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  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 NASA and commercial industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are making significant advances in preparing to launch astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011. As part of the Commercial Crew Program's public-private partnership, both companies are fine-tuning their designs, integrating hardware, and testing their crew spacecraft and rockets to prepare for test flights Here's a look at the milestones so far in 2018: b>Crew and International Space Sta ... read more |
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Cygnus concludes 9th Cargo Supply Mission to Space StationDulles VA (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its "S.S. J.R. Thompson" Cygnus spacecraft successfully completed its ninth cargo supply mission to the International Space Station under NASA ... more  
First SLS Core Stage flight hardware complete, ready for joiningHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 The first major piece of core stage hardware for NASA's Space Launch System rocket has been assembled and is ready to be joined with other hardware for Exploration Mission-1, the first integrated fl ... more 
NASA Selects US Firms to Provide Commercial Suborbital Flight ServicesEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected four companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms that carry payloads near the boundary of space. ... more  
Japan to spend $4.2 bn over 30 years on missile defence system radarTokyo (AFP) July 30, 2018 Japan said Monday it would spend some $4.2 billion over the next 30 years on installing and operating US radar systems to protect itself against North Korean missile threats. ... more |
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NASA to Name Astronauts Assigned to First Boeing, SpaceX FlightsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2018 NASA will announce on Friday, Aug. 3, the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, and begin a new era in American spac ... more  
Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in ArgentinaMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2018 China is expanding its presence in Latin America filling the gap left by the US, Argentinian foreign studies analyst Gustavo Cardozo told Sputnik. Besides solidifying its positions on the continent, ... more  
First Apache, Chinook helicopters for India take first flightsWashington (UPI) Jul 30, 2018 Boeing and India recently completed the first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters scheduled for delivery next year to the Indian Air Force. ... more 
NASA certifies Russia's RD-180 rocket engines for manned flightsMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 31, 2018 NASA and the US Air Force have certified Russia's RD-180 engines for Atlas V carrier rockets to used for manned spaceflights by US astronauts, Igor Arbuzov, director general of Russia's major rocket ... more 
Crewed Missions Beyond LEOBethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2018 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that f ... more |
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 China launches new twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites 
Lockheed receives contract for LANTIRN targeting and navigation podsWashington (UPI) Jul 27, 2018 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems out of Orlando FL has received a $99.9 million contract for Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night, or LANTIRN, LM-STAR production and support. ... more  |
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BAE receives contract for airborne electronic warfare jammersWashington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 BAE Systems Information and Electronics has received a $23 million order against a previous order for the CV-4334/ALE-55 electronic frequency converter. ... more  
US Army selects Lockheed Martin as integrated systems developer for autonomous convoy programDallas TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2018 Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) as the Integrated Systems Developer for its Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) pro ... more  
Saudi-led coalition says destroyed Yemen rebel missile launch sitesRiyadh (AFP) July 29, 2018 A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia said Sunday it had destroyed sites used by Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen to launch missiles at the kingdom. ... more 
UN panel finds further evidence of Iran link to Yemen missilesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) July 30, 2018 Yemen's Huthi rebels are still arming themselves with ballistic missiles and drones that "show characteristics similar" to Iranian-made weapons, a report by a UN panel of experts has found. ... more  
Nanosatellite mission control station launched in South AustraliaAdelaide, Australia (The Lead) Jul 30, 2018 Fleet Space Technologies has opened a commercial tracking station to track and transmit data from nanosatellites in the Internet of Things global network. The ground station, opened today at P ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
A US judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, in a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement President Donald Trump's administration had reached with the company releasing the digital documents.
Eight states and the District of Columbia, which houses the capital Washington, had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, calling its ... 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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 Xichang, China (XNA) Jul 31, 2018 
China on Sunday sent twin satellites into space via a single carrier rocket, entering a period with unprecedentedly intensive launches of BeiDou satellites.
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 9:48 a.m., the 281st mission of the Long March rocket series.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2018 
Boeing and India recently completed the first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters scheduled for delivery next year to the Indian Air Force.
India is purchasing 22 AH-64E Apache attack and 15 CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters from Boeing, with the announcement of the first flights of each a major step forward, the company said.
The acquisition is part of India's efforts t ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 
Watch a movie backwards and you'll likely get confused - but a quantum computer wouldn't. That's the conclusion of researcher Mile Gu at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University and collaborators.
In research published 18 July in Physical Review X, the international team show that a quantum computer is less in th ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project.
The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11 am Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket.
The satellite can be used ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) July 27, 2018  Organisers have been forced to scrap the swimming leg of the Hamburg Ironman this Sunday due to high levels of algae in the city's Alster river caused by the current heatwave.
The condition of the water has been deemed "potentially harmful to health", so the swimming has been replaced by a six-kilometre (3.7mile) run.
"In order to protect all athletes, there will be a 6km run instead of ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2018 
China is expanding its presence in Latin America filling the gap left by the US, Argentinian foreign studies analyst Gustavo Cardozo told Sputnik. Besides solidifying its positions on the continent, China is seeking to become a major space power, according to the analyst.
China's space base in Argentina's Patagonia is making Washington feel unease amid Beijing's consistent expansion in Lat ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 30, 2018 
Japan said Monday it would spend some $4.2 billion over the next 30 years on installing and operating US radar systems to protect itself against North Korean missile threats.
The move, announced by Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera, is the latest step by Tokyo to upgrade its military. Japan says the North's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles pose a direct threat.
US firm Lockheed Mar ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) July 30, 2018  Yemen's Huthi rebels are still arming themselves with ballistic missiles and drones that "show characteristics similar" to Iranian-made weapons, a report by a UN panel of experts has found.
In a confidential report to the Security Council, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Monday, the panel said it "continues to believe" that short-range ballistic missiles and other weaponry were transferre ... more |
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 Moscow (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 
Scientists from Higher school of economics and the Federal Scientific Research Centre 'Crystallography and Photonics' have synthesized multi-layered nanowires in order to study their magnetoresistance properties.
Improving this effect will allow scientists to increase the accuracy of indicators of various measuring instruments, such as compasses and radiation monitors. The results of the s ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2018 
Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) as the Integrated Systems Developer for its Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) program.
In this role, Lockheed Martin will lead a three-year effort to develop, integrate and test unmanned prototype systems for supporting leader/follower convoy activities within an asymmetric ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 26, 2018 
In recent years, robotics experts have taken a page from the traditional Japanese practice of origami and come up with light and flexible - and highly innovative - robots and drones. Two types of origami-inspired structures have emerged: rigid structures that have a certain weight-bearing capacity but that break if that capacity is exceeded, and flexible yet resilient structures that cannot carr ... more |
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