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  Paris (ESA) Mar 22, 2019 Test subjects in Cologne, Germany will take to their beds for 60 days from 25 March as part of a groundbreaking study, funded by European Space Agency ESA and US space agency NASA, into how artificial gravity could help astronauts stay healthy in space. Carried out at the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) :envihab facility, the long-term bedrest study is the first of its kind to be conducted in partnership between the two agencies. It is also the first to employ DLR's short-arm centrifuge as a way o ... read more |
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Rocket Crafters pivots with new patents for 3D-printed fuelCocoa FL (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 In the new commercial space age, patents and intellectual property for rocket engines mean everything, as the founders of Florida startup Rocket Crafters Inc. demonstrated recently. The scrapp ... more  
Mitigating the loss of satellite data by using CubeSat remote sensing techBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 Advanced infrared and microwave sounding systems, usually onboard traditional polar-orbiting satellites, provide atmospheric sounding information critical for nowcasting and weather forecasting thro ... more  
The time to apply to space for humanity is now!Denver CO (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 Space for Humanity website is live! This platform has expanded the application process to both video and written applications, features a new astronaut portal and a social impact portal, and a numbe ... more  
Lockheed awarded $506.9M contract for PAC-3 missilesWashington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $506.9 million contract to build the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles. ... more |
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Key Space Launch System Stage Separation Mechanism InstalledHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 NASA and its industry partners continue their steady progress toward launching the nation's newest rocket, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). Engineers and technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ... more  
United Launch Alliance launches WGS-10 satellite for USAFCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ... more 
Lockheed Martin's First Smart Satellites are Tiny with Big MissionsDenver CO (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 Lockheed Martin has announced a new generation of space technology launching this year that will allow satellites to change their missions in orbit. Satellites that launched one, ten or even fifteen ... more  
Frequency Electronics to qualify atomic clocks for potential use on GPS 3F SatellitesMitchel Field NY (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 As a risk reduction effort for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) satellite program, Frequency Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ-FEIM) received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space, valued a ... more  
DARPA taps BAE for autonomous air mission planning softwareWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a new contract for its work on an autonomous air mission planning system for the U.S. military. ... more |
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DARPA Launches Social Media Platform to Accelerate R and DWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was ... more  |
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US space to counter alleged hypersonic weapons threat says ShanahanWashington DC (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2019 The United States will use its new space force military branch to counter the alleged threat of hypersonic weapons systems that are being developed by China and Russia, Acting Defense Secretary Patr ... more 
Civilian deaths mount as US drone strikes in Somalia escalate: AmnestyNairobi (AFP) March 20, 2019 Amnesty International Wednesday accused US forces of killing several civilians in Somalia as they "dramatically increased" the number of air strikes in the volatile country, but the US military denied the deaths. ... more  
Acting Pentagon chief Shanahan investigated over Boeing biasWashington (AFP) March 20, 2019 Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is being investigated by the Pentagon's inspector general for alleged bias in acquisitions toward his former employer, Boeing, the inspector general said Wednesday. ... more 
Brazil leader, wooing Trump, opens base to US rocketsWashington (AFP) March 19, 2019 Brazil's new right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, signed a deal Monday to open a base to US satellite launches as he appealed for warm relations with Donald Trump on a visit to Washington. ... more 
Yemenis score legal win in Germany over US drone strikesBerlin (AFP) March 19, 2019 Germany must ensure that the United States respects international laws when deploying drones over Yemen, a German court ruled Tuesday, in what amounted to a partial victory for three Yemeni plaintiffs. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2019 
Once a traditional satellite is launched into space, its physical hardware and computer software stay mostly immutable for the rest of its existence as it orbits the Earth, even as the technology it serves on the ground continues to change.
Just as some aerospace start-ups are developing technologies to repair, modify or refuel satellites to prolong their lives, some satellite manufacturers ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS satellites.
"We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around th ... more |
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 Mitchel Field NY (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
As a risk reduction effort for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) satellite program, Frequency Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ-FEIM) received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space, valued at $5.9 million, for the qualification of FEI's Digital Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (DRAFS).
The contract's intent is to qualify FEI's DRAFS for potential use on the new GPS IIIF satellite ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2019 
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is being investigated by the Pentagon's inspector general for alleged bias in acquisitions toward his former employer, Boeing, the inspector general said Wednesday.
"We have informed him that we have initiated this investigation," said Dwrena Allen, a spokeswoman for the inspector generals' office.
Investigators are seeking to see if Shanahan, ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Electronics rule our world, but electrons rule our electronics. A research team at The Ohio State University has discovered a way to simplify how electronic devices use those electrons - using a material that can serve dual roles in electronics, where historically multiple materials have been necessary.
"We have essentially found a dual-personality material," said Joseph Heremans, co-autho ... more |
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 Swindon, UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 
Anyone working in the UK public sector can now receive free access to more than a thousand high-resolution satellite images of Britain, the UK Space Agency announced 21 March 2019.
The archive of images and radar data for research and development projects is available to Government departments, emergency services and local authorities as well as industry and academia if their work meets a ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) March 21, 2019 
Walls draped in lush vertical gardens and air filtered through purifiers insulate diners at a swanky New Delhi food court from the choking haze outside in one of the most polluted places on earth.
But these eco-eateries, offering cleaner air as well as modern menus to the well heeled are beyond reach for the poor, who have little means of escaping the deadly smog which coats the city for muc ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $713 million contract to provide a missile system for Poland as the United States considers setting up a major military base in the former Communist nation.
The contract is for the first phase of Poland's Wisla Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, Northrop Gumman said in news releases Wednesday. Patriots are deployed in t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $506.9 million contract to build the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles.
The contract is for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, as well as all technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to produce the Patriot, which is an acronym for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target, the Departme ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
What do pizza slices, sea slugs and one possible design for future soft-bodied robots have in common? They all have frilly surfaces, and new insights about the surprising geometry of frilly surfaces may help a future generation of energy-efficient and extremely flexible soft-body robots move.
The complex folds of a frilly surface like coral reefs or kale leaves is a surface mathematicians ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) March 19, 2019 
Germany must ensure that the United States respects international laws when deploying drones over Yemen, a German court ruled Tuesday, in what amounted to a partial victory for three Yemeni plaintiffs.
The trio had turned to the court after losing close relatives to a drone attack in 2012 in Hadramaut province.
Pointing to the significance of the US airbase in the German town of Ramstein ... more |
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