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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 On January 24, 2018, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) met to exchange their views on space exploration. The agencies signed a joint statement affirming their strong mutual interest in continued future cooperation in space exploration. Both agencies have established a strong and committed partnership throughout the many years of cooperation in all mission areas, including human exploration, Earth and space science, fundamental ae ... read more |
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Space station spacewalk postponed until mid-FebruaryWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 What was to be the second of January's two spacewalks was scrubbed Monday and postponed until mid-February. ... more  
Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 programParis, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to pro ... more  
China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplishedBeijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2018 China has accomplished its first successful Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), with a 1.2-meter telescope laser ranging system. Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflec ... more  
Jumping around for good healthParis (ESA) Jan 29, 2018 Simple yet efficient: intensive jumping might be a panacea for strong bones, muscles and hearts. A European study has confirmed the benefits of making giant leaps not only for astronauts, but also f ... more |
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Qatar in talks for Russian S-400 missile systemsMoscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Qatar is finalising a deal to buy Russian S-400 air defence systems, the isolated Gulf state's ambassador to Moscow said Thursday. ... more  
A new family of aerodynamic configurations of hypersonic airplanesBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Hypersonic vehicles, which flight at Mach numbers lager than five (flight velocity more than 6000 km/h), will serve as a more convenient and efficient transport tool than present subsonic airplanes ... more  
Making fuel cells for a fraction of the costRiverside CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Fuel cells have the potential to be a clean and efficient way to run cars, computers, and power stations, but the cost of producing them is limiting their use. That's because a key component of the ... more  
SpaceX CEO Sets Date for First Falcon Heavy Rocket LaunchWashington (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2018 The first flight of Falcon Heavy, the powerful rocket manufactured by the US Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) company, is planned for February 6, the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk said ... more 
Rocket Lab successfully circularizes orbit with new Electron kick stageAuckland, New Zealand (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Rocket Lab, a US aerospace company with operations in New Zealand, has successfully tested a previously unannounced kick stage on the Still Testing Electron launch vehicle, using it to circularize t ... more 
Ariane 5 delivers SES-14 and Al Yah 3 to orbitKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 29, 2018 SES and Yahsat have confirmed that both satellites (SES-14 and Al Yah 3) have been acquired and are operating in orbit nominally, despite a trajectory deviation experienced during VA241 launch. ... more 
Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into foodUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. Now, a Penn State research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to gr ... more |
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 ASU student payloads selected to fly on Blue Origin space vehicle 
Ariane 5 satellites in orbit but not in right location yetKourou, French Guiana (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket but have yet to reach their correct position, Arianespace said Thursday, after mission control briefly lost contact with the craft in a rare malfunction. ... more 
Space, the final frontier -- for nightclubsNew York (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Bringing a new meaning to dancing on air, a nightclub operator is throwing a party in zero gravity, with top DJs playing in an aircraft used to train astronauts. ... more  
Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicyclesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 All today's commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in high alti-tudes. But what, when the drones have to navigate autonomously at low altitude among tall buildings or i ... more  |
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'Programmable droplets' could enable high-volume biology experimentsBoston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of r ... more
Two US spacewalkers replace latching end of robotic armMiami (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for a seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's aging robotic arm, NASA said. ... more 
Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space SciencePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2018 Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast. Th ... more 
Irish first as Elfordstown tracks and monitors Rocket Lab satellite deploymentElfordstown, Ireland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 US space launch provider Rocket Lab successfully reached orbit this weekend with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle 'Still Testing' deploying 3 client satellites safely in ... more 
No space for China's stay-at-home taikonautsBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 On an evening in November 2016, Deng Qingming went home to find his wife and his daughter had prepared a lavish spread of his favorite dishes and wine. He ran to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, ... more 
Looking up a century ago, a vision of the future of space explorationMelbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 23, 2018 In the early years of the 20th century a Russian scientist - now known as the father of astronautics and rocketry - wrote a fable exploring what life in space might be like in the future. Kons ... more 
Orion Spacecraft Recovery Rehearsal UnderwayKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 NASA's new deep space exploration systems will send crew 40,000 miles beyond the Moon, and return them safely home. After traveling through space at 25,000 miles per hour, the Orion spacecraft will ... more |
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 Italy's First Female Astronaut: 'No Room for Conflicts in Space' 
China Focus: The making of heroes - the women and men of China's space programBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 Taikonaut Zhang Xiaoguang prepared for 15 years to go into space. Zhang, one of the 14 pilots recruited as China's first batch of taikonauts, was 32 when he joined the Taikonaut Corps of Peopl ... more 
China to select astronauts for its space stationBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 China will begin selection for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country's planned space station, according to Monday's China Daily. Yang Liwei, deputy director o ... more 
Space agency to pick those with the right stuffBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 China will begin its selection process this year for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country's planned space station, a senior official said. Yang Liwei, deputy ... more 
Lockheed tapped by Army for 10 more THAAD interceptorsWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 10 additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors for the U.S. Army. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to provide the aviation community with advanced Safety of Life services and new services to Maritime and Land users.
Developed by ESA on behalf of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency ... more |
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 Provo, UT (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 
Computers can play a pretty mean round of chess and keep up with the best of their human counterparts in other zero-sum games. But teaching them to cooperate and compromise instead of compete?
With help from a new algorithm created by BYU computer science professors Jacob Crandall and Michael Goodrich, along with colleagues at MIT and other international universities, machine compromise an ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 
All today's commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in high alti-tudes. But what, when the drones have to navigate autonomously at low altitude among tall buildings or in the dense, unstructured city streets with cars, cyclists or pedestrians suddenly crossing their way? Until now, commercial drones are not able to quickly react to such unforeseen events.
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