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  Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020 The U.S. military on Friday awarded two new defense contracts worth billions of dollars to space launch companies United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, which won a four-way competition, defeating Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman. The contract award means ULA and Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch about three dozen national security missions from 2022 to 2026 - at a price tag of about $1 billion per year. ULA said its contract represents about 60 percent of those missions. ULA, a launch provide ... read more |
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Russia wants to return to Venus, build reusable rocketMoscow (AFP) Aug 7, 2020 The head of Russia's space agency said Friday that Roscosmos wants to return to Venus and bring back soil samples and build spacecraft that will surpass Elon Musk's rockets. ... more  
Momentus to Launch Dodona Nanosat for Lockheed USC La Jument ProgramSanta Clara CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 Momentus and Lockheed Martin have announced a launch service agreement for a 3U satellite in Lockheed Martin and SERC (Space Engineering Research Center) University of Southern California's (USC) sm ... more  
Software upgrades for Beidou to continueBeijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 Designers of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will keep upgrading software on Beidou satellites to improve their capabilities and maintain technological advantages, according to a key figu ... more 
Air Force navigation technology satellite passes critical design reviewKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 The Navigation Technology Satellite - 3 (NTS-3) spacecraft passed Critical Design Review (CDR) on June 25, a major milestone, allowing L3Harris, the prime contractor for the spacecraft, to proceed i ... more |
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Power, bones, bubbles and other Weightless action on the Space StationParis (ESA) Aug 07, 2020 European science progressed at a slower pace on the International Space Station in the past month. As a series of spacewalks to power up the space habitat came to an end and two of its passengers le ... more  
First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium's value for producing fusionPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 Lithium, the silvery metal that powers smart phones and helps treat bipolar disorders, could also play a significant role in the worldwide effort to harvest on Earth the safe, clean and virtually li ... more  
Air Force holds electronic warfare exercise with classified stealth droneWashington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020 The U.S. Air Force this week concluded a test of tactics involving use of its highly classified RQ-170 surveillance drone with other stealth aircraft. ... more 
New footage of US hypersonic glide body impacting target unveiled by the ArmyWashington DC (Sputnik) Aug 07, 2020 On 19 March, the United States successfully tested a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The test, according to the Pentagon, marked a "major milestone" in the US ... more 
ABL Space Systems begins RS1 stage testing and reaches $90mm in fundingEl Segundo CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 ABL Space Systems has begun stage testing of the RS1 small satellite launch vehicle, and has been awarded two US DoD contracts and secured a large round of funding with a combined value of over $90m ... more |
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 F-16 pilots to face off against AI in simulated dogfight for DARPA 
Spaceflight and Benchmark sign green propulsion deal for Sherpa launcherBurlington VA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 Benchmark Space Systems, a leading provider of green in-space propulsion systems for small satellites, has announced an exclusive services agreement with rideshare leader Spaceflight Inc. to provide ... more  |
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SpaceX launches 10th Starlink batchOrlando FL (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 SpaceX launched its 10th batch of Starlink satellites in Florida early Friday morning. The mission which has been delayed repeatedly this summer lifted off as planned at 1:12 a.m. EDT from Launch Co ... more 
SpaceX completes test flight of Mars rocket prototypeHouston (AFP) Aug 5, 2020 SpaceX on Tuesday successfully completed a flight of less than a minute of the largest prototype ever tested of the future rocket Starship, which the company hopes to use one day to colonize Mars. ... more 
DLR and MTU Aero Engines study fuel cell propulsion system for aviationOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 Emission-free flight is a central goal of civil aviation. Emission-free air transport could be achieved in the long term by converting hydrogen into electricity. This would enable the environment-fr ... more  
U.S. Army readies 'Capability Set '23' for communications modernizationWashington DC (UPI) Aug 05, 2020 The U.S. Army announced "Capability Set '23," a technical exchange meeting to consider its requirements for its networking modernization plan. ... more 
Richard Branson space-bound in early 2021 says Virgin GalacticWashington (AFP) Aug 4, 2020 Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 4, 2020 
Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a way to detect space debris even in daylight hours, potentially helping satellites to avoid the ever-growing cloud of junk orbiting the planet.
Defunct rockets, satellites and spacecraft parts continue to orbit Earth after they are discarded.
The estimated 500,000 objects circling the globe range in size from a single screw to an entire rocke ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 05, 2020 
The U.S. Army announced "Capability Set '23," a technical exchange meeting to consider its requirements for its networking modernization plan.
The meeting will be conducted virtually on Sept. 2, and build on "Capability Set '21," whose critical review of future networking necessities led to what the Army called the "first round of modernized network capabilities."
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 
The Navigation Technology Satellite - 3 (NTS-3) spacecraft passed Critical Design Review (CDR) on June 25, a major milestone, allowing L3Harris, the prime contractor for the spacecraft, to proceed into fabrication, demonstration, and test.
In partnership with the Space and Missile Systems Center, United States Space Force, and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Resea ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020 
An aerial combat simulation between an F-16 pilot and an artificial intelligence algorithm is part of the government-sponsored "Alpha Dog Trials" on Aug. 20, the Pentagon announced.
Teams from eight defense contractors are scheduled to be involved in flying simulated F-16 fighter planes against artificial intelligence-controlled planes in aerial combat, the U.S. Defense Advanced Researc ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 
The electron is an elementary particle, a building block on which other systems evolve. With specific properties such as spin, or angular momentum, that can be manipulated to carry information, electrons are primed to advance modern information technology. An international collaboration of researchers has now developed a way to extend and stabilize the lifetime of the electron's spin to more eff ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 
China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:01 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time).
The satellite, Gaofen-9 04, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket. It has a resolution up to the sub-meter level.
The satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land right confirmation ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 
As a global center for petrochemical manufacturing, Houston, Texas, experiences some of the worst air quality in the country, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evidence suggests that air pollution disproportionately affects low-income, non-white and Hispanic residents, but it's difficult to directly observe differences in pollutants between neighborhoods.
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 
China is soliciting ideas for payloads aboard its proposed missions to the moon, an asteroid and a comet, according to the China National Space Administration.
It is asking for primary, middle school and university students across the country to provide ideas for payloads that would fly aboard the Chang'e 7 probe to the moon, and on another spacecraft to the asteroid 2016HO3 and the comet ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2020 
Japan's announcement on the suspension of the deployment of Aegis Ashore missile defense systems marks a potential shift in the country's security strategy. The turning point depends on the substitute for Aegis Ashore. The country is now considering pre-emptive strike capabilities as a possibility, targeting missile launchers in North Korea first instead of intercepting incoming missiles. Interc ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 04, 2020 
The Army is looking to procure a shoulder-fired rocket system on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Corps announced on Tuesday.
In July, the Army issued a request for proposals for proposals for the M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire from Enclosure munition, according to a Marine Corps press release.
The M72 is a compact, lightweight, single-shot weapon system that incorporates and ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.
The team, led by scientists at JILA, reported its new feat of wafer-thinness this week in the journal Physical Review Materials. The group's target, a film just 5 nanometers thick, is the thinnest material ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2020 
DARPA's Subterranean (SubT) Challenge focuses on discovering innovative approaches to map, navigate, and search complex underground environments across three diverse subdomains: human-made tunnels, urban underground, and natural cave systems. Two previous scored events - Tunnel and Urban Circuits - featured both Virtual and Systems Competitions.
DARPA has made the difficult decision to pro ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020  The U.S. Air Force this week concluded a test of tactics involving use of its highly classified RQ-170 surveillance drone with other stealth aircraft.
The exercise, held Aug. 4 to Aug. 6 at Nellis Air Base, Nev., also included an Air Force B-2 bomber and F-22 and F-15 fighter planes, as well as the U.S. Navy's E/A-18G Growler electronic warfare plane, according to officials.
The ... more |
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