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  Washington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 The "anomaly" experienced by SpaceX's Crew Dragon over the weekend won't affect the company's planned space station resupply mission. According to NASA officials, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is still scheduled to launch the company's Dragon cargo spacecraft on April 30. "The NASA and SpaceX teams are still assessing the anomaly that occurred, but I can tell you we are still tracking, as of today, for Tuesday, April 30, and that launch will be at 4:22 a.m. Eastern time," NASA public affairs ... read more |
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China opens Chang'e-6 for international payloads, asteroids nextBeijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 China announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e-6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20-kg solicited payloads, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday. ... more  
New concept for novel fire extinguisher in spaceToyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed new concept of fire extinguisher optimized for space-use; named Vacuum Extinguish Meth ... more 
Multiple regenerative medicine payloads ready for ISS studyKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is finalizing more than a dozen payloads for launch to the orbiting laboratory aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. Many of these payload ... more 
NASA accelerates pace of Core Stage production with new toolNew Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 The boat-tail structure, a fairing-like cover designed to protect the bottom end of the core stage and the RS-25 engines, has been joined to one of the most complicated and intricate parts of NASA's ... more |
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Nepal says its first ever satellite launchedKathmandu (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 Nepal's first ever satellite was launched into space on Thursday morning, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli confirmed here. Nepali Prime Minister Oli expressed happiness over Nepal's entry i ... more 
The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station accessTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Infostellar has partnered with leading ground systems manufacturers to simplify the StellarStation integration process for new users. Partnered ground systems manufacturers include Innovative Soluti ... more  
China launches new BeiDou satelliteXichang (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41 p.m. Saturday. Launched on a Long Ma ... more 
Incident on SpaceX pad could delay its first manned flightWashington (AFP) April 21, 2019 A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced. ... more 
NASA Takes Advantage of Innovative 3-D Printing Process for SLS RocketHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 America's powerful new deep space rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, will face harsh conditions and extreme temperatures in flight when launching NASA's Orion spacecraft and potential cargo to luna ... more |
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 US Astronauts Have 15 Minutes to Evacuate to Russian Part of ISS If NH3 Leaks  
Mice show off microgravity athleticism after arriving on ISSWashington (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2019 Wanting to better understand how space affects astronauts, the US' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent a group of mice to the International Space Station for 37 days. NAS ... more  |
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SpaceX Says 'Anomaly' Happened During Fire Tests of Crew Dragon's Abort Engines Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 20, 2019 US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX said on Sunday that an "anomaly" had occurred during static fire tests for the abort engines of its Crew Dragon spacecraft. The tests were carried out on Satur ... more  
Boeing awarded $605M for Air Force's 11th WGS comms satelliteWashington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 Boeing has been awarded a $605 million contract for the production of the Air Force's 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communication Space Vehicle. ... more  
Cubic to support Boeing's MQ-25 unmanned tanker for the US NavySan Diego CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Cubic Corporation reports its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply its Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) modem system ... more 
Roscosmos, S7 Group Mull Developing Reusable Commercial Space VehicleMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2019 Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos and S7 Group are planning to develop the Soyuz-5 Light reusable launch vehicle based on the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogoz ... more  
Raytheon awarded $19M contract for work on SM-2, SM-6 missilesWashington (UPI) Apr 19, 2019 Raytheon has been awarded a $19 million contract for engineering and technical services on the Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019 
When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
"On 27 March, India successfully tested anti-satellite weapons, as a result of the destruction of the spacecraft, more than 100 fragments were formed in the altitude range from 100 to 1, ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 
Boeing has been awarded a $605 million contract for the production of the Air Force's 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communication Space Vehicle.
The Department of Defense, which announced the contract on Friday, depends on the WGS system to communicate with warfighters across the globe. Ten Ka-band and 8 X-band beam can be positioned anywhere in the field of view of each satellite, acc ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 
China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41 p.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 44th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the first BDS-3 satellite in inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit.
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 Arlington VA (AFNS) Apr 18, 2019 
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson unveiled a new and ambitious Science and Technology Strategy designed to better identify, develop and deploy breakthrough technologies, April 17.
The 32-page report is a blueprint for the next decade and beyond. The strategy includes an array of changes allowing the Air Force to maximize - and expand - its technological advantage in the new era of ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2019  In quantum mechanics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents an external observer from measuring both the position and speed (referred to as momentum) of a particle at the same time.
They can only know with a high degree of certainty either one or the other - unlike what happens at large scales where both are known. To identify a given particle's characteristics, physicists introduc ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite.
On April 18, 2019, Arianespace announced the signing of a launch service contract with Synspective for the launch of the satellite StriX-a (with a liftoff mass of approximately 150 kg.) into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) in 2020.
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 Hanoi (AFP) April 20, 2019 
The US launched on Saturday a $183 million clean-up at a former Vietnam storage site for Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant used in their bitter war which years later is still blamed for severe birth defects, cancers and disabilities.
Located outside Ho Chi Minh City, Bien Hoa airbase - the latest site scheduled for rehabilitation after Danang airbase's clean-up last year - was one of the mai ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 
China announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e-6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20-kg solicited payloads, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday.
The orbiter and lander of the Chang'e-6 mission will each reserve 10 kg for payloads, which will be selected from both domestic colleges, universities, private enterprises and foreign scientifi ... 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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 Istanbul (AFP) April 19, 2019 
Turkey is "taking into account" NATO concerns over its Russian missile deal, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, in more conciliatory remarks over a purchase stoking tensions between Washington and Ankara.
The deal for Russian S-400 missiles riled Washington, prompting US officials to suspend Turkey's participation in the US-made F-35 jet programme and warn of more sanctions again ... more |
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 Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows to implement local, efficient, and fast heating schemes for the use in nanomagnetic computation or to quantify collective emergent phenomena in artificial spin systems.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2019 
Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia have received FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) anthropomorphic robot for its potential use in manned space missions, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday.
"FEDOR - anthropomorphic rescue robot developed by the Android Technology R and D Company as well as the Rus ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Percepto has announced that it has launched its all-in-one aerial solution for autonomous security, safety and inspection missions in Australia, following the completion of a series of successful live mission demonstrations in Canberra. The tests were observed in the capital by a delegation representing government, defence and industry organizations from across the country.
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