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  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 A three-man space crew featuring American and Japanese rookie astronauts as well as an experienced Russian cosmonaut blasted off on Sunday for a six-month mission at the International Space Station. Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency powered into the sky in a Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:21 pm (0721 GMT). NASA TV footage from inside the Soyuz capsule showed a toy poodle made ... read more |
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'Dragon back' as cargo reaches space stationMiami (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived on Sunday at the International Space Station, carrying supplies and experiments for the astronauts in orbit. ... more  
ArianeGroup signs contract with ESA for future Prometheus engineParis, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 Prometheus is a European demonstrator for a very low cost reusable engine, running on liquid oxygen (LOx) and methane. It is the precursor for future European launcher engines as of 2030. The ... more 
Soyuz carrying Expedition 53 crew lands in KazakhstanMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 17, 2017 The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russi ... more 
SpaceX resupply truck Dragon on route to ISS for space research deliveryCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 An experiment in space manufacturing and an enhanced study of solar energy are among the research currently heading to the International Space Station following Friday's launch of a SpaceX Dragon sp ... more |
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New power devices could drastically reduce energy wasteBoston MA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Power electronics, which do things like modify voltages or convert between direct and alternating current, are everywhere. They're in the power bricks we use to charge our portable devices; they're ... more 
Lasers could soon trigger fusion energy, researchers predictWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017 Laser-driven fusion energy is a realistic goal and one within reach, according to a new paper published this week in the journal Laser and Particle Beams. ... more 
In first, SpaceX launches recycled rocket and spaceshipMiami (AFP) Dec 15, 2017 For the first time, SpaceX on Friday blasted off both a rocket and a cargo ship that have flown before, a step forward in the company's goal to lower the cost of spaceflight. ... more  
NanoRacks Integrates Largest New Shepard Payload Manifest to DateVan Horn, TX (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 NanoRacks is pleased to have taken part in yet another successful Blue Origin New Shepard space vehicle mission. This morning marked New Shepard's 7th flight, and the third flight in which NanoRacks ... more  
Two Embry-Riddle Research Payloads Traveled to Suborbital Space on Blue Origin's New Shepard RocketDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 For less than four minutes at the edge of space, T-cells from mice in an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University experiment in partnership with the University of Texas Health Science Center and the Med ... more 
NASA Funds Flight for Space Medical Technology on Blue OriginEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard reusable space vehicle on Dec. 12 carrying a medical technology that could potentially treat chest trauma in a space environment. The New Shep ... more |
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Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS missionDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 14, 2017 Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage from the Russian space agency showed. ... more 
PARC to Partner with Commercial Space Leader to Accelerate Space R and DPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 PARC, a Xerox company, has announced a partnership with Blue Origin to enhance awareness and interest in the vast possibilities made possible by conducting R and D in space. The partnership wi ... more 
Cells in spaceParis (ESA) Dec 12, 2017 Laboratories on Earth hardly make the news, unless they come up with life-saving cures. So why would anyone care about a lab in space? The medicine you take on Earth begins with cell research, and t ... more 
Russian space agency blames satellite loss on programming errorMoscow (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 Russia's space agency on Tuesday blamed a failed satellite launch from its new cosmodrome on a programming error, prompting an angry response from the deputy prime minister in charge of space. ... more |
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  Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Excitonium has a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... well... excited! Professor of Physics Peter Abbamonte and graduate students Anshul Kogar and Mindy Rak, with input from colleagues at Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam, have proven the existence of this enigmatic new form of matter, which has perplexed scientists sinc ... more Grenoble, France (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Brittle starfish shows how to make tough ceramics  Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Russia says 'satellite' could have caused radioactive pollution  Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Army taps Northrop Grumman for new radar risk reduction work |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 
For its 11th launch of the year, and the sixth Ariane 5 liftoff from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana during 2017, Arianespace will orbit four more satellites for the Galileo constellation.
This mission is being performed on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).
For the second time, an Ariane 5 ES version will be used t ... more Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flight  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber  Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017Space technology to drive autonomous ships |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 
South Africa's state-owned defense company, Denel SOC Ltd., is selling 12 surplus Cheetah fighter jets to Draken International, a U.S.-based tactical fighter training company.
The sales contract, announced Tuesday by Denel, includes return to service and flight acceptance tests in South Africa and aircraft delivery to the United States. The company is also pursuing post-delivery logisti ... more Ottawa (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Canada to buy 18 used Australian jetsw  Doha (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Qatar signs $8-bn deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from UK  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Bell-Boeing awarded contract for materials, support of V-22 Osprey |
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 Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed an ultrastretchable bioprobe using Kirigami designs.
The Kirigami-based bioprobe enables one to follow the shape of spherical and large deformable biological samples such as hear ... more Durham NC (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Single-photon detector can count to 4  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Toshiba, Western Digital settle legal battle over chip unit sale  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers quantify factors for reducing power semiconductor resistance by two-thirds |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have spotted the equivalent of smoke-rings in the ocean which they think could 'suck-up' small marine creatures and carry them at high speed and for long distances across the ocean.
The ocean is full of eddies, swirling motions some tens to hundreds of kilometres across, which mix the water and carry it across the average currents.
The 'sm ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Mystery Solved by Student Satellite  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Scientists share various perspectives on ozone layer recovery  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2017APL Monitoring Instrument Rides into Space |
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 Tehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 
Iran shut schools around Tehran Sunday and cancelled sporting events as thick smog blanketed the capital despite curbs on road traffic and industrial activity.
The authorities shuttered primary schools in the province of Tehran, home to 14 million residents, before ordering them to remain closed on Monday.
All sports competitions set for Monday were also cancelled, as restrictions on ro ... more Geneva (AFP) Dec 13, 2017UN warns of surging e-waste, little recycling  Argonne IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Clearing the air  Skopje (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Macedonian capital chokes in polluted air |
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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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 Seoul (AFP) Dec 11, 2017 
The US, South Korea and Japan carried out joint exercises Monday to track missiles from North Korea, as China warned that such manoeuvres fuel tensions following nuclear-armed Pyongyang's longest-range test launch to date.
The trilateral drill comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and declared it had achieved nuclear statehood, e ... more Tokyo (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Japan to host joint missile tracking drill amid N. Korea threat  Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Israel shoots down rocket fired from Gaza: army  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Japan plans long-range missiles amid N. Korea threat: minister |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2017  US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley presented what she called "undeniable" evidence Thursday that a ballistic missile fired by Huthi rebels in Yemen at Saudi Arabia last month was Iranian-made, a charge Tehran immediately denied.
Haley accused Tehran of a "blatant violation" of UN Security Council obligations designed to rein in its missile activity, further stepping up the rheto ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Lockheed Martin successfully fired their new anti-ship missile  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 11, 2017UN does not confirm Iran link to Yemen missiles: report  Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017Raytheon awarded modified contract for AIM-120 missiles |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A team of University of Alberta engineers developed a new way to produce electrical power that can charge handheld devices or sensors that monitor anything from pipelines to medical implants.
The discovery sets a new world standard in devices called triboelectric nanogenerators by producing a high-density DC current - a vast improvement over low-quality AC currents produced by other resear ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017New nanowires are just a few atoms thick  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
The Aerospace Corporation's (Aerospace) SeedTECH Artificial Intelligence (AI) team is one of 59 teams out of 147 that are advancing to the second round of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE - a $5 million AI and cognitive computing global competition. SeedTECH AI will take on the grand challenge of designing an AI that can dream.
"We're thrilled that Aerospace's all-volunteer team progressed to the ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Speedy cockroaches help researchers train robots to walk  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2017Not Your Grandpa's Robot: Russian Robot 'FEDOR' May Become Self-Learning |
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 The Hague (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 
Dutch police have clipped the wings of their airborne drone-fighting force of eagles, and fired their winged warriors deeming them too expensive and too unruly to be effective.
After a series of tests in 2015, the police last year announced they were putting into operation a flock of the birds of prey to take down drones believed to be posing a danger to the public, such as near airports. ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Jet-powered drone tested by BAE Systems  Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017Hensoldt intros new counter-drone system  Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2017China says Indian drone 'invaded' its airspace, crashed |
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