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May 13, 2015

NASA: Hang on a Minute, We're NOT Working on Warp-Drive Technology
Moscow (Sputnik) May 13, 2015
After overly excitable media outlets reported the creation of "warp-drive" technology, NASA has had to come out and set the record straight about what recent reports about an electromagnetic drive that runs without fuel do and do not mean. An April 29 article on NASASpaceflight.com described the results of a test performed on a prototype engine within a vacuum which appeared to create a small amount of thrust without using fuel. If the test is confirmed, this would be a big deal: it would violate ... read more

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Fifth Vega takes shape for its flight with Sentinel-2A The fifth Vega launcher continues its integration process in French Guiana for a mission this summer to orbit Europe's Sentinel-2A Earth observation satellite. During activity at the Spaceport ... more		Proba-V maps world air traffic from space As ESA's Proba-V works quietly on its main task of monitoring vegetation growth across Earth, the minisatellite is also picking up something from a little higher: signals from thousands of aircraft. ... more		Space Launch System Program Moving Forward with Critical Design Review NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) Program is kicking off its critical design review May 11 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This new rocket will be the most powerful lau ... more
				SMC awards 7.8 million dollar contract to Georgia Tech Research Institute Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a $7,857,568.00 contract, for combustion stability modeling and design tool development. This contract provides for the deve ... more		FINDER Search and Rescue Technology Helped Save Lives in Nepal In the wreckage of a collapsed textile factory and another building in the Nepalese village of Chautara, four men were rescued, thanks to a NASA technology that was able to find their heartbeats. ... more

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Watch a simple tablet control robot swarm Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have programmed a fleet of robots to respond to a basic set of commands issued via a tablet device. ... more		Welding Begins on Orion Pathfinder On May 7, engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans began welding together the first pieces of the structure of the Orion crew module pathfinder. This pathfinder is a full-scale v ... more		Huthis report US strikes after Israel vows revenge for airport attack Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff Patriot defense system headed for Ukraine as ceasefire hopes dim		US Missile Defense System Beset by Delays The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced in developing an anti-ballistic missile defense system but continues to be beset by testing delays and acquisition problems, the US Government Accoun ... more
				Could mobile phone data help bring electricity to the developing world Lack of quality demographic data is a major obstacle to infrastructure planning in the developing world. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Santa Fe Institute in the U.S., the Univers ... more		The language of invention: Most innovations are rephrasings of the past Most new patents are combinations of existing ideas and pretty much always have been, even as the stream of fundamentally new core technologies has slowed, according to a new paper in the Journal of ... more

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Aitech Provides Subsystem and Computing Boards for Commercial Crew Aitech Defense Systems Inc. was recently awarded a contract by The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) to provide space-grade products and services to support the Commercial Crew Transportation System (CCTS) ... more		'Team Patrick-Cape' supports Pad Abort Test The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) and NASA's successful Pad Abort Test Mission from Launch Complex 40 here Wednesday at 9 a.m., helping to further open the door ... more		Left-leaning PM Albanese triumphs in Australian election US researchers seek to legitimize AI mental health care ESA releases record breaking forest carbon dataset spanning 15 years		Next X-37B Mission Set To Begin Soon The fourth flight of the X-37B robot spaceplane will soon begin. This mission is groundbreaking! It's hardly the first launch, but it's the first time that we have been openly told about the payload ... more
Terma, Airbus DS to jointly explore new business opportunities Two European companies plan to jointly explore potential collaboration in the commercial aerospace market, building on existing ties in the defense area. ... more		US F-18 fighter crashes in Gulf, crew rescued: Navy A US F-18 fighter jet crashed in the Gulf after taking off from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday but both crew members survived without major injuries, military officers said Tuesday. ... more		Airbus holds first A400M test flight since deadly crash Airbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes crashed in Spain over the weekend, killing four people. ... more		New GPS system could transform virtual reality and mobile devices Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtu ... more

	Most Advanced GPS Satellite Comes Together Using a 10-ton crane, Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians gently lowered the system module of the U.S. Air Force's first next generation GPS III satellite into place over its propulsion core, ... more		Russia establishes satellite ground station on US doorstep Nicaragua is expected to use the system operated by the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces to monitor climate change and prevent natural disasters, in other words for peaceful purposes. "But the Obama ... more

'Bombshell' OPEC+ output hike hits oil price

Trump's tariffs bite at quiet US ports

Australia launches "world's largest" battery-power ship

Romania, Thailand receiving Lockheed Martin sensor system		Airbus continues A400M tests, crash victims honoured		Iran should send aid ship to Djibouti, not Yemen: US		U.S. deploying V-22 squadron to Japan		Red Cross, Nepal firm launch emergency texting service
NY nuclear plant spills oil into Hudson		An important step in artificial intelligence		Controlling swarms of robots with a finger		Device could greatly improve speech and image recognition		Toward a squishier robot

Chinese Premier Li to visit South America: Beijing

Trade with Cuba on Russian radar

IBM's Watson strives to be jack of all trades

Chinese turn Paris suburb into Europe's biggest fashion market

Black boxes of crashed A400M plane found, aircraft grounded

Five years after quake, Haiti hospital clings to hope

'We've lost everything': Nepal Sherpas fear for future after quake

Nepal quake leaves century-old library in ruins

Quake-hit Nepal denies entry to British helicopters

China consumer inflation rises subdued 1.5% in April

Unmanned supply ship burns up on re-entry

3D printer making Chinese space suit parts

German-born engineer from US space team dies

Israel announces rocket propulsion system test

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France, India pledge swift conclusion to fighter jet deal

Saudi announces Yemen humanitarian ceasefire

Precision guidance kit for artillery shells tests positive

Germany approves Puma IFV for full deployment

Nepal warns against post-quake rent increases

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