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  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for the International Space Station in a nighttime launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, heading for a five-month mission. The Soyuz MS-06 rocket carrying Alexander Misurkin of the Russia's Roscosmos space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and his veteran colleague Joe Acaba launched as scheduled at 3:17 am (2117 GMT), according to images broadcast live by Roscosmos. After a roughly six-hour flight, the ... read more |
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NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly programPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 SSL reports that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its ground-breaking Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly program. The contract modification to move forward with the detailed d ... more  
Medical camera makes light work of seeing through the bodyEdinburgh UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 Scientists have developed a camera that can see through the human body. The camera is designed to help doctors track medical tools known as endoscopes that are used to investigate a range of i ... more  
Why US battery startups fail and how to fix itCambridge UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 Better batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future. More economical and efficient batteries would help to solve many of our planet's energy challenges, paving the way towards long-rang ... more 
Researchers develop new material for hydrogen storageWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 A team of scientists in Russia has developed a new material with promising hydrogen-storage abilities. ... more |
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Scientists unveil explosion-free lithium-ion batteriesWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 YouTube videos of exploding phones and hover boards have highlighted the risks of powering devices with lithium-ion batteries. But researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have come up with a solution - a water-based solution. ... more  
Rocket fever launches UB students to engineering competition in New MexicoBuffalo NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 Ten students from UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences took a long drive from Buffalo to the desert of New Mexico in late June, with a rocket called Volans Tauri in tow. It was so h ... more 
'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to VoyagerMiami (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 NASA announced the winner Tuesday of a contest to send a message to the Voyager spacecraft which launched 40 years ago on a historic mission to explore the outer planets. ... more 
ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricaneParis (ESA) Sep 05, 2017 Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson returned to Earth this morning after their stay on the International Space Station, landing in the steppes of K ... more 
What's hot and what's not at Berlin's IFA tech fairBerlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 Berlin's IFA technology fair, Europe's largest and a bellwether for the Christmas season, draws to a close Wednesday. Here is a quick overview of what's hot and what's not in the aisles. ... more 
Kacific selects SpaceX to provide launch servicePort Vila, Vanuatu (SPX) Sep 05, 2017 Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has selected SpaceX as the launch provider for its Kacific-1 satellite, which is being built by The Boeing Company. Kacific-1 will be launched on a ... more |
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Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systemsIstanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers Tuesday quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying. ... more  
X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX LaunchSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017 The fifth launch of the X-37B robot spaceplane almost makes this vehicle look routine. This time, liftoff has come with a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX instead of an Atlas V, a change from old-school ... more  
Mobile Camouflage System displayed at DSEI 17Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 Saab Defense Group will be displaying its business unit Barracuda's Mobile Camouflage System at the Defense and Security Equipment International 2017 trade show, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more 
Marines use freeze-dried plasma to save foreign allyWashington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017 Freeze-dried plasma has been used for the first time by U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command troops to help save a life. ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2017 
In past decades, spacecraft have sent back huge amounts of complex data about Mars, providing a wealth of information about the planet. More than ever, the scientific community needs a way to sift through, compare, and analyse these data, prompting the development of two new tools for exploring the surface of the Red Planet: the iMars webGIS and the Planetary SUrface Portal (PSUP).
Among t ... more Chennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017192 Indian space objects currently in orbit  Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Molecules move faster near sticky surfaces  Washington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017Europe's biggest X-ray laser begins operations |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017 
The U.S. Army's Global Response Force composed of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division successfully conducted an airborne exercise using the En route Mission Command tactical networking system.
The system, mounted on C-17 cargo planes, provided plane-to-plane and plane-to-ground audio, video, and data communications to the 1st Brigade's commander and subordinate commander ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Industry team demonstrates Low Cost Terminal for AEHF satellites |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Launch is the most strenuous part of a satellite's life. To survive the extreme sound wave pressure and pounding vibrations generated by more than 700,000 lbs. of thundering rocket thrust, spacecraft need a solid, reliable design if they hope to arrive operational on orbit.
On July 13, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)'s second, fully-assembled GPS III space vehicle (SV) completed a realistic si ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Nine Satellites in exactEarth's Real-Time Constellation Now in Service  New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017India to launch satellite next week to fix malfunctioning navigation system |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 
Britain is offering the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to Belgium as a possible replacement for the F-16s now flown by the Belgian Air Force.
The offer - made on behalf of itself and the governments of Germany, Italy and Spain - was tendered in response to a replacement request from Brussels.
"I commend Belgium for what is a comprehensive and well-executed competitive process," s ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Air Traffic "Win-Win" Wins NASA Software of the Year  Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Boeing tips China to need $1.1 tn new planes over next 20 years  El Calafate, Argentina (SPX) Sep 05, 2017Airbus Perlan Mission II Soars Into History, Sets New World Record for Glider Altitude |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017  Engineers at Australia's University of New South Wales have invented a radical new architecture for quantum computing, based on novel 'flip-flop qubits', that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips dramatically cheaper - and easier - than thought possible.
The new chip design, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, allows ... more Golden CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Researchers validate UV light's use in improving semiconductors  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Nagoya-led team flips the switch on ferroelectrics  Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 28, 2017In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
The production of Airbus' four new very high resolution satellites, which together will form the Pleiades Neo constellation, is well on schedule for launch in 2020. They will join the already world leading Airbus constellation of optical and radar satellites and will offer enhanced performance and the highest reactivity in the market thanks to their direct access to the data relay communication ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2017New era in air-quality monitoring a step away  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch  Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Cloud formation suppressed by biogenic organic emissions |
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 London (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 
A UN report has slammed the UK for failing to tackle the "plague" of air pollution, while also warning of Brexit risks, ahead of the body's Human Rights Council opening Monday.
"Air pollution continues to plague the United Kingdom," read the report by United Nations expert Baskut Tuncak, to be presented at the rights council in Geneva which runs until September 29.
More than 40,000 prema ... more Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Colombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Sri Lanka bans plastic after garbage crisis  Bras�lia (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Brazil government freezes Amazon mining plans |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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 Seoul (AFP) Sept 7, 2017  South Korea and the United States on Thursday completed the deployment of a US missile defence system to counter North Korean threats, sparking demonstrations by residents and a diplomatic protest from Beijing.
A convoy of US military trucks carrying four launchers for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system made their way through an activists' blockade at a former golf course ... more Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences: Seoul  Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear test  Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2017US cites its nuclear capabilities in defense against N.Korea |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 
Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers Tuesday quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying.
The accord for the surface-to-air missile defence batteries is also Ankara's most significant deal with a non-NATO supplier.
"Signatures have been made for the purchase of S-400s from Russia ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Atlantic Diving Supply receives $17.6 million contract for rocket launchers  (UPI) Aug 29, 2017Raytheon receives $614.5M for SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Lockheed completes intitial design of helicopter-mounted missile jammers |
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 Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned.
"I am not only a soil chemist, but an environme ... more Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals  Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt |
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 Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
SSL reports that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its ground-breaking Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly program.
The contract modification to move forward with the detailed design of a semi-autonomous robotic system for in-space satellite assembly confirms NASA's confidence in SSL and the success of this "Tipping Point" public private partnership, which is enabling the de ... more Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2017New Japanese sniffs out smelly feet  Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers' Berlin (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Voice assistants promise a light-fingered future |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017 
The AUDS counter-drone system has been enhanced for deployment on vehicles and features new technology to defeat swarm attacks.
The AUDS system was first deployed in 2015 by a consortium of British companies - Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems. It uses an intuitive interface to detect, track, identify and defeat a drone in about 15 seconds at ... more Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Introduces Fixed Wing UAV with 5-Hour Flight Time, 150 Kilometer Operational Range  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX Launch |
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