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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2020 For the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic views from the Voyager mission, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is publishing a new version of the image known as the "Pale Blue Dot." The updated image uses modern image-processing software and techniques while respecting the intent of those who planned the image. Like the original, the new color view shows Planet Earth as a single, bright blue pixel in the vastness of space. Rays of sunlight scattered within the camera ... read more |
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Australian Govt funds rocket fuel tank researchGold Coast, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Research that could cut space travel cost by 25 per cent has received a $3 million boost from the Australian Government. A Gilmour Space Technologies, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) a ... more 
Artemis I progresses toward launchWashington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 The flight hardware has been built, the launch facilities are ready, and NASA and its industry partners are checking off final milestones for the launch that will put America on the path to landing ... more  
Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator AgreementCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Phase One Industrial, a world-leading provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, has announced that it has signed an agreement with AI-Survey GmbH, a dev ... more 
Economical and environmentally friendly solutions on the commercial satellites marketWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 We are observing a considerable increase in the demand for satellite systems around the world. Various independent sources forecast that the nano- and microsatellite market will grow from $1.5 billi ... more |
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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 
Iran unveils ballistic missile, 'new generation' enginesTehran (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. ... more 
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 |
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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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AEHF-5 Satellite Control Authority Transferred to Space Operations CommandLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 On Feb. 3, the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's (SMC) fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) communications satellite was successfully transferred to Space Operations Co ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne wins DARPA hypersonic propulsion technology contractHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract worth up to $19.6 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop enabling technologies for an advanced hypersonic defense ... more  
Autonomous vehicle technology may improve safety for US Army convoys, report saysSanta Monica CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 U.S. Army convoys could be made safer for soldiers by implementing autonomous vehicle technology to reduce the number of service members needed to operate the vehicles, according to a new study from ... more 
Over 100 US troops suffered brain injury in Iran attack: PentagonWashington (AFP) Feb 10, 2020 More than 100 US troops sustained "mild" traumatic brain injury, far more than originally announced, when Iran launched missiles at their base in Iraq last month, the Department of Defense said Monday. ... more  
Coronavirus clips wings of Asia's biggest air showSingapore (AFP) Feb 11, 2020 Asia's biggest air show opened in Singapore Tuesday under the shadow of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has forced companies to withdraw, kept visitors away and is battering the aviation industry. ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for shielding electronics in military and space exploration technology from ionizing radiation. The new approach is more cost effective than existing techniques, and the secret ingredient is...rust.
"Our approach can be used to maintain the same level of radiation shielding and reduce the weight by 30% or more, o ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 
On Feb. 3, the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's (SMC) fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) communications satellite was successfully transferred to Space Operations Command (SpOC).
After successful completion of AEHF-5 on-orbit testing, SMC transferred Satellite Control Authority to the SpOC with AEHF-5 now under the control of military operators located at S ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020 
Honeywell Inc. was awarded a contract potentially worth $3.5 billion for development of GPS navigation system modernization, the Pentagon announced.
The indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for production, sustainment and engineering technical services for Embedded GPS Internal Navigation System Modernization, or EGI/EGI-M, the Defense Department said in a statement on Fr ... 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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 Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 
A material from a rare earth element, tellurium, could produce the world's smallest transistor, thanks to an Army-funded project.
Computer chips use billions of tiny switches called transistors to process information. The more transistors on a chip, the faster the computer.
A project at Purdue University in collaboration with Michigan Technological University, Washington University i ... 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 12, 2020 
The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world's economic output, an environmental research group said on Wednesday.
The report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Greenpeace Southeast Asia is the first to assess the global cost of air pollution specifically from burning oil, gas and coal. ... 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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