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  Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 The Crew Interactive Mobile CompaniON (CIMON) mobile astronaut assistant, which is equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), returned to Earth on 27 August 2019. The SpaceX CRS-18 Dragon spacecraft carrying CIMON was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 16:59 CEST; the capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 480 kilometres southwest of Los Angeles and was recovered at 22:21 CEST. "We expect CIMON to return to Germany at the end of October," reports Christian Ka ... read more |
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Russian humanoid robot boards space station after delayMoscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend. ... more  
NASA prepares for green run testing, practices lifting SLS Core StageStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 NASA cleared a milestone in preparation for Green Run testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) core stage with an Aug. 23/24 lift and installation of the core stage pathfinder simulator onto the B-2 ... more 
SpaceX's Starhopper hits new height in test flightWashington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 After an aborted attempt earlier this week, SpaceX's Starhopper test vehicle completed its highest flight yet Tuesday, taking off and landing at a launch site on the Texas coast. In less than ... more 
Arianespace will launch Ovzon-3 satelliteEvry, France (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 Arianespace has announced the signature of a launch services contract with Ovzon for the company's first geostationary-orbiting telecommunications satellite: Ovzon-3. With offices in Sweden and the ... more |
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Milestone demonstrates motor's reliability to enhance astronaut safetyElkton MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 Northrop Grumman, along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, have completed the second qualification test of its Attitude Control Motor (ACM) for NASA's Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS). P ... more 
WPI mathematician is helping NASA spacecraft travel faster and fartherWorcester MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 By combining cutting-edge machine learning with 19th-century mathematics, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) mathematician is working to make NASA spacecraft lighter and more damage tolerant by ... more 
NASA investigating first crime committed in space: reportWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2019 US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday. ... more 
Test launches of Boeing's Starliner for ISS mission delayed againMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 The launch of US aerospace corporation Boeing-developed unmanned spacecraft Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed to October 6 from September 17, and the test launch of ma ... more 
China's satellite tests pulsar navigation for future deep space explorationBeijing (XNA) Aug 23, 2019 Chinese scientists have conducted experiments on pulsar navigation with an X-ray space telescope, and the technology could be used in future deep space exploration and interplanetary or interstellar ... more |
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 A space cocktail of science, bubbles and sounds 
India not poor, has resources for space program says ISRO chiefNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2019 India is comfortably positioned economically to provide funds for its space programme and benefits to people, the country's space organisation chief has said. Addressing students at a universi ... more  |
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NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA ChallengePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2019 Robots from all over the world will compete to find objects in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Systems Competition, held Aug. 15-22 in mining tunnels under Pittsburgh. Among them will be a team led ... more  
Nanoparticles could grant humans permanent night visionWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2019 Built-in night vision may not be far off. Scientists have developed nanoparticles that allow mice to see near-infrared light. ... more 
Scientists build a synthetic system to improve wound treatment, drug delivery for soldiersResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 For the first time, scientists built a synthetic biologic system with compartments like real cells. This Army project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst could lead to materials that provide ... more  
US approves $3.3bn sale of anti-ballistic missiles to JapanWashington (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North Korea that could threaten the US ally. ... more 
Tokyo: North Korea aims to 'break through' Japan's missile defense zoneWashington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 Japan released more information on the North Korean missile that was launched on Saturday, when Pyongyang tested what it has described as a "super large multiple rocket launcher." Japanese Def ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 
In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data acquired from space.
A recent Xinhua report revealed that China's Tianhe-2, once known as the world's fastest supercomputer, will work on astronomical data following the 2020 construction of the S ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
The Data Relay Satellite EDRS-C was successfully launched at 21:30 CEST on 6 August 2019. After receiving the first telemetry data, the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) took over operation of the satellite. Now that the first critical launch phase with several orbital manoeuvres has been completed EDRS-C can enter the test phase. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's second next-generation GPS III satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, is responding to commands, under control and now using its own internal propulsion system to get to orbit following its successful launch this morning.
At 11:01 a.m. ET, Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at Lockheed Martin's Launch and Checkout Facility near Denver declared they had full control ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2019 
An E-2D aircraft struck two F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter planes and damaged two others while landing aboard an aircraft carrier, the Naval Safety Center said.
The incident occurred on Aug. 9 in the Arabian Sea aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The E-2D, a propeller-driven early warning surveillance plane known as the Hawkeye, committed a "bolter," the Navy said, which the term used to desc ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 
Silicon dominates solar energy products - it is stable, cheap, and efficient at turning sunlight into electricity. Any new material taking on silicon must compete, and win, on those grounds. As a result of an international research collaboration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univer ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) is the most comprehensive field campaign to date in Maritime Sou ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 
Daily U.S. air quality forecasts for particulate matter could potentially be more accurate as the result of incorporating NASA's Earth-observing satellite data, according to a recent study.
Lead investigator of the study, Rajesh Kumar of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, incorporated, every three hours, satellite data of aerosol optical depth into the Natio ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019 
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause.
The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North Korea that could threaten the US ally.
Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, which are designed to be fired by the ship-board Aegis system to intercept incoming ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missiles will receive upgrades under a $7.2 million contract with Raytheon, the Defense Department announced.
The deal, announced Thursday, is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, and will provide an updated technical data package of the guidance test set and upgrade of existing units, including hardware and ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine.
Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend.
"Sorry for the delay. Got stuck in traffic. Am ready to carry on with work," the robot's Twitter account said in a jokey first tweet from space.
Copying human movements and designed to help with high-ri ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Aug 22, 2019 
Hughes Network Systems has announced a new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC's deployable LTE technology with Hughes JUPITER and HM satellite systems. The new solutions support various global applications for government, militaries, first responders, and commercial Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).
"We're excited to work with Hughes ... more |
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