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  Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 The position of the Earth's magnetic North Pole - used in navigation systems such as smartphones - is moving far faster than it has, sending scientists scrambling to put out a new model this week. The magnetic North is the point at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically down. The World Magnetic Model is critical to sea and military navigation - as well as our ubiquitous smartphones. It normally is updated every five years but the schedule has been pushed forward one year "due ... read more |
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Learning on the Job: Student Rocket Launches From NorwayGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 Before arriving in Andenes, Norway, on Jan. 3, 2019, Alvaro Guerra and Erica Venkatesulu - both juniors at Pennsylvania State University in State College - had never seen the northern lights. Yet in ... more  
Over 10 Liters of Water Leaked From Space Toilet at US Segment at ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 Over 10 liters of water leaked from the toilet at the US segment of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday and had to be collected across the segment by the crew using towels, a source in t ... more 
Arianespace Rejects Russia Offer to Fix Seam Rupture in Fregat BoosterMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 Arianespace has not accepted the offer by the Russian Lavochkin Research and Production Association to "patch up" the rupture in the pipeline that supplies helium to fuel tanks of the Fregat booster ... more 
Spotlight on Space Station scienceCologne, Germany (ESA) Feb 05, 2019 Though all ESA astronauts are back on Earth, European science on the International Space Station is ongoing. Explore a few experiments underway right now in celebration of science at ESA. Ever ... more |
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Seed of moon's first sprout: Chinese scientists' endeavorBeijing (XNA) Feb 05, 2019 An experiment that saw the first-ever plant sprouting on the moon last month was born in a natural disaster that devastated China's cotton-industry almost three decades ago. Li Fuguang was one ... more 
Russia to fly US Astronauts to ISS ahead of scheduleMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 06, 2019 Russia will fulfil a contract on flying the US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and bringing them back on the Russian Soyuz manned spacecraft in December of 2019, a month and a ha ... more 
Arianespace orbits two telecommunications satellites on first Ariane 5 launch of 2019Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 05, 2019 Arianespace has successfully orbited two telecommunications satellites: the Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 condosat for operators KACST and Hellas Sat; and GSAT-31 for the Indian Space ... more  
Hypergiant Galactic Systems launches to advance the space industry with AI-driven technologiesHouston TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 Hypergiant Industries has announced the launch of its Hypergiant Galactic Systems division, with the goal of helping mankind expand its horizon into the next frontier through orbital AI. Hypergiant ... more 
ISRO Set To Launch Communication Satellite GSAT-31 On February 6Bengaluru (IANS) Feb 05, 2019 The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 on Wednesday from the spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite with a mission life of 15 y ... more |
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 The Arch Mission Foundation and SpaceChain Create Orbital Library 
NASA Completes Booster Motor Segments for First Space Launch System FlightPromontory, UT (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 NASA and its industry partners have completed manufacture and checkout of 10 motor segments that will power two of the largest solid propellant boosters ever built. The solid rocket fuel will ... more  |
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The Future of Space Prospecting: Surprising Rocket Fuel UnveiledDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 A prototype spacecraft capable of "hopping" from one asteroid to another effectively transforms water into steam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student-researchers have reported. The sp ... more 
Waystation to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 It seems everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Some want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go someplace ... more 
NOAA releases early update for World Magnetic ModelWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2019 Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information have released an early update for the World Magnetic Model that powers a variety of global navigational systems. ... more  
Last operational F-18 Hornet squadron flies into the sunsetWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2019 During a sundown ceremony, the last operational F/A-18C Hornet squadron took flight over Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., as the military transitions to new jets. ... more 
New photos show russia's first hypersonic space droneMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 Sputnik has obtained an image of the prototype of Russia's reusable single-engine unmanned spacecraft. The second image shows a diagram depicting how the drone will be put into orbit and retur ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
A strategy inspired by the process responsible for muscle growth could lead to the development of stronger, longer-lasting materials.
Hokkaido University researchers have developed a strategy to fabricate materials that become stronger in response to mechanical stress - mimicking skeletal muscle growth. Their findings, published in the journal Science, could pave the way for long-lasting m ... more |
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 Annapolis Junction, MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a Prototype Project Agreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5)valued at $18 million to design, develop and test a cyber/electronic warfare podded system for the "Air Large" component of the U.S. Army's Multi-Function Electronic War ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 
The position of the Earth's magnetic North Pole - used in navigation systems such as smartphones - is moving far faster than it has, sending scientists scrambling to put out a new model this week.
The magnetic North is the point at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically down.
The World Magnetic Model is critical to sea and military navigation - as well as our ubiquitous s ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2019 
During a sundown ceremony, the last operational F/A-18C Hornet squadron took flight over Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., as the military transitions to new jets.
The "Blue Blasters," the lone Hornet squadron that has not transitioned to Boeing's F/A-18E Super Hornet, took flight on Feb. 1, the Navy announced on Monday.
The Navy has flown the Hornet since 1978, in ... more |
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 Groningen, The Netherlands (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
When it comes to realizing low-power electronic devices, spintronics looks promising. Spin is a quantum-mechanical property of electrons that can best be imagined as electrons spinning around their own axis, causing them to behave like small compass needles. A current of electron spins could be used in electronic devices.
However, to generate a suitable spin current, you need a relatively ... more |
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 Athens, Greece (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
Plexscape, developers of Plex.Earth, one of the most popular tools for AutoCAD for the acceleration of architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) projects, and Bird.i, a start-up that combines the latest satellite imagery and artificial intelligence technology to provide valuable business insights, are on a mission to change the way engineering projects are being designed by opening up ac ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 
Climate change is warming the ocean, but it's warming land faster and that's really bad news for air quality all over the world, says a new University of California, Riverside study.
The study, published February 4 in Nature Climate Change, shows that the contrast in warming between the continents and sea, called the land-sea warming contrast, drives an increased concentration of aerosols ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 05, 2019 
An experiment that saw the first-ever plant sprouting on the moon last month was born in a natural disaster that devastated China's cotton-industry almost three decades ago.
Li Fuguang was one of the Chinese agricultural scientists whose years of hard work might one day help lead to a base and long-term human residence on the moon.
He was on the team that developed the cotton seeds c ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 4, 2019 
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. have been awarded separate U.S. Army contracts totaling nearly $45 million for foreign customers of Patriot missile systems.
The Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3, or Patriot PAC-3, are used to defend against incoming threats, including tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and aircraft. The PAC-3 missi ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2019  Iran announced the "successful test" of a new cruise missile with a range of over 1,350 kilometres on Saturday, coinciding with celebrations for the country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
"The test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile was carried out successfully at a range of 1,200 kilometres (840 miles) and accurately hit the set target," Defence Minister Amir Hatami said, quoted on state television ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
A ceramic that becomes more electrically conductive under elastic strain and less conductive under plastic strain could lead to a new generation of sensors embedded into structures like buildings, bridges and aircraft able to monitor their own health.
The electrical disparity fostered by the two types of strain was not obvious until Rice University's Rouzbeh Shahsavari, an assistant profes ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. They describe the system, which includes a motion capture system, soft sensors, a neural network, and a soft robotic finger, in the Jan. 30 issue of Science Robotics.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 
German forces recently began a training course at the Tel Nof airbase in Rehovot, Israel, in an effort to learn the surveillance capabilities of the costly Heron TP unmanned surveillance drone.
The German officials, a pilot and sensor operator, began the eight-week training session in late January, according to the Jerusalem Post, which reported that the drone training is expected to conti ... more |
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