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  Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 Many new companies have entered the commercial aerospace industry in China, supported by the government. Most of the CEOs come from government aerospace agencies or national scientific institutions. These companies still have a long way to go to catch up with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The aerospace industry used to be a battleground for superpowers. Space agencies were all sponsored by governments. However, commercial upstarts have joined the competition since the beginning of this century. Now, c ... read more |
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Russian investigators identify responsible for failed Soyuz launchMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 Members of Roscosmos commission and investigators have identified those who could be responsible in the damage to one of the sensing devices on board the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket, which could have le ... more 
Rocket Lab selects Wallops Flight Facility for US launch siteWallops Island VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has today confirmed it will build its first US launch pad for the Electron rocket at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA. The site will be Rocket La ... more  
Installing life support the hands-free wayParis (ESA) Oct 19, 2018 Last week saw the installation of ESA's next-generation life-support system on the International Space Station. The new facility recycles carbon dioxide in the air into water that can then be conver ... more 
US astronaut Hague 'amazed' by Russian rescue team's work after Soyuz failureMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 NASA astronaut Nick Hague told NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine that he was impressed by the teamwork of the rescue crew that helped him and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to get out of the res ... more |
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Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there's a robot for thatTokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house. ... more  
3D-printed lithium-ion batteriesWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Until now, manufacturers have had to design their devices around the si ... more 
Plant hormone makes space farming a possibilityZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it possible, plant biologists from the Uni ... more  
Russian Scientists Start Research on Impact of Zero-Gravity on HumansMoscow (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 engag ... more 
EU to be able to use Ariane 6 carrier rockets for manned space flightsParis (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 |
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Space Launch System Intertank completes functional testingNew 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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NanoRacks welcomes first Chief Operating OfficerHouston, 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  
Scientists want to blast holes in clouds with laser to boost satellite communicationWashington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 To improve the efficiency and security of long-range information transmission, scientists want to phase out radio communication satellites and introduce laser-powered technology. ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne powers 4th AEHF-4 to orbital positionCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion continues to support the Air Force's protected communications satellite network, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, with the successful launch of the ... more 
Roscosmos plans to restart Soyuz launches from late NovemberMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 18, 2018 On October 11, the crew of the Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan due to an accident that took place two minutes after the craft's launch from the Baikonur cosmodr ... more  
LGS awarded contract to test special ops unmanned vehiclesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 LGS Innovations was awarded a contract on Wednesday from the U.S. Navy to perform services on unmanned vehicles used by it and the Special Operations Command. ... more |
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 Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
Orbit Logic reports NASA has selected the company's STK Scheduler software for the Restore-L technology demonstration mission. During its mission, the Restore-L spacecraft will demonstrate the technologies required to rendezvous with, grasp, refuel and relocate a government-owned satellite.
Restore-L chose an Orbit Logic solution because STK Scheduler's timing and event constraint checking ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 
The fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communication satellite, built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched at 12:15 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket. Lockheed Martin confirmed signal acquisition at 3:47 a.m. ET.
The AEHF system provides global, survivable, highly secure and p ... more |
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 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.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2018 
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $100 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop, demonstrate and transition advanced propulsion technologies.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, comes under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to cover phase one of the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program.
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 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 |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
DigitalGlobe reports that NASA awarded the company a sole-source contract for high-resolution commercial electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery valued at up to $7 million. NASA-funded researchers will use this data to advance the agency's science and application development goals to understand and explore Earth, improve lives, and safeguard our future.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 
Japan said Thursday it was facing a growing sea of plastic waste with limited capacity to process it after China stopped accepting foreign waste imports.
The environment ministry said about a quarter of major regional and municipal governments surveyed reported seeing accumulating plastic waste, sometimes going beyond sanitary standards.
The costs of processing waste plastic were rising, ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 
Many new companies have entered the commercial aerospace industry in China, supported by the government. Most of the CEOs come from government aerospace agencies or national scientific institutions. These companies still have a long way to go to catch up with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The aerospace industry used to be a battleground for superpowers. Space agencies were all sponsored by governmen ... more |
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 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 |
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 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.
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 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 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 
Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house.
Introducing CarriRo, a delivery robot shaped a bit like a toy London bus with bright, friendly "eyes" on its front that can zip around the streets delivering packages at 6km/h (4 miles per hour).
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 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 |
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