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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 Blue Origin, a privately funded aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has said it will start sending tourists on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle early this year, even though it has not determined the ticket prices yet. "We are aiming to fly people early in 2019, but let's be very clear - we have also said this before - only when we are ready ... We are so focused right now on testing New Shepard through and through," Ariane Cornell, the head of astronaut strategy and sales at Bl ... read more |
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World-first chameleon satellite leaving native British shoresParis (ESA) Jan 10, 2019 The last component of British-built chameleon satellite, Eutelsat Quantum, is getting ready to leave home for good. The final piece of equipment is part of the new SSTL platform; the chassis t ... more 
Russian space chief says US shutdown delayed NASA visitMoscow (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Russia's space agency chief on Wednesday said his trip to the US was postponed by NASA due to the government agency falling "victim" to the ongoing shutdown, rather than a diplomatic snub. ... more 
NASA fell victim to Trump-Congress Feud says RogozinMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 NASA became the victim of the confrontation between US President Donald Trump and US Congress, Dmitry Rogozin the director general of Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Wednesday on NASA's decisio ... more 
Star Trek style translators step closer to reality at gadget showLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 Once confined to the realms of science fiction, near real-time translation devices that whisper discretely into your ear during a conversation are finally coming of age thanks to leaps in AI and cloud computing. ... more |
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Eating your veggies, even in spaceOslo, Norway (SPX) Jan 07, 2019 Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago. In 2021, beans a ... more  
In space, the US sees a rival in ChinaWashington (AFP) Jan 6, 2019 During the Cold War, US eyes were riveted on the Soviet Union's rockets and satellites. But in recent years, it has been China's space programs that have most worried US strategists. ... more  
Navy test-fires low-cost, hypersonic-speed projectilesWashington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer. ... more  
GPS-denied navigation on small unmanned helicoptersMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Drone usage is expected to soar over the next several years. As legal regulations evolve, many industries will embrace drones for a multitude of tasks from infrastructure inspections to commercial f ... more  
Military help UK police respond to Heathrow drone threatLondon (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Small-satellite launch service revenues to pass $69B by 2030
Shutdown keeps US experts away from scientific conferencesWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 This week, the American Astronomical Society is meeting in Seattle, but no one from NASA is attending. ... more  |
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General Dynamics to upgrade 174 more Abrams tanksWashington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 General Dynamics announced the $714 million order for upgrades to 174 additional U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks. ... more 
45 OG Det 3 prepares for human spaceflight returnCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 When space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011, emotions were high. A history book, penned by NASA, spanning 30-years of manned space shuttles was ... more  
How game theory can bring humans and robots closer togetherSussex UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 Researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a saf ... more  
Hughes to supply BGAN terminals for Space and Naval Warfare Systems CenterGermantown MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Hughes Network Systems reports that the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic ordered over 200 of the Hughes 9211 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals. P ... more 
The high cost of space missionsBethesda MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 Space exploitation and exploration are expensive. For example, the transportation cost for each lemon sent to the International Space Station (ISS) may cost over $2,000. Such lemons and other food s ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have invented a new type of anti-counterfeiting device that can be useful for counterfeit deterrence of important documents such as identity cards, passports and banknotes.
Calling it "holographic colour prints", the research team led by Associate Professor Joel Yang demonstrated an optical device that appears as a r ... more |
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 Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
GetSAT, an innovator in lightweight satellite communication terminals for ground, airborne, and maritime applications, reports it has been awarded, in partnership with a division of Honeywell, a multi-million dollar contract by a U.S. Government agency for Command, Control, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications in support of missions during dire and emerg ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Drone usage is expected to soar over the next several years. As legal regulations evolve, many industries will embrace drones for a multitude of tasks from infrastructure inspections to commercial fishing and beyond. And despite the potential for enormous growth, this revolutionary technology has an Achilles heel that is rarely mentioned- it is fully dependent on Global Navigation Satellite Syst ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 
The first F-35 flight test led by a woman was completed in mid-December, the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday.
Maj. Rachael Winiecki, a developmental test pilot with the 461st Flight Test Squadron, who has served past deployments in Southwest Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Pacific, completed the flight test of an F-35 Lightning II at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
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 Berne, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
The building blocks of most observable matters are electrons and nuclei. Following the laws of quantum mechanics, their behavior can be described in terms of their wave function, sort of a diffuse cloud that is related to the probability of observing them in a given point and time. By solving the Schrodinger equation, it is possible to make models and predictions of any material, including water ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries.
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
A pilot program to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had died from lead poisoning according to a study published this week. The study authors concluded that a two-year effort to introduce safer mining practices was effective at preventing deaths and reducing lead poisoning in highly exposed villa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2019 
During the Cold War, US eyes were riveted on the Soviet Union's rockets and satellites. But in recent years, it has been China's space programs that have most worried US strategists.
China, whose space effort is run by the People's Liberation Army, today launches more rockets into space than any other country - 39 last year, compared to 31 by the United States, 20 by Russia and eight by Eur ... 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 04, 2019 
This holiday season, scientists at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory - have wrapped a box of a different kind. Using a one-step chemical synthesis method, they engineered hollow metallic nanosized boxes with cube-shaped pores at the corners and demonstrated how these "nanowrappers" can be ... more |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 7, 2019 
The robot breadmaker came to Las Vegas this week, aiming to bring some freshness to a sector that may be ready for disruption.
Wilkinson Baking Company unveiled its BreadBot at the Consumer Electronics Show, a machine that mixes and bakes up to 235 loaves a day.
Chief executive Randall Wilkinson said the device can lower costs and produce fresher breads than are available in most America ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 
Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the military had been sent to Europe's busiest airport at the request of police.
It follows a similar deployment at Gatwick Airport just three weeks ago after multi ... more |
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