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  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks. NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 7:44 a.m. EDT (5:44 p.m. in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkaz ... read more |
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NASA, UAE Space Agency sign arrangement for cooperation in human spaceflightBremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 NASA and the UAE Space Agency (UAESA) signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) Monday, Oct. 1, that outlines cooperation across a range of areas related to space exploration and human spaceflight. Th ... more 
First UAE Astronaut to Fly to ISS for 11-Day Mission on April 5, 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2018 The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5, 2019, and will return to Earth on April 16, 2019, the ISS launch schedule, share ... more 
NASA skeptical on sabotage theory after mystery ISS leakWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2018 NASA expressed doubts Wednesday over a theory floated in Russia that a tiny hole that caused an air leak on the International Space Station was the result of sabotage. ... more 
Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigationSaint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Scientists from ITMO University developed a laser for precise measurement of the distance between the Moon and Earth. Short pulse duration and high power of this laser help to reduce error in determ ... more |
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SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018 Elon Musk, the co-owner and CEO of the US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, has been using dumping on the space launch market in order to crowd out Russia, head of Russia's State Space Corporation Rosc ... more
ISS astronauts return to Earth amid US-Russia tensionsAstana, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth on Thursday wrapping up a six-month mission at the International Space Station as tensions between Washington and Moscow threaten a rare area of cooperation. ... more  
Raytheon receives contract for new AEGIS radarsWashington (UPI) Oct 2, 2018 Raytheon has received a $22.7 million contract for engineering, travel costs and other services for AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar production. ... more 
A decade of commercial space travel - what's next?Columbia SC (The Conversation) Oct 01, 2018 In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something disruptive comes along - a new technology, business model or service design. The space industry has recen ... more  
China launches Centispace-1-s1 satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday. This is the second commercial launch by the ... more |
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 Europe's Ariane 5 rocket blasts off for 100th time 
Nucleus completes successful first launchKirkenes, Norway (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 On Thursday 27 September Nammo successfully completed the first launch of Nucleus, a sounding rocket powered by its new hybrid rocket motor. Nucleus launched at 14:16: local time from Andoya S ... more  |
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Jeff Bezos space project lands big rocket partnershipSan Francisco (AFP) Sept 27, 2018 Jeff Bezos backed Blue Origin space exploration project on Thursday landed a major deal to provide engines for a next-generation rocket being built by a major US launch services contractor. ... more  
Lockheed awarded $1.4B for first GPS IIIF satellitesWashington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018 Lockheed Martin has received a contract for the first two GPS IIIF satellites, Space Vehicles 11 and 12, which are follow-ons to the initial 10-satellites of the new GPS III constellation. ... more  
Taiwan, Bahrain contract Lockheed for sniper targeting podsWashington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 Lockheed Martin has received an order for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods in two foreign military sales for Bahrain and Taiwan. ... more  
Marines send F-35B on first combat strikeWashington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018 The Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II has conducted its first combat strike, a ground clearance operation to support Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan. ... more
US F-35 fighters fly first ever combat mission; F-35 crashes for the first timeWashington (AFP) Sept 27, 2018 American F-35 stealth fighters have been used in a combat operation for the first time, officials said, marking a major milestone for the most expensive plane in history. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2018 
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have appointed a board to investigate an instrument anomaly aboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 17 weather satellite currently in orbit.
During postlaunch testing of the satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument, it was discovered that the instrument's infrared detectors cannot b ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Oct 01, 2018 
In his remarks during this year's Air Force Association's Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harber, Maryland, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein explained the importance of Multi-Domain Command and Control in executing the nation's next fight.
In this fight, Goldfein said, the Air Force must master MDC2 to empower commanders to dominate the air, space, and cyber dom ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has received a contract for the first two GPS IIIF satellites, Space Vehicles 11 and 12, which are follow-ons to the initial 10-satellites of the new GPS III constellation.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defese, provides for engineering, space vehicle test bed and simulators, and production of GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12. It also includes op ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2018  American F-35 stealth fighters have been used in a combat operation for the first time, officials said, marking a major milestone for the most expensive plane in history.
Thursday's mission took place against Taliban targets in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, when the F-35s flew from the USS Essex amphibious assault ship.
The planes deployed were the F-35B variant, used by the Marine Co ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
An international team of scientists led by the University of Groningen's Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials has identified a way to create quantum bits that emit photons that describe their state at wavelengths close to those used by telecom providers.
These qubits are based on silicon carbide in which molybdenum impurities create color centers. The results were published in the jour ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
NASA has launched a pilot program to evaluate how Earth science data from commercial small-satellite constellations could supplement observations from the agency's fleet of orbiting Earth science missions. On Sept. 28, the agency awarded sole-source contracts to acquire test data sets from three private sector organizations.
NASA's Earth Science Division in Washington issued blanket purcha ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
Microplastics have been found deep in the sand on beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs.
University of Exeter scientists found an average of 5,300 particles of plastic per cubic metre at depths of 60cm (2ft) on beaches in Cyprus used by green turtles and loggerheads.
At the surface, up to 130,000 fragments of plastic were found per cubic metre - the second-worst level ever recorde ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2018 
Raytheon has received a $22.7 million contract for engineering, travel costs and other services for AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar production.
The AMDR is being developed for air defense requirements of several classes of ships. The suite includes a S-Band and X-band radar and a Radar Suite Controller. AMDR is capable of long range conventional radar, exoatmospheric detection, t ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 
Russia has sent S-300 air defence systems to the Syrian military, its defence minister said Tuesday, in line with new security measures after a Russian military plane was mistakenly shot down by Syria's Soviet-era missile.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Russian security council that the military on Monday "finished the deliveries of S-300 systems" including a total o ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization[1], opens up an unexplored area of chemistry that could lead to the development of advanced functional materials.
Multimetallic clusters - typically composed of three or more metals - are garnering attention as they exh ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 
Regulatory agencies tasked with protecting environmental and public health are regularly understaffed and underfunded, but new research suggests machine learning could help officials more effectively monitor potential violators.
The Environmental Protection Agency and partnering state agencies are responsible for monitoring the regulatory compliance of 300,000 facilities. Regulators, ho ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 
General Atomics has received a $441.6 million contract for technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Work locations and funding for the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be based on each order, with an estimated completion date of September 2023.
The Gray Eagle is a derivative of the Predator unmanned aerial drone designed ... more |
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