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  Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster - Commercial (NEXT-C) fired for the first time recently inside a vacuum chamber at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The thruster is undergoing performance testing to verify it can withstand the extreme launch vibrations and hot and cold temperatures of spaceflight. This photo shows an engineering model firing inside a Glenn vacuum chamber earlier this year. NEXT-C is a powerful next-generation solar electric propulsion system that could propel future lo ... read more |
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SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Static Fire TestsCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 SpaceX has completed a series of static fire engine tests of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in advance of an in-flight launch escape demonstration, known as the In-Flight Abort Test. The engine te ... more  
Final spacewalk preps during biology, physics studies on ISSHouston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 The Expedition 61 crew is about to kick off a series of complex spacewalks on Friday to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector. They had one more spacewalk review Thursday ... more  
Subterranean Challenge Identifies Urban Circuit Location, Updates Prize AmountsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 The DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Urban Circuit will take place Feb. 18-27, 2020, at Satsop Business Park west of Olympia, Washington. In the SubT Challenge, teams deploy autonomous ground and ... more  
China conducts hovering and obstacle avoidance test in public for first Mars lander missionHuailai, China (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 On November 14, 2019, China National Space Administration invited some foreign embassies and international organizations to witness hovering and obstacle avoidance test for Mars Lander of China's fi ... more |
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Commerce leaders introduce the NASA Authorization Act of 2019Washington 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, chai ... more  
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  
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  
Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400sAnkara (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Ankara would not give up the Russian S-400 missile defence system to purchase the equivalent US Patriot missiles in comments published Thursday. ... more  
Catapults, flaming arrows: Hong Kong protesters' medieval techHong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 With wooden catapults to launch petrol bombs and bows and arrows pilfered from sports departments, Hong Kong's democracy protesters are combining new tactics with medieval tech as they battle police. ... more |
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Army researcher promotes cooperation between humans, autonomous machinesPlaya Vista CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 The trust between humans and autonomous machines is a top priority for Army researchers - as machines become integral to society, it is critical to understand the impact on human decision-making. ... more  |
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China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocketTaiyuan (XNA) Nov 15, 2019 Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Wednesday. The five Ningxia-1 satellites were launched ... more  
Iris Automation and Kansas DOT complete historic beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flightTopeka KS (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 The Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operat ... more 
Clark Construction lands $570 million contract for Walter Reed renovationsWashington (UPI) Nov 13, 2019 Clark Construction Group has been awarded a $570 million for a multiyear construction project at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda, Md. ... more  
German air force rejects delivery of two Airbus planesBerlin (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 Germany's air force said Wednesday it had refused delivery of two Airbus A400M transport planes over technical faults, saying bolts holding the propellers on some already operational aircraft were loose. ... 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 |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 14, 2019 
Quietly and steadily, fundamental science for better materials on Earth runs on the International Space Station. While European commander Luca Parmitano is busy preparing for a series of complex spacewalks that take several hours of his working day in orbit, science hums in the background.
On Earth, gravity often leads to unwanted effects when processing materials. Buoyancy, convection and ... more |
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 Washington 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-secret X-37B space plane.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein announced last week to attendees of the Air Force Association breakfast series that the service's efforts to improve the tra ... 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.
The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 14, 2019 
ESA test facilities can test more than just space hardware: here, the 2.0m-diameter nose of an Airbus A340 aircraft is seen in ESA's Hertz chamber, undergoing radio-frequency testing.
"We had a rare gap in our test schedule and were able to accommodate a commercial customer," explains ESA antenna engineer Eric Van Der Houwen.
"SPECTO Aerospace works on repairing damaged structural ai ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 
To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed that are both stretchable and degradable - for example, flexible medical devices that conform to the surfaces of internal organs, but that dissolve and disappear when no longer needed.
However, introducing these properties to electronics has been challenging. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science h ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), DLR Space Management has commissioned the continuation and further development of the Copernicus Data and Exploitation Platform Germany (CODE-DE). CloudFerro, one of the leading cloud-computing companies from Europe, has been entrusted, together with its subcontractor Erteco Technologies, with the implementation of ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 13, 2019  Schools in Tehran were ordered to be closed on Wednesday after the Iranian capital was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution, authorities said.
Governor Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpey said kindergartens, preschools and primary schools would be shut in the city and the counties of Gharchak, Pishva and Varamin.
"The air quality index for the city of Tehran still has not passed ... more |
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 Huailai, China (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 
On November 14, 2019, China National Space Administration invited some foreign embassies and international organizations to witness hovering and obstacle avoidance test for Mars Lander of China's first Mars exploration mission, and visit relevant test facilities in Huailai, Hebei Province. Zhang Kejian, administrator of China National Space Administration, attended the event and delivered a welc ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
The DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Urban Circuit will take place Feb. 18-27, 2020, at Satsop Business Park west of Olympia, Washington. In the SubT Challenge, teams deploy autonomous ground and aerial systems to attempt to map, identify, and report artifacts along two competition courses. The artifacts represent items a first responder or service member may encounter in underground environm ... more |
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 Topeka KS (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
The Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid systems.
The flight mark the first time under Part 107 the FAA has authorized an operation to fly BVLOS without a requirement for visual observers or a gr ... more |
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