Through the grant, Sydor and collaborators at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, will begin developing a low cost, versatile soft x-ray detector for class-D space missions.

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L3Harris Technologies Inc.’s Rochester Space & Airborne Systems team has finished figuring, polishing and coating the primary mirror for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, bringing it one step closer to ...

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The bad news in space this week is the little rover that could has officially pooped out on Mars. The good news is NASA announced it has set aside $242 million for a new project that could explain the mysteries ...

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It’s a little like the space race, and a piece of it is going on at Rochester Institute of Technology this week. Starting Wednesday, RIT will host a three-day workshop on quantum technology, attempting to advance the field by harnessing ...

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Harris Corp. has been awarded a $195 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help build a flagship telescope. The project will support 160 Rochester-based jobs. The announcement comes on the heels of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s ...

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