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China’s military builds massive new wartime command centre

This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and happy Friday. In today’s newsletter: China’s military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that US […]

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NASA Builds Bridges at Bayou Classic

NASA was on full display during the 51st Annual Bayou Classic Fan Fest activity on Nov. 30, hosting an informational booth and interacting with event participants. Kicking off the Fan Fest on stage were Ken Newton, director of the NASA Shared Services Center Service Delivery Directorate; Pam Covington, director of the NASA Stennis Office of […]

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Bob Swap Builds Bridges With ‘Science Diplomacy’

Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth Sciences, and environmental scientist Robert J. “Bob” Swap makes a difference by putting knowledge into action. Name: Robert J. “Bob” SwapTitle: Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth SciencesOrganization: Earth Science Division (Code 610) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? I […]

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NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

NASA/Quincy Eggert The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities. The pod is called the NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). NASA […]

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China builds record-breaking magnet — but it comes with a cost

The resistive magnet at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science. Credit: CHMFL/Handout via Xinhua/Alamy China is now home to the world’s most powerful resistive magnet, which produced a magnetic field that was more than 800,000 times stronger than Earth’s. On 22 September, the magnet, at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) at the Chinese […]