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April 23, 2016

NASA rocket fuel pump tests pave way for methane-fueled Mars lander
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 22, 2016
NASA has tested a 3-D printed rocket engine turbopump with liquid methane - an ideal propellant for engines needed to power many types of spacecraft for NASA's journey to Mars. "This is one of the most complex rocket parts NASA has ever tested with liquid methane, a propellant that would work well for fueling Mars landers and other spacecraft," said Mary Beth Koelbl, the manager of the Propulsions Systems Department at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "Additive manufactu ... read more

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Menstruation in spaceflight: Options for astronauts A new paper in the journal npj Microgravity explores the options for astronauts who want to prevent menstrual bleeding during their space missions. The paper, written by authors at King's College Lo ... more		China targets 2020 Mars mission launch: official China plans to send a rover to Mars to explore the Red Planet, a top space official announced on Friday, in the latest step of its ambitious space programme. ... more		China defends right to carry out 'normal' missile tests China said on Thursday it was "normal" to carry out ballistic missile launches, after a US media report accused Beijing of having test-fired an intercontinental weapon last week. ... more
				China exported military drones to 10 nations: report China has exported military drones to more than 10 countries in deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and plans to sell unmanned craft capable of launching laser-guided bombs, state-run media said Thursday. ... more		Tesla and other tech giants scramble for lithium as prices double Demand for lithium-the hottest commodity on the planet and the only commodity to show positive price movement in 2015-is poised to continue on its upward trajectory, becoming the world's new gasolin ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

Princeton grad student writes program to help stabilize fusion plasma Imene Goumiri, a Princeton University graduate student, has worked with physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to simulate a method for limiti ... more		Physicists build engine consisting of one atom An article in the latest edition of the journal Science describes an innovative form of heat engine that operates using only one single atom. The engine is the result of experiments undertaken by th ... more		BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2		China plans to launch core module of space station around 2018 China will launch a core module belonging to its first space station around 2018, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. on Thursday. Two space labs will be ... more
				Space Subcommittee examines commercial challenges The House Space Subcommittee has held a hearing to examine the current state of the small satellite commercial launch industry, which generates hundreds of billions of dollars of economic activity a ... more		China set to launch "more livable" space lab in Q3 China will put the country's second space lab Tiangong-2 into space in the third quarter of this year with more livable conditions for astronauts, a spokesman said here Thursday. According to ... more

Military Network Modernization 2016 - Washington DC - April 25-27

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

China aims for deeper space with new generation rockets China will take its new generation heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 to the skies later this year, and is planning even bigger models. According to Wang Jue, head of the Long March-5 project, the ... more		Soyuz meets its multi-satellite payload for Friday's Arianespace launch The medium-lift Soyuz for Arianespace's upcoming launch from French Guiana is now complete, following the integration of its "upper composite" - which consists of a five-satellite payload to support ... more		One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones		NASA Interested in Using Russia's Vostochny Spaceport The Russian space agency's deputy chief said Roscosmos and NASA were yet to figure out how they could use the spaceport in Russia's Far East jointly but added that this was a matter of "a not-so-dis ... more
Mice in space showed liver damage after two weeks Lab mice that spent just two weeks in orbit showed early signs of liver damage upon returning to Earth, raising concern about what long-duration spaceflight might do to humans, researchers said Wednesday. ... more		Europe to launch satellites for Earth, Einstein Europe is set to launch two satellites on Friday with very important missions: one will track environmental damage to Earth, while the other will test a mainstay of physics theory. ... more		Mobile phone technology propels Starshot's ET space search The ambitious Starshot project aims to send a nanocraft to search for extraterrestrial life in another solar system, powered by a 100 gigawatt laser from Earth. On Tuesday, the 55th anniversar ... more		Sentinel-1B in position for liftoff With just two days to liftoff, the next Sentinel for Europe's environmental monitoring programme in now poised high in the launch tower at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. A Soyuz ... more

	Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage In a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space ... more		China offers electronics for Russian rocket engines China is ready to share radiation-resistant electronic components used in spacecraft construction with Russia in exchange for the technology of building liquid-fuel rocket engines, a senior Roscosmo ... more

MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space

Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture

Rollable solar array by GalaxySpace redefines satellite compactness and power efficiency

GPS technology keeps eagle eye on elusive powerful owls		Prototype Japanese stealth fighter makes maiden flight		U.S. Air Force orders 100 more JASSM-ER missiles		Pentagon says replacing Russian engines would cost extra $1Bln		Russia to put 11 communications satellites into orbit by 2025
India to Launch Navigation Satellite on April 28, Complete Full System		A US Department of Space		Heavy-lift helicopters test external load capabilities		XFLY introduces an intelligent flight control navigator		Drone command center set up on U.S. aircraft carrier

Russian stealth bomber to carry hypersonic missiles

Haigh-Farr showcases Antenna Solutions at DATT Summit

Sagem forming Indian JV for AASM Hammer bomb kits

Delayed take-off for China's own regional jet

'Pee power' turns urine into sustainable power source for electronic devices

A year on, millions of Nepal quake survivors wait for aid

A Chinese eye delivers new perspectives on Europe's migrant crisis

30 years on, Russia's Chernobyl victims say they have been abandoned

Stanford scientists use DNA to investigate cleaner energy sources

Lessons of Chernobyl disaster, 30 years on

Creation of Jupiter interior, a step towards room temp superconductivity

Detection of atomic scale structure of Cooper-pairs in a high-TC superconductor

NATO warns migrant smugglers 'shifting routes rapidly'

Ecuador's president announces economic measures in wake of killer quake

Arianespace cooperation with Russia remains smooth amid sanctions

Solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration

Chinese scientists develop mammal embryos in space for first time

Turkey looks to develop next-gen drone subsystems

Planned US Missile Defense Units in Asia-Pacific Threaten China, Russia

NASA tests earthquake mitigation system

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