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  Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the first pictures of a retro-looking, steely rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars. Musk posted pictures on Twitter late Thursday of the Starship Hopper prototype, which awaits its first flight test in Texas in the coming weeks. "Starship test flight rocket just finished assembly at the @SpaceX Texas launch site. This is an actual picture, not a rendering," he wrote. The prototype built in Boca Chica, along the Gulf Coast ... read more |
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SpaceX launches final 10 satellites for IridiumLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 SpaceX on Friday blasted off a payload of global communications satellites for Iridium, marking the first launch of 2019 for the California-based company headed by Elon Musk. ... more  
India plans manned space mission by December 2021Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 India will send its first manned mission into space by December 2021, the head of the country's space agency said on Friday. ... more 
High-Risk Space GamblingBethesda MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 Space station astronauts have to be "high-risk-taking" individuals. They volunteer to fly from the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a Russian launch vehicle that has a less-tha ... more 
Navy test-fires low-cost, hypersonic-speed projectilesWashington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer. ... more |
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Blue Origin to start flying tourists on New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2019Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 Blue Origin, a privately funded aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has said it will start sending tourists on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle early this year, even though it ha ... more 
Russian space chief says US shutdown delayed NASA visitMoscow (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Russia's space agency chief on Wednesday said his trip to the US was postponed by NASA due to the government agency falling "victim" to the ongoing shutdown, rather than a diplomatic snub. ... more 
NASA fell victim to Trump-Congress Feud says RogozinMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 NASA became the victim of the confrontation between US President Donald Trump and US Congress, Dmitry Rogozin the director general of Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Wednesday on NASA's decisio ... more  
CubeSats joining Hera mission to asteroid systemParis (ESA) Jan 08, 2019 When ESA's planned Hera mission journeys to its target binary asteroid system, it will not be alone. The spacecraft will carry two tiny CubeSats for deployment around - and eventual landing on - the ... more  
US Air Force contracts Lockheed Martin to continue GPS ground control supprtColorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constel ... more |
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Air Force accepts first KC-46A Pegasus tankerWashington (UPI) Jan 10, 2019 The U.S. Air Force accepted its first KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft from Boeing, the Chicago-based company said Thursday. ... more  |
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US objections stop Croatia buying Israeli fighter jets: ministerZagreb (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 Croatia's plans to buy used F-16 fighter jets from Israel failed over a lack of US approval for the sale, a disappointed defence minister said Thursday after talks with an Israeli delegation. ... more 
GPS-denied navigation on small unmanned helicoptersMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Drone usage is expected to soar over the next several years. As legal regulations evolve, many industries will embrace drones for a multitude of tasks from infrastructure inspections to commercial f ... more  
Military help UK police respond to Heathrow drone threatLondon (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday. ... more 
Small-satellite launch service revenues to pass $69B by 2030London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Frost and Sullivan forecasts an estimated launch demand for 11,746 small satellites for new constellation installations and replacement missions by 2030. Such demand would take the small-satellite l ... more 
Shutdown keeps US experts away from scientific conferencesWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 This week, the American Astronomical Society is meeting in Seattle, but no one from NASA is attending. ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows them to assess radiation exposure in about an hour using an insulator material found in most modern electronics. The technique can be used to triage medical cases in the event of a radiological disaster.
"If there is a large radiological event in a populated area, it would be difficult or impossible ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Hughes Network Systems reports that the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic ordered over 200 of the Hughes 9211 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals.
Placed through Hughes partner Marshall Communications Corporation, the order outfits SSC Atlantic with the world's smallest and lightest High Data Rate (HDR) terminal, enabling mission-critical militar ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation's ground control system through 2025. This is the follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin's current GCS contract awarded in 2013.
Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS ... more |
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 Zagreb (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 
Croatia's plans to buy used F-16 fighter jets from Israel failed over a lack of US approval for the sale, a disappointed defence minister said Thursday after talks with an Israeli delegation.
Croatia had in March agreed to buy 12 used F-16s from Israel to replace its Russian-made MiG-21s.
But Washington objected to the sale of the US-made jets because it wants the removal of electronic ... more |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jan 11, 2019  When German mineralogist Gustav Rose stood on the slopes of Russia's Ural Mountains in 1839 and picked up a piece of a previously undiscovered mineral, he had never heard of transistors or diodes or had any concept of how conventional electronics would become an integral part of our daily lives. He couldn't have anticipated that the rock he held in his hand, which he named "perovskite," could be ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries.
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
A pilot program to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had died from lead poisoning according to a study published this week. The study authors concluded that a two-year effort to introduce safer mining practices was effective at preventing deaths and reducing lead poisoning in highly exposed villa ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday.
The satellite has entered the preset orbit.
The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
The Zho ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2019 
The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China.
The US military has told its Japanese counterpart it plans to deploy surface-to-ship missiles in the strategically important Okinawa this year for the first such drill by Japan's key ally, th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Raytheon Missile Systems received a $434 million contract for tactical missile modifications, the Defense Department announced.
The contract covers 766 AIM-9X Block II and Block II Plus missiles, known as Sidewinders, as well as guidance units, optical target containers and training missiles. Forty-four percent of the modifications to missiles and equipment were ordered by the U.S. Navy ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2019  For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have been hard at work in their recently renovated lab in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Science.
The pristine environment and smart layout af ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light sensitivity and motion detection.
That's why scientists are developing artificial compound eyes to give sight to autonomous vehicles and robots, among other applications. Now, a report in ACS Nano des ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 9, 2019  Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the military had been sent to Europe's busiest airport at the request of police.
It follows a similar deployment at Gatwick Airport just three weeks ago after multi ... more |
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