Chris Clark

AFRL’s Drone Killer ‘THOR’ Wins Popular Science ‘Best Of’

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Air Force Research Laboratory’s THOR team, pictured with the portable counter-UAS system, capable of destroying drones at the speed-of-light, at long range, in its base defense mission. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AFB — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is celebrating the success of its counter drone weapon, the Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR), after being named the Popular Science “Best of What’s New” in the security category.

Each year, Popular Science reviews thousands of new products and innovations, to choose the top 100 winners across 10 categories. Read More

Pick Up A Free Comic At Los Alamos History Museum Dec. 3

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History Museum News:

The community is invited to visit the Los Alamos History Museum Friday Dec. 3, and pick up a free copy of local artist Jillian Pucket’s zine “Growing Up in the Secret City”.

This short comic explores the lives of kids in Los Alamos in the years after the Manhattan Project. A limited quantity is available.

The Los Alamos History Museum is at 1050 Bathtub Row. The museum is open 9-5 weekdays and  10-4  weekends. Admission is $5, free for Los Alamos County residents and children—and visiting the Museum Shop is always free (including picking up a comic Dec. 3)!

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Curbside Farmers Market Returns Beginning Thursday!

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Curbside Farmer’s Market returns beginning Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 through April 2022. The market will be held 10 a.m. to noon each Thursday in the small parking lot across the street from Fuller Lodge on Central Avenue. The public may pre-order and pre-pay or pay when picking up their purchases. Courtesy/Farmers Market Read More

Life Advocates To Assemble In Albuquerque And Across Nation To Urge Repeal Of Roe v. Wade Wednesday

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Pro-Life Action League Executive Director Eric Scheidler

By Pro-Life Action League:

ALBUQUERQUE — Cries of “Overturn Roe” will be voiced in Albuquerque, and across the nation Wednesday, Dec. 1, as the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson.

The case has gathered substantial attention from both life advocates and abortion backers because it is the most significant challenge to Roe v. Wade to rise up in the courts in more than a decade. OverturnRoe.org, a pro-life coalition, is taking the battle over abortion to the streets Dec.1 to voice their encouragement for upending Read More

AFRL Collaborates With NMT Astronomers On Observatory

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AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AFB – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) astronomers are one-step closer to having their own high-powered window to space and the universe, after receiving congressional funding for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI).

The university will receive $6.2 million in congressional funds, to complete the first phase of the anticipated $30 million five-year project, to build three telescopes and two scientific instruments of the MROI in Socorro.

NMT has received congressional funding over the past several years in support of the university’s Read More

National Park Service Awards Record $4.6 Million To Preserve Williamsburg Battlefield In Virginia

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The Battlefield of Williamsburg, Va., by Robert Knox Sneden. Courtesy/Library of Congress

NPS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service’s (NPS) American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) awarded a $4.6 million Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to protect 250.84 acres of the Williamsburg Battlefield in York County, Virginia.

The wooded property witnessed several centuries of occupation and struggle, including fierce fighting during the Civil War’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Archeological investigations have revealed key details of this battle and promises to Read More

AFRL Selects 10 Universities For Satellite Program

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Two University Nanosatellite Program students assemble the Oculus-ASR satellite. Courtesy/AFRL

Graphic representation of Arachne, the first solar power beaming experiment for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations & Research Project. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News: 

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) has selected 10 universities to participate in the upcoming 2-year partnership to design, fabricate and test small satellites.

At the recent Flight Selection Review for the program’s tenth cycle, 3 of 10 Read More

‘Mission To Mars’ Book Launch & Talk By Dr. Larry Crumpler Dec. 9

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NMNHS News:

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMNHS) announces the release of the highly anticipated new book “Missions to Mars” and a talk by the author, Museum Planetary Geologist Larry Crumpler.

The event is 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9. Attendees will meet the author 6-6:30 p.m. and tour the museum’s newest exhibition “Mars: Science and Culture”, followed at 6:30 p.m. by Crumpler’s talk.

Admission is $5 per person and tickets must be purchased in advance. 

Schedule: 

  • Tour of Exhibit at 6 p.m.;
  • Talk at 6:30 p.m.; and
  • Book Signing 7-8 p.m.

Description:

6-6:30 p.m., meet the Read More

Law Enforcement Agencies Coordinate Traffic Safety Blitz

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — Law enforcement agencies will intensify their saturation patrols and DWI checkpoints to stop drunk drivers across New Mexico now through Jan. 3, 2022.

To support their efforts, the New Mexico Department of Transportation is launching a new fall/winter driver-safety campaign titled, “My Story,” which focuses on drunk driving, underage drinking, distracted driving, and seatbelt use told through the perspective of regretful drivers reflecting on the devastating consequences of their poor choices.

According to the University of New Mexico, in 2020, there were 2,020 Read More