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  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Virgin Galactic successfully launched and landed its Unity spacecraft by rocket power, completing its first powered flight in almost four years. Richard Branson's space company shared a photo of the SpaceShipTwo model spacecraft as it blasted into the air above the Mojave Air and Space Port before going supersonic and landing safely. "VSS Unity completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight this morning in Mojave, California. Another great test flight, another step closer to being ... read more |
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SpaceX Dragon arrives at ISS with material samples and new testing facilityEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 On Wednesday, the SpaceX Dragon that launched April 2 arrived at the International Space Station to deliver more than 5,800 pounds of research investigations, cargo and supplies, including NASA's Ma ... more  
Rocket Lab 'Its Business Time' launch window to open 20 April 2018 NZTHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company's first fully commercial launch. The mission, named 'It's Business Time', in ... more 
Student Launch Teams Rendezvous in Huntsville for NASA CompetitionHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 The public and media are invited as 54 student teams compete in NASA's 18th annual Student Launch, near the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, April 7. ... more 
No Space for Partnership: Analyst Predicts Dark Future for ISS Joint ProjectMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 Why the European nations don't cooperate with Russia in the space industry and manned spacecraft is a question which puzzles space industry expert Gerhard Kowalski. He told Sputnik in an interview w ... more |
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Researchers develop injectable bandageCollege Station TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the high mortality rates due to hemorrhaging, there is an unmet need ... more  
Army soldiers fire new Abrams tanks for first timeWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia have started field training with the new M1A1-SA Abrams tanks, the Army announced this week. ... more  
Rockwell Collins to upgrade T-1A JayhawksWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has contracted Rockwell Collins to upgrade its T-1A Jayhawk trainer fleet with advanced avionic technology to instruct student pilots on a variety of aircraft. ... more 
Boeing completes fuel certification testing of KC-46 tankersWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Boeing successfully fueled two KC-46 tankers in-flight, completing its required Supplemental Type Certificate on-load testing. ... more 
State Dept. OKs deal for helos, radio equipment for SpainWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Spain worth roughly $1.3 billion. ... more |
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Russian delivery of S-400 missiles brought forward to July 2019Istanbul (AFP) April 4, 2018 Turkey and Russia have agreed to bring forward to July 2019 the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to Ankara, a Turkish official said, in a purchase that has raised eyebrows among NATO allies. ... more  |
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Aerospace Tech Startups Get a Chance to Pitch at JPLPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 03, 2018 Fifteen startup companies in the aerospace sector descended on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on March 15 to pitch their ideas to a packed von Karman auditorium filled wit ... more 
Anticipating the dangers of spaceAustin TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 Alongside the well-known hazards of space - freezing temperatures, crushing pressures, isolation - astronauts also face risks from radiation, which can cause illness or injure organs. Though n ... more 
BAE delivers Armored Multipurpose Vehicles to Army for testingWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 BAE Systems has delivered all five variants of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle to the U.S. Army for testing. ... more 
US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas, third crash in two daysWashington (AFP) April 4, 2018 An American F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third US military aircraft crash in two days. ... more 
NASA X-Plane construction set to beginWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 NASA's aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist. For the first time in decades, NASA aeronautics is moving forward with the construction of a piloted ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to print 3-D structures composed entirely of liquids. Using a modified 3-D printer, they injected threads of water into silicone oil - sculpting tubes made of one liquid within another liquid.
They envision their all-liquid material could be used to construct liquid electron ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it has not given up on the recently launched GSAT-6A that went missing ahead of the third and final course correction firing on April 1.
The communication satellite was launched on March 29 this year from the spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
"The scientists completed the second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A on Saturd ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 03, 2018 
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space with a single carrier rocket, adding two more members for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 1:56 a.m. The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Spain worth roughly $1.3 billion.
The pending deal includes the sale of 17 modified CH-47F cargo helicopters, 21 AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems and 42 GPS inertial navigation systems, according to a news release from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Under the terms of the deal, Spain would als ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) April 5, 2018 
Semi-conductor manufacturer Broadcom, which recently failed in a bid to buy US rival Qualcomm, has transferred its headquarters from Singapore to the US as promised.
The move effective Wednesday was approved by shareholders on March 23 and then endorsed by the High Court of the Republic of Singapore on April 2, the company said.
"The completion of our redomiciliation to the United States ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2018 
Scandinavian mythology stories are rich in fantastic creatures, and a Nordic astronaut is about to write a new chapter as Space Viking Andreas Mogensen monitors the arrival of the Dragon cargo vessel at the International Space Station next week. The passenger: a state-of-the-art lightning hunter.
For Andreas it all started with an interesting project during his mission to the Space Station ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown to start April 26, his spokesman Harry Roque said late Wednesday on Twitter, without providing further detail.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018 
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) April 5, 2018  The Saudi-led military coalition said Thursday it shot down a missile fired by Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels who said they targeted storage facilities of the kingdom's oil giant Aramco.
"The missile fired at the town of Jizan was intercepted and destroyed" late Wednesday, said coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki.
"The debris fell on residential areas and we have no report of human losses o ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 4, 2018 
Turkey and Russia have agreed to bring forward to July 2019 the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to Ankara, a Turkish official said, in a purchase that has raised eyebrows among NATO allies.
"We brought forward the delivery date in the contract signed with Russia for the acquisition of S-400 systems and got an earlier date of July 2019," Ismail Demir, Turkish Defence Industries ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Apr 05, 2018  Man or woman, happy or sad. Sometimes a glance is enough to say it. Yet, the visual process that allows us to recognize the gender or emotional state of a person is very sophisticated. Until recently, only primates were deemed able to perform such complex operations as object recognition.
A new study from the International School for Advanced Studies - SISSA, published in the journal Curre ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to ... more |
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