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  Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 20, 2017 The first Australian-built satellites to be launched in 15 years are on route to the Internation Space Station where they will be deployed from. Unlike the enormous satellites Australia uses for telecommunications, each of these new satellites is the size of a loaf of bread. But although small, they may provide a key step in enabling Australia's entry into the global satellite market. Three types of cubesats are the Australian contribution to the international QB50 mission, in which 36 satel ... read more |
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Russian, American two-man crew reaches ISSBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 20, 2017 A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian and an American reached the International Space Station Thursday, completing the first two-man flight to the ISS in over a decade. ... more  
China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1Wenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017 A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern island province of Hainan Thursday. ... more 
Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbitWenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017 Commenting on China launching its first cargo spacecraft on April 20, experts told Sputnik that the Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft's characteristics are much more sophisticated than those of U ... more  
Alaska Aerospace Pursuing Asian Small Satellite Launch MarketAnchorage AK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Following participation in the 2017 Japan Space Symposium, Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) President and Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Campbell traveled to Hokkaido, Japan with a joint Japanes ... more |
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Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to Discuss Remote Sensing SmallSat Missions at IAA BerlinToronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) will present papers on the successful GHGSat-D greenhouse gas monitoring and CanX-7 aircraft tracking nanosatellite missions next week in Berlin, Germany, at the 11th I ... more  
USC team develops new method to create the next fuel-efficient renewable energyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Scientists have long struggled with generating and storing hydrogen, the kind that might one day provide the backbone for renewable energy fuel cells that make our cars move, warm our houses and hel ... more 
New infrared-emitting device could allow energy harvesting from waste heatWashington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 A new reconfigurable device that emits patterns of thermal infrared light in a fully controllable manner could one day make it possible to collect waste heat at infrared wavelengths and turn it into ... more  
Investigation on Space Station to test minimizing pressure of space travelCleveland OH (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Spacecraft rely on liquids for everything from fuel to life support systems for astronauts. Storing these liquids at the correct temperature and pressure is essential to prevent loss of fluids or fa ... more 
NASA Engages the Next Generation with HUNCHHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 NASA is making sure the next generation of high school graduates understand the variety of career paths that can lead to missions exploring space. In fact, hundreds of students are already helping N ... more 
45th SW supports Atlas V OA-7 launchCape Canaveral AFS, FL (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing supported NASA's successful launch of Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here April 18 a ... more |
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Soyuz-FG rocket to be installed at Baikonur on April 17Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017 The Russian Roscosmos State Corporation announced in a statement on Saturday that a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Soyuz MS-04 space freighter will be transferred and installed at a launch pad of th ... more  
US, South Korea agree early deployment of THAAD: PM HwangSeoul (AFP) April 17, 2017 The United States and South Korea agreed on the early deployment of a controversial US missile defence system in the region, the South's acting president said Monday after talks with visiting US Vice President Mike Pence. ... more
Ticking Boxes with TianzhouSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Fairly soon, we can expect the launch of China's first cargo spaceship, Tianzhou 1. The Tianzhou module will fly from China's new spaceport on Hainan Island aboard a Long March 7 rocket. Tianzhou wi ... more 
Life on Earth is used to gravity - so what happens to our cells and tissues in space?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 There's one force whose effects are so deeply entrenched in our everyday lives that we probably don't think much about it at all: gravity. Gravity is the force that causes attraction between masses. ... more |
  Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
EarthCARE, the Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Mission of European Space Agency (ESA), met its Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), the Japanese payload for the mission, for the first time when the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) handed over the instrument to ESA at Airbus' Satellite Centre in Friedrichshafen (Germany). Airbus is ESA's prime contractor to develop and build the EarthCARE satellite.
In th ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions  Dijon, France (AFP) April 18, 2017France's Melenchon returns with campaigning hologram  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017SSL completes agreement to partner with DARPA on satellite servicing |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  Denmark and Thales have signed a framework agreement for the Nordic country to acquire the company's SOTAS communication system for military vehicles.
The deal between Thales and the Danish Defense and Logistic Organization is for seven years and includes a provision for company maintenance technologies to be transferred to Denmark from Thales operations in the Netherlands. Thales repor ... more Offutt AFB NB (AFNS) Apr 10, 2017US Strategic Command, Norway sign agreement to share space services, data  Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017Pentagon urges Russia not to hang up military hotline  Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 06, 2017AF announces major changes to space enterprise |
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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 |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 
Rice University computer scientists are mapping a new solution for interior navigational location detection by linking it to existing sensors in mobile devices. Their results were presented in a paper at last month's 2017 Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Six months ago, the same researchers published a paper on their first technology for a n ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight  Managua (AFP) April 7, 2017Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua  Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017Northrop Grumman, Honeywell receive EGI-M contracts |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017 
Russia began testing the weapons for its 5th-generation stealth fighter with plans to complete the trials in 2017, according to state media reports.
The Sukhoi T-50 aircraft, also referred to as the PAK FA, is being designed to have similar capabilities as the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The F-22 is also marketed as a 5th-generation stealth platform.
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017Norway tests added parachute braking system for F-35  Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Kazakhstan buys two more Airbus C295 aircraft  Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Singapore's air force upgrading Apache warfare systems |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 
Harvard physicists have created a new form of matter - dubbed a time crystal - which could offer important insights into the mysterious behavior of quantum systems.
Traditionally speaking, crystals - like salt, sugar or even diamonds - are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice.
Time crystals, on the other hand, take that notion of periodically-arranged ... more Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Graphene 'copy machine' may produce cheap semiconductor wafers  University Park PA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Method improves semiconductor fiber optics, paves way for developing devices  Taipei (AFP) April 13, 2017Top chipmaker TSMC says forex fluctuation hits Q1 earnings |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2017 
NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. This composite image, one of three new full-hemisphere views, provides a view of the Americas at night. The clouds and sun glint - added here for aesthetic effect - are derived from MODIS instrument land surface and cloud cover products ... more Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Raytheon speeds delivery and secures satellite weather data  Denver CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017NOAA's GOES-S Satellite in Thermal Vacuum Testing  Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery |
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 Kathmandu (AFP) April 16, 2017  Nepal's government is trying to tackle rising pollution levels in the smog-choked Kathmandu Valley, but standing in the way is a powerful bus mafia that controls the capital's roads.
The rulers of Kathmandu's streets are a web of transport syndicates made up of private bus owners who have repeatedly blocked official attempts to modernise the highly inefficient bus network.
Critics say th ... more Cologne, Germany (AFP) April 13, 2017Recycling-mad Germans turn to sharing to battle waste  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2017System to turn deadly chemicals into harmless dirt makes advances  Colombo (AFP) April 18, 2017Garbage piles up in Sri Lanka capital as toll hits 31 |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2017  Fairly soon, we can expect the launch of China's first cargo spaceship, Tianzhou 1. The Tianzhou module will fly from China's new spaceport on Hainan Island aboard a Long March 7 rocket. Tianzhou will dock with the uncrewed Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which is itself smaller than the cargo spacecraft that will soon visit it. Apart from testing the cargo spacecraft and its docking procedures, th ... moreWenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 Wenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit  Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017Yuanwang fleet to carry out 19 space tracking tasks in 2017 |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 17, 2017  The United States and South Korea agreed on the early deployment of a controversial US missile defence system in the region, the South's acting president said Monday after talks with visiting US Vice President Mike Pence.
"We have agreed to further strengthen the readiness posture of ROK-US alliance that matches the threats posed by North Korea through a swift deployment of THAAD (Terminal H ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017South Korean missile interceptor in final development  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense tech  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017  Lockheed Martin received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support efforts related for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
Under the contract, the company will provide lifecycle support for the weapon and all of the variants operated by the service. These include the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and the Extended Range variant.
The weapons will receive syst ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017U.S. Navy taps Raytheon for Standard Missile engineering  Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017Saab gets RBS15 MK3 maintenance order from Polish navy  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Orbital ATK contracted to support Sidewinder missile sale |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain part of them will end up in bodies of water or soil. But even experts find it difficult to say exactly what happens to them there. It is a complex question, not only because there are many different types of man-made (engineered) nanoparticles, bu ... more Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves  Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 
In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of us, their creators, in potentially problematic ways.
Common machine learning programs, when trained with ordinary human language available online, can acquire cultural bi ... more El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASA  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton tech  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US |
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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 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017 
The MQ-8C Fire Scout, an unmanned helicopter being built for the U.S. Navy, took its first flight from a littoral combat ship earlier in April.
The sea trials took place off the coast of California aboard the Independence-class vessel USS Montgomery, and follows an earlier flight test aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunman. Manufacturer Northrop Grumman says the event puts the ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Radar warning receiver flies for first time in Predator drone |
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