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  Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2019 The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced Monday that the core module of the country's space station, the Long March-5B carrier rocket and its payloads will be sent to the launch site in the second half of this year, to make preparations for the space station missions. China is scheduled to complete the construction of the space station around 2022. It will be the country's space lab in long-term stable in-orbit operation. The space station will have a core module and exper ... read more |
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Dragon splashdown marks success of first NASA Commercial Crew testCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 NASA passed a major milestone Friday in its goal to restore America's human spaceflight capability when SpaceX's Crew Dragon returned to Earth after a five-day mission docked to the International Sp ... more  
Inspection and encapsulation of Soyuz MS-12 crew spacecraft completeBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 Energia corporation specialists working at the Baikonur launch site continue preparing the integrated launch vehicle with the crew transportation spacecraft (CTS) Soyuz MS-12 for its launch to the I ... more 
NASA's deep space exploration system is coming togetherKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 NASA will soon return humans to the Moon for decades to come, and the system that will transport astronauts from Earth to the Gateway near the Moon is literally coming together. Building on progress ... more 
Ethanol to help fuel Russian space tourism rocketWashington DC (UPI) Mar 11, 2019 Ethyl alcohol, which can be used in a gasoline mix or on its own as vehicle fuel and as a beverage to fuel social events, will now power a rocket for commercial suborbital spaceflight. A compa ... more |
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The science circling above us on the Space StationParis (ESA) Mar 08, 2019 The International Space Station orbits Earth, 400 km above our heads, running scientific experiments that cannot be done anywhere else. Read on for our bi-weekly update on European science in space. ... more  
NASA Captures First Air-to-Air Images of Supersonic Shockwave Interaction in FlightEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 "We never dreamt that it would be this clear, this beautiful." Physical Scientist J.T. Heineck of NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California gets his first glimpse at a set of long-awa ... more  
XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator drone makes maiden flightWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2019 The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator drone completed its inaugural flight this week at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. ... more 
MQ-9 Reaper drone detachment in Poland is fully operationalWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2019 The U.S. Air Force announced this week that a detachment of MQ-9 Reaper drones became fully operational in Poland on Mar. 1. ... more 
US Air Force Secretary to resignWashington (AFP) March 8, 2019 Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Friday she is resigning to return to academia - in the highest level Pentagon departure since Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman nabs $322M for AARGM-ER missile motorsWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2019 Northrop Grumman was awarded a $322.5 million contract for engineering and manufacturing development of new rocket motors for a missile system the Navy uses on several aircraft. ... more  |
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NASA captures unprecedented images of supersonic shockwavesWashington (AFP) March 8, 2019 NASA has captured unprecedented photos of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft, part of its research into developing planes that can fly faster than sound without thunderous "sonic booms". ... more
XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes inaugural flightWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. The Air Force Research Laboratory pa ... more 
X-60A hypersonic flight research vehicle program completes critical design reviewWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division, in partnership with Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc., is developing the X-60A vehicle. It ... more 
Stanford lab wants to make the environment of outer space work for usStanford CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 When explorers venture into the great unknown of outer space, they must bring along everything they need. This adds expense and complexity to an already ambitious endeavor - and limits where spacecr ... more 
Illinois Native Uses Experience On Farm To Build Deep Space RocketHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 Milking cows and baling hay might have more to do with rocket science than you think. Growing up on a working dairy farm in rural Breese, Illinois, NASA engineer Julie Bassler watched planes f ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 
Anyone who skis, wears glasses, uses a camera or drives a car is familiar with the problem: if you come into a humid environment from the cold, your eyewear, camera lens or windshield can quickly fog up.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a new transparent material coating that greatly reduces this effect. Just a few nanometres thick, their durable coating is made of gold nanopar ... more |
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Raytheon was awarded a four-year contract for hardware and support services for a radio system to be used by the U.S. Army for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
The contract includes repair, logistical, engineering and technical support for the Army's AN/ARC-231 Multiple-Mode Aviation Radio Suite, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Raytheon was the only bidder for the sy ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 6, 2019 
Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled an upgrade to its satellite operational navigation systems, which it says repels attempts at jamming.
While most navigation, communication and electronic warfare systems rely on continuous availability of multiple satellites for navigation, the majority of worldwide avionics systems are vulnerable to localized, low-power jamming emitters.
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 
"We never dreamt that it would be this clear, this beautiful." Physical Scientist J.T. Heineck of NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California gets his first glimpse at a set of long-awaited images, and takes a moment to reflect on more than 10 years of technique development - an effort that has led to a milestone for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Physicists from The University of Manchester and The University of Sheffield have discovered that when two atomically thin (two-dimensional) materials like graphene are placed on top of each other like a 'Lego' tower, their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges, paving the way for design of new materials and nano devices.
This happens without the two atomic ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 
Methane is a very special molecule. It is the main component of natural gas and we heat our apartments with it, but when reaching the atmosphere it is a potent greenhouse gas.
It is also central in microbiology: In the absence of oxygen, a special group of microorganisms, the so-called methanogenic archaea, can produce methane. Other microorganisms - archaea living in symbiosis with bacter ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2019 
The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic resistant DNA. These products are often reintroduced to the environment and water supply, potentially resulting in the spread of antibiotic resistance.
As such, researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering have been studying the development of these potentially ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2019 
China's lunar rover has conducted scientific detection on some stones on the far side of the moon, which might help scientists find out whether they are from outer space or native to the moon.
The rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, was sent to the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3 in the Chang'e-4 mission.
Currently, the rover h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 7, 2019 
Raytheon was awarded a $91.1 million contract to supply the U.S. Navy with parts and spares for the Rolling Airframe Missile, which protects ships from planes, helicopters, missiles and small surface vessels.
The contract is for the Block 2 guided missile round pack, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
The Block 2, which was deployed in 2015, is among three RIM-116 config ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) March 9, 2019 
Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning.
He was speaking a day after Washington warned Ankara of "grave consequences" should the deal go ahead.
"It is very clear why Turkey has bought this air defence system, under what conditions it has bought them an ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 
Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter), these tiny, needle-shaped crystalline structures can alter how electricity or light passes through them.
They can emit, concentrate and absorb light and could therefore be used to add optical functionalities to electronic chips. T ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 10, 2019 
A text-generating "bot" nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland for the media giant Tamedia - in just five minutes.
These kinds of artificial intelligence programs - available for nearly a decade - are becoming more widespread as news organizations turn to them to produce stories, personalize news delivery and in s ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced this week that a detachment of MQ-9 Reaper drones became fully operational in Poland on Mar. 1.
New facilities at Miroslawiece Air Base in Poland, where Air National Guardsmen, the Polish Air Force and private contractors operate the unmanned aircraft, were opened with a ceremony.
Although unarmed drones have been involved in intelligence, surveillanc ... more |
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