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August 25, 2016

35 years later Voyager's legacy continues at Saturn
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 25, 2016
Saturn, with its alluring rings and numerous moons, has long fascinated stargazers and scientists. After an initial flyby of Pioneer 11 in 1979, humanity got a second, much closer look at this complex planetary system in the early 1980s through the eyes of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn 35 years ago - on Aug. 25, 1981. What the Voyagers revealed at the planet was so phenomenal that, just one year later, a joint American and European working group bega ... read more

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NASA selects university partners for Small Spacecraft Collaboration NASA has selected eight university teams to collaborate on the development and demonstration of new technologies and capabilities for small spacecraft. Each of the university teams will be working w ... more		China unveils Mars probe, rover for ambitious 2020 mission China on Tuesday released images of a Mars probe and rover which the country plans to send to the Red Planet within five years. China plans to send a spacecraft to orbit Mars, make a landing, ... more		Russia to spend big upgrading rocket engine reliability Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is allocating over 1.9 billion rubles ($29 million) to upgrading carrier rocket engines, rocket boosters and spacecraft, according to materials published on ... more
				Kourou busy with upcoming Arianespace missions The diversity of Arianespace launch services available to commercial and institutional customers is underscored by the current mission preparations for flights that will orbit Earth observation plat ... more		Russia touts hypersonics as ABM Killer Russian defense analyst Vladimir Tuchkov analyses Russian, Chinese and American developments in hypersonic weapons technology, including the expected timeframe for their deployment, which is sooner ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Russian Space Corporation, US Boeing Reach Deal on Dispute Over Sea Launch Russia's S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia and the US aircraft manufacturing company Boeing reached an agreement to solve dispute over the Sea Launch project, Energia's General ... more		Power of Pink Provides NASA with Pressure Pictures They say you show your true colors when you're under pressure. Turns out the old saying works for models being tested in wind tunnels as well, specifically those coated with a unique Pressure-Sensit ... more		Autonomous DARPA project to expand satellite surveillance network by BAE Systems UK's new military chief to stress Russian threat; Royal navy tracked Russian sub in Channel Momentus joins US Space Force SHIELD contract vehicle		History of the CubeSat The "CubeSat" is a type of miniaturized satellite for low earth orbit (LEO) space research and applications. One of these is typically made up of one or more 10+ 10+ 11.35 cm cubic units, and each u ... more
				Ariane 5 is approved for this week's Arianespace launch with two Intelsat payloads Arianespace's fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2016 has been given the "green light" for liftoff on Wednesday following the prelaunch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana ... more		How to dock CubeSats The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbi ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

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

China Ends Preparatory Work on Long March 5 Next-Generation Rocket Engine China has finished preparatory work on the engine system of the Long March 5 (LM-5) next-generation carrier rocket, China's PLA (People's Liberation Army) Daily (Jiefangjun Bao) reports. The n ... more		HERA crew returns paving the way for human research The HERA Mission 11 crew successfully "splashed-down" on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. This 30-day, on-Earth, simulation paves the way for future human researc ... more		Terror Nullius: How Australia Forged a Nation Through Terror Indonesia flood death toll passes 1,000 as authorities ramp up aid US agency wipes climate change facts from website: reports		Tech issues cause most drone accidents World-first research has found technical problems rather than operator errors are behind the majority of drone accidents, leading to a call for further safeguards for the industry. Researchers ... more
Northland College signs joint UAV deal with Northrop Grumman Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC) of Thief River Falls, Minn. today announced a collaboration agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation as part of the continuing support of unmanned ... more		The sky's no limit for young space professionals Where once it was enough to develop revolutionary technology to send into space, now there is increased emphasis on protecting that technology once it gets into orbit. "We're going through a r ... more		Open Architecture opens opportunities for acquisition reform There has been a steady stream of recent ideas to reform military acquisition. Nickolas Guertin and James P. Craft have proposed one of the most intriguing. "One technique for speeding up the acquis ... more		Russia to design super-heavy carrier rocket Russia's S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia General Director said that state space corporation Roscosmos has started work on designing a new super-heavy class carrier rocket on ... more

	Refugee who made it returns with drone to halt drownings Standing on a pebbled beach on the Greek island of Lesbos, Mehdi Salehi searches for a good spot to set his drone loose. ... more		HERMES 450 soars during the North Dakota UAS Field Day Elbit Systems of America, along with its local partners, hosted an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) field day at the Hillsboro Regional Airport to highlight its recent HERMES 450 flights over North D ... more

IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus

South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilight

China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave

Moscow's No-Fly Zones: Russia to Get New Long-Range Missile Interceptor		General Atomics to develop laser tracking for MQ-9 Reaper		Lockheed Martin gets max $10B contract for Air Force C-130J production		Lithuania buys German combat vehicles in major arms deal		Iran releases images of new missile defence system
Canada to US tourists: please leave your guns at home		Obama defends Louisiana flood response		Down in the dumps: China lawmaker given 5 years for sinkhole		Germany to chart first civil defence plan since Cold War: report		Spherical tokamak as model for next steps in fusion energy

The first autonomous, entirely soft robot

Chinese sci-fi prepares to master the universe

Battery you can swallow could enable future ingestible medical devices

US watchdog clears ChemChina's Syngenta acquisition

China opens longest glass bottom bridge in world

Science set to upstage fiction with Fantastic Voyage

Australia to study drift of MH370 debris

Iran interested in proposed Chinese-built canal in Nicaragua

Fungi recycle rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

UCLA physicists discover 'apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics'

Scientists uncover origin of high-temperature superconductivity in copper-oxide compound

Scientists find exception to the laws of thermodynamics

Researchers reduce expensive noble metals for fuel cell reactions

NASA Licenses New Auto-Tracking Mobile Antenna Platform

NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars

NASA-funded balloon mission begins fourth campaign

Two Intelsat payloads installed on Ariane 5 for next heavy-lift launch

Russia develops protected alternative to satellite communication

Magazine Poses Recommendations for Reshaping Space Policy

United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr

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