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  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Engineers completed two key tests the week of March 18 to help ensure NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready from liftoff to splashdown for missions to the Moon. Teams successfully tested one of the motors on Orion's Launch Abort System responsible for taking the crew to safety in an emergency during launch, and completed testing at sea for the qualification of the system used to upright Orion after it lands in the ocean. At its facility in Elkton, Maryland, Northrop Grumman hot fired a motor for Orion' ... read more |
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Cosmonauts to Do Tests on ISS to Find Source of Metal Shavings in Damaged SoyuzMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 Last August, cosmonauts detected a minor air leak in the orbital module of the ISS-docked Soyuz-MS spacecraft, it was believed to have been caused by a drill, sparking fears that the incident may ha ... more  
First 2019 launch from Vostochny Space Centre slated for 27 JuneMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 The blastoff of the Meteor-M meteorological satellite number 2-2 by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny space center is scheduled to take place in three mont ... more  
Russian Cosmonauts to Experiment With Propeller-Driven Drone on ISS - RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 Russian cosmonauts will carry out an experiment on controlling a drone driven by a propeller on board the International Space Station, Alexander Bloshenko, a science advisor to the Roscosmos's chief ... more  
GITAI signs joint robotic research agreement with JAXATokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 GITAI (Head Office: San Francisco, US; Japanese Branch: Meguro, Tokyo) has signed a joint research agreement with JAXA (the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency). Experiments in using GITAI's ... more |
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NASA scraps all-women spacewalk for lack of well-fitting suitsWashington (AFP) March 26, 2019 The US space agency NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would fit them at the International Space Station. ... more  
Spaceflight Prepares to Send 21 Rideshare Satellites Aboard PSLV C45Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, reports it will launch 21 spacecraft on a rideshare mission from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at India' ... more 
Arizona: Student-Led CatSat Mission Selected for Flight by NASATucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 An inflatable space antenna designed by University of Arizona students is one of 16 small research satellites from 10 states NASA has selected to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard space missions plan ... more  
U.S. Army, Raytheon complete preliminary design review of DeepStrike missileWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 The U.S. Army and Raytheon are moving ahead with the first flights tests of the new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile later this year after successfully completing preliminary design review of the system. ... more  
Russia plans to launch Glonass-M satellite in mid-MayMoscow (XNA) Mar 24, 2019 Russia plans to launch a Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit in mid-May, local media reported Saturday. "The launch of a Glonass-M navigation satellite has been tentatively planned in mi ... more |
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 GPS 3 space vehicle 02 "Magellan" arrives in Florida; prepares for July launch  
U.S. missile defense system intercepts ICBM target in testWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested two interceptors against a dummy intercontinental ballistic missile Monday. ... more  |
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Colombian Air Force tanker refuels U.S. Navy Growlers at Red FlagWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 The Colombian Air Force's tanker refueled the entire fleet of the U.S. Navy's EA-18G Growlers during the air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 in Nevada earlier this month. ... more 
China buys hundreds of Airbus jets: Macron calls for 'strong Euro-China partnership'Paris (AFP) March 25, 2019 China on Monday signed a huge deal to buy 290 Airbus A320 and 10 A350 airliners, the French presidency announced. ... more 
Sikorsky-Boeing's SB-1 "Defiant" battlefield helicopter makes first flightWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 Boeing Co. announced the first flight of its SB-1 "Defiant" battlefield helicopter at its West Palm Beach, Fla., facilities. ... more 
General Atomics awarded $19.7M for French MQ-9 Reaper supportWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 General Atomics has been awarded an $8.9 million contract to produce and integrate weapons on the French Air Force's MQ-9 Block 1 aircraft. ... more 
Sunrise and Phase Four partner for Next-gen electric propulsionEl Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 Phase Four, makers of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, has announced a new agreement with Japan-based advanced spacecraft experts, Sunrise. Sunrise specializes ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition.
Although current robots don't have these capabilities, the technology is getting closer with the development of new liquid metals that can be manipulated in 3D space with magnets. Reported in ACS Applied Mate ... 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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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate achieved another major program milestone March 19, successfully delivering the second GPS III Space Vehicle to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida to begin satellite launch processing.
"The shipment of this second GPS III satellite is once again an excellent representation of the co ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 25, 2019 
The United States on Monday approved the sale of 25 F-16 fighter aircraft to Morocco for $3.8 billion, the State Department announced.
Besides the new Block 70/72 F-16s, equipped with state of the art electronic systems and weaponry, Washington also approved the modernization of 23 F-16s already in the Moroccan air force fleet, for $983 million.
The State Department said the sale would n ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations, for the first time creating so-called algorithmic self-assembly in which the same "hardware" can be configured to run different "software."
In a paper published in Nature on March 21, a team headed by Caltech's Erik Winfree (PhD '98), professor of computer science, computation and neu ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Maps that show where sharks and tunas roam in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and where fishing vessels travel in this vast expanse, could help ocean managers to identify regions of the high seas where vulnerable species may be at risk.
Researchers at Stanford University have created such a map by analyzing the habitats occupied by more than 800 sharks and tunas and 900 industrial fishing vesse ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a newly engineered catalyst made of gold nanoparticles supported on a metal oxide framework shows breakdown of ammonia impurities in air, with excellent selectivity for conversion to nitrogen gas.
Importantly, it is effective at room temperature, making it suitable for everyday air purification systems. The team successfully id ... 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 26, 2019 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested two interceptors against a dummy intercontinental ballistic missile Monday.
The interceptor missiles, which were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California,
shot down a test ballistic missile launched from 4,000 miles away on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the agency said in a news release.
The syst ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 
The U.S. Army and Raytheon are moving ahead with the first flights tests of the new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile later this year after successfully completing preliminary design review of the system.
During testing of the Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, the Army evaluated all aspects of the new missile's design, including its advanced propulsion system, lethality package and ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
GITAI (Head Office: San Francisco, US; Japanese Branch: Meguro, Tokyo) has signed a joint research agreement with JAXA (the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency).
Experiments in using GITAI's robot as a substitute for astronauts in performing work have been conducted in a mock-up version of JAXA's Japanese Experiment Module for the International Space Station, "Kibo."
The Japanese A ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 
Russian cosmonauts will carry out an experiment on controlling a drone driven by a propeller on board the International Space Station, Alexander Bloshenko, a science advisor to the Roscosmos's chief, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"The experiment has been introduced into the program", Bloshenko said. During experiments with the propeller-driven drone, it is first planned to work out the design ... more |
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