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  Traverse City MI (SPX) May 07, 2019 ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a leading innovator in communications for the space industry, today announced NASA has awarded it a contract for the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program's Space Relay Partnership and Services Study. Prime contractor ATLAS partnered in its proposal with Laser Light Communications, Inc, a leader in advanced optical communications and data distribution via its proprietary HALO Global Network. Both firms are Founders of the Empower Space Alliance. As part o ... read more |
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Experimental device generates electricity from the coldness of the universeWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2019 The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth facing space, which has a frigid temperature, the chilling o ... more  
UA Partners With Space Tango to Test Diagnostic Tool in SpacePhoenix AZ (SPX) May 09, 2019 Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix are partnering with Space Tango, a private aerospace company that designs, builds and operates facilities on the International ... more  
Beyond the Metal: Investigating Soft Robots at NASA LangleyHampton VA (SPX) May 09, 2019 Into the Spiderverse's newest crew of villains include a brilliant scientist named Doctor Octopus who uses flexible robotic arms to commit her dastardly deeds. Her bionic arms can throw objects, aid ... more  
Maritime microsatellite ESAIL to test the waters as launch contract is signedParis (ESA) May 10, 2019 The first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA's SAT-AIS programme for tracking ships, called ESAIL, has passed another milestone. On 9 May its Canadian operator exactEarth signed the launc ... more |
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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 
SpaceX's Dragon Cargo capsule docks with Space StationKennedy Space Center FL (UPI) May 07, 2019 SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft docked and bolted to the International Space Station on schedule Monday morning. It was the 17th such mission for the space company's Commercial Resupply Services co ... more  
F-35C jets to be armed with hypersonic cruise missilesWashington DC (UPI) May 10, 2019 The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, was developed as a missile for land attacks, but could reportedly be used for maritime strikes soon. The US authorities earlier awarded Lockheed ... more  
Navy, Air Force to design next fighter planes separatelyWashington (UPI) May 8, 2019 The U.S. Navy's next generation of fighter planes will not be jointly developed with the U.S. Air Force, a Navy official said. ... more 
US ends support for Japan crashed fighter jet searchTokyo (AFP) May 9, 2019 The US Navy has ended operations assisting Japan's search for a stealth fighter jet that crashed in the Pacific, after some of its debris was recovered. ... more |
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Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can'tWest Lafayette IN (SPX) May 10, 2019 What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect? Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other clut ... more  |
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Ariane 6 series production begins with first batch of 14 launchersParis (SPX) May 07, 2019 Following the initial institutional and commercial launch orders for Ariane 6 obtained by Arianespace since the autumn of 2017, and the resolution of the ESA Council on April 17, 2019, related to th ... more  
Next AEHF satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for June launchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely ... more 
Training AI to win a dogfightWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2019 Artificial intelligence has defeated chess grandmasters, Go champions, professional poker players, and, now, world-class human experts in the online strategy games Dota 2 and StarCraft II. No AI cur ... more 
SIS advances smart multi-robot autonomyVirginia Beach VA (SPX) May 07, 2019 Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. (SIS) is pleased to announce the extension of its Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Swarming program under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). USV ... more 
Liquid oxygen-methane engine assembled in east ChinaBeijing (XNA) May 08, 2019 A Chinese company has assembled an 80-tonne thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The TQ-12 engine, independently developed by private rocket-maker Lan ... more |
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 Cocoa FL (UPI) May 09, 2019 
Rocket Crafters, a Cocoa, Fla.-based space startup, has signed an agreement with RUAG Space to use RUAG components.
The memo of understanding is a further step toward launching a suborbital rocket test this winter, according to Robert Fabian, president at Rocket Crafters. The firm is aiming for a piece of the expanding small-satellite market. Its rocket under development is called Intrepid ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 07, 2019 
A four co-primes consortium formed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (both in Spain and France) has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estrategicos S.A. (Spanish Governmental Satellite Operator) to build two SpainSAT NG satellites. Used for governmental communications, these new generation satellites will replace the existing Spainsat and Xtar-EUR satellites. Airbus will act as "lead partner" o ... 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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 Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2019 
The US Navy has ended operations assisting Japan's search for a stealth fighter jet that crashed in the Pacific, after some of its debris was recovered.
"A US Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan Self-Defense Forces," the US 7th Fleet said in a statement on Wednesday.
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 Brooklyn NY (SPX) May 09, 2019 
Logic and memory devices, such as the hard drives in computers, now use nanomagnetic mechanisms to store and manipulate information. Unlike silicon transistors, which have fundamental efficiency limitations, they require no energy to maintain their magnetic state: Energy is needed only for reading and writing information.
One method of controlling magnetism uses electrical current that tra ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) May 08, 2019 
A Yale-led team of scientists may have found a new factor to help explain the ebb and flow of Earth's magnetic field - and it's something familiar to anyone who has made a vinaigrette for their salad.
Earth's magnetic field, produced near the center of the planet, has long acted as a buffer from the harmful radiation of solar winds emanating from the Sun. Without that protection, life on E ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) May 9, 2019  The closure of the glittering Thai bay made famous by the movie "The Beach" has been extended for another two years to allow a full recovery of its corals and wildlife, an official said Thursday, drawing a sharp rebuke from the tourism industry.
Maya Bay, ringed by cliffs on Ko Phi Phi Ley island and surrounded by azure waters, was made famous when it featured in the 2000 film starring Leon ... 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) May 8, 2019 
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an $84.9 million contract modification for work on the AEGIS weapons system, the Defense Department announced.
The contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a prior contract, the Defense Department said on Tuesday. It covers combat system engineering, architecture, development, integration and testing; Naval Integrated Fire Control-Count ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 10, 2019 
The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, was developed as a missile for land attacks, but could reportedly be used for maritime strikes soon. The US authorities earlier awarded Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the F-35 fighters, a $928-million contract to develop it. They are expected to fly for the first time this year.
The US-based defence giant Lockheed Martin has presente ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2019 
According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, the Space Robotics Market worth over $3.5bn by 2025. The space robotics market is experiencing a rapid technical development owing to the integration of AI technologies into the systems developed for space exploration. Several companies are developing AI-based robots that provide ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 10, 2019 
What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect? Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other cluttered spaces to find trapped victims.
Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various technique ... more |
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