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  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018 mployees of Russia's Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), a rocket and spacecraft scientific center at the Roscosmos space corporation, are main suspects in the high treason case, a source familiar with the investigation told Sputnik. "Most searches are carried out at the TsNIIMash. A number of employees of the enterprise and their offices are being searched by investigators and security agencies," the source said. According to the sources, TsNIIMash Head Dmitry Paison ... read more |
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Team Powers On AA-2 Orion Module, Preps for Flight Test SimulationHouston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 The team of engineers outfitting the Orion test article for Ascent Abort-2 have had a busy summer. Since the arrival of the empty capsule in March, the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston has ou ... more 
Latest Blue Origin Launch Tests Technologies of Interest to Space ExplorationEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 On July 18, 2018, at 8:35 am PDT, Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from the company's West Texas launch site with five NASA-supported technologies onboard. For each of these ... more  
China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicleBeijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018 China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of s ... more  
Lockheed receives contract for THAAD field supportWashington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is to receive a $164 million contract modification for continued support of deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems. ... more |
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Why Ku-band HTS is superior for AISRMcLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-th ... more  
Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV dronesWashington (UPI) Jul 18, 2018 The U.S. Army plans to use Raytheon's Coyote unmanned aircraft and the KRFS radar against enemy drones on the battlefield, the company said this week. ... more 
Pentagon Requests Funds for First Offensive Hypersonic WeaponsMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018 The Pentagon comptroller has asked the US Congress to shift money from lower-priority defense programs to the US Air Force's first offensive "hypersonic conventional strike" weapon, according to a T ... more  
Army researchers suggest uncertainty may be key in battlefield decision makingAdelphi MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 Army researchers have discovered that being initially uncertain when faced with making critical mission-related decisions based on various forms of information may lead to better overall results in ... more 
'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State DevelopmentNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018 Currently, non-government agencies, organizations and individuals are not allowed to launch drones for civilian purposes in India. The proposed policy that would pave way for drone operations also r ... more |
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 Arianespace's Ariane 5 launch for the Galileo constellation and Europe 
Seeking 72-hour Space Environment Forecasts with Updates on the HourWashington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 Models for providing hourly terrestrial weather forecasts anywhere in the world have become increasingly precise-our smartphones buzz or chirp with local alerts of approaching thunderstorms, heavy s ... more  |
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PRSS-1 Satellite in Good ConditionJiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday. The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remot ... more 
2018 end to be busy for ISRO with several rocket launchesNew Delhi (IANS) Jul 23, 2018 The Indian space agency will have a busy year-end with several rocket launches planned from its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top official. The GSAT-11 satellite, which ... more 
Hot firing proves solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-CKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 23, 2018 The latest hot firing of the P120C solid-propellant motor at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana proves its flight-worthiness for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020. This marks ... more  
Taiwan's Apache fleet goes into service amid China tensionsTaoyuan, Taiwan (AFP) July 17, 2018 Taiwan on Tuesday put into service its fleet of US-made Apache attack helicopters, upgrading its defences against a growing military threat from China. ... more 
U.K. to stick with Eurofighter development in air combat strategyWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 The U.K. has confirmed its commitment to the continued development of the Eurofighter program in accordance with its new Combat Air Strategy. ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 
A classic laboratory investigation is being conducted aboard the International Space Station to better understand gravity's impact on nanotube growth in chemical gardens. Here on Earth, colorful crystal chemical gardens are often used to teach students about phenomena like hydrothermal vents and chemical reactions. Although completely inorganic, these gardens resemble plants and are influenced i ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations. These satellites are able to provide far more throughput than existing wideband satellites, with increases in throughput of up to 400 percent.
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 16, 2018 
Europe's next Galileo satellites have been put in place on top of the Ariane 5 launcher due to lift them from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday 25 July.
The launcher - appearing headless in the absence of its final payload - was moved from the BIL Launcher Integration Building, where it was assembled, to the BAF Final Assembly Building, ready for the Galileo satellit ... more |
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 Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
NASA and France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, signed a research agreement Wednesday that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world.
NASA and ONERA agreed to collaborate on research predicting where sonic booms ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
Australian scientists have achieved a new milestone in their approach to creating a quantum computer chip in silicon, demonstrating the ability to tune the control frequency of a qubit by engineering its atomic configuration. The work has been published in Science Advances.
A team of researchers from the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) at U ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 20, 2018 
A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4 billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, represent the oldest measurement of atmospheric oxygen isotopes by nearly a billion years. The resul ... more |
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 Nicosia (AFP) July 10, 2018 
Across the Mediterranean, from an illegally-built hotel in a Spanish nature park to a holiday complex encroaching on Lebanon's salt flats, a tourism boom is threatening precious coastal ecosystems.
With 46,000 kilometres (29,000 miles) of coastline spread across 21 countries, the Mediterranean hosts over a quarter of global tourism - but that comes at a cost to the planet.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018 
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday.
Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of satellites. Most satellites function for years after entering orbit, but eventually, they have to end their missions and burn up into the atmosphere due to fuel exhaustion.
The vehicle is being d ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is to receive a $164 million contract modification for continued support of deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems.
The modification, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, increases the total value of the program $561 million to $725 million.
Under the new deal, Lockheed will continue to provide logistics, in the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2018  The State Department has approved the possible sale of AIM-120 C7 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to Denmark under a foreign military sale.
Denmark has requested a purchase of 28 of the missiles and one spare guidance section. The potential contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, includes spare parts, testing equipment and technical support. The estimated cost of the progra ... more |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jul 17, 2018 
The struggle to keep drinks cold during the summer is a lesson in classical phase transitions. To study phase transitions, apply heat to a substance and watch how its properties change. Add heat to water and at the so-called "critical point," watch as it transforms into a gas (steam). Remove heat from water and watch it turn into a solid (ice).
Now, imagine that you've cooled everything do ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018 
The ambitious FEDOR project has received a number of upgrades in recent years, with plans to make the robots self-learning and even to use them to create colonies on the moon and fly solo space missions in the early 2020s.
A source in the Russian space and rocketry industry has told Sputnik that a team of two FEDOR (Russian acronym Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robots m ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018 
Currently, non-government agencies, organizations and individuals are not allowed to launch drones for civilian purposes in India. The proposed policy that would pave way for drone operations also restricts the use of fully autonomous UAS.
With India set to soon begin operating drones for civilian purposes, the country's top bureaucrat has asked manufacturers to gear up for huge demand tha ... more |
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