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  Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 As the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-IIB rocket carries NASA's Life Sciences Glovebox toward its berth on the International Space Station, hardware specialists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and their partners around the world are eager to initiate new, high-value biological research in Earth orbit. The JAXA H-IIB rocket, hauling the state-of-the-art microgravity research facility and other cargo via the H-II Transport Vehicle-7 (HTV-7), successfully lifted ... read more |
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Russia's RSC Energia Ready to Offer Tourists Moon FlightsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) is ready to offer tickets for a lunar tour aboard the Soyuz spacecraft; they will cost between $150 million and $180 million each, a sourc ... more 
US-Russia space cooperation needs continued insulation from politicsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 The United States will work with Russia to maintain cooperation in space programs and keep joint exploration efforts separate from terrestrial tensions between Washington and Moscow, NASA Administra ... more 
Russia May Help India to Launch Country's First Manned Space MissionNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 Russia and India can conclude an agreement on the exchange of experience and interaction in preparation for the launch of the first Indian manned space mission, Indian media reported on Sunday. ... more  
Self-flying glider 'learns' to soar like a birdParis (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 Scientists have created a self-flying glider that uses machine learning to navigate rising air currents, in an experiment that could help our understanding of how birds migrate. ... more |
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NASA balloon mission captures electric blue cloudsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds ... more  
Lockheed Martin embraces agile software development to evolve signals intelligence capabilitiesNational Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 Working with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin has used agile development to evolve the signals intelligence capabilities for the Distributed Common Ground System, the Air Force's intelligence, surveil ... more  
Russian scientists send FEDOR robot to Roscosmos for launchMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2018 The demonstration model of Russia's humanoid robot FEDOR will be transferred to the Roscosmos state space corporation, which plans to send it into space on the new Federation spacecraft, Russia's Fo ... more  
China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellitesXichang (XNA) Sep 21, 2018 China on Wednesday evening successfully sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket. The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite L ... more 
First satellite for GPS III upgrades to launch in DecemberWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2018 Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force are preparing to launch the first of their constellation of advanced GPS III satellites in December, expected to be the most precise, reliable version of the system yet. ... more |
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L-3 EOtech receives contract for small arms holographic sightsWashington (UPI) Sep 21, 2018 L-3 Communications EOTech has received a $23.6 million contract for Miniature Aiming System Day Optics close quarter combat sights and clip-on magnifiers for U.S. Special Operations Command. ... more  |
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Oshkosh receives contract for HMMWV partsWashington (UPI) Sep 24, 2018 Oshkosh Defense has received a $35.3 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle parts. ... more 
Harris contracted for B-52, C-130 parts for U.S. Special Ops ForcesWashington (UPI) Sep 24, 2018 Harris Corp. has been awarded $255.4 million contract for B-52 and C-130 Special Operation Forces aircraft parts. ... more 
Sikorsky nears completion on HH-60W helicopter trainersWashington (UPI) Sep 18, 2018 Sikorsky announced Tuesday the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Weapons System and Operational Flight Trainers are being assembled for delivered to the U.S. Air Force. ... more 
Sikorsky contracted for CH-53K King Stallion sparesWashington (UPI) Sep 21, 2018 Sikorsky Aircraft has received a $58.4 million order for the procurement of 866 spare parts for the repair and maintenance of CH-53K Lot 2 production. ... more 
DynCorp contracted for training aircraft support for NavyWashington (UPI) Sep 19, 2018 DynCorp International of Fort Worth, Texas, has received a $173.2 million for a modification to an existing contract for T-34, T-44 and T-6 training aircraft support. ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Origami and high-performance textiles are transforming architecture plans for smart human habitats and research stations on the Moon and Mars. Initial field tests of the MoonMars project's origami prototype have been presented at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 in Berlin by Dr. Anna Sitnikova.
MoonMars is a collaboration between the International Lunar Exploration Worki ... more |
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 National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
Working with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin has used agile development to evolve the signals intelligence capabilities for the Distributed Common Ground System, the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. The AF DCGS produces actionable intelligence from data collected by sensors on manned and unmanned ISR platforms.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2018 
Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water on southeast Texas in late August 2017, making it the wettest recorded hurricane in U.S. history. But after the storm passed, where did all that water go?
In a new, NASA-led study, scientists used Global Positioning System (GPS) data to answer that question and to track not just where Harvey's stormwater ended up on land, but a ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds - PMCs.
A recent NASA long-duration balloon mission observed these clouds over the course of five days at their home in the mesosphere. The resulting photos, which scientists have just begun to ... more |
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 Hong Kong (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
A research team comprising members from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Harvard University and renowned information technologies laboratory has successfully fabricated a tiny on-chip lithium niobate modulator, an essential component for the optoelectronic industry. The modulator is smaller, more efficient with faster data transmission and costs less. The technology is set to revolutionise ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Thunderstorms can generate various forms of transient luminous events, such as red sprites, gigantic jets, and blue jets, through the charge transfer involved in the lightning forged inside thunderclouds.
Based on the Lightning Effects Research Platform (LERP), a research team from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the location results for the ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Sept 20, 2018  Coca-Cola, Walmart and other big multinationals pledged on Thursday to help reduce plastic pollution in the world's oceans in support of a campaign by five of the G7 industrialized nations.
Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, along with the European Union, signed the Ocean Plastics Charter at a leaders' summit in Canada's Charlevoix region in June.
The United States and Japan ab ... 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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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance. The satellite is healthy and sending data to the Mission Control Station, operated by the 460th Space Wing located at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado.
SBIRS GEO-3 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch All ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2018 
Lebanon's Hezbollah said Thursday it had acquired "precision missiles" despite extensive efforts by neighbour and foe Israel to prevent the Shiite movement developing this capability.
"It has been done. The resistance now owns precision missiles" as part of its weaponry, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address during the key Shiite commemoration of Ashura.
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 Providence RI (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Researchers from Brown University have assembled complex macroscale superstructures from pyramid-shaped nanoparticle building blocks. The research, described in the journal Nature, demonstrates a promising new way to bring the useful properties of nanoparticles to macroscale materials and devices.
"There's been a lot of research in making superstructures from spherical nanoparticles, but m ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2018 
The demonstration model of Russia's humanoid robot FEDOR will be transferred to the Roscosmos state space corporation, which plans to send it into space on the new Federation spacecraft, Russia's Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) said Wednesday.
"The board of trustees decided to transfer scientific and technical products created within the framework of the fund's projects for their fu ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 
Scientists have created a self-flying glider that uses machine learning to navigate rising air currents, in an experiment that could help our understanding of how birds migrate.
Soaring birds ride warm air passages known as thermals to fly and gain height without needing to flap their wings, although no one knows exactly how they do it.
To gain insight into what cues birds instinctively ... more |
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