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  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 14, 2019 NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian colleague Alexey Ovchinin, who survived a dramatically aborted Soyuz launch last year, were due to blast off again to the International Space Station on Thursday. The two men will be joined by US astronaut Christina Koch for lift-off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1914 GMT. The launch will be closely watched after the two men's space journey was cut short in October when a technical problem with their Soyuz rocket triggered a launch a ... read more |
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United Launch Alliance set to launch WGS-10 for US Air ForceCape Canaveral AFC LF (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The launch is planned for March 15 at Space ... more  
SpaceX Dragon 2 pulls off nail-biting landing - here's the rocket scienceLondon, UK (The Conversation ) Mar 15, 2019 A fiery Dragon lit up the sky over the Atlantic before cooling off with a watery splashdown on March 8. The SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule is of enormous significance for spaceflight as it has just become ... more  
Lockheed tapped by Navy for rapid missile technology developmentWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2019 Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded an $84.1 million contract by the U.S. Navy for design and engineering services on four existing missile systems, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Will artificial intelligence be the future of music?Austin (AFP) March 12, 2019 They may never be able to fill a stadium for a rock concert, but computers are making inroads in the music industry, capable of producing songs - and convincingly so - as illustrated at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. ... more |
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How intelligent is artificial intelligence?Singapore (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms such as Deep Learning have become integral parts of our daily lives: they enable digital speech assistants or translation services, impro ... more 
JAXA and Toyota to study joint lunar projectTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have announced an to consider collaborating on international space exploration. As a first step, JAXA and Toyota h ... more 
Alcohol smell on ISS began dissipating after Crew Dragon undockedMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2019 The smell of isopropyl alcohol on the International Space Station (ISS) that appeared after the arrival of US unmanned spacecraft Crew Dragon last week, has started to dissipate since the demo capsu ... more 
ESA greenlight for UK's air-breathing rocket engineSwindon, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 The development programme of the world's first air-breathing rocket engine has taken an additional significant step forward, which will lead to major testing milestones being undertaken within the n ... more 
Russia's New Hypersonic Nuclear WeaponBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 In December 2018, Russia tested a new hypersonic weapon designed to sneak under current U.S. ballistic missile defenses. The Avangard, a winged glider weapon boosted high into the atmosphere by a ba ... more |
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 Boeing nets $250M to integrate new cruise missile onto B-52H  
One step closer to a clock that could replace GPS and GalileoSussex UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock - devices which could reduce our reliance on satellit ... more  |
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NASA chief acknowledges more trouble with SLS rocketWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS - acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind. ... more 
China is overtaking US in artificial intelligence: researchersWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 China is poised to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence with a surge in academic research on the key technology, an analysis published Wednesday showed. ... more  
Air Force receives first AC-130J Ghostrider gunshipWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2019 The U.S. Air Force announced the delivery of its newest gunship on Wednesday as the AC-130J Ghostrider was unveiled at Hurlburt Field, Fla. ... more 
At 3,836 mph, which way does the air flow?Buffalo NY (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 If you've ever been to an air show, or lived near an air force base, you're familiar with sonic booms. These deafening noises are created by aircraft exceeding the speed of sound, roughly 767 ... more 
Australia approved for $240.5M AMRAAM purchaseWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2019 The U.S. State Department approved the sale of air-to-air missiles to Australia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
3D printing has revolutionized the fields of healthcare, biomedical engineering, manufacturing and art design.
Successful applications have come despite the fact that most 3D printing techniques can only produce parts made of one material at a time. More complex applications could be developed if 3D printers could use different materials and create multi-material parts.
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 Cape Canaveral AFC LF (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The launch is planned for March 15 at Space Launch Complex-37 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
"ULA is proud to be the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS missions," said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Comme ... more |
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 Sussex UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock - devices which could reduce our reliance on satellite mapping in the future - using cutting-edge laser beam technology. Their development greatly improves the efficiency of the lancet (which in a traditional clock is responsible for counting), by 80% - ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
The Air Force has resumed receiving KC-46 tankers because it passed an object debris inspection at Boeing's production facility after loose tools and other items were found inside completed airplanes.
On Monday, a new Pegasus flew to Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the U.S. Air Force said in a news release. It was the third KC-46 tanker, a reconfigured 767, delivered to the base.
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 
Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researchers believe that topological qubits, which are tougher and less susceptible to environmental noise than other kinds, may be the best medium for pushing quantum computing forward.
Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researc ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2019 
New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal nitrogen dioxide emission being released into the atmosphere in cities and towns across the globe.
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem that is responsible for millions of people dying prematurely every year. With air quality a serious concern, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite was launched ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) March 14, 2019 
World leaders gathered in Kenya on Thursday to lend political muscle to UN environment talks, calling for "urgent action" to slow the destruction of natural habitats and accelerate funding for green development.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta were among several heads of state in Nairobi for the fourth UN Environment Assembly - a vast gathering of mini ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Saint Petersburg (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Russia said on Tuesday it has stationed its newest S-400 air defence missile systems in the northwestern Leningrad region which includes its second city Saint Petersburg.
"The most modern air defence systems S-400 were put on standby alert in the Leningrad region to protect military, administrative and civilian sites," the defence ministry said.
The S-400 surface-to-air missile is one o ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2019 
Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded an $84.1 million contract by the U.S. Navy for design and engineering services on four existing missile systems, the Defense Department announced.
The contract, awarded to the company's Missile and Fire Control division in Orlando, Fla., was announced on Tuesday. It calls for design and development studies, technology demonstrations and engineering serv ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
The work is described in th ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms such as Deep Learning have become integral parts of our daily lives: they enable digital speech assistants or translation services, improve medical diagnostics and are an indispensable part of future technologies such as autonomous driving. Based on an ever increasing amount of data and powerful novel computer architectures, learning a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
The Air Force's two remotely piloted aircraft - MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper - have jointly reached a historic milestone: more than 4 million flight hours for attack and reconnaissance, and search and rescue.
Air Force officials said Monday in an announcement that the flight hours, and time it took to reach the milestone, "are a testament to the value of the aircraft."
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