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  Beijing (AFP) Jan 03, 2019 A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower. The Chang'e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called "dark side" of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on Earth, state broadcaster CCTV said. Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon. ... read more |
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Russian Soyuz Vehicles to Carry Out Record-Long Missions to ISS in 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 03, 2019 The duration of the longest mission to the ISS to date is 215 days, according to a source in the aerospace industry. The Russian manned Soyuz spacecraft will perform record-long missions to th ... more  
Russia continues work on plasma engine for superfast space travelMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 03, 2019 Scientists from Russia and around the world see plasma rocket technology as a crucial possible ingredient for speedy missions to Mars and beyond. Physicists from the Budker Institute of Nuclea ... more  
Insitu gets defense contract for Blackjack unmanned aircraftWashington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018 Insitu has won a $12 million contract for spare and sustainment parts for the Blackjack unmanned aircraft system, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Raytheon gets $434 million contract to modify AIM-9X Sidewinder missilesWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Raytheon Missile Systems received a $434 million contract for tactical missile modifications, the Defense Department announced. ... more |
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China's first private rocket production base begins operationHangzhou (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 China's first private carrier rocket production base has started operation in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, according to the Beijing-based rocket maker LandSpace. The company told Xi ... more  
China's BeiDou officially goes globalBeijing (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 China on Thursday announced that the primary system of BeiDou-3 has been established and started to provide global services, meaning its home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) officiall ... more 
2018's privatized space race reached for asteroids, MarsWashington (UPI) Dec 26, 2018 It was a big year for space flight and exploration, as private companies kicked a 21st century space race into full gear. SpaceX launched 21 missions as others watched new vessels undergo testing and some escaped the Earth's atmosphere for the first time. ... more 
What You Need to Know About Russia's Vostochny CosmodromeVostochny (Sputnik) Dec 28, 2018 The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with two Russian and 26 foreign satellites lifted off from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East on Thursday, which became the fourth launch from the cosmodrome. ... more 
Number of World's Space Launches in 2018 Exceeds 100, Space Industry Source SaysMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2018 In 2018, the number of space launches carried out throughout the world surpassed 100 for the first time since 1990, a source in the Russian rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday, addin ... more |
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 Russian Soyuz-2 1a Rocket With Satellites Blasts Off From Vostochny Cosmodrome 
Clearing the air for deep space travelTempe AZ (SPX) Dec 31, 2018 Matthew D. Green, an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, wants to help space travelers breathe easier. Astronau ... more  |
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South Africa announces successful launch of Africa's most advanced nanosatelliteCape Town (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 Africa's most advanced nanosatellite, developed by South Africa, was successfully launched on Thursday, the South African Department of Science and Technology said. "[Today] marks another hist ... more 
Russia touts hypersonic missile speedMoscow (AFP) Dec 27, 2018 Russia touted Thursday a new hypersonic missile said to hit speeds of more than 30,000 kilometres per hour, amid heightened tension with the US over arms control. ... more  
Eyeing China, US to hold missile drill in Japan's Okinawa: reportTokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2019 The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China. ... more  
Pinnacle Systems tapped by Air Force for KC-10 training systemsWashington (UPI) Jan 2, 2019 Pinnacle Solutions Inc. was awarded a modification to exercise the fourth year on a previous contract to service KC-10 training systems, the Defense Department announced this week. ... more 
Two Soyuz launches with UK satellites planned for 1st Quarter of 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2019 Two launches of Russian carrier rockets Soyuz-ST with UK satellites are planned to be held at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in the first quarter of 2019, a source in the aerospace industry t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2019 
Researchers have developed a new metamaterial with a robust acoustic structure. The novel material transports sound along its edges and concentrates it at its corners.
Material scientists at the City University of New York and at the City College of New York designed the metamaterial with the help of a mathematical field called topology. Topology is the study of objects unaffected by co ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 
On December 12, DARPA held the second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - the world's first collaborative machine-intelligence competition to overcome spectrum scarcity. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial and defense landscapes gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 
China on Thursday announced that the primary system of BeiDou-3 has been established and started to provide global services, meaning its home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) officially went global.
The BDS has been performing well in the Asia-Pacific region and it goes global with cutting-edge technology and high-quality service.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $366 million contract for construction of five military planes, the U.S. Defense Department announced.
The contract is for modifications to a previously awarded contract to the company, based in Amarillo, Texas. It will provide for the construction of three CMV-22B planes to the U.S. Navy and two MV-22B variations to the U.S. Marine Corps. ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 
Quantum computing and quantum information processing technology have attracted attention in recently emerging fields. Among many important and fundamental issues in nowadays science, solving Schroedinger Equation (SE) of atoms and molecules is one of the ultimate goals in chemistry, physics and their related fields. SE is "First Principle" of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, whose solutions t ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Jan 01, 2019 
China successfully sent six atmospheric environment research satellites and a test communication satellite into orbit Saturday.
They were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:00 p.m.
The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and cond ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
A new survey shows 10 times more trash ends up on the shores of Texas than any other state along the Gulf of Mexico.
Over the last two years, scientists at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve have been documenting debris along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
The research, published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, revealed ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 03, 2019  A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower. The Chang'e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called "dark side" of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on Earth, state broadcaster CCTV said. Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon. ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2019 
The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China.
The US military has told its Japanese counterpart it plans to deploy surface-to-ship missiles in the strategically important Okinawa this year for the first such drill by Japan's key ally, th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Raytheon Missile Systems received a $434 million contract for tactical missile modifications, the Defense Department announced.
The contract covers 766 AIM-9X Block II and Block II Plus missiles, known as Sidewinders, as well as guidance units, optical target containers and training missiles. Forty-four percent of the modifications to missiles and equipment were ordered by the U.S. Navy ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a major challenge for commercialization. Many fuel cells require expensive platinum-based catalysts - substances that initiate and speed up chemical reactions - to help convert renewable fuels into electrical energy. To make hydrogen fuel cells commerci ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes - without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. To achieve this, researchers from EMBL, CRG and Bristol Robotics Laboratory introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics. Science Robotics publishes the results on 19 December.
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018 
Insitu has won a $12 million contract for spare and sustainment parts for the Blackjack unmanned aircraft system, the Defense Department announced.
The company, a division of Boeing headquartered in Bergen, Wash., was awarded $12,167,690 for firm-fixed-price delivery against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for parts to maintain the Naval Supply Systems Command's RQ-21A Blac ... more |
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