 2020-03-04
At the beginning of this year, the Solar Energy Corporation of India ... in part on transmitting solar energy from space to Earth for more than a decade.
Stellar Barrhead student is man on a mission
Source: Barrhead News : Date: 2020-03-01
“I have always been interested in space and aerospace,” Drew told the ... to Earth, such as space-based solar power they are working on this year.
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