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  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 NASA's Commercial Crew Program and SpaceX are finalizing plans for launch day operations as they prepare for the company's first flight test with astronauts on board. The teams are working toward a crew test flight to the International Space Station, known as Demo-2, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in April 2019. In preparation for this test flight, SpaceX and NASA will continue to complete and review the important analyses and tests leading to launch. A key question the program a ... read more |
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Russia to Stop Transporting US Astronauts to ISS in April 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 03, 2018 Russia's contractual obligations to the United States to transport US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) will expire in April 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said. "T ... more 
How an LWO and his team guided a Minotaur IV rocket out of the labyrinthCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 What does a rocket never before launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, unfavorable weather conditions and a launch pad with a dry spell of over 15 years have in common? A seven-man weather ... more  
Touchdown! NASA's Football Stadium-sized Scientific Balloon Takes FlightWallops Island VA (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 NASA successfully launched a football stadium-sized scientific balloon, dubbed the "Big 60," on Friday, Aug. 17, from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, for the first time in more than 15 years. A second test ... more 
NASA competition aims to convert carbon dioxide on Mars into useful productsHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 When astronauts begin exploring Mars, they'll need to use local resources, freeing up launch cargo space for other mission-critical supplies. Carbon dioxide is one resource readily abundant within t ... more |
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For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA trainingWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday. ... more  
Navy taps Boeing for MQ-25 refueling droneWashington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 Boeing has received a ceiling price $805 million contract to provide the design, development, construction, testing and support of four MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker drones. ... more 
Raytheon receives contract for MQ-4 Trition sensor systemsWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 Raytheon has received a $9.4 million for order for engineering support of the Triton multi-spectral targeting system on the Navy MQ-4C's Triton drone. ... more  
Turkey rushes to buy advanced Russia air defence systemIstanbul (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey will buy some of Russia's highly-sophisticated air defence systems "in the shortest time" - a purchase that has alarmed Ankara's NATO partners. ... more 
Leidos contracted for Saturn Arch counter-IED surveillance aircraftWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 Leidos has received a $26.8 million contract modification for the Saturn Arch Quick Reaction Capability Aircraft. ... more |
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 India readies baby rockets to tap small satellites' market  
Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to GalileoLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 UK industry will benefit from a Pounds 92 million injection to design a national alternative to the EU's Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit. The money has been allocated fr ... more  |
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Raytheon tapped for Sea Sparrow missile spare partsWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $25.1 million for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block I life-of-type-buy and assembly-level spares. ... more 
UK plans own satellite system after Galileo exclusionLondon (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK government announced Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit. ... more 
Air Force awards contract to M1 for T-38 maintenanceWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $23.4 million contract modification to M1 Support Services for maintenance on T-38 training aircraft. ... more 
Air Force, Army conduct joint personnel, supply drop exerciseWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 Airmen and soldiers strengthened their parachute drop skill sets last week in a joint mission known as Exercise Predictable Iron at Pope Field, N.C. ... more 
Boeing receives contract for F-15 Eagle targeting podsWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Boeing has received a $208.3 million contract for F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track pods. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Researchers have developed a compact imaging system that can measure the shape and light-reflection properties of objects with high speed and accuracy. This 5D hyperspectral imaging system - so-called because it captures multiple wavelengths of light plus spatial coordinates as a function of time - could benefit a variety of applications including optical-based sorting of products and identifyin ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2018 
One of the US Defense Department's top research agencies has been testing a new communication network that one researcher described as "basically fiber optic communications without the fiber."
In early 2017, the DoD awarded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) $45 million to develop a system of sensors and hardware that would enable soldiers to communicate even if the enem ... more |
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 London (AFP) Aug 29, 2018  Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK government announced Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit. At the same time, London said it was continuing to negotiate with the European Union about remaining in the Galileo programme. Britain will invest 92 million pounds ($119 million, 102 million euros), ... more |
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 Wallops Island VA (SPX) Sep 03, 2018  NASA successfully launched a football stadium-sized scientific balloon, dubbed the "Big 60," on Friday, Aug. 17, from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, for the first time in more than 15 years. A second test flight was conducted Aug. 25.
The 60-million-cubic-foot balloon floated to a record-breaking sustainable altitude of 159,000 feet on Aug. 17, allowing the payload and three ride-along experimen ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
A collaboration between scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main has computationally predicted a number of unique properties in a group of iron-based superconductors, including room-temperature super-elasticity.
Ames Laboratory produced samples of one of these iron arsenide materials with ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
As the Sept. 15 launch date for NASA's new ice-monitoring satellite approaches, University at Buffalo scientists are among many worldwide who are counting down the days.
They're excited, but nervous, too. That's what happens when your future research is reliant on equipment that's going to be hurled, atop a flaming rocket, into the harsh environs of outer space. Or when - as in the case of ... more |
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 Mina , Saudi Arabia (AFP) Aug 23, 2018 
Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia.
The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels - black for organic waste and blue for cans and plastics for recycling.
It's all part of an initiative to reduce ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2018 
According to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement, the new missile interceptor has reliably confirmed its performance specifications and successfully accomplished the set task by destroying a simulated target with a required accuracy.
"An air and missile defense unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces has carried out another successful test of a new interceptor missile at the Sary Shagan ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 
Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $25.1 million for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block I life-of-type-buy and assembly-level spares.
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Andover, Mass., Tucson, Ariz., San Jose, Calif., and other locations in the United States and allied nations.
Navy fiscal 2018 weapons p ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey.
In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control t ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2018  The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face.
Just under 60 centimetres (two feet) high, the autonomous robot named Keeko has been a hit in several kindergartens, telling stories and challenging children with logic problems.
Round and white with a tubby body, the arm ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 
Boeing has received a ceiling price $805 million contract to provide the design, development, construction, testing and support of four MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker drones.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Quebec, Canada, Palm Bay, Fla., as well as other locations inside ... more |
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