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August 29, 2016

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship splashes down in Pacific
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2016
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:47 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 26, southwest of Baja California with more than 3,000 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft will be taken by ship to a port near Los Angeles, where some cargo will be removed and returned to NASA immediately. Dragon then will be prepared for a return trip to SpaceX's test facility in McGregor, Texas, for processing. ... read more

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China Sends Country's Largest Carrier Rocket to Launch Base Beijing sent on Friday its largest carrier rocket dubbed Long March-5 (Changzheng-5 in Chinese) to the country's southern province of Hainan, where the launch base is situated. Two rocket-carr ... more		Russian Carrier Rocket for Sea Launches Will Replace Ukraine's Zenit Russian engineers will invent a new carrier rocket to replace Ukraine's Zenit-SL system for launches from the Sea Launch floating space pad. A new carrier rocket will be developed in Russia to ... more		Positioning exact to the millimeter How many millimeters has the sea level risen? How fast are the continents moving? How big is the impact of high and low pressure areas on the altitude of landmasses? In order to answer these questio ... more
				Intelsat "doubles down" with Arianespace for an Ariane 5 dual success Two telecommunications relay satellites were orbited for Intelsat on an Ariane 5, extending Arianespace's 30-plus-year partnership with this U.S. operator while continuing the workhorse launcher's t ... more		Science set to upstage fiction with Fantastic Voyage Fifty years to the day after the film Fantastic Voyage was first shown in theatres, the Polytechnique Montreal Nanorobotics Laboratory is unveiling a unique medical interventional infrastructure dev ... more

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

New electrical energy storage material shows its power A powerful new material developed by Northwestern University chemist William Dichtel and his research team could one day speed up the charging process of electric cars and help increase their drivin ... 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		Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal Pentagon inks contracts for Musk's xAI, competitors		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
				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

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

Spherical tokamak as model for next steps in fusion energy Among the top puzzles in the development of fusion energy is the best shape for the magnetic facility - or "bottle" - that will provide the next steps in the development of fusion reactors. Leading ... more		Grandpa astronaut breaks US space record American astronaut Jeff Williams, 58, broke his retired NASA colleague Scott Kelly's record for the most cumulative days in space Wednesday, the US space agency said. ... more		Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts New UK weather records being set 'very frequently': report		35 years later Voyager's legacy continues at Saturn 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 compl ... more
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

	Bras, tanks and guns: Norway's women join the draft They sweat together, they sleep together: in the name of gender equality, Norway has introduced compulsory military service for women, even bunking them in mixed dorms with their brothers-in-arms. ... more		Afghan air force gets more MD-530 helicopters The U.S. Air Force this week has delivered the final four of 27 MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters to the Afghan air force in the capital city of Kabul. ... more

Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity

Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'

Malaysia clamps down on export, transit of US-made AI chips

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces test at ethnic peace conference

Canada to US tourists: please leave your guns at home

Chemists develop possible cheap battery for grid energy storage

Where does AlphaGo go

Canada PM Trudeau to mount charm offensive in China: officials

Aluminium giant Rusal reports 70% net profit plunge

Chinese sci-fi prepares to master the universe

The first autonomous, entirely soft robot

Battery you can swallow could enable future ingestible medical devices

China opens longest glass bottom bridge in world

Australia to study drift of MH370 debris

Iran interested in proposed Chinese-built canal in Nicaragua

Fungi recycle rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

NASA Licenses New Auto-Tracking Mobile Antenna Platform

Obama defends Louisiana flood response

Russia touts hypersonics as ABM Killer

Russian Space Corporation, US Boeing Reach Deal on Dispute Over Sea Launch

Power of Pink Provides NASA with Pressure Pictures

History of the CubeSat

Ariane 5 is approved for this week's Arianespace launch with two Intelsat payloads

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