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A decade-long quest to build an ecosystem in a roomBarcelona, Spain (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 Yesterday the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University of Barcelona celebrated 10 years spent demonstrating the ideal technologies to recycle waste from space missions into air, water and food. A ... more 
Progress MS-11 reaches ISS in record timeBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 Russia's Progress MS-11 cargo spacecraft reached the International Space Station (ISS) in record three hours and 22 minutes after launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a S ... more 
NASA selects two new space tech research institutes for smart habitatsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2019 As exploration missions venture beyond low-Earth orbit and to the Moon - and eventually Mars - NASA must consider automated technologies to keep habitats operational even when they are not occupied ... more 
Grapes on Mars? Georgia winemakers aiming highTbilisi (AFP) April 9, 2019 Georgia is immensely proud of its ancient wine-making tradition, claiming to have been the first nation to make wine. Now it wants to be the first to grow grapes on Mars. ... more |
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NASA highlights science on next Cygnus mission to ISSWallops Island VA (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 10, to discuss select science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on the next Northrop Grumman commercial resu ... more 
Counting the Many Ways the International Space Station Benefits HumanityWashington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 The third edition of NASA's "International Space Station Benefits for Humanity" book now is available. The new edition fills more than 200 pages with the many benefits of conducting research on the ... more 
Three prototypes in space settlement challenge receive UAE supportDubai UAE (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Three proposals to build settlements in space have been chosen to receive support from the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Accelerated Research, MBR CAR. The initiative, sponsored by the Dubai ... more 
Spinoff Book Highlights NASA Technology EverywherePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2019 From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world's first commercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly every corner of modern life. The latest edition of NASA's Spinoff p ... more  
SSTL and OSS Collaborate on Disruptive Smallsat SAR PayloadGuildford UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2019 Two of the UK's leading Space sector companies, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have been awarded National Space Technology Programme funding to develop an inno ... more |
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Northrop Grumman completes 2nd test of rocket motor for ULA Atlas VDulles VA (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Northrop Grumman has conducted the second ground test of a 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) in Promontory, Utah. The company developed this new side-mounted rocket motor to add power t ... more  |
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China's commercial carrier rocket finishes engine testBeijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy o ... more  
Sierra Nevada awarded $42.7M to train Afghan Air Force on A-29 Super TucanoWashington DC (UPI) Apr 05, 2019 Sierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded a $42.7 million contract for A-29 Super Tucano pilot and maintenance training for Afghanistan's Air Force. ... more  
Robots to autocomplete Soldier tasks, new study suggestsAdelphi MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Smart phones autocorrect in texting, search engines autocomplete queries, and mapping applications redirect navigation in real-time to avoid slowed traffic. These ubiquitous AI-based technologies ad ... more 
Arianespace completes deployment of O3b constellationKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 05, 2019 Arianespace has orbited the final four latest satellites in the first phase of SES's O3b constellation. The launch took place on Thursday, April 4, at 2:03 pm (local time) from the Guiana Spac ... more  
Marines' Abrams tanks successfully perform with 3D-printed impellersWashington (UPI) Apr 8, 2019 The U.S. Marines' M1A1 Abrams tanks have successfully performed with several 3D-printed impellers. ... more |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Apr 09, 2019 
Maxar Technologies reports that the spacecraft bus it is building for NASA's Restore-L project to refuel a satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has completed an important review process called the Critical Design Review (CDR).
With the CDR complete, the spacecraft bus is on track to ship to NASA in 2020 for integration with the robotic payload and a forecasted launch in 2022. Maxar is also b ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2019 
Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) by the U.S. Army for the third phase of the Blue Force Tracking (BFT-3) program.
Under the agreement, Hughes and other industry participants will conduct research studies to deliver a series of recommendations for modernizing the BFT system architecture to improve interoperability and ... more |
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The four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft recently broke the world record for navigating with GPS signals farther from Earth than ever before. MMS' success indicates that NASA spacecraft may soon be able to navigate via GPS as far away as the Moon, which will prove important to the Gateway, a planned space station in lunar orbit.
After navigation maneuvers conducted this February ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 8, 2019 
Britain announced that it plans to deploy its F-35B aircraft for the first time later this year, sending them to Cyprus.
The aircraft will leave from the home station of Royal Air Force Marham in Norfolk, Britain announced Monday, on their way to Royal Air Force Akrotiri in Cyprus.
Britain plans for the jets to hit targets in Syria this summer, The Times reported last December. / ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
In the future, ultrahigh-speed spintronics will require ultrafast coherent magnetization reversal within a picosecond - one-trillionth of a second. Spintronics centers on an electron's spin and magnetic moment in solid-state devices. While this may eventually be achieved via irradiation with a nearly monocyclic terahertz pulse, the small change of magnetization, or modulation, it generates has s ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 
Earth observation satellites play a key role in weather forecasting, climate research, monitoring of the planet's surface and the detection of forest fires. These tasks require satellites to transmit very large amounts of data to the ground for analysis. Today's radio systems are reaching their limits in this area.
Optical transmission methods, however, offer the possibility of sending dat ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2019  Air pollution will shorten the life expectancy of children born today by an average of 20 months and will have the greatest impact in south Asia, according to a study published Wednesday.
The State of Global Air report, published by the US-based Health Effects Institute and the University of British Columbia, says air pollution is the fifth leading cause of early death worldwide - responsib ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 
China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
The rocket is the first member of the Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family to be produced by CALT. It has a total length of 19.5 meters, a diameter ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2019  Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.14 billion contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System for Poland, Bahrain and Romania.
The foreign military sales contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers full rate production for the GMLRS surface-to-surface systems for the three nations.
Work on the contract is expected to run through Aug. 31, 2021, and will ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) April 8, 2019 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart on Monday discussed a missile deal slammed by the US as well as closer military cooperation during a visit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow.
The two sides must "strengthen cooperation in the military-technical sphere," Putin told Erdogan as they met in the Kremlin.
"These regard first of all the completion of the contract to s ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Tightly focused laser beams can act as optical "tweezers" to trap and manipulate tiny objects, from glass particles to living cells. The development of this method has earned Arthur Ashkin the last years Nobel prize in physics.
While most experiments thus far have been carried out in air or liquid, there is an increasing interest for using optical tweezers to trap objects in ultra-high vac ... more |
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 Selbyville DE (SPX) Apr 09, 2019 
The space robotics market is predicted to hike from USD 2 billion in 2018 to around USD 3.5 billion by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report. The market is experiencing rapid technical development owing to the integration of AI technologies into systems developed for space exploration.
Several companies are developing AI-based robots that provide enhanced mobility a ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 4, 2019 
It was more of a small step than a giant leap, but the first public outing of a pilotless "drone taxi" in Vienna on Thursday nevertheless offered a glimpse into the possible future of urban travel.
Several big companies such as Boeing and Airbus are working on their own versions of the technology but it was the Chinese firm EHang that unveiled its aircraft to assembled journalists in the Aus ... more |
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