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  San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX recently announced that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest hum ... read more |
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China to launch space station core module in 2018Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Co ... more  
Drone Aviation Delivers Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat to DoDJacksonville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has successfully completed the integration of Government-furnished ISR equipment supporting the simultaneous use of communications and optical payload packages onto the ... more  
McMurdo to enhance U.K. coast guard's search-and-rescue technologyLondon (UPI) Mar 2, 2017 Orolia subsidiary McMurdo secured a contract to enhance existing search-and-rescue technology for the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the company announced Thursday. ... more 
Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 China is likely to conduct its second Mars mission, aimed at collecting soil samples for analysis, by 2030, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). CASC con ... more |
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ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NROVandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at 9:50 a.m. PST. Designated NROL-79, the ... more  
Orion spacecraft achieves key safety milestoneRedmond WA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., recently completed hot-fire acceptance testing of eight auxiliary engines that will be used on the first flight of NASA's Orion ... more 
Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts sayParis (AFP) March 1, 2017 Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan. In the week that SpaceX ann ... more 
Flight Hardware for NASA's Space Launch System on Its Way to CapeWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 The interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is on its way by barge to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Operation Center at Cape Canaveral ... more 
SpaceX says it will fly civilians to the moon next yearWashington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017 Next year, two private citizens are expected to become the first humans in nearly 50 years to fly beyond low Earth orbit and circle the moon, aerospace company SpaceX announced Monday. ... more 
The NASA Imager Dentists Use DailyPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 When sitting in the dentist's chair, few patients think of NASA. But the space agency is there nonetheless, in the sensor that enables high-resolution, digital X-ray imagery that helps the dentist s ... more |
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NASA and SpaceX gives ASU a competitive edge in technological innovationTempe AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 To innovation and beyond, ASU's collaboration with NASA and SpaceX inspires students to reach for the stars. In early January, NASA announced that ASU will lead its first major space exploration mis ... more  
Vega flight opportunity for multiple small satellitesParis (ESA) Feb 27, 2017 Europe's Vega small launcher is set to demonstrate its extended capability to deploy multiple light satellites using its new versatile Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, in the secon ... more  
Iran's S-300 air defence system operationalTehran (AFP) March 4, 2017 Iran's advanced S-300 air defence system, delivered by Russia following a July 2015 nuclear deal after years of delay, is now operational, state television reported on Saturday. ... more  
Lockheed Martin gets $1 billion F-35 support contractWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 Lockheed Martin has secured a $1 billion contract from the U.S. government and other customers to provide various support services for the F-35 aircraft. ... more |
  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
Our constantly-changing sun sometimes erupts with bursts of light, solar material, or ultra-fast energized particles - collectively, these events contribute to space weather. In a study published Jan. 30, 2017, in Space Weather, scientists from NASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, in Boulder, Colorado, have shown that the warning signs of one type of space weather even ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science  Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility  Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Raytheon gets $1 billion radar contract for Qatar |
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 Geelong, Australia (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 
The Australian air force and Rockwell Collins completed a wideband high frequency communications demonstration between a ground station and a C-17 aircraft.
The test marked the first time WBHF data was exchanged between the airlifter and a ground station. Operators were able to transmit several forms of information, including real-time chat, streaming video, digital voice audio and file ... more Schriever AFB CO (AFNS) Feb 24, 2017Space aggressors jam AF, allies' systems  Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2017General Dynamics gets enterprise communications contract  Rochester, N.Y. (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Harris intros new wideband manpack radio system |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking software, police and media reports said Tuesday, as authorities step up an "anti-terrorism" campaign.
All drivers in the Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture must install a China-developed satellite navigation system called Beidou "to prevent theft, but also primarily to maintai ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 14, 2017UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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 Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  The Brazilian air force has started flight testing the aerial refueling capabilities of Embraer's KC-390 airlifter.
The first in-flight refueling mission of the future Brazilian air force aircraft occurred earlier this month, and military and company personnel are working on another test campaign with F-5M fighters again acting as the fuel receiver aircraft, the air force said.
T ... more Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Hungary gets more flight time on leased Gripen fighters  Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Sikorsky, Polish affiliate prepare for M28 demonstration  London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Charles Woodburn to take over as BAE Systems CEO |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
A pioneering new technique to produce cutting-edge, versatile microchips could revolutionize the speed, efficiency and capability of the next generation of computers. Researchers from the University of Exeter have developed an innovative new method to engineer computer chips more easily and cheaper than conventional methods.
The discovery could revolutionise the production of optoelectroni ... more Manchester, England (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Super-fast computer made from DNA 'grows as it computes'  Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Chinese tech giant eyes global market with custom chip  Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Artificial synapse for neural networks |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. It has also been associated with drug smuggling and slave labor. Illegal in many cases, transshipment has been largely invisible and nearly impossible to manage, because it often occurs far from shore and out of sight. Until now.
Tod ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 03, 2017Sentinel-2B poised for liftoff  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 1, 2017 
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An Israeli court ruled Wednesday that a tanker of liquefied ammonia in the port city of Haifa must be emptied of its toxic content within 30 days.
The container, which can hold 12,000 tonnes of the corrosive liquid, made headlines last year when Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Shiite militia Hezbollah, said it would go off like "a nuclear bomb" if hit by his group's missiles.
N ... more Stockholm (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Study finds high levels of toxic chemicals in house cats Manila (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Ex-yoga missionary unleashes rage on Philippine miners  Hanoi (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Vietnam to punish officials over mass fish deaths |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 
China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) on Thursday.
The core module of the space station, named "Tianhe-1" according to previous reports, will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030  Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 28, 2017  People living near a South Korean golf course on Tuesday sued to stop it hosting a controversial US missile system loathed by Beijing, lawyers said, after Chinese media issued a veiled threat of a consumer boycott over the plan.
A subsidiary of retail giant Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-biggest company, signed an agreement Tuesday with the defence ministry to provide the course in the sou ... more Berlin (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Jenoptik contracted for Patriot missile components  Dulles, Va. (UPI) Feb 16, 2017Raytheon developing new tool for war game assessment  Washington (UPI) Feb 10, 2017U.S. Army awards $3 billion in missile defense contracts |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 
Lockheed Martin received a $427 million contract modification to continue Hellfire II missile production for the U.S. Army.
The Hellfire II missile is a follow-on to the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile family. The variant was first developed in the early 1990s, and features semi-active laser variants including the AGM-114K, AGM-114M and the AGM-114N.
The missile is design ... more Tehran (AFP) March 4, 2017Iran's S-300 air defence system operational  Washington (UPI) Mar 3, 2017ATK unit contracted for U.S. AIM-9P Sidewinder missile motors  Tehran (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Iran tests missiles in naval exercises |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The most complex crystal designed and built from nanoparticles has been reported by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. The work demonstrates that some of nature's most complicated structures can be deliberately assembled if researchers can control the shapes of the particles and the way they connect using DNA.
"This is a tour de force demonstration of wh ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties  Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior  Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017 
Norwegian company Kongsberg received a $15 million contract to deliver updated Protector remote weapon systems to the government of Switzerland.
The weapon system was ordered by Armasuisse, Switzerland's federal procurement office. According to Kongsberg, the Protectors to be delivered will be modified to integrate with modern platforms.
"Kongsberg has delivered Protector remote ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals  Raleigh, NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches  Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2016 
Access to space has long been an interest area of space agencies. In this domain, China became a force to be reckoned with as several Chinese space companies made great strides in the space race.For several years China's space program has been kept secret.
But earlier this year China launched its Long March 7 rocket, developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, marking "a mome ... more |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Jacksonville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has successfully completed the integration of Government-furnished ISR equipment supporting the simultaneous use of communications and optical payload packages onto the Winch Aerostat Small Platform ("WASP") tactical aerostat under its most recent contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD").
Under terms of the integration contracts valued in exce ... more Geelong, Australia (UPI) Feb 27, 2017GA-ASI forms team to supply Reaper drones to Australia  San Diego (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Northrop Grumman begins flight tests with MS-177 sensor  Geelong, Australia (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Schiebel taps Leonardo for radar system for unmanned helicopter |
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