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  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017 Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company, Blue Origin, which aims to carry tourists to space by 2018. Speaking Wednesday at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bezos vowed to lower the cost of space travel and start taking customers to space by next year. The entrepreneur did not say how much a ticket would cost, as he showed off the New Shepard rocket and a mock-up of the lar ... read more |
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Study Examines Effects of Spaceflight on Immune SystemHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Getting sick isn't fun for anyone, but it could be especially taxing for crew members aboard the International Space Station. Protecting crew health is important as NASA prepares for long duration, ... more  
Robot epigenetics: Adding complexity to embodied robot evolutionWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Evolutionary robotics is a new exciting area of research which draws on Darwinian evolutionary principles to automatically develop autonomous robots. In a new research article published in Frontiers ... more  
US astronaut John Glenn is buried with military honorsWashington (AFP) April 6, 2017 US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors. ... more 
US-Russia Venture Hopes to Sell More RD-180 Rocket Engines to USWashington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will receive 11 RD-180 rocket engines in 2017 through US-Russian venture RD Amross, with the latter hoping to sell more in the future, RD Amross CEO Michael Baker to ... more |
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Roscosmos hopes to continue cooperation with USMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2017 Russia's space corporation Roscosmos is hopeful to keep on cooperating with the United States on engine building under the new US administration, the corporation's head Igor Komarov told Sputnik fol ... more 
Russia, Europe, US Should Work Together on Space Exploration - German AgencyMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 Russia, Europe, the United States and other countries should cooperate on decoding how to proceed with international space exploration in the future, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Chairman Pascale E ... more 
Curtiss-Wright ships miniature network data system for OrionColorado Springs, CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has successfully delivered eight of the nine data acquisition flight units that it is building for use on NASA's Orion spacecraft planned for use in Explo ... more  
Raytheon to supply Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technologyWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 Raytheon received a $59 million contract to conduct further Multi-Object Kill Vehicle research for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. ... more 
Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain?Paris (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Researchers from the CNRS, Thales, and the Universities of Bordeaux, Paris-Sud, and Evry have created an artificial synapse capable of learning autonomously. They were also able to model the device, ... more  
Birds hit by cars are, well, bird-brainedParis (AFP) March 29, 2017 What's the difference between birds that get killed by cars, and those that don't? ... more |
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Super Pressure Balloon Flight Enables Pioneering Infrasound StudyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 It's all about that bass and lots of it. Deep, deep base-sound at frequencies too low for the human ear to pick-up. It's called infrasound, low-frequency soundwaves formed by events as diverse as oc ... more 
NASA Robotic Refueling Mission Departs StationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The International Space Station serves as an orbiting test and demonstration laboratory for scientific experiments to be performed inside and outside the space station. The experiments are inherentl ... more 
United Launch Alliance Completes Crew Emergency Egress SystemCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The final test of the Emergency Egress System (EES) was conducted recently, signifying the completion of another United Launch Alliance (ULA) milestone supporting NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The ... more 
Mission Control Team Finds Answers During SpacewalkHouston TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2017 240 miles above Earth, traveling 12 times the speed of a bullet, a cloth blanket gets away during a spacewalk and immediately drifts out of reach, into space, away from the space station, forever. I ... more |
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The U.S. Strategic Command is to share space situational services and data with Norwegian government agencies under a memorandum of understanding.
The memo was signed earlier this week by U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USSTRATCOM director of plans and policy, and Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense head of the space program,
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Citizen scientist photographs space station space debris from Earth  Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2017European conference on space debris risks and mitigation  Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 06, 2017SES and Thales Unveil Next-Generation Capabilities Onboard SES-17 |
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The Air Force announced five major organization and management changes to its space enterprise April 4, 2017. "For decades, the men and women of our Air Force delivered effects from space to give our joint warfighting forces in the field a distinct advantage over their adversaries," said acting Secretary of the Air Force Lisa S. Disbrow.
"The Air Force has been researching, experimenting, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Battle of the ModRecs Lays Groundwork for Improved Spectrum Management  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017Israel taps Elbit Systems for advanced radios  Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017Hensoldt, Leonardo offering Mode 5 IFF systems |
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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 (XNA) Apr 04, 2017 
China's home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will expand its cooperation to Thailand and Sri Lanka, and then to the entire Southeast Asia, in a bid to go global, the system's operator has said.
Du Li, general manager of Wuhan Optics Valley BeiDou Holding Group Co., told Xinhua recently that his company will continue to explore models for international scientific and technica ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017ISRO Beams in Private Firm to Make Two Satellites for Navigation  London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Satnavs 'switch off' parts of the brain  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
It's all about that bass and lots of it. Deep, deep base-sound at frequencies too low for the human ear to pick-up. It's called infrasound, low-frequency soundwaves formed by events as diverse as ocean waves crashing together, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes to rocket launches. These soundwaves, capable of traveling around the world multiple times, have never been recorded from the stratosphe ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Super Pressure Balloon Flight Enables Pioneering Infrasound Study  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Hornet, Growler foreign customers to receive data updates  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Ukraine's AN-132D takes historic first flight |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics.
Engineering experts from the University of Exeter have developed innovative new memory using a hybrid of graphene oxide and titanium oxide. Their devices are low cost and eco-friendly to produce, are al ... more Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2017A robust, 2-ion quantum logic gate that operates in a microsecond is designed  Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017Researchers find a way to scale production of printable electronics  Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Advances make reduced graphene oxide electronics feasible |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Aerosols are collections of fine particles, either biological or of other types, in suspension in a gaseous medium. They play a major role in cloud formation and therefore have a strong impact on climate models. They are however extremely hard to study due to the small size and immense variety of their constituent particles.
But researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerlan ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monitoring pollen using an aircraft  Paris (AFP) April 4, 2017How Britain became an island  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts |
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 Shanghai (AFP) April 6, 2017 
Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted river.
But Li, now a 53-year-old garbage collector, faces eviction along with about 200 other squatters living in decaying vessels on the Xinchapu River as officials push a river clean-up campaign.
China's financial heart has long ... moreLondon (AFP) April 4, 2017London to impose new charges to cut 'lethal' pollution  Paris (AFP) April 3, 2017Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Upcycling 'fast fashion' to reduce waste and pollution |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 
Raytheon received a $59 million contract to conduct further Multi-Object Kill Vehicle research for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
Under the terms of the competitively awarded contract, Raytheon will support the Kill Vehicle technology risk reduction effort, which seeks to improve performance and reduce risks.
Work will be performed at Raytheon's facility in Tucson, Ariz. The U. ... more Hatzor, Israel (AFP) April 2, 2017Israel's latest missile interceptor enters service  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2017Always on Guard: All You Need to Know About Russia's Missile Defense  Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017Raytheon completes ballistic missile radar detection test |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017  Brazilian defense officials are revisiting the idea of purchasing Pantsir-S1 air defense and artillery systems from Russia, according to state media reports.
The Pantsir-S1, also referred to as the SA-22 Greyhound by NATO, is a short-range air defense platform designed to protect military and civilian infrastructures. The system is built to engage aerial targets such as planes, helicopt ... more Washington (AFP) April 5, 2017Latest NKorean missile was a Scud: US official  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Rockwell Collins to begin work on second CRIIS system  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017US confident it can thwart N.Korean missiles: US general |
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 Bath, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
University of Bath scientists have used gold spring-shaped coils 5,000 times thinner than human hairs with powerful lasers to enable the detection of twisted molecules, and the applications could improve pharmaceutical design, telecommunications and nanorobotics.
Molecules, including many pharmaceuticals, twist in certain ways and can exist in left or right 'handed' forms depending on how ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Photonic crystal and nanowire combo advances 'photonic integration'  Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Carbon nanotubes self-assemble into tiny transistors  Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017New Nano Devices Could Withstand Extreme Environments in Space |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Evolutionary robotics is a new exciting area of research which draws on Darwinian evolutionary principles to automatically develop autonomous robots. In a new research article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, researchers add more complexity to the field by demonstrating for the first time that just like in biological evolution, embodied robot evolution is impacted by epigenetic factors ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017NASA Robotic Refueling Mission Departs Station  Paris (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain?  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds |
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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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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 
The U.S. Navy recently completed a round of tests with an updated variant of the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle.
According to the manufacturer, enhancements included software designed to improve the aircraft's autonomous operational capabilities. Testers say the trials enable the platform to enter Early Operational Capability for the U.S. armed forces in ear ... more Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Whiteflies provide insight into stabilizing manmade drones during takeoff  Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2017A novel hybrid UAV that may change the way people operate drones  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017General Atomics building ground control station for drones |
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