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  Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And while the pace of China's manned launches has been slow with over a year in many cases between launches; looks can be deceptive and China has achieved each critical step towards building a permanent space station within the next few years. Meanwhile, its overall space program builds out each critical element to ... read more |
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Designing new rocket engines that don't blow upAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The problem has haunted the space program since Apollo: the flame inside the rocket engine literally spirals out of control, producing forces that can cause the engine to explode. It's one of the re ... more 
3D Pizza Printer to Feed Hungry Astronauts in Deep SpaceWashington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 Has this ever happened to you? You're drifting through the vacuum of space, millions of miles from Earth, when suddenly you have a craving for pizza. To satisfy this probable demand, a startup has r ... more 
Lonely Out in Space: Congressional Move to Scrap NASA-Russia Ties 'Unrealistic'Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 Pointing to the adoption of an ambitious five-year program for the development of astronautics in the United States, US legislators urged NASA to abandon its cooperation with the Russian Federal Spa ... more  
Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraftWenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017 A Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket arrived at a launch center in south China on Saturday in preparation for the launch of China's first cargo spacecraft next month. After about a week of ocean a ... more |
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Time capsule satellite will carry stories to spaceAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 They're calling it the first space time capsule. Under the mantle of the University of Michigan's Bicentennial, a team of students plans to launch a small satellite called a CubeSat containing inter ... more 
NASA Parachute Device Could Return Small Spacecraft from Deep Space MissionsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 After a two-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA's Technology Educational Satellite (TechEdSat-5) that launched Dec. 9, 2016, was deployed on March 6, 2017 from the NanoRacks plat ... more  
NASA Test Flights to Examine Technology for Improved Efficiency on Supersonic AircraftEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 NASA is set to begin a series of supersonic flights that will examine efforts to improve the efficiency of future supersonic aircraft. The flights, which are expected to begin in March, will take pl ... more 
Keeping Liquids Off the WallHouston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 On Earth, liquid flows downhill thanks to gravity. Creating an effective liquid fuel tank involves little more than putting a hole at the bottom of a container. That won't work in space, though. In ... more 
Indicators show potatoes can grow on MarsLima, Peru (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme clim ... more 
Space Tourism and Business Looking UpWashington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017 It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASA's Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The ... more |
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China Plans to Launch 1st Probe to Mars in Summer 2020Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday. The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician ... more  
Groundbreaking technology rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at low temperaturesMinneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatur ... more  
FLIR delivering CBRN equipment setsWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 FLIR Systems is to deliver to the U.S. Army chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear dismounted reconnaissance gear. ... more 
Supacat teams in bid for Dutch Army contractAmsterdam (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 Supacat of Britain and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Netherlands have teamed to offer Dutch-built Supacat Protected Vehicles to the Dutch Army. ... more |
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Following three days of intensive work, mission control has declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning. The 1100 kg Sentinel was launched on Tuesday atop a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Joining its orbiting twin, the new satellite will double the high-resolution coverage from the Sentinel-2 mission for the EU's Copernicus env ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017U.S. Naval Research Lab develops light, transparent armor  Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Cancer-Causing Radiation Biggest Threat to Humans on Deep Space Missions  Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Mikros contracted for U.S. Navy radar support systems |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Airbus Defence and Space has signed Intelsat General to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services. Under this channel partner agreement, Intelsat General will be offering Skynet X-band and UHF services as part of their mobile and fly-away communications portfolio, to the U.S. government.
Airbus Defence and Space is working with service providers t ... more Geelong, Australia (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Rockwell Collins, Australian air force test WBHF communication system  Schriever AFB CO (AFNS) Feb 24, 2017Space aggressors jam AF, allies' systems  Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2017General Dynamics gets enterprise communications contract |
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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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 Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Raytheon is closer to delivering next-generation capabilities for the U.S. Air Force-led Global Positioning System Operational Control System project.
The company recently announced the completion of a major engineering milestone for the project, also referred to as GPS OCX. The work was conducted over a two-year period, and consisted of software development with a focus on cybersecurit ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS  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 |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
NASA is set to begin a series of supersonic flights that will examine efforts to improve the efficiency of future supersonic aircraft. The flights, which are expected to begin in March, will take place at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and will follow developments identified by high-speed wind tunnel testing conducted at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia ... more Amsterdam (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Fokker signs deal to supply, service Dutch air force  Moscow (UPI) Mar 9, 2017Russia to receive 10 new Su-35S fighters in 2017  Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017U.S. Air Force places $1B order for KC-10 engine support |
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 Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
The theoretical physicists Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G. Bahoosh now succeeded in a team of experimental physicists and chemists in demonstrating a reliable and reproducible single molecule switch.
The basis for this switch is a specifically synthesized molecule with special properties. This is an important step towards realising fundamental ideas of molecular e ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Reducing conducting thin film surface roughness for electronics  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Researchers flip a magnetic memory cell with a light pulse at record speed  Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet. A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) suggests the mantle - the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth's interior that lies between its super-heated core and its outer crustal layer - may be hotter than previously believed. The new finding, published Mar ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 12, 2017 
At least 46 people died and dozens more were hurt in a giant landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump outside Addis Ababa, a tragedy squatters living there blamed on a biogas plant being built nearby.
Saturday's landslide flattened dozens of homes of people living in the Koshe dump when part of the largest pile of rubbish collapsed, an AFP journalist said.
Dagmawit Moges, head of the ... more Geneva (AFP) March 6, 2017Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO  Paris (AFP) March 3, 2017City noise linked to hearing loss: study  Dhaka (AFP) March 6, 2017Bangladesh orders shutdown of city tanneries |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 
China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday.
The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, responsible for Beijing's Mars exploration program would arrive to Mars after seven months of flight and would start sending information back in 2021.
The med ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017 |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 7, 2017 
The United Nations on Tuesday said it hoped for fresh efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula after China angrily responded to the US deployment of the THAAD missile-defence system in South Korea.
"We hope that efforts will be stepped up to find a path to reduce tensions and to work for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
The US P ... moreBeijing (AFP) March 7, 2017China vows 'resolute' measures after THAAD deployment  Balasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017India stages successful test of missile interceptor Seoul (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Protesters sue to stop US missile system in S. Korea |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 9, 2017 
The Kremlin on Thursday denied an accusation by a top US general that Russia violated an arms control treaty with Washington by deploying a land-based cruise missile system.
"Russia has been, remains and will continue to be committed to all its international obligations, including those resulting from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Therefo ... more Tehran (AFP) March 9, 2017Iran successfully tests naval missile: reports  Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017U.S. Navy test fires surface to surface missile module  Denver CO (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Lockheed Martin completes flight tests with updated JASSM |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains. Often used to make injection-molded products, they are common in automobiles, fire retardants, packaging materials, drug-delivery systems, medical devices, coatings, adhesives, sensors, membranes and consumer goods. When a team led by the Department of Energy's ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Phonon nanoengineering: Vibrations of nanoislands dissipate heat more effectively  Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties |
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 Tel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a test firing demonstration using its Protector unmanned surface vehicle, or USV.
During the demonstration, the vehicle conducted a series of launches with a variety of munitions, including the Spike missile. The event marked the first missile test firing with a fully operational, remotely-controlled Protector platform.
In a video release ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently  Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system |
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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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 London (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 
Leonardo is growing its presence in the United States through the acquisition of Daylight Solutions Inc., a quantum cascade laser company.
Leonardo DRS, the company's U.S. subsidiary, signed a definitive acquisition agreement under which it will pay $150 million for Daylight Solutions, a Virginia-based firm.
The purchase price includes an earn-out to be released to Daylight Solut ... more London (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Kelvin Hughes launching counter-drone system  London (UPI) Mar 06, 2017Hughes to provide satellite communications for SkyGuardian drones  Jacksonville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Drone Aviation Delivers Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat to DoD |
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