The Commercial Spaceflight Federation recently hosted its second in a series of Executive Leadership Forums, an open dialogue for policymakers, industry leaders and stakeholders to discuss key issues and opportunities in the commercial spaceflight industry.
Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. These worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth and are the best targets found so far for the search for life outside the Solar System. They are the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star. The new results were published in the journal Nature on May 2, 2016.
Will Test Cockpit Avionics, Related Components And Equipment
Honeywell Aerospace has opened a new environmental testing laboratory in Puerto Rico’s Las Américas Technology Park. The state-of-the-art lab will test and research Honeywell’s cockpit electronics, or avionics, and related components and equipment.
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