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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 30, 2020 Engineers for NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft are working to return the mission to normal operating conditions after one of the spacecraft's autonomous fault protection routines was triggered. Multiple fault protection routines were programmed into both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in order to allow the spacecraft to automatically take actions to protect themselves if potentially harmful circumstances arise. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers are still communicating with ... read more |
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellitesCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 carrying it's fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. Launch was 9:06 a.m. Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellites were successfully deployed a little over one hour after launch. ... more 
Russian Space Agency confirms plans to launch nuclear-powered space tug by 2030Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The secrecy-laden project, in development since 2010, is intended to facilitate the transportation of large cargoes in deep space, including for the purpose of creating permanent bases on other plan ... more 
New research launching to station aboard Northrop Grumman's 13th Resupply MissionMelissa Gaskill for ISS News Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Investigations studying tissue culturing, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Spac ... more  
Nuclear waste turned into 'near-infinite powerful' batteries to potentially boost spacecraft mightBristol UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2020 British university researchers have turned their attention to deserted nuclear power plants and the tonnes of waste they still house despite long ago having closed down. What they have stumbled upon ... more |
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Bartolomeo starts its journey to the International Space StationBremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The move marks a further step towards ... more  
Researchers develop new bio-inspired wing design for small dronesProvidence RI (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient. The new wing replaces the smooth contour found on the ... more  
41st Field Artillery Brigade conducts live fire exercise in GermanyWashington DC (UPI) Jan 29, 2020 The 2st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade has conducted a live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, the Army announced. ... more  
China to launch more space science satellitesBeijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic ... more 
NASA awards contract for intelligent systems researchMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2020 NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, LLC, a KBRwyle business unit, of Greenbelt, Maryland, for a contract for intelligent systems research and development support services at the agenc ... more |
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 Indian astronauts to begin training in Russia for country's first manned space mission 
First Spacebus Neo satellite launchedParis (ESA) Jan 17, 2020 Ariane 5's first launch of 2020 has delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned transfer orbits. Arianespace announced liftoff at 21:05 GMT (22:05 CET, 18:05 local time ... more  |
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National Technologies nets $104.9 million for Marine One supportWashington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2020 National Technologies Associates received a $104.9 million contract to provide support for the Presidential Helicopters Program Office, Helicopter Marine Squadron One and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty-One, the Department of Defense announced. ... more 
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. receives $80M for C-20 and C-37 maintenanceWashington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2020 Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. received an $80.1 million modification to sustain the C-20 and C-37 fleet for the AIr Force, Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. ... more 
A new stretchable battery can power wearable electronicsStanford CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 Electronics are showing up everywhere: on our laps, in pockets and purses and, increasingly, snuggled up against our skin or sewed into our clothing. But the adoption of wearable electronics h ... more 
Navy's first MQ-4C Triton drones arrive in GuamWashington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 The first squadron of the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system arrived in Guam for their initial deployment, the Navy announced on Monday. ... more
Companies chosen to pitch ideas for Army's artillery autoloader programWashington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 Six companies were selected to prepare concepts and designs for an Extended-Range Cannon Artillery autoloader, the U.S. Army announced. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works.
Using a customized, 3D virtual reality (VR) simulation that animated the speed and direction of 4 million stars in the local Milky Way neighborhood, astronomer Marc Kuchner and researcher Susan Higashio obtained a new perspective on the stars' motions, improving our understanding o ... more |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Jan 22, 2020 
Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to successfully detect, track and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
The December 2019 test marked the first time F-35s were used as sensors during an IBCS live ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 22, 2020 
A new English publication offering scientific research in the field of satellite navigation has just been launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Springer Nature.
The peer-reviewed academic journal "Satellite Navigation" is online in an open-access format, according to the joint sponsor Aerospace Information Research Institute of the CAS Tuesday.
The journal aims to report ne ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
NASA Scientist Al Kogut has found a way to do Hubble Space Telescope-class science from a relatively inexpensive scientific balloon and is well on the way to proving the concept. If he succeeds, the technology he's developing under the Balloon-borne Cryogenic Telescope Testbed (BOBCAT) effort could prove potentially revolutionary for cosmologists and other scientists who need to collect far-infr ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum dots - tiny islands of confined electric charge that act like interacting artificial atoms. Such "coupled" quantum dots could serve as a robust quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental unit of information for a quantum computer. Moreover, ... more |
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 Rome, Italy (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
The first phase of the UNOSAT Challenge has just ended. The UNOSAT Challenge is the important Phi-Unet (ESA) contest for UNOSAT (United Nations) in partnership with ESA, RUS COPERNICUS, UNOSAT and with the technical support of CERN openlab.
The aim of the contest is to put artificial intelligence and Earth Observation data at the service of a humanitarian cause: support the Iraqi governmen ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2020 
Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters off Japan from April, a research group announced on Wednesday, with concern growing about the impact of plastics on the oceans.
The survey organised by Japanese scientists and the Tara Ocean Foundation will be conducted by several marine research facilities located across Japan, from the northern island of Hokkaid ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2020 
The Russian capital's air and missile defence system is one of the most sophisticated in the world, and includes a dense layer of anti-aircraft missile launchers, interceptor systems, and a unique tetrahedral truncated pyramid radio-radar station so powerful it can detect space debris.
In the event of an enemy attack, Moscow's air defences would intercept and destroy enemy missile targets ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.
The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane's transponder was not working as it hurtled to the ground - it was disabled by the first strike, before bei ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Specially designed vacuum suction units allow humans to climb walls. Scientists have developed a suction unit that can be used on rough surfaces, no matter how textured, and that has applications in the development of climbing robots and robotic arms with grasping capabilities.
Traditional methods of vacuum suction and previous vacuum suction devices cannot maintain suction on rough surfac ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
During the test event, the Valkyrie demonstrator's flight successfully met all of the test objectives, and the envelope was expanded be ... more |
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