The U.S. Space Force (USSF), which became an independent military service in December, 2019, is requesting $11.3 billion for research and development in the service’s fiscal 2022 budget an $800 million increase from the fiscal 2021 enacted amount and about $2.8 billion in procurement, a $456 million increase over
NASA plans to send a probe where no probe has been before, flying to the edge of the heliosphere by the early 2030s to understand how the solar system formed.
The heliosphere is the bubble of space surrounding the sun and enclosing all the planets, from Mercury to Neptune and is affected by solar winds.
So far Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977, are the only probes to venture outside the heliosphere, currently 14 and 11 million miles from Earth respectively.
The Voyagers discovered the edge of the bubble but left scientists with many questions about how our star interacts with the local interstellar medium.
Johns Hopkins APL, TNO Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Collaborative Research and Technology Development
Robert “Buz” Chmielewski is using two modular prosthetic limbs developed by Johns Hopkins APL to feed himself dessert. Smart software puts his utensils in roughly the right spot, and then Buz uses his brain signals to cut the food with knife and fork. Once he is done cutting, the software then brings the food near his mouth, where he again uses brain signals to bring the food the last several inches to his mouth so he can eat it. Such human-machine interface systems are one of several disciplines that will be fostered through the recently signed memorandum of understanding between APL and TNO.
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MEGANE Instrument Test Model Goes to Japan for Physical Tests and Design Review
A 3D rendering of the MEGANE instrument, showing the gamma-ray spectrometer and radiator (top left) and the neutron spectrometer (bottom right).
Credit: Johns Hopkins APL
Spencer Disque, the engineering lead on the MEGANE structural thermal model at APL, stands with the two shipping containers that house the MEGANE structural thermal model components.
Credit: Johns Hopkins APL
On Dec. 2, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) team designing a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer for the Japan-led Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission shipped a test model of their instrument to the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO), which is building the MMX spacecraft for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The delivery represents a major milestone in the instrument’s development, as it’s the first opportunity for the JAXA and APL teams to physically test how well the MEGAN