Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions

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Nicholas Houghton, right, supports crew suit-up operations during Underway Recovery Training 12, an end-to-end practice recovery run conducted at sea to prepare for Artemis II. Sumer Loggins Johnson Space Center Office of Communications May 11, 2026 Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design systemsContinue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition 

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May 11, 2026 Kennedy Space Center NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.   Links to view the Lunabotics competition live can be found on the agency’s Lunabotics page. The competition is slated to run between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. eachContinue Reading

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For long-haul cabin crew and pilots, the crew rest area is an essential, ensuring that crew fatigue doesn’t set in and affect safety. Crew rest is a specified period during flights, when pilots and cabin crew change over, allowing some of the crew to get some sleep before returning toContinue Reading

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Posifa Technologies has introduced the PGS5100 Series, MEMS-based thermal conductivity hydrogen sensors designed for early-warning detection inside EV battery packs and fuel cell systems. The sensors are 10x faster than the previous PGS4100 series, cover a 0–25% hydrogen concentration range and are rated for more than 15 years of serviceContinue Reading

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It’s been a long wait, but it appears that Tesla Semis will soon be hitting the highways in substantial numbers. The largest order to date comes from WattEV, a California-based Trucking-as-a-Service (TaaS) company, which is buying 370 units. The company expects the first 50 trucks to enter service in 2026,Continue Reading