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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Two technologies flying on Dellingr, the one-of-a-kind 6U CubeSat designed and built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are available for licensing. "We are always looking for potential partners and licensees for our technologies," said Goddard Strategic Partnerships Office Senior Technology Manager Enidia Santiago-Arce, "It's very important to NASA to facilitate licensing of our technologies when possible for the benefit of the broader community." Deployed from NA ... read more |
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ISIS selected to provide two 6-Unit CubeSats for Dutch IoT service provider HiberDelft, The Netherlands (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 The innovative low power communications modem and its corresponding space-borne receiver payload from Hiber will be integrated into a custom designed 6-Unit CubeSat platform in the ISIS facilities i ... more 
UNSW Canberra opens Australia's first space mission design facilityCanberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Australia's first national space mission design facility was officially opened by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr at the University of New South Wales Canberra (UNSW Canberra). UNSW Canberra Sp ... more 
NASA begins checkout of Dellingr spacecraft designed to improve robustness of CubeSat platformsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 NASA ground controllers have begun checking out and commissioning a shoebox-sized spacecraft that the agency purposely built to show that CubeSat platforms could be cost-effective, reliable, and cap ... more  
Russia to build launch pad for super heavy-lift carrier by 2028Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017 The development of the Vostochny Cosmodrome will reduce Russia's dependency on Kazakhstan's Baikonur spaceport, which it is leasing until 2050. Russia plans to build a launch pad for its "supe ... more |
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New motion sensors major step towards cheaper wearable technologyTallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed a class of breakthrough motion sensors that could herald a near future of ubiquitous, fully integrated and affordable wearable tec ... 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  
DARPA digging for ideas to revolutionize subterranean mappingWashington DC (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Subterranean warfare-whether involving human-made tunnels, underground urban infrastructure, or natural cave networks-has been an element of U.S. military operations from World War II and Vietnam to ... more 
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 |
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 SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launch 
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 |
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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 
Chemists have developed another catalyst that can selectively activate a carbon-hydrogen bond, part of an ongoing strategy to revolutionize the field of organic synthesis and open up new chemical space.
The journal Nature is publishing the work by chemists at Emory University, following on their development of a similar catalyst last year. Both of the catalysts are able to selectively func ... more Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Nov 27, 20173rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite  London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2017New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks  Singapore (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Device could reduce the carbon footprint of ethylene production |
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 Point Mugu CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
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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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 
Subterranean warfare-whether involving human-made tunnels, underground urban infrastructure, or natural cave networks-has been an element of U.S. military operations from World War II and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.
As above-ground commercial and military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities continue to grow more capable and ubiquitous, adversaries are inc ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017China's GPS network Beidou joins global rescue data network  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 |
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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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017Indian aerospace behemoth reveals why Indo-Russia FGFA is highly feasible  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Lockheed awarded $37.7M contract for F-35 software conversions  Tokyo (AFP) Nov 24, 2017US ends search for sailors after Philippine Sea air crash |
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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  Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Quantum systems correct themselves  Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Scientists create a prototype neural network based on memristors |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 
Nature whispers its stories in a faint molecular language, and Rice University scientist Laurence Yeung and colleagues can finally tell one of those stories this week, thanks to a one-of-a-kind instrument that allowed them to hear what the atmosphere is saying with rare nitrogen molecules.
Yeung and colleagues at Rice, UCLA, Michigan State University and the University of New Mexico counte ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017NASA finds VA metro area is sinking unevenly  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017China launches remote sensing satellites in multiple launches  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017NASA's TSIS-1 keeps an eye on Sun's power over ozone |
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The smallest microplastics in our oceans - which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful - could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.
New research, led by Gabriel Erni-Cassola and Dr. Joseph A. Christie-Oleza from Warwick's School of Life Sciences, has established a pioneering way to ... more Hanoi (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests  Tabarja, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Clean-up dives, recycling: Lebanese respond to garbage crisis  Omoa, Honduras (AFP) Nov 24, 2017'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem |
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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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 Jerusalem (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.
Israel Air Force Brigadier General Zvika Haimovitch said the battery fitted to the corvette Lahav underwent a successful "live-fire test" and would be a valuable asset in securing offshore natural gas fields. ... moreMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017Russia test-fires new interceptor missile  Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2017SBIRS GEO Flight 4 Missile Warning Satellite ships for January launch  Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2017US Scrambles to Assemble Space-Based Missile Defense System |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 
Orbital ATK Inc., has been awarded a modified contract for engineering studies and service support for the development of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles, or AARGM, an upgrade to the AGM-88 HARM systems.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $32.9 million under a cost-plus-fixed fee contract, which is a cost-reimbursement deal where the fee ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 21, 2017State Dept. approves potential Javelin missile sale to Georgia  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 |
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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 Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds  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 |
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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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