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Backup power supply concept with renewable energy sources and MTU Onsite Energy CHP successfully tested

185 photovoltaic systems, 2 hydroelectric power plants and a biogas plant form an autonomous power supply network for 3 local communities and 1,100 households Gas-powered gensets prove ideal as leading power plants in the islanded grid In November 2018, LEW Verteilnetz GmbH, MTU Onsite Energy and additional project partners from …

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Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powers Airbus A330-800 first flight

The Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, the latest member of the Trent family of engines, has successfully powered the Airbus A330-800neo into the skies for its first test flight today. The aircraft, the latest version of the A330 family, took off from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, this morning, marking the …

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NASA Brings Mars Landing, First in Six Years, to Viewers Everywhere Nov. 26

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander firing retrorockets to slow down as it descends toward the surface of Mars. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Nasa,November14,2018:NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to …

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NASA Announces Media Activities for New Horizons’ New Year’s Kuiper Belt Flyby

Illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 – nicknamed “Ultima Thule” – a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. Set for New Year’s 2019, New Horizons’ exploration of Ultima will be the farthest space probe flyby in history. NASA, November 07, 2018 is inviting media to cover the farthest …

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NASA Updates Media Invitation to Observe Quiet Supersonic Flight Series Operations

NASA Updates Media Invitation to Observe Quiet Supersonic Flight Series Operations NASA Armstrong’s F/A-18 aircraft will fly during the agency’s QSF-18 flight campaign over Galveston, Texas. Credits: NASA NASA ,November 07, 2018has updated the date for the media day event at which journalists are invited to learn about the agency’s Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 …