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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 04, 2019 Iran stated on 29 August that a rocket had exploded at its Imam Khomeini Space Centre due to a malfunction during testing, rejecting claims that the incident had been "manipulated" from outside. The US has imposed sanctions on the Iranian Space Agency, Space Research Centre, and Astronautics Research Institute, the US Treasury said in a statement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that Iran's space and research agencies were sanctioned for "engaging in proliferation-sensitive activit ... read more |
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UAE Wants to Train More Astronauts for Arab World - Emirati OfficialDubai (Sputnik) Sep 04, 2019 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plan to train more astronauts for the Arab world, Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, the director general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), said on Monday. ... more 
Space Station science return and spacecraft shuffleParis (ESA) Sep 04, 2019 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's Beyond mission has kicked into high gear during the last two weeks. He has been keeping the International Space Station running smoothly as well as working remotely wi ... more 
Dynetics, Raytheon producing glide bodies for hypersonic weapon prototypesWashington (UPI) Sep 3, 2019 Raytheon said Tuesday it will work to enhance the U.S. Army's hypersonic weapon glide body, days after Dynetics was awarded a contract to build at least 20 common missile bodies. ... more 
Study tests performance of electric solid propellantUrbana IL (SPX) Sep 04, 2019 Electric solid propellants are being explored for use in dual-mode rocket engines because they aren't susceptible to ignite from a spark or flame and can be turned on and off electrically. Res ... more |
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Russia Launches Rokot Space Rocket to Orbit Military SatellitePlesetsk, Russia (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019 Russia's Space Forces have launched a Rokot carrier rocket with a military spacecraft from the Plesetsk space centre in the north of the country, the Defence Ministry said. "All pre-launch ope ... more  
Laser printing technology: Creating the perfect bioprinterMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 Scientists from Russia, China, and the US have drawn the attention of the scientific community to one of the newest and most promising areas in bioprinting - laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT). T ... more  
Bye Aerospace Finalizes Garmin Supplier Agreement to Provide eFlyer 2 AvionicsDenver CO (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 Bye Aerospace, the developer of the two-seat all-electric eFlyer 2 aircraft, announced it has finalized the supplier agreement with Garmin to provide its eFlyer 2 with the full suite of new Garmin G ... more 
Company Claims Orbital Hotel to Host 400 Space Tourists Will Be Operational By 2025Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019 The creators of the space hotel will offer luxury cruise-liner levels of comfort, artificial gravity, earthly cuisine and hot showers. And they say they can have it up and running a mere six years f ... more  
Russia receives India's advance payment for S-400 air defence systemsZhukovsky (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2019 Washington has repeatedly criticised India's defence cooperation with Russia since it sees the country as its major partner in Southern Asia. The United States made an attempt in 2018 to prevent Ind ... more |
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 Interview with Ralf Faller about EDRS operations  
Coating developed by Stanford researchers brings lithium metal battery closer to realityStanford CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 Hope has been restored for the rechargeable lithium metal battery - a potential battery powerhouse relegated for decades to the laboratory by its short life expectancy and occasional fiery demise wh ... more  |
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No-fly boys: new Russian space suit clashes with pee ritualMoscow (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 Russia on Thursday unveiled a new space suit for a future spaceship, but the design may have to be changed to continue a decades-old tradition: making a stop to pee on the way to the launch. ... more 
Introducing the first line of adaptive commercial spacesuitsFrederica DE (SPX) Aug 30, 2019 Space. Vast and unknown. Commercial spaceflight might barely make a dent in the enigma with more visitors but ILC Dover, maker of the spacesuits that took the giant leap on the Moon in 1969, is read ... more  
'Sense of urgency', as top tech players seek AI ethical rulesGeneva (AFP) Sept 2, 2019 Top players in global tech companies kicked off work Monday to draw up global ethical standards related to data and artificial intelligence, with Microsoft's president voicing a "sense of urgency". ... more 
Erdogan suggests Turkey could look to Russia for jetsAnkara (AFP) Aug 30, 2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday suggested Turkey could look to Russia for an alternative after the US excluded Ankara from its F-35 fighter jet programme. ... more  
T-Worx, Army develop weaponry to equip soldiers with artificial intelligence, real-time integrated dataSterling VA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 T-Worx Holdings, LLC, a product innovation company, announced it will support the contractors chosen and announced by the Army today to develop weapons for the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) p ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 26, 2019  Russia on Monday said radioactive isotopes were released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as authorities kept details under wraps.
The August 8 blast killed five scientists and caused a spike in radiation levels but for several days Russia did not admit nuclear materials were involved.
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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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 Denver CO (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 
Bye Aerospace, the developer of the two-seat all-electric eFlyer 2 aircraft, announced it has finalized the supplier agreement with Garmin to provide its eFlyer 2 with the full suite of new Garmin G3X Touch avionics.
"Garmin is supplying the full VFR to IFR instrument capability, ADAHRS, GPS, transponders and standby instruments," said George E. Bye, CEO of Bye Aerospace.
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 3, 2019 
Engineers in Sweden have developed the world's smallest accelerometer using graphene. The accelerometer could be used to create new wearable technologies for use in medicine, fitness and gaming.
"Based on the surveys and comparisons we have made, we can say that this is the smallest reported electromechanical accelerometer in the world," Xuge Fan, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute ... 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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 Degirmenlik, Cyprus (AFP) Sept 1, 2019 
Soon, Jamal's voice will no longer ring out over the mountain slopes he's roamed for years with his herd in northern Cyprus.
To feed the concrete demands of hotels, holiday homes and road-building, quarries are eating away at the mountains where his goats graze.
"I will have to leave because I don't have a future here," said the 55-year-old herder and lover of poetry.
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Zhukovsky (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2019 
Washington has repeatedly criticised India's defence cooperation with Russia since it sees the country as its major partner in Southern Asia. The United States made an attempt in 2018 to prevent India from reaching the deal with Russia on purchasing the S-400s.
Russia has received from India an advance payment for S-400 air defence missile systems, the Federal Service for Military-Technica ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 
The U.S. State Department approved the sale of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Hungary at an estimated cost of $500 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.
The approval, announced on Tuesday, came after the Hungarian government requested the purchase of 180 AMRAAM missiles, training missiles, cryptographic and communication security devices, a ... 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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 Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 
DGIST announced on Wednesday, August 21 that Professor Jae Eun Jang's team in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed electronic skin technology that can detect "prick" and "hot" pain sensations like humans. This research result is expected to be applied on the development of humanoid robots and patients wearing prosthetic hands in the future.
The attempt to m ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 1, 2019 
Iran on Sunday unveiled a jet-propelled drone it said is capable of finding and attacking targets far from the country's borders with precision.
Dubbed the "Kian", the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defence force within about a year, said the head of the force, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard.
The drone comes in two models capable of ... more |
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