Science

AFRL Spacecraft Recurve Launched On Virgin Orbit Space Force Mission

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AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate’s spacecraft Recurve was launched into low Earth orbit July 2, from the Mojave Air and Space Port, Rutan Field, Mojave, Calif. on a Virgin Orbit U.S. Space Force Space Test Program mission. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AFB — The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system.

The launch supported the U.S. Space Force’s STP-S28A mission and carried six additional payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP).   Read More

Celebrate Nature, Space, Technology And More At 2022 Los Alamos ScienceFest July 12-17

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Scene from a previous ScienceFest. Courtesy/MainStreet

MAINSTREET News:

Los Alamos — where discoveries are made — announces the return of the town’s iconic annual event, Los Alamos ScienceFest. Running July 12–17, this year’s event features hands-on activities, an electric vehicle show, movies, concerts, lectures and family fun events.

“Los Alamos is the home of groundbreaking science, and ScienceFest offers a unique opportunity for visitors from all over to experience this culture of discovery firsthand,” Los Alamos County Marketing Manager Kelly Stewart said. “We invite all to Read More

Fossil Of Oldest Known Species Of Tree-Climbing Reptile Discovered Near Chama In Northern New Mexico

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A rendering of the ancient tree-climbing reptile Eoscansor. A fossil of Eoscansor was discovered in Northern New Mexico in rocks dating back 305 million years. With this discovery, Eoscansor becomes the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record. Courtesy/Matt Celeskey

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A team of paleontologists, including several from New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), have uncovered a fossil in New Mexico from the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record. 

Research from NMMNHS and Carnegie Museum of Natural History describing the 305-million-year-old Read More

Kleos Space S.A. Secures $10M To Accelerate Growth

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Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer

KLEOS SPACE S.A. News:

…Kleos has a constellation of 12 satellites in low earth orbit with another 4 satellites scheduled to launch later in FY22.

Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has entered into a four-year secured $10 million debt facility with PURE Asset Management Pty Ltd (PURE) to fund operations & satellite constellation growth. 

Commenting on the debt facility, Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer said, “Kleos is in a period of rapid Read More

LAFSF: The Orthodox Church, Faith Vs Knowledge, A look At St. Isaac 7th Century By Father Jesse Robinson

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Doubting Thomas Hand Painted Orthodox Icon. Courtesy/LAFSF

LAFSF News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum presents: The Orthodox Church, Faith vs Knowledge, A look at St. Isaac 7th Century By Father Jesse Robinson.

This presentation will ask the questions from an Orthodox Christian perspective: Are faith and science really so opposed? How are they meant to be ordered? What end are they meant to serve? We will examine teachings of Orthodox Christian Fathers, with specific emphasis on the writings of the great ascetic of the 7th century, St. Isaac the Syrian.

Father Jesse Robinson was raised Read More

LANL News Roundup For Week Of June 27, 2022

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People: Deb Lewis – Building a life and a legacy

Deb Lewis’s passion for the Lab and its mission began with her first job here in January 1993, when the University of California was in charge of the management and operating contract. Lewis was hired as a Project Controls engineer for waste management through a UC program that helped non-traditional-aged college students jumpstart their careers. The program had enough funding to keep Lewis employed for two years, then she could strike out on her own, knowing she had some great experience under her belt. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL Read More

White Rock Elementary Schools Host Rocket Launches

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Volunteer Rob Hermes helps Piñon Rocket Club members set up for a launch. Courtesy/LAPS

Members of the 2022 Chamisa Rocket Club. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

For the first time since 2019, Rocket Club members at Chamisa and Piñon elementary schools were able to host a rocket launch for fellow classmates.

At Chamisa Elementary, 18 students in fifth and sixth grades met weekly Tuesday afternoons since the end of January. Teachers Robert Judd and Megan Lee, along with community volunteers Tammy Hinckley, Heath Watkins and Rob Hermes guided club members in learning about rockets, building rockets Read More

LANL News Roundup For Week Of June 20, 2022

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Science – Understanding plants could make firefighting and prescribed burns safer:

Recent advances in remote sensing and modeling have opened the door to taking a deeper look at how the physical makeup of various plant species, particularly their carbon and water content, interact with fire. Accounting for these dynamic vegetation characteristics will improve not only the ability to better understand fire behavior but also fire effects and fire’s role in healthy ecosystem dynamics. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a  Read More

Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum Presents Patrick Berg, MD, Maj, USAF On The Origin Of Life Wednesday June 29

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LAFASF News:

In 1802, William Paley published his famous watch analogy in Natural Theology. He asserted that if a watch is found in an open field, “the inference we think is inevitable, (is) that the watch must have had a maker – that there must have existed, at some time and at some place or other … an artificer who formed it.”

He reviewed the complexity of human anatomy, as well as animals and plants, based on scientific understanding at the time. Seeing complexity far beyond a watch in plants, animals, and human anatomy, he concluded that there is a Creator.

Paley’s idea was not new. From the Read More

EM-LA Hosts Public Forum Focused On Cleanup Mission

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EM Los Alamos Field Office Manager Michael Mikolanis provides an update on the LANL legacy cleanup for attendees at the Environmental Management Cleanup Forum at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/EM-LA

A Los Alamos community member speaks during the June 16 Environmental Management Cleanup Forum at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/EM-LA

EM-LA News:

Los Alamos and northern New Mexico citizens, advocacy groups and members of the media attended the Environmental Management Cleanup Forum June 16 at the historic Fuller Lodge, part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

More than 50 in-person and Read More