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  Paris (ESA) Apr 13, 2018 Next time you eat a tomato or sweet pepper, take a closer look, because there's a good chance that its healthy appearance is thanks to one of former US President Barack Obama's speeches and ESA research for sending people on long-duration space missions. Inspired by an Obama speech in 2010 on human missions to Mars, Dutch company Groen Agro Control started investigating the best way to grow and fertilise plants in space, and whether that could also lead to improving the growth of vegetables on Ear ... read more |
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Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small PackagePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2018 The ASTERIA satellite, which was deployed into low-Earth orbit in November, is only slightly larger than a box of cereal, but it could be used to help astrophysicists study planets orbiting other st ... more  
Boeing HorizonX Invests in Reaction Engines, a UK Hypersonic Propulsion CompanyChicago IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 Boeing has announced its investment in Reaction Engines Limited, a leader in advanced propulsion systems based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Reaction Engines' technology will contribute to the nex ... more 
First Steps to Space: Yuri Gagarin's Military Service Archive DeclassifiedMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 13, 2018 The newly declassified archival documents were released just in time for Cosmonautics Day, celebrating cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic April 12, 1961 flight aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. T ... more 
ISRO not facing funds crunch: Chairman K.SivanNew Delhi (IANS) Apr 13, 2018 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not facing any funds crunch for its ongoing activities, the agency Chairman said on Thursday. ISRO Chairman K.Sivan made the remark while was s ... more |
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Take it from me: I'm not signing up to become a space tourist just yetMelbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 11, 2018 Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly has two people signed up for a trip around the Moon (although these plans have been delayed slightly), and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has advanced plans to launc ... more  
Estonia calls for deployment of Patriot missiles and US troopsWashington (AFP) April 5, 2018 Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid called for US Patriot missiles and troops to be deployed to her small Baltic state Wednesday, telling AFP it was necessary to make deterrence "believable" for Russia. ... more  
NASA sends sperm into space for human reproduction studyWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2018 Whether or not humans have ever had sex in space remains an open debate on the internet. NASA, however, is more interested in the hypothetical question of whether or not humans can conceive in space. ... more  
Overcoming a battery's fatal flawAustin TX (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 As renewable energy grows as a power source around the world, one key component still eludes the industry: large-scale, stable, efficient and affordable batteries. Lithium-ion batteries have p ... more 
Japan's vaunted alert system runs up against limitsTokyo (AFP) April 8, 2018 On January 5, as Tokyo's commuters were struggling back to work after their long New Year break, blaring sirens from every phone pierced the sleepy atmosphere: "strong" earthquake coming. ... more |
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MSAB and URSA Partner on Drone Forensic TechnologyStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 MSAB reports that the company has partnered with URSA Inc., expanding tremendously on its' drone forensic capabilities. URSA's Idetic Unmanned tools are designed to collect, integrate, analyze ... more  |
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NEXT-C Advanced Electric Propulsion Engine Cleared to Begin ProductionRedmond WA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne's NEXT-C ion propulsion engine has successfully cleared NASA's critical design review (CDR), confirming the technology achieved all program requirements and is ready for final pro ... more  
Orbital ATK receives $115M to produce Army ammunitionWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Orbital ATK announced Wednesday it was awarded a $115 million contract by the U.S. Army to produce small-caliber ammunition. ... more  
Boeing to restart production of Standoff Land Attack MissilesWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for standoff land attack missiles to support Saudi Arabia. ... more  
Fierce clashes as French police try to clear anti-capitalist campNotre-Dame-Des-Landes, France (AFP) April 11, 2018 Activists reinforced by dozens of their supporters clashed with police for a third day in western France on Wednesday to oppose their eviction from an anti-capitalist camp set up 10 years ago to protest a new airport. ... more 
Boeing to advance design process for new Air Force OneWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Boeing was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to advance design services on VC-25B, the next version of Air Force One. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
IMAGE's signal remains too weak to achieve frame lock, which is necessary to retrieve data from the spacecraft. But important steps have been taken this week to be prepared in case of re-established contact.
Last week, the engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, successfully established network connections with both the antennas at NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it has not given up on the recently launched GSAT-6A that went missing ahead of the third and final course correction firing on April 1.
The communication satellite was launched on March 29 this year from the spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
"The scientists completed the second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A on Saturd ... more |
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 Sriharikota, India (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
In its forty third flight, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C41 successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite April 12, 2018 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
PSLV-C41 lifted off at 0404 hrs (4:04 am) IST, as planned, from the First Launch Pad. After a flight lasting about 19 minutes, the vehicle achieved a Sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit with ... more |
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 Notre-Dame-Des-Landes, France (AFP) April 11, 2018 
Activists reinforced by dozens of their supporters clashed with police for a third day in western France on Wednesday to oppose their eviction from an anti-capitalist camp set up 10 years ago to protest a new airport.
The clashes erupted at dawn when protesters began throwing projectiles at officers from behind barricades set up to defend the camp at Notre-Dames-des-Landes near the city of ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
When power generators like windmills and solar panels transfer electricity to homes, businesses and the power grid, they lose almost 10 percent of the generated power. To address this problem, scientists are researching new diamond semiconductor circuits to make power conversion systems more efficient.
A team of researchers from Japan successfully fabricated a key circuit in power conversi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 
For centuries, the thinking has been that all the nitrogen available for plant growth worldwide comes from the atmosphere. But a new study by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis, shows that more than a quarter of that nitrogen is derived from the weathering of Earth's bedrock.
The results, published this week in the journal Scien ... more |
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 Koh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand (AFP) April 11, 2018 
Hordes of tourists clamber across the white sand with selfie sticks as Thai park rangers wade into turquoise waters to direct boats charging into the cliff-ringed cove.
Made famous by the 2000 movie "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Maya Bay on the western Thai island of Koh Phi Phi Ley is now a case study in the ruinous costs of runaway tourism, swamped by up to 4,000 daily visitors. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 13, 2018 
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe is expected to do many things unprecedented in space history after it launches later this year, such as touching down softly on the far side of the Moon and taking the first flowers to blossom on the lifeless lunar surface.
The probe will carry a tin containing seeds of potato and arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, and probabl ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 8, 2018 
On January 5, as Tokyo's commuters were struggling back to work after their long New Year break, blaring sirens from every phone pierced the sleepy atmosphere: "strong" earthquake coming.
The message delivered via the country's alert system, part of its much-hyped J-Alert mechanism, warned of a big one directly hitting the Japanese capital - potentially on the scale of the devastating 2011 ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 
Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for standoff land attack missiles to support Saudi Arabia.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $64 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
The agreement enables Boeing to "restart" the AGM-84 Standoff Land Attack Missile production line and expand the production ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
Scientists have developed a new way to improve how computers "see" and "understand" objects in the real world by training the computers' vision systems in a virtual environment.
The research team published their findings in IEEE/CAA Journal of Autmatica Sinica, a joint publication of the IEEE and the Chinese Association of Automation.
For computers to learn and accurately recognize o ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
MSAB reports that the company has partnered with URSA Inc., expanding tremendously on its' drone forensic capabilities.
URSA's Idetic Unmanned tools are designed to collect, integrate, analyze, and present UAV related data. The company provides the most accurate understanding of drone telemetry data and metadata to support academic, law enforcement, insurance, and intelligence investigatio ... more |
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