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Trinity University Receives Largest Gift in the University’s History for Naming of the D. R. Semmes School of Science

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Friday, March 8, 2024
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San Antonio, March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the largest gift in Trinity University’s history at $26.5 million, the University is honored to announce the naming of the D. R. Semmes School of Science .

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  • San Antonio, March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the largest gift in Trinity University’s history at $26.5 million, the University is honored to announce the naming of the D. R. Semmes School of Science .
  • “This investment by the Semmes Foundation accelerates our goal to deliver the best undergraduate science education in the United States,” said Vanessa B. Beasley, Ph.D., President of Trinity University.
  • “The sciences are at the core of a broad liberal arts education, and Trinity fundamentally understands this.
  • “We look forward to collaborating with Trinity and offering its students real-world experience in the sciences.”
    The history between the Semmes Foundation and Trinity University runs deep.

SwRI 76th Annual Meeting Features Technical Briefings

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Monday, February 19, 2024
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Southwest Research Institute’s advisory trustees, board of directors and special guests gathered at the SwRI campus in San Antonio for the Institute’s 76th Annual Meeting.

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  • Southwest Research Institute’s advisory trustees, board of directors and special guests gathered at the SwRI campus in San Antonio for the Institute’s 76th Annual Meeting.
  • The event featured presentations on six of the thousands of technical projects conducted annually and also included a presentation on capital improvements underway.
  • SwRI staff gave presentations highlighting efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expanding SwRI facilities, and using robotics and conducting inspections in hazardous environments.
  • Kim Lubel, former CEO of CST Brands Inc., was introduced as the Vice Chair of the SwRI Board.

Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Antonio River Authority and students from the Advanced Learning Academy in San Antonio, Texas, will have an opportunity Friday, March 8, to hear from NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Antonio River Authority and students from the Advanced Learning Academy in San Antonio, Texas, will have an opportunity Friday, March 8, to hear from NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station.
  • The space to Earth call will air live at 12:30 p.m. EST March 8, on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space Communications and Navigation ( SCaN ) Near Space Network.
  • Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the International Space Station benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future exploration.

Electrified Thermal Solutions is Selected for $5M U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Decarbonize Industrial Heat

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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BOSTON, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In late January, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $171 million investment, funding 49 projects across 21 states to help cut industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Electrified Thermal Solutions (ETS), along with industrial partners 3M, Buzzi Unicem USA and Amy's Kitchen, were among the recipients of the award to decarbonize industrial heat in manufacturing, cement, food, chemicals and other sectors.

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  • Electrified Thermal Solutions (ETS), along with industrial partners 3M , Buzzi Unicem USA and Amy's Kitchen , were among the recipients of the award to decarbonize industrial heat in manufacturing, cement, food, chemicals and other sectors.
  • Subsequently, the grant funds will support deployment of customer-sited JHTBs for integration into their operations with partners such as 3M, Buzzi Unicem, Amy's Kitchen and other industrial collaborators.
  • Industrial heat processes, which contribute an estimated 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, predominantly rely on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
  • Electrified Thermal Solutions (ETS) has emerged with a groundbreaking solution: the Joule Hive Thermal Battery™.

Virgin Galactic Completes Sixth Successful Spaceflight in Six Months

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its sixth space mission in six months and tenth to date.

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  • Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its sixth space mission in six months and tenth to date.
  • The ‘Galactic 05’ mission saw Virgin Galactic’s spaceship converted into a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research for the second time.
  • Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said: “Providing researchers with reliable and repeatable access to a high-quality microgravity environment is vital to our mission of expanding human knowledge and enabling scientific discoveries.
  • Press materials may be accessed via the Virgin Galactic Newsroom at https://press.virgingalactic.com , including:

Howard Energy Partners Announces the Addition of Dr. Scott W. Tinker to Its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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Howard Energy Partners (HEP) today announced that Dr. Scott W. Tinker was appointed to HEP’s Board of Directors (“Board”).

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  • Howard Energy Partners (HEP) today announced that Dr. Scott W. Tinker was appointed to HEP’s Board of Directors (“Board”).
  • “We are pleased to welcome Scott to the HEP board,” said Mike Howard, HEP Chairman and CEO.
  • “Scott’s deep commitment to helping others understand energy and how it is necessary in order to lift the world from energy poverty aligns with Howard Energy Partners’ mission to deliver positive energy in everything we do,” said Howard.
  • Dr. Tinker has served on many public and private boards and is an angel investor helping bring companies from startup to acquisition.

Dr. Alan Stern Becomes Solstar Space Advisor as he Prepares for Virgin Galactic Research Spaceflight Scheduled for November 2, 2023

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making space Wi-Fi available, announces Dr. Alan Stern as an expert advisor to support the development of the company's forthcoming space-based internet connectivity systems. Dr. Stern is scheduled to perform a research and training exercise during the upcoming Virgin Galactic spaceflight onboard Galactic 05 with a launch window that opens Thursday, November 2, for the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Galactic 05 will launch from The Gateway to Space at Spaceport America, located North of Las Cruces, New Mexico and South of Solstar's Santa Fe, New Mexico headquarters.

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  • Planetary scientist flying aboard the forthcoming Virgin Galactic spaceflight, joins Solstar Space as an advisor providing expert insight for company's space WiFi systems
    SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making space Wi-Fi available, announces Dr. Alan Stern as an expert advisor to support the development of the company's forthcoming space-based internet connectivity systems.
  • Dr. Stern is scheduled to perform a research and training exercise during the upcoming Virgin Galactic spaceflight onboard Galactic 05 with a launch window that opens Thursday, November 2, for the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
  • Dr. Alan Stern
    "I am honored to be re-joining the distinguished advisors and crewmembers of the Solstar Space team," says Dr. Alan Stern.
  • To learn more about Solstar and its mission to make Space WiFi available to everything and everyone in space, visit https://www.solstarspace.com/ .

‘Galactic 05’ Research Mission Set to Become Virgin Galactic’s Sixth Flight in Six Months

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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The ‘Galactic 05’ mission would once again see Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship converted into a suborbital space lab for space-based research.

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  • The ‘Galactic 05’ mission would once again see Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship converted into a suborbital space lab for space-based research.
  • This research mission reaffirms Virgin Galactic’s commitment to providing unprecedented access to space by reducing the historical barriers of time and cost associated with innovative microgravity and space-based research.
  • Payload Specialist and Bioastronautics Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)
    ‘Galactic 05’ is set to become Galactic’s sixth space research mission and its second this year.
  • Her research has been developed through extensive reduced gravity flight campaigns with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and would now be advanced through a suborbital flight.

NASA Announces Launch Services for Pair of Space Weather Satellites

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission, a pair of small satellites that will study space weather and how the Sun's energy affects Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission, a pair of small satellites that will study space weather and how the Sun's energy affects Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere.
  • TRACERS will be an important addition to NASA's heliophysics fleet and aims to answer long-standing questions critical to understanding the Sun-Earth system.
  • The spinning satellites will study how solar wind, the continuous stream of ionized particles escaping the Sun and pouring out to space, interacts with the region around Earth dominated by our planet's magnetic field.
  • NASA's Launch Services Program, based out of the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in partnership with NASA's Heliophysics Small Explorers program, announces the launch service as part of the agency's VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) launch services contract.

New NASA Artemis Instruments to Study Volcanic Terrain on the Moon

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Saturday, July 15, 2023
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Additionally, the more we understand about our closest neighbor, the more we can support long-term human exploration at the Moon, and someday, Mars."

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  • Additionally, the more we understand about our closest neighbor, the more we can support long-term human exploration at the Moon, and someday, Mars."
  • NASA expects to work on issuing a CLPS task order in 2024 to determine the launch services to deliver DIMPLE to the Moon.
  • Such efforts are part of NASA's larger lunar plans – through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever before with advanced robotics and astronauts.
  • By taking advantage of commercial launch providers, NASA can perform cutting-edge science at the Moon in a more cost-effective way.