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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 06, 2018 The special commission formed by the Russian Energia Rocket and Space Corporation believes that the hole in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS was made during the spacecraft's construction in the city of Korlyov, not at the Baikonur spacecraft or in the space, sources in the space and rocket industry told Sputnik. Last week, Roscosmos Space Corporation head Dmitry Rogozin said an air leak and subsequent drop in pressure occurred at the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station ... read more |
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Airbus-built ACLS Life Support Rack is ready for launch from TanegashimaFriedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Sep 06, 2018 Airbus is sending a new Life Support Rack to the International Space Station (ISS). The rack also known as Advanced Closed Loop System (ACLS) has been developed by Airbus for the European Space Agen ... more 
Bahrain in talks with Russia to send astronauts into spaceDoha (Sputnik) Sep 06, 2018 The Bahrain Space Science Agency (NSSA) is engaged in talks with Russia on sending its astronauts to space, but no specific agreements have been reached yet, the Russian embassy in Manama told Sputn ... more  
Alaska Aerospace To Host Open House And Town Hall Meeting In KodiakKodiak, AK (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 Alaska Aerospace is hosting an Open House at the Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (PSCA) on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm to celebrate twenty years of launch activities. T ... more  
If military robot falls, it can get itself upAberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meanin ... more |
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Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrationsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers from Penn State's Materials Research Institute and the ... more 
NASA, SpaceX Agree on Plans for Crew Launch Day OperationsWashington 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 ... more 
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 |
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Space station reports 'leak', crew not in dangerMoscow (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 The International Space Station crew on Thursday was repairing a small "leak" most likely caused by a collision with a small meteorite, the head of the Russian space agency said, adding the incident presented no danger. ... more  |
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Twenty-six wounded as Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missileRiyadh (AFP) Sept 6, 2018 Saudi Arabia shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels on Wednesday, with shrapnel leaving 26 people wounded, a Riyadh-led coalition fighting the insurgents said. ... more 
State Department approves Patriot missile sale to the NetherlandsWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2018 The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to the Netherlands of four Patriot surface-to-air missile Fire Units about $105 million. ... more  
3D printed impeller allows unmanned aircraft to operate for thousands of hours without need for repairsSan Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 Southwest Research Institute engineers are developing a cooled, radial gas turbine for a small generator that provides thousands of hours of electricity to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a signif ... more 
Boeing to develop refueling drones for PentagonWashington (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 The Pentagon announced Thursday it had awarded US aerospace giant Boeing an $805 million contract to develop the first unmanned refueling drones for the United States Navy. ... more  
Japan 'confirms first Fukushima worker death from radiation'Tokyo (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 Japan has announced for the first time that a worker at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has died after being exposed to radiation, Japanese media reported. ... more |
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 Hamilton, Canada (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
A small, black box developed in a McMaster University lab could change the way scientists search for new antibiotics.
The Printed Fluorescence Imaging Box - or PFIbox, for short - is capable of collecting massive amounts of data that will help researchers in the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research in their quest to discover new antibiotics.
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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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 Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Sep 05, 2018 
The quantum computers of the future will be able to perform computations that cannot be done on today's computers. These may likely include the ability to crack the encryption that is currently used for secure electronic transactions, as well as the means to efficiently solve unwieldy problems in which the number of possible solutions increases exponentially.
Research in the quantum optics ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 06, 2018 
Following the launch of Aeolus on 22 August, this extraordinary satellite's instrument has been turned on and is now emitting pulses of ultraviolet light from its laser, which is fundamental to measuring Earth's wind. And, this remarkable mission has also already returned a tantalising glimpse of the data it will provide.
Lofted into space on a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 6, 2018 
On a blazing hot Tokyo summer day, children squeal with delight as they splash about on a sandy beach, with the skyline of the world's biggest city shimmering behind them.
The scene may seem unremarkable but it was unthinkable until recently when local activists decided to clean up the polluted water at city beaches, hoping to leave a legacy from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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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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 Riyadh (AFP) Sept 6, 2018 
Saudi Arabia shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels on Wednesday, with shrapnel leaving 26 people wounded, a Riyadh-led coalition fighting the insurgents said.
Two children were among the wounded from the missile that was intercepted over the southern Saudi city of Najran, said a coalition statement published by the Saudi state media.
The Iran-backed Huthis have in r ... more |
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 Istanbul (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.
"Turkey needs S-400s and its deal has been done," Erdogan said in the western city of Balikesir. "God willing, we will buy them in the shortest time."
In April, Russian President Vladimir Puti ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic "building blocks" from which stable structures formed.
The findings, reported in Nature Communications, provide insights that may improve design of 2D materials for fast-charging energy-storage and electronic devices.
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 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 
Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meaning future military robots will be less reliant on their Soldier handlers.
Based on feedback from Soldiers at an Army training course, ARL researcher Dr. Chad Kessens began to develop software to ... 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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