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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2019 U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, along with ranking member Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the NASA Authorization Act of 2019. This bill expands and improves upon the bipartisan legislation Sen. Cruz introduced in December 2018 and provides the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA ... read more |
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F-35 to Space? US Air Force looks to connect stealth fighters to X-37B SpacecraftWashington DC (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2019 In an effort to improve combat effectiveness, the US Air Force may embark on a new mission that would allow its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor aircraft to share information with the top-s ... more 
GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operationsWashington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $783 million contract for sustainment of the Navy's next-generation satellite communications system. ... more  
NanoAvionics to build 12U Nano-satellite for Singapore's CaLeMPSat research missionMidland TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 Nano-satellite mission integrator NanoAvionics received a contract to build a 12U nano-satellite bus for the Singaporean research mission "Cathode-Less Micro Propulsion Satellite" (CaLeMPSat). Devel ... more 
SSTL Ships Target Satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale's ELSA-d MissionGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the ... more |
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All four engines are attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis INew Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 All four RS-25 engines were structurally mated to the core stage for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis I, the first mission of SLS and NASA's Orion spacecraft. To complete assembly ... more  
Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to 'grow' like a plantBoston MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 In today's factories and warehouses, it's not uncommon to see robots whizzing about, shuttling items or tools from one station to another. For the most part, robots navigate pretty easily across ope ... more  
Scientists discover a new high-temperature superconductorMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov, Professor at Skoltech and MIPT, and Dr. Ivan Troyan at the Institute of Crystallography of RAS have succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), ... more 
SSTL announces NovaSAR-1 data deal with the PhilippinesGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to pro ... more 
Advanced electric propulsion thruster for NASA's Gateway achieves full power demonstrationPasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA recently demonstrated an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) thruster at full power for the first time, achieving an important program milestone. Aerojet Rocketdyn ... more |
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 Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON  
Russian Scientists Propose Creation Of Separate ISS Module for sports, medicineMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 11, 2019 The Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Science (IBMP RAS) considers it necessary to create a special module for sports and medical experiments at the International Space Stat ... more  |
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EU to create own early missile warning systemBrussels (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2019 The European Union member states adopted on Tuesday a joint defence project, aimed at strengthening their capacity of early missile threat warning and countering it. The Council of the Europea ... more  
Brazil's Bolsonaro to walk diplomatic tightrope at BRICSRio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will walk a diplomatic tightrope Wednesday when he hosts his Chinese counterpart, as he seeks to boost ties with Beijing and avoid upsetting key ally Donald Trump. ... more  
Cargo lock fix for KC-46 tanker approved by U.S. Air ForceWashington (UPI) Nov 12, 2019 The U.S. Air Force has approved a retrofit to prevent cargo locks on an aerial refueling tanker from coming undone midflight, officials said Tuesday. ... more 
Chinese researchers design novel flying robotBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Skyscrapers are rising rapidly around the world, continuously transforming city skylines. However, their repair and maintenance is becoming more and more difficult. So, who can safely perform the jo ... more 
UAE's $830.3M buy of Chinook cargo helicopters cleared by State Dept.Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of 10 Chinook CH-47F military cargo helicopters to the United Arab Emirates. ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
More plasma research is being conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). From 10 to 16 November 2019, the Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov will be carrying out a new series of experiments with the PK-4 plasma crystal laboratory. Under the direction of scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), Skvortsov will record how microparticl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019  General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $783 million contract for sustainment of the Navy's next-generation satellite communications system.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers ground system sustainment of the Mobile User Objective System for the next decade, through 2029.
MUOS uses a constellation of five satellites in global connectiv ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019  Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed.
The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 
The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of 10 Chinook CH-47F military cargo helicopters to the United Arab Emirates.
The sale, approved by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Nov. 7, is the 10th Foreign Military Sale request by the UAE since 2017, and could add $830.3 million to the approximately $10.5 billion in military equipment the UAE has already bought from the ... more |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
Researchers at Linkoping University and RISE, Campus Norrkoping, have shown for the first time that it is possible to print complete integrated circuits with more than 100 organic electrochemical transistors. The result has been published in Nature Communications.
"This is a decisive step for a technology that was born at Linkoping University just over 17 years ago. The result shows that w ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate warnings, according to Penn State researchers who studied supercell thuderstorms in the Midwest.
"We know satellites have an advantage in producing forecasts earlier, and radar has more confidence ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Nov 3, 2019 
India's capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog Sunday - the worst levels in recent years - with hundreds of flights diverted or delayed as politicians blamed each other for failing to tackle the crisis.
Every winter, the megacity of 20 million people is blanketed by a poisonous smog of car fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from stubble burning at farms in neighbouring sta ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019 
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted several experiments there. Beijing is already planning future lunar missions, including a manned one.
Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology C ... more |
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 Brussels (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2019 
The European Union member states adopted on Tuesday a joint defence project, aimed at strengthening their capacity of early missile threat warning and countering it.
The Council of the European Union adopted on Tuesday an updated list of 13 joint defence projects, covering both biological defence, chemical defence, space and cybersecurity. This brings the total number of projects undertake ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  North Korea fired two short-range projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said, with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock.
The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
They flew 370 kilometres (230 miles) at a maximum altitude of 90 kilometres, they said, addin ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 
In today's factories and warehouses, it's not uncommon to see robots whizzing about, shuttling items or tools from one station to another. For the most part, robots navigate pretty easily across open layouts. But they have a much harder time winding through narrow spaces to carry out tasks such as reaching for a product at the back of a cluttered shelf, or snaking around a car's engine parts to ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 08, 2019 
Growing from its participation in the European DOMUS project, and designed to come up with a response to the growing number of civil unmanned aircrafts likely to be sharing the airspace in the near future, the technology multinational GMV has developed the U-Space suite dronelocus , which integrates a Tracking Service and an Emergency Management Service.
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