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June 03, 2015

NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings that Slough Bug Guts
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2015
Bug guts create drag, and drag increases fuel consumption. But aircraft of the future could be made more fuel-efficient with non-stick coatings NASA recently tested on Boeing's ecoDemonstrator 757. NASA and Boeing engineers spent about two weeks in Shreveport, Louisiana, testing non-stick wing coatings designed to shed insect residue and help reduce aircraft fuel consumption. Researchers with the Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project assessed how well five different coatings worked to ... read more

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Faulty Engine Caused Proton-M Failure; Next Launch Announcement Soon The latest of seven Proton carrier rocket failures over the past five years took place on May 16 during a mission to guide the Mexican government's Mexsat 1 satellite into orbit. Design flaws ... more		Helping robots put it all together Today's industrial robots are remarkably efficient - as long as they're in a controlled environment where everything is exactly where they expect it to be. But put them in an unfamiliar settin ... more		Linking superconductivity and structure Superconductivity is a rare physical state in which matter is able to conduct electricity--maintain a flow of electrons--without any resistance. It can only be found in certain materials, and even t ... more
				Enhancing knowledge crucial to improving energy-saving behaviors Increasing public knowledge and understanding about energy issues is vital if improved energy-saving behaviours are to be encouraged among individuals and organisations, a study suggests. A survey c ... more		Giant structures called plasmoids could simplify the design of future tokamaks Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of structures called "plasmoids" during Coaxial Helicity Inj ... more

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OSU researchers prove magnetism can control heat, sound Phonons--the elemental particles that transmit both heat and sound--have magnetic properties, according to a landmark study supported by Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) services and recently publish ... more		NASA's Exploration Plans Include Living Off the Land When early explorers crossed vast oceans to reach new worlds, they traveled with only what they needed to get there. After arriving at their destination, the pioneers planned to live off the land. N ... more		Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves' US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1 Russia hints at deploying mid-range missiles after ending INF moratorium		US Lawmakers Pass Bill for Space Mining in the Future Under the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act, which the US House of Representatives passed Thursday, firms involved in asteroid mining will be able to keep w ... more
				Canada to send two astronauts into space by 2024 Canada committed Tuesday to flying two astronauts to space within the next decade as part of its renewed participation with the International Space Station program. ... more		Orion Heat Shield Analysis Work Nears Conclusion The harsh buzz of powered cutting tools reverberates in the close air of Building 4705 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as a dozen or so technicians and engineers work ... more

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LightSail reestablishes communication with mission control More than a week after it went silent, its software having crashed, the LightSail is communicating once again with mission controllers. ... more		Northrop's battle command system brings down ballistic missile target The integrated air and missile defense Battle Command System downed a ballistic missile in its first flight test by Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army. ... more		SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread bleaching on record		US Defense Department to deploy radar in alaska to protect Pacific coast The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) will tentatively be deployed in the US state of Alaska to improve defense capabilities of the US west coast, the US Department of Defense said in a stateme ... more
Corruption tarnishes Russia's new showpiece cosmodrome Designed to showcase a revamped space industry and divert attention from recent failures, Russia's multi-billion-dollar project to build its own space launch pad to take over from Soviet-era Baikonur has been mired in corruption scandals. ... more		Commercial Crew Milestones Met; Partners on Track for Missions in 2017 NASA has taken another step toward returning America's ability to launch crew missions to the International Space Station from the United States in 2017. The Commercial Crew Program ordered it ... more		JPL's RoboSimian to compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals RoboSimian, the ape-like robot developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, June 5 ... more		Stealth ability neutralized as Russia's T-50 jet fighter to rule the skies An active defense system developed for Russia's fifth-generation T-50 jetfighter is also able to neutralize enemy planes' stealth capability, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing the press service of ... more

	Continued Momentum for Commercial Satellite Acquisition Reform Committees in the House and Senate are making significant progress towards crafting the two annual bills that set policy for and fund our national defense. The first step in enacting this year's pol ... more		ISRO to Test Plane-Shaped Reusable Launch Vehicle in July Come second half of July, India's space agency is likely to test a small model of reusable launch vehicle shaped like an aeroplane, said a senior official. "It is going to be an important engi ... more

Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge

Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions

Sticky business: India's purchases of Russian oil

Putin discusses readiness of Vostochny for first space launch		SLS booster work continues well after smoke clears from major test		Safety protocol breaches may be behind Spain A400M crash: report		South Korea detains officers for alleged falsified helo test reports		Sikorsky flies S-97 Raider prototype
McCarthy-Smith SPACE Act passes with broad bipartisan support		Recent Proton loss to push up launch costs warns manufacturer		Tiny grains of lithium dramatically improve performance of fusion plasma		Robot masters new skills through trial and error		India to buy only 36 French Rafale fighter jets: minister

Indian Air Force jet test fires Harpoon missile

Rescuers race against clock to find survivors of China ship

$500 million appeal for Iraq to be launched: UNICEF

Ship carrying over 400 people sinks in China's Yangtze: state media

Bernanke blames Congress as China flexes economic muscles

Taiwan president warns over stalled China trade deals

S. Korea, China formally sign free trade pact

China manufacturing index at six-month high but strains remain

New wave of smart tech on show at Taiwan's Computex

Robotic cheetah jumps hurdles while running

Schools reopen in quake-devastated Nepal

Myanmar navy stops reporters approaching migrant island

Disney develop 2-legged robot that walks like an animated character

Researchers develop intelligent handheld robots

Robotic bird takes flight from back of robot roach

Boeing Awarded First Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission

Inverted Velocity Sensors Caused Proton-M Failure in 2013

Air Force Certifies SpaceX for National Security Space Missions

UN nations agree to action to save Iraqi cultural sites

Cathay summer strike off after agreement

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