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  Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT. The 15th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-15) delivers more than 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. Among the research arriving to the U.S. National Laboratory is the Space Algae investigation, will discuss research to select algae strains a ... read more |
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Next four Galileo satellites fuelled for launchKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 04, 2018 Europe's next four Galileo satellites have been fuelled for launch at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for their launch on 25 July. The four satellites were placed i ... more  
NASA seeks new ways to handle trash for deep space missionsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Life aboard the International Space Station requires extreme measures in efficiency to preserve resources, reduce waste, repurpose materials, and recycle water and breathable air. Regular cargo resu ... more 
US Asks Russia to Fix Its Broken Toilet on ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 04, 2018 NASA has renewed a contract with Energia Rocket and Space Corporation on the maintenance and repair of a series of components of the lavatory onboard the US segment of the International Space Statio ... more  
Atomic movie of melting gold could help design materials for future fusion reactorsMenlo Park CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have recorded the most detailed atomic movie of gold melting after being blasted by laser light. The insights they gain ... more |
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Dragon delivers some ICEParis (ESA) Jul 02, 2018 The newly installed International Commercial Experiments service - ICE Cubes for short - facility providing commercial access to microgravity will soon receive the first experiment cubes after the s ... more 
Maverick entrepreneur's space rocket fails at blast offTokyo (AFP) June 30, 2018 A rocket developed by a maverick Japanese entrepreneur and convicted fraudster exploded shortly after liftoff Saturday, in a major blow to his bid to send Japan's first privately backed rocket into space. ... more 
Dawn's Engines Complete Firing, Science ContinuesPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2018 Mission controllers have turned off the industrious ion engines on NASA's Dawn spacecraft for the last time and do not expect to turn them back on again, if everything goes as planned for the rest o ... more  
Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robotBuffalo NY (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Autonomous robots excel in factories and other manmade spaces, but they struggle with the randomness of nature. To help these machines overcome uneven terrain and other obstacles, University a ... more  
Orbital tapped for Coyote supersonic sea skimming targets for NavyWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $52 million modification to a previously awarded contract to acquire 18 Lot 12 full rate production of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target and the steel needed for the GQM-163A SSST program of the U.S. Navy. ... more |
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 India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release  
GE contracted for F414 engine support on Super Hornet, Growler aircraftWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 General Electric has been awarded a contract for support of the F414 engine, found in the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft. ... more  |
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Raytheon to produce Griffin missile for U.S. Special OpsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Raytheon Company Missile Systems has been awarded a $315 million contract to produce the Griffin missile for U.S. Special Operations Command. ... more  
Army contracts Oshkosh for additional joint light tactical vehiclesWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Oshkosh Defense has been awarded a $484 million contract to produce Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, or JLTV, for the U.S. Army. ... more 
Lockheed to support, train Iraqi air force on C-130J aircraftWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $85 million five-year contract to train the Iraqi air force on their six C-130J aircraft. ... more 
Boeing to build 4 new Chinooks for U.S. Special OperationsWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 Boeing has been awarded an $80 million contract to build four new MH-47G Chinook helicopters for the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. ... more 
Australia shelves MH370 memorial after relatives protestPerth, Australia (AFP) July 1, 2018 Plans to erect a memorial honouring the passengers and crew of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were shelved by Australia on Sunday after protests by relatives of the victims. ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Since the start of the space age, mankind has left its mark on the orbital pathways overhead...and not always for the better. Today, some 7,000 tonnes of artificial debris - a mass equivalent to the Eiffel Tower - orbit the planet.
This detritus, ranging from remnants of defunct or broken-up spacecraft to discarded rocket stages, whizzes by at a dizzying 8 km per second - a speed at which ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Industrial revolutions leave no sector or industry untouched, and the fourth industrial revolution is no different. We are witnessing the rapid transformation that's blurring the line between the physical and digital worlds through artificial intelligence, machine to machine communications, and the Internet of Things-technologies that are touching every aspect of our lives. For the government an ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 
General Electric has been awarded a contract for support of the F414 engine, found in the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, comes under a $37 million modification to an existing contract for the repair, replacement and general support of 773 F414 engines for the F/A-18E and F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fighter aircraft. ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 
There are limits to how accurately you can measure things. Think of an X-ray image: it is likely quite blurry and something only an expert physician can interpret properly. The contrast between different tissues is rather poor but could be improved by longer exposure times, higher intensity, or by taking several images and overlapping them. But there are considerable limitations: humans can safe ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 04, 2018 
These two images of Lake Superior and surrounding area show the first data downlinked from the CubeSat Multispectral Observation System (CUMULOS) cameras.
The image on the left, taken by a short-wavelength infrared camera, captures a larger area of the lake and shows strong contrast between land and water features.
The narrower field of view image on the right taken by the payload's ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 3, 2018 
Seattle has become the first major US city to ban plastic straws and utensils in its eateries, a victory for environmentalists that will be tough to replicate elsewhere in the United States.
After targeting plastic bags, environmentalists have set their sights on plastic drinking straws as a public enemy, highlighting the gap between their brief moment of utility and the enduring impact they ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate.
China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service.
A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
The United States may sell five AEGIS Weapons Systems to Spain, the State Department announced Tuesday.
The deal, which would cost about $860.4 million, requires the approval of Congress before it can be finalized.
The Government of Spain has requested to buy the five AEGIS Weapons Systems MK7 and a variety of other weapons and technologies that come with it - including five shi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 
Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $52 million modification to a previously awarded contract to acquire 18 Lot 12 full rate production of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target and the steel needed for the GQM-163A SSST program of the U.S. Navy.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, also includes work on the SSST program for Japan and Israel. Wo ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules.
The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 
Autonomous robots excel in factories and other manmade spaces, but they struggle with the randomness of nature.
To help these machines overcome uneven terrain and other obstacles, University at Buffalo researchers have turned to beavers, termites and other animals that build structures in response to simple environmental cues, as opposed to following predetermined plans.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract to produce a Low Cost UAV Swarming Technology, or LOCUST, Innovative Naval Prototype.
The deal, announced by the Navy Tuesday, comes under a $29 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the LOCUST Innovative Naval Prototype.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 25, 2020.
LOCUST can launc ... more |
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