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October 17, 2018
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Russian Scientists Start Research on Impact of Zero-Gravity on Humans



Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 11, 2018
The Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Biomedical Problems has initiated research on the influence of zero-G on the human body during flights to the Moon and back; around 20 people will engage in a two-year study, Elena Tomilovskaya, Head of the Laboratory of Gravitational Physiology of Sensory-Motor Systems, told Sputnik. "The research program is set to last over two years. For a long time, we've been conducting so-called dry immersions, since the seventies, but these were mainly short-ter ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
EU to be able to use Ariane 6 carrier rockets for manned space flights
Paris (Sputnik) Oct 17, 2018
The new EU Ariane 6 carrier rocket will be able to fulfill various tasks including ensuring manned space flights, President of the Ariane Group Alain Charmeau said. "The United States is surpa ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia understands Soyuz incident reasons says Head of Mission
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 16, 2018
Russian experts understand what caused the failure of a Soyuz rocket booster that aborted this Thursday's launch of a manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the mission ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Jeff Bezos to invest more than $1 bn in Blue Origin in 2019
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 15, 2018
The world's richest man, billionaire entrepreneur and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, said Monday that he is planning to boost his annual investment in Blue Origin, the aerospace company he launched in 2000. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Launch System Intertank completes functional testing
New Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
The intertank that will be flown on Exploration Mission-1 as part of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, has completed its avionics functional testing, at the Michoud Assembly Center in New ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoRacks welcomes first Chief Operating Officer
Houston, TX (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
NanoRacks, the market leader for commercial access to low-Earth orbit, is pleased to announce that Stephanie Purgerson has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Purgerson, a Colonel in the ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Escape capsule with Soyuz MS-10 crew hit ground 5 times before stopping
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 17, 2018
The escape capsule with the Soyuz MS-10 crew, which had to return to Earth in a ballistic descent mode as a result of the booster failure, hit the ground five times before stopping, a source in the ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
'Concrete block on your chest': astronauts recount failed space launch
Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2018
Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin on Tuesday said the G-force during last week's emergency landing of the Soyuz spacecraft felt like a concrete block on his chest but he and NASA astronaut Nick Hague are now in "great" health. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian cosmonaut reveals what ISS crew truly fears
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 16, 2018
The cosmonaut also explained that cosmonauts and astronauts alike all hope that everything goes according to plan. Sergei Prokopyev, a Russian cosmonaut currently stationed aboard the Internat ... more
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MIT unveils new $1 bn college for artificial intelligence
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2018
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans Monday to create a new college of artificial intelligence with an initial $1 billion commitment for the program focusing on "responsible and ethical" uses of the technology. ... more
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AEROSPACE
Bye Aerospace targeting on-demand charter services for Sun Flyer 4
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
Bye Aerospace, the developer of the "Sun Flyer 2" and "Sun Flyer 4" family of electric aircraft, is having discussions with on-demand charter services about using its Sun Flyer 4 aircraft to provide ... more
GPS NEWS
China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
Xichang (XNA) Oct 16, 2018
China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province, at 12:23 p.m. Monday. The satellites ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
MASCOT completes first scientific 'stroll' across asteroid Ryugu
Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2018
The German lander MASCOT has completed its first scientific "stroll" across the asteroid Ryugu. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Sky and Space Global (SAS) awarded EU grant, signs 5 agreements with telecom operators
London, UK (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
Sky and Space Global Ltd reports it has reached a significant operational landmark by winning a Research and Development grant from the Polish government and the EU, and also recently signed five ne ... more
UAV NEWS
DARPA seeks proposals for 3rd OFFSET Swarm Sprint, awards 2nd Contracts
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where vertical str ... more


NASA says will use Russia's Soyuz despite rocket failure

ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA continues fall series of RS-25 engine tests
Stennis Space Centre MS (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
The arrival of fall in south Mississippi means billowing clouds of steam exhaust is in the air as NASA continues a series of RS-25 engine tests at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis. A team of ... more
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Russian Space Corp gets telemetry data, video to probe Soyuz failure
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 14, 2018
Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) has received telemetry data as well as materials from the video recorder from the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, Russia's space agency Roscosmos ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Soyuz-FG launch vehicle assembly suspended as part of MS-10 Mission probe
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 15, 2018
All works with the Soyuz-FG booster that has been prepared for the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft have been suspended because it may have the same defects as the Soyuz-FG that failed ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Aborted launch astronauts to go to space next spring: Russia
Moscow (AFP) Oct 12, 2018
Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are likely to go into space in the spring after their flight was suddenly aborted, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
The forgotten age of space
West Lafayette IND (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
In 1990, Michael Smith had been living in Moscow for four months, rooming with a Russian family and conducting research in the city's libraries and archives, when he witnessed the slow collapse of t ... more
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NASA photo shows International Space Station transiting the sun
Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018
The International Space Station orbits the Earth once every 93 minutes. The satellite's orbital path regularly takes ISS across the face of the moon and sun. ... more
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Kleos Space signs MoU with Airbus to collaborate on In-Space manufacturing technology
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.A. has signed a second Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space, as both companies investigate opportunities to collaborate for the manufacture In-Space of structural elements. Kleos Space and parent Magna Parva (UK) have developed an In-Space manufacturing system that will provide a method of producing huge carbon composite 3D structures in ... more
+ Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone for Long Range Discrimination Radar
+ Shareholders in Chile miner file suit over sale to China's Tianqi
+ Blue phosphorus mapped and measured for the first time
+ High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals
+ Light melts matter differently than heat, study shows
+ Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
+ Ultra-light gloves let users 'touch' virtual objects
ESA selects Satconsult to design new approach to scheduling secure satcom resources
Toulouse, France (SPX) Oct 12, 2018
SATConsult, a leading satellite engineering consultancy and member of Euroconsult Group, has been selected by ESA to lead a consortium, composed of RHEA Group, Airbus and Space Hellas, to help develop a secure, independent, and centralized digital platform for Pooling and Sharing (P and S) satellite communication resources. ESA has identified an increasing demand for secure satellite commu ... more
+ Multi-domain command and control is coming
+ Airbus tests 4G 5G stratospheric balloons for defence comms
+ Lockheed Martin embraces agile software development to evolve signals intelligence capabilities
+ Lockheed Martin Introduces Mission Planning System That Connects Systems and Assets Across Domains
+ ViaSat contracted for JTRS aircraft communications systems
+ U.S., India agree on defense communications cooperation pact
+ Marine Corps Embraces High-Throughput Satellites to Complete Military Operations


China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
Xichang (XNA) Oct 16, 2018
China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province, at 12:23 p.m. Monday. The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family. The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. span class=" ... more
+ Army researchers' technique locates robots, soldiers in GPS-challenged areas
+ Boeing to provide technical work on JDAM GPS-guided bombs
+ New Study Tracks Hurricane Harvey Stormwater with GPS
+ Lockheed awarded $1.4B for first GPS IIIF satellites
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
+ First satellite for GPS III upgrades to launch in December
+ AF Announces selection of GPS III follow-on contract
Bye Aerospace targeting on-demand charter services for Sun Flyer 4
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
Bye Aerospace, the developer of the "Sun Flyer 2" and "Sun Flyer 4" family of electric aircraft, is having discussions with on-demand charter services about using its Sun Flyer 4 aircraft to provide on-demand air taxi service. "Given the level of interest in more-efficient and more-affordable short-range air taxi service, we are being contacted by proactive, forward-thinking companies," sa ... more
+ Most F-35s cleared for flight operations after grounding last week
+ Boeing to provide technical services for F/A-18 variants
+ SAFRAN to provide resupply services for KC-135 aerial refueling tankers
+ Pentagon grounds global fleet of F-35s after crash
+ Boeing to upgrade F/A-18, EA-18 test stations for U.S. Navy
+ Italy, Sweden, US bid to sell combat jets to Bulgaria
+ Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Agree To Reduced F-35 Price in New Production Contract
Announcing the discovery of an atomic electronic simulator
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
Targeting applications like neural networks for machine learning, a new discovery out of the University of Alberta and Quantum Silicon Inc. in Edmonton, Canada is paving the way for atomic ultra-efficient electronics, the need for which is increasingly critical in our data-driven society. The key to unlocking untold potential for the greenest electronics? Creating bespoke atomic patterns to in t ... more
+ New memristor boosts accuracy and efficiency for neural networks on an atomic scale
+ Arsenic for electronics
+ New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application
+ Inorganic metal halide perovskite-based photodetectors for optical communication applications
+ The future of electronic devices: Strong and self-healing ion gels
+ Precise electron spin control yields faster memory storage
+ Study demonstrates new mechanism for developing electronic devices


African smoke-cloud connection target of NASA airborne flights
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
Over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, a 2,000-mile-long plume of smoke from African agricultural fires meets a near-permanent cloud bank offshore. Their meeting makes a natural laboratory for studying the interactions between cloud droplets and the tiny airborne smoke particles. This month, NASA's P-3 research aircraft and a team of scientists return on their third deployment to this region as part ... more
+ After two long careers, QuikSCAT rings down the curtain
+ Innovative tool allows continental-scale water, energy, and land system modeling
+ China launches new remote sensing satellites
+ 'Ghost imaging' could make greenhouse gas analysis more precise
+ Sentinel-2 maps Indonesia earthquake
+ High-res data offer most detailed look yet at trawl fishing footprint around the world
+ Monitoring the air pollution in China from geostationary satellites is explored
Delhi braces for pollution with emergency plan
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 15, 2018
Delhi's biggest coal power plant was set to shut down Monday as a new emergency plan to improve air quality in one of the world's most polluted cities came into force, Indian officials said. Under the new strategy, restrictions on construction sites and traffic will be imposed depending on the air quality in the megacity of some 20 million people. When the air is classed as "poor", as it ... more
+ Cambodia's 'Rubbish Man' schools children -- for trash
+ Increase in plastics waste reaching remote South Atlantic islands
+ US cruise ship captain on trial over French pollution charges
+ Microplastics found deep in sand where turtles nest
+ On patrol with India's anti-plastic 'blue squad'
+ Gangsters, militants exploit environment for cash
+ NASA Study Untangles Smoke, Pollution Effects on Clouds


China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
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
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina
+ China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th THAAD Interceptor
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2018
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and outside the atmosphere. The production maturity milestone comes as demand for the company's hit-to-kill missile defense system and interceptors continues to grow. "The Missile Defense Agency, industry and ... more
+ Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for OPIR missile warning system
+ Raytheon receives contract for new AEGIS radars
+ Raytheon receives $1.5B contract for Patriot systems for Poland
+ Pentagon to pull some Patriots from Middle East: US official
+ Lockheed Martin to upgrade AEGIS Combat System for U.S. warships
+ SBIRS GEO-3 achieves operational acceptance
+ Successful Aegis Combat System Test Brings BMD to Japanese Fleet


Lockheed tapped for JASSM production for foreign military sales
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2018
Lockheed Martin has been tapped for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile production, and test vehicles, for foreign military sales customers, though the Department of Defense did not specify what country was buying the missiles. The $390 million deal, comes under a firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-fee contract, announced Friday by the Pentagon. Lockheed will provide 360 l ... more
+ Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria: defence minister
+ Russia, India set to sign S-400 deal; Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria
+ US, Chinese unease as Putin seeks India arms deals
+ Lockheed to provide Hellfire II missiles for the Netherlands, Japan
+ Lockheed contracted by Army for HIMARS launchers, support
+ Raytheon, Lockheed contracted for Javelin missiles for six countries
+ Hezbollah defies Israel, says has 'precision missiles'
Big discoveries about tiny particles
Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles. Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more
+ Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
+ Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
+ Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
+ New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
+ Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water


MIT unveils new $1 bn college for artificial intelligence
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2018
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans Monday to create a new college of artificial intelligence with an initial $1 billion commitment for the program focusing on "responsible and ethical" uses of the technology. The prestigious university said it would add 50 new faculty members and create an interdisciplinary hub for work in computer science, AI, data science, and relate ... more
+ Invention of ionic decision-maker capable of self-learning
+ Sound, vibration recognition boost context-aware computing
+ Teaching machines common sense reasoning
+ No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms
+ Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
+ Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
+ Machine learning could help regulators identify environmental violations


DARPA seeks proposals for 3rd OFFSET Swarm Sprint, awards 2nd Contracts
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where vertical structures, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain communications and mobility. DARPA is soliciting proposals for its third swarm sprint, which will focus on the topics of human-swarm teaming an ... more
+ AeroVironment contracted for Raven drones, spares, training
+ Airbus, Boeing and Uber partner with Amsterdam Drone Week
+ Air Force designates GO1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A
+ General Atomics to provide technical services for Gray Eagle drones
+ Raytheon to deliver small drone decoys to the U.S. Navy
+ Self-flying glider 'learns' to soar like a bird
+ General Atomics contracted for Reaper drone ground control work
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