A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024. GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the current series of advanced weather satellites; it will provide continuous coverage of...
Dutch lead defence in huge simulated online bank attack, as global security non-profit FS-ISAC hosts summit in Amsterdam
Reston, VA & Cambridge, MA (19 January, 2022) – FS-ISAC, the only global cyber intelligence sharing community solely focused on financial services, announced today the launch of its Critical Providers Program designed to strengthen the security of the financial sector’s supply chain. As critical service providers increasingly host, connect, and protect a...
The second of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) two satellites is communicating with ground controllers after launching at 3:15 p.m. NZST, Wednesday (11:15 p.m. EDT, June 4). Data from these two shoebox-size cube satellites, or CubeSats, will better predict how Earth’s ice, seas, and weather will change in a warming world —...
The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT) on Saturday. The agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission consists of two...
Easton residents have the opportunity to support a pilot program to reduce food waste destined for the landfill. The town has partnered with Ottawa-based Food Cycle Science Corporation to try out the company’s Food Cycler machine, an indoor appliance that recycles your kitchen scraps by turning them into a nutrient-rich soil amendment without the hassle of...
National Academy of Public Administration Launches Presidential Transition 2016 Initiative Post Date: May 11, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. —The National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) today launched its Presidential Transition 2016 initiative, which is designed to advise the incoming 2016 Presidential Administration on effective management improvement...
Application Deadline December 16, 2019 First Nations Launches New Keepseagle Fast-Track Grants to Support Native American Farmers and Ranchers LONGMONT, Colorado (November 11, 2019) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today launches additional grant programs to support Native American farmers and ranchers. These grant programs are an outgrowth of...
On May 4, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its third flight, STS-30, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, and Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, Norman E. Thagard, and Mary L. Cleave flew a four-day mission that deployed the Magellan spacecraft, managed by NASA’s Jet...
Greater US-China rivalry post-pandemic could also see increased prevalence of cyberattacks related to such great power contestation, a good example being attacks associated with the contentious South China Sea dispute. “[Advanced persistent threat] groups that target governments in the region are frequently interested in topics related to the South China Sea. And...