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  Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2018 What had been a peaceful and productive mission for the six men aboard the Russian space station Mir, including U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger, nearly became a tragic nightmare during the evening of Feb. 24, 1997. A lithium-perchlorate canister, designed to generate oxygen via a chemical reaction, suddenly burst into flames when activated. Although the fire was quickly subdued, a dense, life-threatening smoke - different in form and movement from its gravity bound counterpart on Earth - rapidly filled th ... read more |
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Rescue Operations Take Shape for Commercial Crew Program AstronautsHouston TX (SPX) May 02, 2018 As a child watching Apollo 11 land on the Moon, Ted Mosteller dreamed of working for the space program. As leader of NASA's Commercial Crew Program Landing and Recovery Team, he directs a multi-agen ... more  
NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon SpacecraftHouston TX (SPX) May 02, 2018 SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, May 5, west of Baja California, with more than 4,000 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demon ... more  
Brexit prompts UK to probe developing satellite navigation systemLondon (AFP) May 1, 2018 Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit. ... more  
Scientists use holographic projection to edit brain activityWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley are building a brain modulator powered by a novel new technology called holographic projection. ... more |
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Silent Sentry: Protecting Space CommunicationsAl Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface. ... more  
Before the flood arrivesPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018 River floods are one of the most common and devastating of Earth's natural disasters. In the past decade, deluges from rivers have killed thousands of people every year around the world and caused l ... more 
Studying DNA aboard the International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 What do astronauts, microbes, and plants all have in common? Each relies on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - essentially a computer code for living things - to grow and thrive. Studying DNA in sp ... more  
Astronauts eye more cooperation on China's space stationBeijing (XNA) Apr 30, 2018 Astronauts from home and abroad have expressed their expectations of more international cooperation on China's space station, scheduled to become fully operational around 2022. "We would love ... more  
Raytheon contracted for TOW missiles for Oman, TaiwanWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Raytheon has been tapped by the U.S. Army for anti-tank missiles for the governments of Oman and Taiwan. ... more |
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 Interview with a robot: AI revolution hits human resources 
Navy taps Raytheon for Tomahawk missilesWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for Tomahawk cruise missiles. ... more  |
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Lockheed Martin to supply rocket systems to 3 countriesWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for guided multiple-launch rocket systems for various foreign countries. ... more  
NanoRacks, ALTEC, Thales announce international business development partnershipWebster TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 NanoRacks is pleased to announce that the Company will be pursuing International Space Station opportunities in cooperation with ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales 67% and L ... more  
Marines tap Heckler and Koch for M27s, spare partsWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Heckler and Koch Defense has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Marine Corps for M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles. ... more  
Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalitionRiyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack. ... more  
Air Force contracts for Reaper drone servicesWashington (UPI) Apr 27, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics a contract for services in support of MQ-9 Reaper drones. ... more |
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 Bethlehem PA (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  The ability to harness light into an intense beam of monochromatic radiation in a laser has revolutionized the way we live and work for more than fifty years. Among its many applications are ultrafast and high-capacity data communications, manufacturing, surgery, barcode scanners, printers, self-driving technology and spectacular laser light displays.
Lasers also find a home in atomic and ... more |
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 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface.
The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical in ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 1, 2018  Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has created a taskforce of engineering and aerospace experts led by the UK Space Agency "to develop options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System that would gu ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a modification to a previous contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and foreign customers with Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure, or LAIRCM, equipment and support.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $209.7 million and increases the total value of the contract to $1.5 billion.
Northrop Grumman is to ... 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.
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 Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018 
China is to launch Gaofen-5, a hyperspectral imaging satellite for Earth observation, at the beginning of May.
The new satellite, capable of obtaining spectral information from ultraviolet to long-wave infrared radiation, can be used to survey inland waters and mineral resources, said Tong Xudong, director of the Earth Observation System and Data Center, China National Space Administration ... more |
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 Betare Oya, Cameroon (AFP) April 30, 2018 
For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold.
Today, abandoned with almost the same speed as it was coveted, the landscape is as dangerous as it is damaged, say campaigners.
Around 100 deep holes lie around the village. Many of them are filled wi ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 30, 2018 
Astronauts from home and abroad have expressed their expectations of more international cooperation on China's space station, scheduled to become fully operational around 2022.
"We would love to have more cooperation with countries and regions devoted to peacefully using outer space, and contribute more to humankind's space exploration," said Yang Liwei, director of the China Manned Space ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018 
Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack.
The missiles were headed towards the city of Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia, according to a coalition statement.
While the coalition said the attack claimed no casualties, Jizan's ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for Tomahawk cruise missiles.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $143.2 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The deal, from Naval Air Systems Command, enables the company to provide 100 full-rate production Lot 15 ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms.
Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 
Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex April 17-19. Their developments may lead to technology that could help astronauts find needed resources while exploring the Moon or Mars.
In her welcoming remarks, Deputy Center Di ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics a contract for services in support of MQ-9 Reaper drones.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $26.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award.
The agreement between the Air Force's Life Cycle Management Center and General ... more |
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