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  Auckland, New Zealand (SPX) May 05, 2019 A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST). The STP-27RD mission launched three research and development satellites for the DoD Space Test Program that will demonstrate advanced space technologies, including a satellite to evaluate new ways of tracking space debris. The mission is Rocket Lab's second for 2019 and took the total number of satellites deployed to orbit by the company ... read more |
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SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station After Successful LaunchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 04, 2019 More than 5,500 pounds of cargo is on its way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The company's 17th commercial cargo mission to resupply the space station began at ... more 
Japanese First Private Rocket MOMO LaunchedTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) May 05, 2019 Japanese space company Interstellar Technologies successfully launched the country's first private rocket dubbed MOMO-3, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday. The previous two launches, in ... more 
China plans to launch carrier rocket at seaBeijing (XNA) May 03, 2019 China plans to launch a Long March-11 carrier rocket at sea this year, which is expected to lower the cost of entering space. The rocket has been named "CZ-11 WEY" under an agreement between t ... more  
ESA explores ageing process in spaceParis (ESA) May 05, 2019 Wrinkles, muscle pain, high blood pressure and a clumsy brain are all natural consequences of getting old. As our cells rust over time, a key to fighting chronic disease may be in tiny, smartly desi ... more |
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Missile contracts surge as US exits arms treaty: studyGeneva (AFP) May 2, 2019 Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday. ... more  
Gateway to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) May 03, 2019 It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. So, what is the easi ... more  
First flight for microsatellite separation system by RUAG Space on Electron rocketLinkoping, Sweden (SPX) May 05, 2019 RUAG Space provided the microsatellite separation system to Rocket Lab's Electron Launch Vehicle. The 15" system serves as an adapter between satellite and rocket, and ensures a smooth separation in ... more 
TRISAT satellite joins the first European rideshare mission on the SSMSMaribor, Slovenia (SPX) May 03, 2019 On April 5, the University of Maribor (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and SAB Launch Services S.r.l. (SAB-LS) signed the Launch Services Agreement (LSA) for the launch of th ... more 
Firefly Aerospace advances toward late 2019 launchMelbourne, FL (UPI) Apr 29, 2019 Texas-based Firefly Aerospace said Monday it successfully test-fired the second stage of its Firefly Alpha rocket in a five-minute hot fire to prepare for a planned launch later this year. The ... more |
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 NASA and Blue Origin Help Classrooms and Researchers Reach Space 
RSC Energia developed a one-orbit rendezvous profileMoscow, Russia (SPX) May 02, 2019 RSC Energia mission specialists have developed a one-orbit flight profile for a rendezvous with the International Space Station within about 2 hours. The main advantage of such a profile is th ... more  |
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SpaceX capsule was destroyed in 'anomaly': lawmakerWashington (AFP) May 1, 2019 A space capsule suspected to have exploded last month in an incident characterized by manufacturer SpaceX as an "anomaly" was in fact completely destroyed, a US Senator confirmed Wednesday. ... more 
NASA Aids Testing of Boeing Deep Space Habitat Ground Prototype in AlabamaHuntsville AL (SPX) May 02, 2019 Engineers and technicians explore a deep space habitat ground prototype May 1 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The prototype, built by Boeing, will undergo testing this ... more 
SLS Forward Join Set for Horizontal Assembly to Liquid Hydrogen TankNew Orleans LA (SPX) May 02, 2019 Crews at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have moved the forward join, or forward part, of the massive core stage for NASA's Space Launch System in preparation for its final assembly ... more 
Air Force releases proposal request for the Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement ContractLos Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) May 05, 2019 The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals May 3, for the purpose of competitively awarding firm fixed-price, inde ... more  
US Air Force completes successful shoot down of air-launched missilesWhite Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) May 05, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program successfully completed a major program milestone April 2 ... more |
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 Sanford FL (SPX) May 01, 2019 
PathFinder Digital was awarded a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the feasibility of developing a transportable research and test platform to facilitate the design of Free Space Optic (FSO) satellite networks. The study focuses on the development of Optical Ground Stations (OGS) and their interoperability to Optical Space Terminals (OST).
The st ... 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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 Paris (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The GSA is launching a new testing campaign for receiver manufacturers: The machine guidance testing campaign for agriculture receivers.
Within this testing campaign, receivers usually used for machine guidance tasks will be thoroughly tested for their performance in various test cases, looking at multi-constellation and multi-frequency combinations and using several augmenting techniques. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019  An airstrike in Iraq this week was the first combat employment of the F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft by the U.S. Air Force.
Two F-35s struck an entrenched Islamic State tunnel network and weapons cache at Wadi Ashai, Iraq, on Tuesday, the Air Force announced in a statement on Tuesday. The planes were recently deployed from Hill AFB, Utah, and joined the Combined Forces Air Componen ... more |
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 Hong Kong (SPX) May 01, 2019 
Like memories in computers, quantum memories are essential components for quantum computers - a new generation of data processors that obey quantum mechanics laws and can overcome the limitations of classical computers.
They may push boundaries of fundamental science and help create new drugs, explain cosmological mysteries, or enhance accuracy of forecasts and optimization plans with thei ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2019 
Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study.
Using 23 years of satellite data, the new findings show the Great Whirl is larger and longer-lived than scientists previously thought. At its peak, the giant whirlpool is, on average, 275,000 s ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 30, 2019 
The people of Chibuabuar, an informal settlement of modest wooden homes perched on a hillside between a highway and the coast of Pemba in north Mozambique, thought they had escaped the worst of Cyclone Kenneth.
But on Sunday night, the vast rubbish dump that towers over their informal neighbourhood gave way, sending mounds of trash crashing into the valley, demolishing five houses and pushin ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year.
The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 29, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has exercised a $13.9 million in support of the U.S. Navy's AEGIS combat system.
The AEGIS speed to capability development contract includes systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and design cycles. The contract also includes completion of the development and fielding of the AEGIS Baseline 9 AEGIS Weapon System and integrated AEGIS Combat System on AEGIS Technical ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday.
"The withdrawal from the INF Treaty has fired the starting pistol on a new Cold War," warned Beatrice Fihn, who heads the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). ... 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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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 30, 2019  A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of tiny robots to precisely and non-invasively remove that buildup?
A team of engineers, dentists, and biologists from the University of Pennsylvania developed a microscopic robotic cleaning crew. ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) May 03, 2019 
Search and rescue crews are already using drones to locate missing hikers. Farmers are flying them over fields to survey crops. And delivery companies will soon use drones to drop packages at your doorstep.
With so many applications for the technology, an Iowa State University researcher says the next step is to expand capacity by deploying fleets of drones. But making that happen is not a ... more |
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