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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the studies do offer a roadmap. Here's a brief overview of each: LUVOIR, now being studied by a team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is conceived as a great observatory in the tradition of the Hubble Space Telescope. LUVOIR will tell the story of life by searching for signs of ... read more |
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NASA upgrades Space Station emergency communications ground stationsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 Since the launch of the International Space Station's first component in 1998, communications infrastructure has been critical to the station's success and crew safety. NASA is currently implementin ... more  
Across China: Rocket launch brings back fortune to localsHaikou, China (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 Battery carts carry tourists around Wenchang space launch center on the Chinese island province of Hainan. A 130 yuan (20.7 U.S. dollars) ticket allows them to view the launch and operation control ... more 
China unveils underwater astronaut training suitBeijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 A domestically designed underwater training suit for China's astronauts was shown to the press in Beijing Friday. The Astronaut Center of China (ACC) unveiled the suit during a summit on aeros ... more  
Technology used to map Mars now measuring effect of treatment on tumorsManchester UK (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of ... more |
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Vostochny Cosmodrome preps for first tourist visitVostochny Cosmodrome, Russia (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 Foreign tourists interested in checking out the inner workings of Russia's brand new spaceport, or making a selfie against the backdrop of a rocket as it blasts off into space will soon get their ch ... more 
Students help NASA researchers decide what plants to grow in spaceKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 NASA scientists with advanced degrees aren't the only ones deciding what crops should be grown in space. Students, including a special group from Columbus, Ohio, are also taking a bite out of this t ... more 
First China Aerospace Conference to be held on April 24Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 As part of the events that mark China's Space Day, the first China Aerospace Conference will be held in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on April 24, according to an official from C ... more  
Face recognition for galaxies: Artificial intelligence brings new tools to astronomySanta Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 A machine learning method called "deep learning," which has been widely used in face recognition and other image- and speech-recognition applications, has shown promise in helping astronomers analyz ... more  
Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense SystemWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System. ... more |
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Raytheon to provide AMRAAM missiles for foreign military salesWashington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales. ... more  |
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NASA engineers dream big with small spacecraftPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2018 Many of NASA's most iconic spacecraft towered over the engineers who built them: think Voyagers 1 and 2, Cassini or Galileo - all large machines that could measure up to a school bus. But in t ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named "Queqiao"Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named "Queqiao" - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China Na ... more 
Aerospace explores next steps in space developmentColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new policy paper that explores future opportunities in cislunar space-essentially, the space inside the moon's orbi ... more  
Harris tapped for counter communication systemsWashington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for counter communication systems. ... more 
Rheinmetall to provide air defense system to Asian nationWashington (UPI) Apr 24, 2018 An undisclosed Asian customer is set to receive Skyshield air defense systems from German defense contractor Rheinmetall. ... more |
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 New Delhi (IANS) Apr 26, 2018 
The Indian space agency has recalled its communication satellite GSAT-11 from Arianespace's rocket port in Kourou in French Guiana, said Arianespace.
"Due to additional technical checks with the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-11 satellite, to be conducted from the ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) located in Bengaluru, the Ariane 5 launch initially planned for May 25, VA243, h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for counter communication systems.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Syste ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
In the American Southwest and in northwestern Mexico, more than half the annual rainfall often comes in the form of the torrential and unpredictable downpours of the North American monsoon. As in monsoon seasons across the tropics, a summertime reversal of winds carries streams of moisture from over the oceans or, in this case, the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico, and unceremoniously dumps ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 
Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for identifying friend or foe technology compatible with the E-2C Hawkeye.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $51.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order, which is a modification to a previous basic order agreement.
The contract from Naval Air Systems C ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Apr 26, 2018  Cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors will soon be a reality thanks to a breakthrough by chemists at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Derek Schipper and his team at Waterloo have developed a way to make conjugated polymers, plastics that conduct electricity like metals, using a simple dehydration reaction the only byproduct of which is water.
"Nature has been us ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 25, 2018 
The second Sentinel-3 satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-3B, was launched today, joining its identical twin Sentinel-3A in orbit. This pairing of satellites increases coverage and data delivery for the European Union's Copernicus environment programme.
The 1150 kg Sentinel-3B satellite was carried into orbit on a Rockot launcher from Plesetsk, Russia, at 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST; 21:57 local time ... more |
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 Xian, China (AFP) April 18, 2018 
China has a found a novel way to tackle its massive air pollution problem: Putting up a giant air purifier the size of an industrial smokestack in the middle of a smog-plagued city.
Instead of pumping out billows of black smoke like the chimneys rising from factories in the northern province of Shaanxi, the 60-meter (197-foot) tall structure on the outskirts of the regional capital Xian blas ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 
As part of the events that mark China's Space Day, the first China Aerospace Conference will be held in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on April 24, according to an official from China National Space Administration (CNSA).
More than 2,000 people have signed up for the conference, which will be attended by aerospace professionals from the government, state-owned and privat ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 
MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $67.8 million under a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contract.
The contract enables to MacAulay-Brown Inc., out of Dayton, Ohi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Cells and the machinery they encase are soft matter - shape-shifting multicomponent systems with an overwhelming richness of forms. But, these squishy packages are hard targets for potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications that exploit nanomaterials, from quantum dots that light up specific tissues to nanocages carrying drug payloads.
The problem, according to a team of 12 experts ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
A machine learning method called "deep learning," which has been widely used in face recognition and other image- and speech-recognition applications, has shown promise in helping astronomers analyze images of galaxies and understand how they form and evolve.
In a new study, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal and available online, researchers used computer simulations of gal ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 23, 2018 
AeroVironment has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from Army Contracting Command enables AeroVironment, out of Simi Valley, Calif., to provid ... more |
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