Mars

M&M’S Merry Movie Holiday Lounge Pops Up at Love Field for Holiday Travelers

by | Dec 12, 2023
Out of 5,211 public airports in the U.S. only one—Dallas' Love Field—is getting a first-of-its-kind pop-up lounge from M&M'S with cozy seating and a holiday movie playing on an endless, comforting loop.
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SMU Research Team’s Tiny Sensor May Go to Mars—and Help Spaceships Land Safely
A team led by Volkan Ötügen, director of the SMU MicroSensor Laboratory, has developed a velocity-measuring "optical microresonator" that could help spaceships land safely on Mars and other planets. It's only 2 millimeters long—about the width of two sharp pencil points.

"Every gram of a device makes a huge difference in how much fuel I will have to have on a spacecraft and how many other items I can include as payload on that spacecraft," said Ötügen, whose research is funded by NASA.
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Leonardo DRS’ Dallas Division Contributes to NASA Mars Project
by | Feb 27, 2018
Leonardo DRS teamed with NASA on detector technology to measure details about the winds on Mars and eventually on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
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Discovery: UTD Prof Proposes Solution to Martian Mystery, Insight on Cancer-Causing ‘Dimers,’ & Phone’s Impact on Work, Home Life
by | Jan 19, 2018
Research and scientific breakthroughs are happening every day in laboratories and universities across North Texas. Here are some of their stories.
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