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  Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (SPX) Dec 16, 2018 A series of new CubeSats now are in space, conducting a variety of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations, following launch Sunday of Rocket Lab's first mission for NASA under a Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contract. An Electron rocket lifted off at 1:33 a.m. EST (7:33 p.m. NZDT) from the company's launch complex on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, marking the first time CubeSats have launched for NASA on a rocket designed specifically for small payloads. "With th ... read more |
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A method to monitor indoor crop health no matter what planet you're onWashington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2018 As the world urbanizes and technologies such as LED grow lights bring down costs, indoor farming is becoming an increasingly important part of the food supply. Eventually, indoor farming techniques ... more 
ALBus hopes to increase power availability for CubeSatsCleveland OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2018 A new CubeSat, launched Sunday, December 16, will test high power electric systems and the use of unique shape memory alloy (SMA) components for the first time. Completely designed and led by ... more 
Russian Progress freighter to fly to ISS under short scheme for second timeMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 17, 2018 The Russian Progress MS-11 cargo spacecraft will for the second time fly to the International Space Station (ISS) under the three-hour scheme, circling Earth twice, in March 2019, a source in the ae ... more  
Static test qualifies crew safety launch abort motor for flight in cold conditionsPromontory UT (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 Northrop Grumman along with NASA and Lockheed Martin performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promont ... more |
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Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space in historic flightWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2018 Virgin Galactic made history Thursday by flying to the edge of Earth's atmosphere, taking its boldest step yet in space tourism. ... more 
Four NASA-sponsored experiments set to launch on Virgin Galactic spacecraftEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2018 A winged spacecraft will soon take off with four NASA-supported technology experiments onboard. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will separate from the WhiteKnightTwo twin-fuselage carrier aircraft an ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 probe enters lunar orbitBeijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2018 China's Chang'e-4 probe decelerated and entered the lunar orbit Wednesday, completing a vital step on its way to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the China National Spac ... more  
Taming turbulence to make complex simulations a breezeMadison WI (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 For scientists wrestling with problems as diverse as containing superhot plasma in a fusion reactor, improving the accuracy of weather forecasts, or probing the unexplained dynamics of a distant gal ... more 
Developing new materials for the fusion reactorTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 In the future fusion reactor, plasma is confined by using the magnetic field inside the doughnut-shaped vacuum vessel. The blanket is in a location where it almost touches the plasma, and as if to e ... more |
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 Pentagon conducts latest successful test of US-Japan interceptor 
Kleos Space dual-lists on Frankfurt Stock ExchangeLuxembourg (SPX) Dec 13, 2018 Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.A., state-of-the-art space technology operator, is pleased to announce the dual-listing of the company's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange trading with the ticker ... more  |
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General Atomics receives $40 million for Gray Eagle drone servicesWashington (UPI) Dec 14, 2018 General Atomics has been awarded $40 million by the U.S. Army for services on the Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle. ... more  
Bulgarian PM favours US F-16 fighters to replace ageing fleetSofia (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Bulgarian premier Boyko Borisov on Friday said he favoured the purchase of US F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing fleet of Soviet-designed MiG-29s. ... more 
Indian court backs Modi over French jet dealNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 India's top court dismissed Friday calls for an investigation into a French military jet deal that was threatening to damage Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of elections next year. ... more 
Boeing tapped for Kuwait Super Hornet fighter workWashington (UPI) Dec 14, 2018 Boeing has been awarded $92.4 million for work on F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter planes for the Kuwaiti government. ... more 
Dutch to boost defence spending for more F-35 jetsThe Hague (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 The Netherlands pledged Friday to boost its defence spending in the coming year to buy more F-35 fighter jets and strengthen its special forces and cyber capabilities, officials said. ... more |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) Dec 13, 2018 
The record-setting SpaceX rocket launch yesterday carried a Vanderbilt space radiation experiment aboard CubeSat Fox-1Cliff. Actually, it's a spare.
The original payload is aboard CubeSat AO-85 , launched in 2015 and still in low-Earth orbit. After deployment, Fox1-Cliff received its official designation, AO-95. A third Vanderbilt payload has been up one year this month on AO-91, and there ... more |
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 Peterson AFB, Colo. (AFNS) Dec 14, 2018 
The Air Force Space Command commander assumed responsibility for procurement of commercial satellite communications services for the Department of Defense from the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency December 12. The move is in accordance with Section 1601(a) of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
This transfer means AFSPC will oversee procurement of nea ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force's first GPS III satellite has been encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 satellite-delivery vehicle.
The GPS III Space Vehicle 01 has undergone pre-launch processing, fueling and other services in Titusville, Fla. The GPS III SV01 was loaded in its launch cartridge in anticipation of its coming la ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2018 
Boeing has been awarded $92.4 million for work on F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter planes for the Kuwaiti government.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, includes logistics for 22 F/A-18E and 6 F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft under Foreign Military Sales. The work is expected to be completed in December 2020.
The F/A-18 series of multirole fighters is capable ... more |
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 Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
The development of spintronics depends on materials that guarantee control over the flow of magnetically polarized currents. However, it is hard to talk about control when the details of heat transport through the interfaces between materials are unknown. This "thermal" gap in our material knowledge has just been filled thanks to the Polish-German team of physicists, who for the first time descr ... more |
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 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 
The vast Amazon forest may be hard to penetrate, posing a problem for authorities trying to stop illegal logging - but there are still eyes in the sky keeping track of the destruction.
For three decades, a group of researchers have been monitoring forest clearing, agriculture and land use thanks to satellites orbiting the Earth and beaming images to Brazil's National Institute for Space Res ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 15, 2018 
Faced with images of turtles smothered by plastic bags, beaches carpeted with garbage and islands of trash floating in the oceans, environmentalists say the world is waking up to the need to tackle plastic pollution at the source.
Stories on social media of giant seas of floating waste or a beached whale found in Indonesia with six kilos (13 pounds) of plastic in its stomach are bringing pla ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2018 
China's Chang'e-4 probe decelerated and entered the lunar orbit Wednesday, completing a vital step on its way to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.
After flying about 110 hours from earth, an engine on the probe was ignited when it was 129 km above the surface of the moon, in line with instructions sent fr ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
The US military on Tuesday successfully conducted a test of a new ballistic-missile interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan.
The launch marks the second successful test in less than two months for the SM-3 Block IIA missile and its associated technologies, which had previously experienced failures.
According to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), sailors at the Aegis As ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018 
The Army has awarded Raytheon Lockheed Martin Javelin JV $12 million for engineering services on the Javelin anti-tank missile.
The work is expected to be completed by Oct. 2019 and falls under Army 2018 procurement funds. Redstone arsenal is the contracting authority.
The FGM-148 Javelin is a man-portable anti-tank missile used by the U.S. and many allied countries. The missile ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
Thanks in part to their distinct electronic, optical and chemical properties, nanomaterials are utilized in an array of diverse applications from chemical production to medicine and light-emitting devices.
But when introducing another metal in their structure, also known as "doping," researchers are unsure which position the metal will occupy and how it will affect the overall stability of ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
New "classification models" sense how well humans trust intelligent machines they collaborate with, a step toward improving the quality of interactions and teamwork.
The long-term goal of the overall field of research is to design intelligent machines capable of changing their behavior to enhance human trust in them. The new models were developed in research led by assistant professor Neer ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018 
Drones can be used to explore environs too difficult and dangerous for humans to navigate, like a burned out building or the rubble of a collapsed bridge. But often, entrances to and passageways through these environments are quite small - holes and cracks measuring just a few inches wide.
Engineers at the University of Zurich have developed a foldable drone that can shrink itself to f ... more |
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