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  Chicago IL (SPX) May 14, 2020 Orbital Transports, Inc. announced that it has debuted the Small Satellite Catalog on its website. By bringing the entire small satellite supply chain online, Orbital Transports is able to offer hardware, software, services, and engineering expertise in a single, searchable, structured catalog. The first resource of its kind, this catalog offers everything a satellite operator or user needs to plan a successful mission. "Our customers don't have to do the research to find vendors and build relatio ... read more |
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NASA takes preliminary steps to resume SLS Core Stage testing workSt. Louis, MS (SPX) May 15, 2020 NASA resumed Green Run testing activities this week on the first flight stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the return of limited crews to perform work at the agency's Stennis Space ... more 
Pryer Aerospace signs long-term agreement with Blue Origin to support New Glenn Heavy-Lift Launch VehicleTulsa OK (SPX) May 14, 2020 Pryer Aerospace has signed a multi-year contract with Blue Origin. Under this contract, Pryer will provide large complex machined parts and leading edge structures for New Glenn, Blue Origin's massi ... more 
Momentus and Alba Orbital sign contract for up to 10 PocketQubesSanta Clara CA (SPX) May 15, 2020 Momentus and Alba Orbital have signed a contract for three Alba Albapods to ride on plaza deck of the Falcon 9 vehicle, which will launch in December 2020 from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral ... more  
New BeiDou satellite starts operation in networkBeijing (XNA) May 14, 2020 The 45th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests, according to the Satellite Navigation System Management Offic ... more |
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Spacesuit for the groundParis (ESA) May 13, 2020 Not a spacesuit but a SCAPE suit - standing for 'Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble'. Technicians don these suits before filling satellites with the toxic hydrazine fuel used for manoeuv ... more 
Northrop Grumman's cargo capsule departs space stationWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 A Northrop Grumman cargo capsule departed the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT Monday, carrying trash and science experiments, and bound for a fiery destructive re-entry. ... more  
How many jobs do robots really replace?Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without wo ... more 
Digipen student project heading to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocketRedmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will ... more 
NASA Funds Artemis Student Challenges to Inspire Space ExplorationWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 NASA will award nearly $2.4 million to universities as part of the Artemis Student Challenges, a bold new initiative to inspire the next generation - the Artemis Generation. The six universities rec ... more |
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 Three types of rockets to shoulder construction of China's space station 
Astronauts Leave "Microbial Fingerprint" on Space StationMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 07, 2020 When a new crew member arrives on the International Space Station, the population of humans living in space changes - of course. But so, too, does the population of microbes. Countless types of micr ... more  |
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Hypersonic Test Center for US Army speeds aheadCollege Station TX (SPX) May 15, 2020 Construction of the Bush Combat Development Complex is set to begin this fall after The Texas A and M University System Regents cast three votes to help transform how the U.S. Army prepares for futu ... more  
Boeing nabs $3.1B in cruise missile deals for Saudi Arabia, other partnersWashington DC (UPI) May 14, 2020 The Navy awarded Boeing with a combined $3.1 billion in contracts this week for cruise missile weapon systems for foreign partners, including Saudi Arabia. ... more  
Planned Florida factory eyes building supersonic commercial jetsOrlando FL (UPI) May 14, 2020 A Texas businessman's dream of building commercial supersonic jets could become reality with construction of a manufacturing plant in Florida after 18 years of planning, modifying plans and changing ... more  
China's Kuaizhou rocket industrial park partially operationalWuhan, China (XNA) May 14, 2020 Kuaizhou rocket industrial park, which is based in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has been partially put into operation, according to China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC). Aft ... more 
Australia Defence Dept signs agreement with Gold Coast space companyGold Coast, Australia (SPX) May 14, 2020 Defence and Gold Coast company Gilmour Space Technologies have joined forces to work together on space technologies under a new strategic agreement. The leading hybrid rocket launch provider i ... more |
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 Orlando FL (UPI) May 14, 2020 
A Florida rocket development company, Rocket Crafters, said Wednesday it concluded a new round of test-firings of its hybrid rocket engine, and plans a test flight with a small rocket in New Mexico later this year.
"We're excited about the data we've seen and to fly a rocket soon," said Rob Fabian, the company president. "The engine performance for the tests were on track with models."
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 Falls Church VA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
A year ago, after the U.S. Department of Defense called for a movement to Agile development methodologies, one of the Northrop Grumman IBCS software teams was part of a pilot program with the U.S. Army. The experience and results were well received and, last November, the Army awarded a $70 million, 28-month contract to transform the entire IBCS software development process to an Agile framework ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 14, 2020 
The 45th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests, according to the Satellite Navigation System Management Office.
The satellite will provide services in place of the 3rd BeiDou satellite, a geostationary earth orbit satellite of the BDS-2 system. The replacement will help reinforce the BDS-2 system and s ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 13, 2020 
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $904.8 million contract modification Thursday for the production and delivery of MH-60R Seahawk maritime aircraft for the United States and for the government of India, according to the Pentagon.
Under the contract, Lockheed will produce and delivery three MH-60Rs to the U.S. Navy and 21 MH-60Rs to the government of India.
The MH-60R Seahawk is a mul ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 12, 2020 
Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several-atom clusters or even single atoms promise to become the building blocks of a new generation of computers with unparalleled memory and processing power. But to realize the full potential of these tiny transistors - miniature electrical on-off switches - researchers must find a way to make many copies of these notoriously difficult-to-fabr ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
Carnegie Mellon University researchers working with an international team of scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that allows atmospheric particles to very rapidly form under certain conditions. The research, which was published in the journal Nature, could aid efforts to model climate change and reduce particle pollution in cities.
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 Beirut (AFP) May 12, 2020 
While walking in Beirut during the coronavirus lockdown recently, Omar Frangieh was struck by the number of face masks and gloves littering the Lebanese capital.
The photographer, concerned that contaminated waste could itself transmit the disease, took 200 photos of discarded personal protective equipment and posted them in a Facebook album he titled "Invaders in Beirut".
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 Nanjingm China (XNA) May 14, 2020 
Space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 returned to its port Tuesday, after finishing the latest monitoring mission in the Pacific Ocean for the Long March-5B rocket launch.
The ship has operated 81 days at sea, sailing over 20,000 nautical miles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no port calls were made during the voyage, and more than 80 percent of crew members did not disembark for over 100 days, sa ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2020 
Boeing was awarded a $128.5 million modification to its Ground-based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract Thursday, according to the Pentagon.
The deal modifies a contract awarded in 2018 for upgrades to the GMD, which is the United States' ballistic missile defense system.
The modification increases the total value of the contract from $11.2 billion to $11.3 billio ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 14, 2020 
The Navy awarded Boeing with a combined $3.1 billion in contracts this week for cruise missile weapon systems for foreign partners, including Saudi Arabia.
"We are pleased to continue our long legacy of partnering with the Navy to build weapons that defend America and its international partners," Cindy Gruensfelder, vice president, Boeing Weapons, said in a press statement.
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020 
Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios.
Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact - although one tha ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 6, 2020 
The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month - the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions.
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which looks like a small version of the manned space shuttles retired in 2011, will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on May 16, the Air Force s ... more |
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