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  Washington DC (AFP) May 22, 2018 A SpaceX rocket Tuesday blasted off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Earth. "Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a SpaceX commentator as the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12:47 pm Pacific time (1947 GMT). The $521 million payload, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO), was successfully deployed into its planned orbit some 310 mi ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin's 5th AEHF comsat completes launch environment testSunnyvale CA (SPX) May 22, 2018 Lockheed Martin recently put its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite through its paces in realistic simulations of its future launch experience. The satellite completed the te ... more  
Lockheed contracted to support Army's multiple launch rocket systemWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for rocket pods and launch tubes for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. ... more 
Raytheon to transition ESSM missile program to production, fabricationWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the Defense Department for evolved sea sparrow missiles. ... more  
Self-assembling 3D battery would charge in secondsIthaca NY (SPX) May 22, 2018 The world is a big place, but it's gotten smaller with the advent of technologies that put people from across the globe in the palm of one's hand. And as the world has shrunk, it has also demanded t ... more |
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Lockheed Martin Stalker XE Upgraded with New VTOL Launch and Landing CapabilityPalmdale CA (SPX) May 23, 2018 Lockheed Martin's Stalker eXtended Endurance (XE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been upgraded with a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. This new option gives users greater mission f ... more 
Russia May Renew 'Satan' Missile Launches to Place Satellites In OrbitMoscow (Sputnik) May 21, 2018 Russia may renew launches of the Voevoda (NATO reporting name Satan) intercontinental ballistic missiles to place spacecraft into orbit, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik. In ... more  
Israel says first to use F-35 stealth fighter jets in combatJerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2018 The Israeli military has used its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters in combat, making it the world's first to do so, the air force commander said Tuesday. ... more  
Privatize the International Space Station? Not so fast, Congress tells TrumpWashington (AFP) May 17, 2018 US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to privatize the International Space Station beginning in 2025 has met with strong opposition from lawmakers, including from some in the Republican majority. ... more 
US May Order Russian Soyuz Spacecraft to Fly Astronauts to ISS in 2020 - SourceMoscow (Sputnik) May 21, 2018 The United States intends to order the manufacture of Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to fly its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2020 due to a delay in production of the US-made com ... more |
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 Chinese private firm launches first space rocket  
China's Queqiao satellite carries "large umbrella" into deep spaceXichang, China (XNA) May 22, 2018 The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts. The lau ... more  |
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Tiny Satellite's First Global Map of Ice CloudsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 16, 2018 Looking at Earth from the International Space Station, astronauts see big, white clouds spreading across the planet. They cannot distinguish a gray rain cloud from a puffy white cloud. While satelli ... more 
Research examines wing shapes to reduce vortex and wakeChicago IL (SPX) May 15, 2018 It's common to see line-shaped clouds in the sky, known as contrails, trailing behind the engines of a jet airplane. What's not always visible is a vortex coming off of the tip of each wing - ... more  
Lu resignation a blow for Baidu's push into AI, analysts sayBeijing (AFP) May 21, 2018 The resignation of a senior Baidu executive is a major setback to the Chinese internet giant's push into artificial intelligence, an analyst said Monday, as the company tries to diversify away from its search engine business. ... more  
Israel builds 'missile net' on border to protect airportJerusalem (AFP) May 18, 2018 Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said Friday. ... more 
General Atomics to retrofit MQ-9 Reaper dronesWashington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 General Atomics was awarded a contract on Wednesday by the Defense Department to retrofit MQ-9 Reaper drones. ... more |
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 Turku, Finland (SPX) May 23, 2018 
UV radiation is known to cause many skin and eye diseases such as cancer. Therefore, it is essential to have a simple method for detecting the quantity and quality of UV radiation from, for example, the Sun.
This is currently achieved by using mainly organic molecules that change colour under UV radiation. The downside of using these molecules, however, is their poor durability which is du ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Lockheed Martin recently put its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite through its paces in realistic simulations of its future launch experience. The satellite completed the tests successfully and is now in system-level testing in preparation for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2019.
For the 39 days of Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) testing, AEHF-5 was subjected to e ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) May 15, 2018 
Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm that is building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the latest firmware upgrade to its flagship product Piksi Multi GNSS Module.
This marks the fifth major point release to Piksi Multi and is available free of charge to Swift customers. The firmware release also enhances Duro, the rugge ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2018 
The Israeli military has used its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters in combat, making it the world's first to do so, the air force commander said Tuesday.
"The Adir aircraft are already operational and flying combat missions," Major General Amikam Norkin said at a conference in central Israel, using the plane's Hebrew name.
"In fact, we have performed the first operational F-35 strik ... more |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) May 21, 2018 
A team from Siberian Federal University and Kirensky Institute of Physics (Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences) applied a new method to study nanoparticles made of cadmium telluride (CdTe).
They used a peculiar feature of this compound: its interaction with light differs depending on the magnetic field. The results of the study were published in the Physics Letters A jou ... more |
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 Harpenden UK (SPX) May 22, 2018 
The first official account of the electronic Rothamsted Archive and what it offers highlights how this unique historical repository of agricultural and meteorological data, which date back to 1843, is the result of some remarkable forward thinking.
"But if our knowledge of the chemistry of soils should progress as rapidly as it has during the last twenty years, the analysis of a soil will ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2018 
One-third of the world's protected land is under intense human pressure, according to an international study described as 'a stunning reality check' on efforts to avert a biodiversity crisis.
The University of Queensland-led research has found six million square kilometres of protected land - equivalent to two-thirds the size of China - is in a state unlikely to conserve endangered biodive ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) May 22, 2018 
The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts.
The launch of the satellite Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, is a key step for China to realize its goal of sending the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to soft-land on the far side of the Moon.
Queqiao, developed by C ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) May 18, 2018  Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said Friday.
The 34-kilometre (21-mile) fence runs along Israel's border with Jordan, beginning near the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat and reaching the site of a new airport being constructed in the Timna Valley.
The fence, 6 metres (2 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 21, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the Defense Department for evolved sea sparrow missiles.
The contract award from Naval Sea Systems Command is valued at more than $77 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract to provide services in support of evolved sea sparrow missiles, according to the Pentagon.
Evolved sea sparrow missiles are used to protect naval ships f ... more |
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 Andalusia, Spain (SPX) May 21, 2018 
Half metal, half organic structure, like Robocop himself, is the material known as MOF, short for Metal Organic Framework. MOF has been developed by scientists and applied to a myriad of products from sorbents to batteries for electronic devices.
This material emerged from the nanotechnology revolution that turned material design upside down and facilitated the improvement of chemical proc ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2018 
The resignation of a senior Baidu executive is a major setback to the Chinese internet giant's push into artificial intelligence, an analyst said Monday, as the company tries to diversify away from its search engine business.
The loss of chief operating officer and AI expert Lu Qi is the latest blow for the company, often referred to as China's Google, which has invested heavily in its deep ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) May 23, 2018 
Lockheed Martin's Stalker eXtended Endurance (XE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been upgraded with a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. This new option gives users greater mission flexibility allowing them to operate the system in more austere locations.
The new VTOL option features a reduced logistics footprint and expands how and where the Stalker XE UAS may operate. Oth ... more |
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