February 2021 has been a historical month for Mars exploration. While humans have been exploring the red planet for well over 50 years, first landing on its surface in 1971 and then launching the first successful rover in 1997, this year has seen several firsts, namely the first time that three countries (China, United States, and the UAE) have launched three simultaneous probes.
While each expedition has different objectives, they will add to the database of information available through terrain analysis, sample collection, and other diverse research methods. Along with shedding light on the planet s many unknowns, this recent missions aim to pave the way for manned spacecraft to land on Mars, a plan that Elon Musk predicts will come to fruition in 2022.
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Caption: The renovation of Buildings E38 and E39 (both now grouped as E38) in Kendall Square brings new graduate student housing (Building E37) to the area as well as a lively innovation center, mixed-use retail, and a new home for MIT Admissions. Credits: Photo: John Horner Caption: The TCC Kendall child-care facility at the graduate student residence tower (E37) in the heart of Kendall Square includes a playground. Credits: Photo: John Horner Caption: The graduate student residence tower (E37) in the heart of Kendall Square provides 454 apartments, including 2-bedroom and 1-bedroom units that are prioritized for families with children as well as efficiencies for single students.
By Shelly Leachman for UCSB
December 20, 2020
The 50,000-square-foot Henley Hall at UCSB is ready for business. (Jeff Liang)
Their award-winning research has been the foundation for numerous energy-saving innovations, including bright and energy-saving white light LED lighting, more energy-efficient data-center communications and interconnects, and software that reduces energy usage in buildings worldwide.
How fitting, then, that UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency is now housed in one such building.
The institute’s state-of-the-art new home, Henley Hall, is now complete and technically open for business, though the ongoing pandemic has limited its occupation to critical research projects in accordance with state and county public health guidelines.
Saarinen’s building before work began
David Chipperfield Architects’ redevelopment of the former US embassy in Grosvenor Square has taken a significant step forward with the appointment of a main contractor.
Multiplex has won what is being described as one of the biggest London building jobs to be awarded this year, according to Building Design’s sister magazine Building.
It revealed that the firm is now preferred bidder for Qatari Diar’s £400m scheme to turn Eero Saarinen’s former embassy on the west side of Mayfair’s Grosvenor Square into a luxury hotel, having beaten remaining rival Balfour Beatty.