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  Woodbine GA (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 Once approved by the FAA, Spaceport Camden will be positioned to create generations of tech, research, service and manufacturing jobs in Camden County, Georgia. No other place in America has a better case for building a spaceport and research center than Georgia and Camden County. Ideally located in Georgia's southernmost coastal county and central to Savannah (with Gulfstream Aerospace), Atlanta (with Georgia Tech) and Cape Canaveral (with NASA). Georgia already has the building blocks in place t ... read more |
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Northrop postpones Antares rocket launch in Virginia on SundayWashington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020 Northrop Grumman postponed a cargo capsule launch to the International Space Station from Virginia at 5:44 p.m. EST Sunday. Northrop launch controllers announced an abort less than three minut ... more  
Getting your payload to orbitBethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 Launch vehicles and satellites are commonly built by different contractors in separate locations by two different talent pools. Satellite engineers and managers are not generally intimately familiar ... more  
Northrop Grumman nabs $172.4M for two MQ-4C drones to NavyWashington DC (UPI) Feb 07, 2020 Northrop Grumman has received a $172.4 million contract modification for delivery of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems for the Navy, according to the Pentagon. ... more  
U.S. approves deal to sell LRASMs to Australia for up to $990MWashington DC (UPI) Feb 7, 2019 The State Department has approved a possible sale of up to 200 AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and related equipment to the Australian government for an estimated cost of $990 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. ... more |
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Multiple software errors doomed Boeing crew capsule testWashington (AFP) Feb 8, 2020 Multiple software issues and a poor radio link doomed a test flight of Boeing's crew capsule late last year, NASA said Friday, revealing for the first time a glitch that could have destroyed the spaceship on its re-entry. ... more 
NASA, Europe space agency launch Solar Orbiter missionWashington DC (UPI) Feb 09, 2020 One of the most advanced science missions to study the sun in history - the Solar Orbiter - launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Florida on Sunday night. ... more
Northrop postpones Antares rocket launch in Virginia on SundayOrlando FL (UPI) Feb 09, 2020 Northrop Grumman postponed a cargo capsule launch to the International Space Station from Virginia at 5:44 p.m. EST Sunday. Northrop launch controllers announced an abort less than three minut ... more 
Space station to forge ultra-fast connectionsParis (ESA) Feb 10, 2020 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to install a high-speed radio link to enable almost real-time connections with Earth. The upgrade to the ESA Columbus laboratory will rel ... more 
Software defects could have destroyed Boeing Starliner on test flightWashington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2020 Two "critical" software defects found after an unpiloted test flight of the Boeing Starliner capsule in December could have caused destruction of the vehicle had they not been corrected by ground co ... more |
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 Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station 
Record-breaking US astronaut returns to EarthAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Feb 6, 2020 NASA's Christina Koch returned to Earth safely Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International Space Station. ... more  |
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The science behind and beyond Luca's missionParis (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 As ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano marks his 200 days in space as part of his Beyond mission, it is time to pack up a few experiments, wrap up science reports and give way to further research that will ... more 
Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand lowCatonsville MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS ... more 
NASA astronaut's record-setting mission helps scientists for future missionsHouston TX (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, after 328 days living and working aboard the International Space Station. Her mission is the longest single spaceflight b ... more 
AdvancingX announces collaborative agreement with ISS National LabSacramento CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 AdvancingX has signed a collaborative agreement with the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory (ISS National Lab) to work together to develop outreach and educational projects and act ... more  
NASA contracts Maxar to supply robotic arm for lunar landerWestminster CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Maxar Technologies has finalized a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic arm called Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith (SAMPLR). The arm, which will be built in ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 
For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna has sent commands to two ESA spacecraft, simultaneously, at the Red Planet.
Late on Thursday 30 January, the 35-metre New Norcia dish in Western Australia 'spoke' to Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
Talking with two voices at two different frequencies ensured the signals sent didn't interfere with each other.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 
Emerging 5G mobile wireless networking technologies are slated to dramatically increase in both scale and speed, enabling much faster access to data collected from billions of connected devices. This supercharged information highway is envisioned to play an important role across several industries, ranging from medicine to manufacturing.
Major advances in 5G, including new core network fea ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 
The nation's third next-generation GPS III satellite - and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to the new U.S. Space Force - has arrived in Florida for an expected April launch.
On Feb. 5, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV03) was shipped to Cape Canaveral from the company's GPS III Processing Facility near Denver aboard a massive Air Force C-17 ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 10, 2020 
Since 2016, Lockheed Martin has been working in collaboration with NASA on a new supersonic X-59 QueSST for the space administration's Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator program, scheduled for test flights in 2022.
NASA's new experimental supersonic X-plane will be flying across the US by the end of 2020, a representative of Lockheed Martin, who was commissioned to build the plane, said on Frida ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 
Today's defense electronics systems rely on radio frequency (RF) mixed-mode electronics - those that integrate RF, analog, and digital circuits onto a single chip - to interface RF signals with digital processors.
This technology supports critical communications, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, as well as being widely used to support commercial telecommunications. The Depa ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
Scientists at Caltech and JPL have tied a shift in winter weather patterns in Europe and northern Eurasia to a reduction in air pollution.
Over the past 50 years, the occurrence of extremely cold days has decreased throughout Europe and northern Eurasia, which includes Russia. Combining long-term observations with a state-of-the-art climate model revealed what researchers describe as an "u ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2020 
Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into "global systemic collapse," more than 200 top scientists warned Wednesday.
Climate change, extreme weather events from hurricanes to heatwaves, the decline of life-sustaining ecosystems, food security and dwindling stores of fresh water - each poses a monumental challenge to humanity in the 21st century.
Out of 30 global-scale ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020 
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... 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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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2020 
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled Sunday a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a "new generation" of engines designed to put satellites into orbit.
The Guards' Sepahnews website said the Raad-500 missile was equipped with new Zoheir engines made of composite materials lighter than on earlier steel models.
It also unveiled Salman engines made of the same mate ... 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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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 
For the first time, the industries of AI and space have decided to combine their expertise in order to surpass the human limitations imposed by the infinite vastness of space. AIxSPACE, dedicated to the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the space industry has been launched by Euroconsult and Innovitech, experts in both space and innovation respectively. For this first edition, ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 07, 2020 
Northrop Grumman has received a $172.4 million contract modification for delivery of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems for the Navy, according to the Pentagon.
The deal, which modifies a contract initially awarded in September 2018, exercises options to deliver to the drones for the Navy, maintain one Navy main operating base and also to conduct trade studies and collect administrat ... more |
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