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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2019 I have always known what the phrase "Per Aspera Ad Astra" meant, and in my work in the Aerospace arena, I have come to appreciate its significance. And so, any film that would attempt a title as such has to live up to my expectations and Ad Astra the movie does. Actor Brad Pitt and the cast masterfully demonstrate what a near-future voyage to the Moon, Mars and outer solar system might feel and sound like, as well as what some hypothetical political sensitivities might entail. A key ob ... read more |
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Putin briefed on results of probe into hole in Soyuz MS-09Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the results of a probe into the mysterious hole in the hull of Soyuz MS-09 spaceship, a source in the space industry told Sputnik. "The pre ... more  
NanoRacks to make space more accessible to the world from the United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 NanoRacks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, is pleased to announce that it's opening and staffing its first office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi's Hub71, ... more 
Kleos Space wins first South American contractLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, is proud to inform that it has received its first South American pre-ord ... more 
GomSpace and Leaf Space sign MoU to strengthen ground segment collaborationAalborg, Danmark (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 Space, provider of ground station services, and GomSpace, manufacturer of nanosatellite solutions and operations services, will ensure that their respective solutions are fully integrated with each ... more |
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Orion Test Article on the MoveSandusky OH (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 Engineers recently lifted and moved a full-scale test version of the 13-ton Orion service module in preparation for upcoming pyroshock tests at NASA Glenn's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. Dur ... more  
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systemsAnkara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities. ... more  
New FlexGround Service Delivers High-Speed Broadband to Forces in Remote AreasMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots ... more 
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISSWashington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of weightless life. ... more 
Space Station science: learning from LucaParis (ESA) Sep 17, 2019 There is plenty of science on the boil at the International Space Station - including an experiment literally designed to expand our knowledge of the boiling process. Get a glimpse into the ex ... more |
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Innovative model created for NASA to predict vitamin levels in spaceflight foodAmherst MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2019 A team of food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a groundbreaking, user-friendly mathematical model for NASA to help ensure that astronauts' food remains rich in nu ... more  |
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Raytheon awarded $25.4M for Tomahawk Weapons Systems Military Code, AGR5 kitWashington (UPI) Sep 19, 2019 Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $25.4 million contract by the Navy for the Tomahawk Weapons System Military Code review and AGR5 kit. ... more 
$11.4M Boeing contract calls for SLAM-ER missile development for Saudi ArabiaWashington (UPI) Sep 18, 2019 Boeing Co. received an $11.4 million contract for work on the Stand-Off Land Attack Missile for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Navy announced. ... more  
German probe opens into suspected internal spying at AirbusBerlin (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 German prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected internal spying by employees of European aviation giant Airbus over two arms projects, sources said Wednesday. ... more 
Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in FrancePluvigner, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting - but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said. ... more  
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian PartsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019 The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday. "Baikonur Cosmodrome ha ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2019 
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a $12.8 million in a contract for sustainment support of the Eglin AN/FPS-85 radar in the Air Force Space Command Space Surveillance Network.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, applies to a previously awarded contract to L3 Harris Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colorado for sustainment support of the radar.
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 McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots.
Satellite technology on the ground and in space has improved greatly in that time, so that yesterday's large, bulky antennas have been replaced by fully integrated terminals the size of a lapt ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 09, 2019 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global geolocation network, currently has 39 in-orbit satellites and is expected to be completed in 2020, authorities said Wednesday.
At present, the BDS, independently constructed and operated by China, has officially provided RNSS (Radio Navigation Satellite System) services worldwide, with a total of 39 in-orbit satellites, after high- ... more |
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 Pluvigner, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting - but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said.
Parts from the stricken plane, which was not carrying weapons and was flying from Belgium to a French base on a training mission, crashed into houses in the Morbihan region around th ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 
In power electronics, semiconductors are based on the element silicon - but the energy efficiency of silicon carbide would be much higher. Physicists of the University of Basel, the Paul Scherrer Institute and ABB explain what exactly is preventing the use of this combination of silicon and carbon in the scientific journal Applied Physics Letters.
Energy consumption is growing across the g ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Sep 20, 2019 
Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert Thursday.
The five satellites were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 2:42 p.m. (Beijing Time).
The satellites belong to a commercial remote-sensing satellite constellation project "Zhuhai-1," which will comprise 34 micro-nano satellites ... more |
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 Roubaix, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 
At her home in Roubaix, a former industrial centre in northern France that is now the country's poorest city, Magdalene Deleporte is making her own deodorant.
"It is fast and super easy," she says, giving a demonstration with a recipe involving coconut oil, baking powder and a few drops of fragrant oils.
"It takes five minutes: you let it melt in a water bath and then leave it to set," t ... more |
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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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 Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019  Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities.
"We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory.
"She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has already done in buying ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2019 
Boeing Co. received an $11.4 million contract for work on the Stand-Off Land Attack Missile for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Navy announced.
The contract, announced on Tuesday, calls for Phase 1 design maturity, analysis and test planning for production of the AGM-84 SLAM-ER, a precision-guided, air-launched cruise missile.
The work, to be completed by October, comes at the request of ... 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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 New York (AFP) Sept 11, 2019  Fashion and technology have often gone hand in hand, improving supply chains and bringing the world's runways to the masses, but at this week's shows in New York, robotic designs took center stage.
The dresses were conceived with the help of a kit designed by Anina Trepte, a former model and founder of the 360Fashion Network, who wants designers to integrate technology into their work even i ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 
Drone deliveries are coming soon, at least for one Virginia community, as part of a pilot project announced Thursday by Wing, the unit spun out of a "moonshot" lab at Google parent Alphabet.
The drone service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging from Gummy Bears to painkillers to customers, ... more |
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