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  Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth. The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition. The model represented the living and working space of the Tiangong - or "Heavenly Palace" - which will also h ... read more |
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Fregat Upper Stage Separates From Soyuz Carrier Bringing Satellite to OrbitMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 06, 2018 Fregat upper stage rocket carrying Glonass-M satellite has separated normally from the third stage of the Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Friday nig ... more  
'Dust up' on International Space Station hints at sources of structurePortland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 Imagine looking under your couch and instead of finding fluffy dust bunnies, you see the dust is arranged in straight lines - you might wonder what caused this order. Scientists are experiencing tha ... more  
New quantum criticality discovered in superconductivityAmes IA (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 Using solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) techniques, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory discovered a new quantum criticality in a superconducting material, lea ... more 
Russia plans to carry out 17 space launches in 2018Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018 Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos will carry out 17 space launches in 2018 and over 35 launches in 2019, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik. "If this year we have only 17 laun ... more |
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China launches BeiDou-3 navigation satellite into highest orbit yetXichang (XNA) Nov 05, 2018 China's home-grown global satellite navigation system came a step closer to completion Thursday with the launch of another BeiDou-3 satellite at 11:57 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ... more 
Small rockets are taking offNew York (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 In mid-November, a company called Rocket Lab will try to send six small satellites into orbit around Earth - a fairly banal undertaking, save for the size of the launch rocket. ... more 
Soyuz launch failed due to assembly problem: RussiaKorolyov, Russia (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 Russia said on Thursday the launch of a Soyuz rocket failed last month because of a sensor that was damaged during assembly at the Baikonur cosmodrome but insisted that the spacecraft remains reliable. ... more
Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operationsHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed the launch window for the upcoming 'It's Business Time' mission. The nine-day launch window will open from 11 to 19 November (NZDT), with daily la ... more 
Russia plans first manned launch to ISS Dec 3 after accidentMoscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2018 Russia hopes to launch three crew for the International Space Station on December 3, the first manned blast-off since an accident this month, the Roscosmos space agency said Wednesday. ... more |
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 NASA conducts a 'BOO-tiful' RS-25 engine test 
All RS-25 flight controllers delivered for first four flights of NASA's SLS rocketStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently took delivery of the remaining flight controllers that serve as the brains of the RS-25 engines. All flight controllers for the first four flights of the Space Launch Sys ... more  |
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General Atomics awarded $10.7M for MQ-9 Reaper drone workWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is receiving a $10.7 million contract for weather tolerance work on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. ... more  
BAE to receive $45.9M for Mk 41 Vertical Launch System engineeringWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $45.9 million for mechanical design and engineering services for the MK41 Vertical Launch System aboard two classes of vessel for the United States, as well as allied navies. ... more  
British army lifts restriction on Commonwealth recruitsLondon (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 Citizens of Commonwealth countries will be able to join the British armed forces even if they do not live in Britain, the government said on Monday as it struggles to fill vacancies. ... more  
Lockheed awarded $180.4M for F-35 Block 4 software developmentWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin $130.4 million for the second phase of the F-35 Lightning II Block 4 pre-modernization program. ... more 
M/V Bernard Fisher contracted for prepositioning of Air Force suppliesWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 Sealift has been tapped by the U.S. Navy for a $8.9 million contract modification for transportation and preposition of cargo for use by the U.S. Air force. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
Phase transitions are common occurrences that dramatically change the properties of a material, the most familiar being the solid-liquid-gas transition in water. Each phase corresponds to a new arrangement of the atoms within the material, which dictate the properties of the substance.
While these arrangements can be easily studied in each phase individually, it is significantly harder to ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Joint Quantum Institute have created a pristine quantum light source that has the potential to lead to more secure communications and enhanced sensing capabilities for Soldiers.
ARL's Dr. Elizabeth Goldschmidt and JQI's Dr. Sunil Mittal and Prof. Mohammad Hafezi discuss this research in their paper titled "A topological source of qua ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Nov 05, 2018 
China's home-grown global satellite navigation system came a step closer to completion Thursday with the launch of another BeiDou-3 satellite at 11:57 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in the southwestern Sichuan Province.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 41st of the BeiDou navigation system, and will work with 16 other Beidou-3 satellites already in orbit ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
Boeing has received a $14.5 million award from the U.S. Air Force to repair Aircraft Maintenance Debrief Systems for F-15s flown by the Royal Saudi Air Force.
The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, time-and-material contract, announced Thursday by the Defense Department, will call for Boeing to provide trained personnel to use and maintain AMDS equipment at six locations throughout ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 
China challenged the United States Friday to show evidence to support charges that Beijing backed a scheme by Chinese and Taiwanese companies to steal trade secrets from a US-based semiconductor firm.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the companies on Thursday of stealing an estimated $8.75 billion worth of know-how from semiconductor giant Micron.
The Justice Department unveiled ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
In the world of web mapping, the process of gathering data and making it visible on the Internet comes at great cost, along with lots of time consuming procedures and potential mistakes. For consumers, opening their favorite map app on their smartphone is convenient and easy, yet the complexity of delivering a dependable and accurate map is often underappreciated.
In order to maintain the ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his doctors wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air.
Smog is blamed for the deaths of more than one million Indians every year and Delhi - which on Monday had emergency pollution levels more than 35 times the World Health Organization safe limit - has the worst air ... more |
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 Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018  China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $45.9 million for mechanical design and engineering services for the MK41 Vertical Launch System aboard two classes of vessel for the United States, as well as allied navies.
The services to be provided under the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, include mechanical, cable and missile canister equipment alongsi ... more |
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 Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Scientists from ITMO University and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed a new microwave antenna that creates a uniform magnetic field in large volume.
It is capable for uniform and coherent addressing of the electronic spins of an ensemble of nanodiamond structure defects. This can be used to create super-sensitive magnetic field detectors of a new genera ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Expectations for artificial intelligences are very real and very high. An analysis in Forbes projects revenues from A.I. will skyrocket from $1.62 billion in 2018 to $31.2 billion in 2025. The report also included a survey revealing 84 percent of enterprises believe investing in A.I. will lead to competitive advantages.
"It is exciting to see the tremendous successes and progress made in r ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is receiving a $10.7 million contract for weather tolerance work on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle.
The MQ-9 SkyGuardian, more generally known as the Reaper, is a development of the legacy MQ-1 Predator designed to be larger and able to carry bigger payloads of sensors and heavier weapons.
It is designed primarily for attack missions ... more |
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