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  Vostochny, Russia (AFP) Nov 28, 2017 Russia said it had lost contact Tuesday with a weather satellite just hours after it was launched from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in only the second rocket liftoff from the new spaceport. The glitch is a fresh embarrassment for Russia's beleaguered space programme which has suffered a series of setbacks over recent years as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. "During the first scheduled communication session with the space vehicle, contact has not been establ ... read more |
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Mechanisms are critical to all space vehiclesBethesda MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 About two years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pilot ... more  
UNSW Canberra launches first satellite into spaceCanberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 UNSW Canberra has launched its first miniature satellite into orbit from the United States, achieving another important milestone in growing Australia's space sector. The Buccaneer cube satell ... more  
Russia test-fires new interceptor missileMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 The A-135 system is part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It protects Moscow from missiles strike and also plays an important role in the country's early warning and space control system. A new syst ... more 
SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launchGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped two small satellites, CARBONITE-2 and LEO-1, to India in preparation for a late December launch on ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) fro ... more |
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Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethinkNew York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2017 As more private enterprises turns their gaze toward outer space, there are certain international limitations that leave many questions unanswered so that private entrepreneurship is is effectively p ... more 
NASA to send critical science, instruments to Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft into orbit for its 13th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station no earlier than Dec. 4 for NASA. Dragon will lift into orbi ... more  
NASA is sending E. coli to space for astronaut healthMoffett Field Ca (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Ever wonder what would happen if you got sick in space? NASA has sent bacteria samples into low-Earth orbit to help find out. One of the agency's latest small satellite experiments is the E. c ... more 
Flat-Earther's self-launch plan hits a snagLos Angeles CA (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 Unfazed by an official ban to launch himself in a homemade rocket over a California desert in a bid to prove that Earth is flat, Mike Hughes remains confident that he will eventually fly to the atmo ... more 
ESA's latest technology CubeSat cleared for launch siteParis (ESA) Nov 27, 2017 GomX-4B, ESA's latest and largest technology-testing CubeSat, will be launched from China early next year, together with the near-identical GomX-4A. The pair will test intersatellite communication l ... more 
NASA to test advanced space wireless network and returning small spacecraft to EarthMoffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 NASA launched the Technology Educational Satellite, or TechEdSat-6, to the International Space Station on Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Nov. 12. ... more |
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Reusing waste energy with 2-D electron gasSapporo, Japan (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 Novel approach utilizes high mobility two-dimensional electron gas, boosting thermoelectric conversion efficiency. More than 60% of the energy produced by fossil fuels is lost as heat. Thermoe ... more  
Drone Race: Human Versus Artificial IntelligencePasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2017 Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes - but humans won't be the only competitors for long. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, ... more 
Israel mounts Iron Dome battery on warship: militaryJerusalem (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 Israel mounted a battery of its Iron Dome anti-missile system on a warship Monday, as the vaunted rocket interceptor went operational at sea for the first time, senior officers said. ... more 
NanoRacks completes 13th CubeSat Deployment Mission; first Doublewide satellitesHouston, TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Early this morning, NanoRacks successfully completed the Company's 13th CubeSat deployment mission from the International Space Station. As these five CubeSats enter low-Earth orbit, this brings Nan ... more |
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  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 23272017 
n atom-thick film of boron could be the first pure two-dimensional material able to emit visible and near-infrared light by activating its plasmons, according to Rice University scientists.
That would make the material known as borophene a candidate for plasmonic and photonic devices like biomolecule sensors, waveguides, nanoscale light harvesters and nanoantennas.
Plasmons are colle ... more Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Nov 27, 20173rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite  Oakland, United States (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Booming life for 'PUBG' death-match computer game  London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2017New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks |
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The U.S. Navy's Communications Satellite Program Office, PMW 146, and Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to the Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC).
The October 11 milestone followed the successful completion of the MUOS-5 satellite's on-orbit testing and delivery of all operational products needed to "fly" ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 03, 2017SES GS Awarded US Government Satellite Solutions Contract  Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 31, 201716th SPCS Defenders of critical satellite communications  Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2017First order for Elta ELK-1882T SATCOM network system |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China's domestically developed navigation satellite system Beidou has been included in a global network that collects and distributes data for search and rescue missions, the Ministry of Transport said on Thursday.
Beidou will be part of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, a nonprofit, intergovernmental and humanitarian cooperative with 44 members, including the United States, Canad ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017Galileo quartet fuelled and ready to fly  Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2017China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Expands Into a Global Network  Melbourne FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
Airline passengers will be able to surf the internet in the air almost as fast as they do on the ground, as China Unicom, China's second-largest telecom carrier by subscribers, prepares to demonstrate its in-flight Wi-Fi service next month.
The move came shortly after local airlines were allowed to decide for themselves whether passengers could use personal electronic devices during flight ... more Tokyo (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Massive search expands for US sailors after Philippine Sea air crash  Tokyo (AFP) Nov 24, 2017US ends search for sailors after Philippine Sea air crash  Beijing (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Jumbo sale: two 747 jets auctioned on Chinese online platform |
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to provide system software expertise and a development ecosystem for a future high-performance computing (HPC) system based on 64-bit ARM processors.
ARM is a RISC-based processor architecture that has dominated the mobile computing space for years. That dominance is due ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Strain-free epitaxy of germanium film on mica  Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Scientists create a prototype neural network based on memristors  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Three-dimensional nanomagnets for the computer of tomorrow |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 
High in the atmosphere, above weather systems, is a layer of ozone gas. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen, absorbing the Sun's most harmful ultraviolet radiation and protecting living things below. But ozone is vulnerable to certain gases made by humans that reach the upper atmosphere. Once there, they react in the presence of sunlight to destroy ozone molecules.
Currently, several NASA a ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2017NASA Links Port-City Sea Levels to Regional Ice Melt  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Groundwater depletion maybe major source of atmospheric carbon dioxide  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 
Five years of advanced satellite images show that there is more artificial light at night across the globe, and that light at night is getting brighter. The rate of growth is approximately two percent each year in both the amount of areas lit and the radiance of the light.
An international team of scientists on Wednesday reported the results of a landmark study of global light pollution an ... more Hanoi (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests  Omoa, Honduras (AFP) Nov 24, 2017'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem  Tabarja, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Clean-up dives, recycling: Lebanese respond to garbage crisis |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 
The A-135 system is part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It protects Moscow from missiles strike and also plays an important role in the country's early warning and space control system. A new system has long been in development and is undergoing tests now.
The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing the modernized missile defense system being tested. During the test conduc ... moreJerusalem (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Israel mounts Iron Dome battery on warship: military  Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2017US Scrambles to Assemble Space-Based Missile Defense System Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2017Boeing meets 2017 ballistic missile defense installation goal early |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 21, 2017 
Officials at the U.S. State Department have approved a potential foreign military sale to Georgia for Javelin Missiles and Command Launch Units pending final contract approval from the U.S. Congress.
The $75 million deal was announced Monday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, calling for the sale of 410 FGM-148 Javelin Missiles and 72 Javelin Command Launch Units. The Javelin i ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2017State Dept. approves potential missile sale to Poland  Washington (UPI) Nov 16, 2017Raytheon awarded contract for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile program  Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017Lockheed Martin to test AGM-158 JASSM |
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 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017 
Exhaust gas cleaning of passenger cars, power generation from sunlight, or water splitting: In the future, these and other applications may profit from new findings relating to ceria. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), scientists have studied ceria nanoparticles with the help of probe molecules and a complex ultrahigh vacuum-infrared measurement system and obtained partly surprising new ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects  Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Manganese dioxide shows potential in micromotors  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Promising sensors for submarines, mines and spacecraft |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 
Facebook on Monday said stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be thinking of suicide.
Software will look for clues in posts or even in videos being streamed at Facebook Live, then fire off reports to human reviewers and speed up alerts to responders trained to help, according to the social network.
"This approach uses pat ... more Boston MA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Cheap origami-inspired muscles are both soft and strong  San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Speedy collision detector could make robots better human assistants  Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Nov 22, 2017New technology makes artificial intelligence more private and portable |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2017 
Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes - but humans won't be the only competitors for long.
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, put their work to the test recently. Timing laps through a twisting obstacle course, they raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
The race, ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2017Pentagon steps up Somalia drone strikes  Dubai UAE (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Lockheed Martin Integrates New Engine for Fury Unmanned Air Vehicle  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Alpha Unmanned Systems teams with Sightec for image stabilization and object tracking. |
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