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  Cape Canaveral (AFP) April 11, 2019 SpaceX carried out its first commercial launch on Thursday with its Falcon Heavy rocket easing a Saudi telecoms satellite into orbit. The bright white rocket rose with a roar and spewed thick gray smoke on the ground as it made its way up into clear blue skies over Cape Canaveral, Florida, trailing a long plume of orange fire. About 34 minutes after liftoff, the shiny silver satellite was successfully deployed. Staff in the control room cheered and clapped. Earlier, boisterous spectators ch ... read more |
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NASA Twins Study finds spaceflight affects gut bacteriaChicago IL (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Research from NASA's landmark Twins Study found that extended spaceflight affects the human gut microbiome. During his yearlong stay on the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Scott Kelly e ... more  
UAE mulls buying Soyuz spacecraft to send astronauts to ISS: RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 12, 2019 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to buy a Soyuz spacecraft and launch services from Russia to send two domestic astronauts to orbit on one mission. The flight will be possible in two years ... 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 
Music for spaceParis (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 Music has long been known to affect people's mood. A certain tune can lift you up or bring you to tears, make you focus, relax or even run faster. Now a study is investigating how the power of music ... more |
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Northrop Grumman Carries Technology, Scientific Investigations on Mission to Space StationWallops Island VA (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to liftoff on April 17 carries supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. It uses a new late load capability that allows t ... more 
Europe's institutions consider Ariane 6 and Vega-CNoordwijk, The Netherlands (ESA) Apr 12, 2019 ESA and Arianespace are giving full support to European institutional customers to launch their missions on Ariane 6 and Vega-C. Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA's Director of Space Transportation a ... more  
Virgin Orbit adds Guam as low inclination launch site for Launcherone Smallsat launch serviceLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson's small satellite launch company, announced that the Pacific island of Guam will become an additional launch site for the company's LauncherOne service. With ... more 
Astronaut twins study yields new insights and portable DNA sequencing toolsIthaca NY (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Long-term spaceflight causes more changes to gene expression than shorter trips, especially to the immune system and DNA repair systems, according to research by Weill Cornell Medicine and NASA inve ... more 
NASA's Landmark Twins Study Reveals Resilience of Human Body in SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Results from NASA's landmark Twins Study, which took place from 2015-2016, were published Thursday in Science. The integrated paper - encompassing work from 10 research teams - reveals some interest ... more |
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NASA's OCO-3 Measures How Plants Grow and GlowGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 10, 2019 When plants take in too much energy, they don't get fat - they lighten up. They absorb more sunlight than they need to power photosynthesis, and they get rid of the excess solar energy by emitting i ... more  |
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NATO to use THAAD in Romania this summerWashington (UPI) Apr 11, 2019 The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday. ... more  
Britain to deploy F-35Bs for first time, sending them to Cyprus air baselWashington (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. ... more 
Wreckage of missing Japan fighter jet found, pilot missingTokyo (AFP) April 10, 2019 Wreckage from a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet has been found a day after it disappeared off the radar over the Pacific, the country's defence minister said Wednesday. ... more 
Rocket fuel that's cleaner, safer and still full of energyMontreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Research published this week in Science Advances shows that it may be possible to create rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still ... more 
Russia Maintains High Quality of RD-180 Rocket Engines - ULAColorado Springs (Sputnik) Apr 09, 2019 Russia is maintaining a high quality of its RD-180 rocket engines, President and CEO of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Tory Bruno told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 35th Space Symposium in Color ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 
Satellites are among the most complex machines ever designed, but in key respects they are still hand-made. A set of ESA-approved training schools train and certify the best solderers in Europe, to ensure they have sufficient ability to work on electronic hardware for space missions.
More than a thousand operators and inspectors take the courses annually. The resulting highly-skilled perso ... 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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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2019 
The GAINS project has moved one step closer to demonstrating that general aviation (GA) is able to fly instrument procedures with radius-to-fix (RF) legs, thanks to a strong collaboration with EASA and the manufacturing industry, who worked together to clear the way for existing avionics to be used.
GAINS - General Aviation Improved Navigation and Surveillance, is a project co-funded by th ... more |
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 Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph TX (AFNS) Apr 10, 2019 
A legendary chapter in Air Force history has come to a close. Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" E. Cole, the last survivor of the "Doolittle Raid," died April 9, in San Antonio.
"Lt. Col. Dick Cole reunited with the Doolittle Raiders in the clear blue skies today," said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. "My heart goes out to his friends and family as our Air Force mourns with them. ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2019 
The enhanced power of the new measuring technique to characterize materials at scales much smaller than any current technologies will accelerate the discovery and investigation of 2D, micro- and nanoscale materials.
Being able to accurately measure semiconductor properties of materials in small volumes helps engineers determine the range of applications for which these materials may be sui ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) April 12, 2019 
Climbers with pressing needs on Mount Everest will soon find an "eco-friendly" toilet at a Chinese campsite 7,028 metres (23,058 feet) above sea level in an ongoing campaign to deal with the peak's waste problem.
Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending mountaineers pay little attention to the ... 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) Apr 11, 2019 
The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday.
The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the international alliance's existing Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System goes through mainte ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2019 
Last week, Army Space and Missile Command chief Lieutenant General James Dickinson said in congressional testimony that the US armed forces were planning five test programs on hypersonic weapons systems in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean
The United States is moving quickly to develop hypersonic weapons just as Russia and China are doing, US Strategic Command Commander Gen ... more |
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 Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), ITMO University and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) developed a method for efficient mass production of silicon-germanium fully alloyed nanoantennas.
On their basis, optical biosensory platforms and next-generation chemical se ... more |
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 Adelphi 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 adapt to everyday needs and learn user habits by focusing on making the algorithm better, but Army researchers want to enhance AI by providing more information about the intent of the user.
New re ... 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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