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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China. Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurers - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant - to the International Space Station (ISS) in its first launch of tourists in 12 years. Buoyed by the success, firebrand space chief Dmitry Rogozin talked up Russia' ... read more |
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SpaceX launches Turksat-5bWashington DC (UPI) Dec 19, 2021 SpaceX launched a communications satellite from Florida overnight Saturday for the Turkish company Turksat. ... more  
China Pursues Helium-3 on the MoonBethesda MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 Apparently, China sees the Moon as a future source of fuel for terrestrial power and space dominance. At the moment Chinese nuclear scientists are studying lunar surface material samples brought bac ... more  
Northrop Grumman completes environmental testing for Next Gen OPIR GEO payloadAzusa CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace team successfully achieved three critical milestones on production of its Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Geosynchron ... more 
Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 MissionHouston TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-6 mission - the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA ast ... more |
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Fugro's remote space operations complex to be located in Perth, AustraliaPerth, Australia (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 Fugro confirms the Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) will be located in the heart of downtown Perth's central business district (CBD). Housed ... more 
Launch of GeeSAT commercial satellites failsJiuquan (XNA) Dec 17, 2021 The launch of a pair of GeeSAT commercial satellites, carried by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket, was unsuccessful, the launch center said in a statement Wednesday. Abnormal performance was detec ... more 
Webb placed on top of Ariane 5Paris (ESA) Dec 17, 2021 On Saturday 11 December, the James Webb Space Telescope was placed on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. After its arrival in the ... more 
ESA contract to advance Vega-C competitivenessParis (ESA) Dec 17, 2021 ESA's Vega-C launch vehicle will fly in the second quarter of 2022 offering more performance to all orbits and extended mission flexibility at a similar cost to the current Vega. A new contract aims ... more 
NASA Completes Upper Part of Artemis II Core StageNew Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 NASA has completed assembly of the upper, or forward, part of the core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send the Artemis II crew on their lunar mission. Boeing, the lead core ... more |
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China's high-flying drone giant DJI in US cross-hairsShanghai (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 Chinese drone-maker DJI is easily the highest-profile company targeted in a new round of US economic sanctions against companies over China's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority. ... more  
USSF's EPS-R Program on Schedule for Historic Polar MissionLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 A unique partnership with Norway and the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command will extend satellite communications for U.S. polar forces and save taxpayers millions of dollars. SSC's Enhan ... more  
On they march as China records 401st flight of Long March rocket familyBeijing (XNA) Dec 15, 2021 China launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's major ... more 
Australia's First MQ-4C Triton Takes ShapePalmdale CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia's first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage w ... more  
Pentagon documents reveal 'deeply flawed' US air war: reportWashington (AFP) Dec 18, 2021 Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that the US air wars in the Middle East have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence" and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths, including many children, the New York Times reported Saturday. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Northern Command and the Space Force marked the completion of construction on the long-range discrimination radar site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, during a ceremony on Monday.
The multi-mission LRDR is designed, for now, to better track incoming ballistic missiles. It combines the capabilities of lower frequency radars - which can track multiple o ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
Airbus and OneWeb have signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use. As the leading provider of military satellite communication services in Europe, Airbus will offer new communication services utilising the OneWeb constellation to select European and UK armed forces, and civil protection and security ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 09, 2021 
Europe's largest satellite constellation has grown even bigger, following the launch of two more Galileo navigation satellites by Soyuz launcher from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 December. Galileo satellites 27-28 add to an existing 26-satellite constellation in orbit, providing the world's most precise satnav positioning to more than 2.3 billion users around the globe.
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2021 
Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that the US air wars in the Middle East have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence" and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths, including many children, the New York Times reported Saturday.
It said a trove of confidential documents covering more than 1,300 reports of civilian casualties undercuts the government's portrayal of a war fought with p ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
Semiconductors are moving away from rigid substrates, which are cut or formed into thin discs or wafers, to more flexible plastic material and even paper thanks to new material and fabrication discoveries. The trend toward more flexible substrates has led to fabrication of numerous devices, from light-emitting diodes to solar cells and transistors.
Georgia Tech researchers have created a m ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has received $6.5 million in funding from NASA to launch a roughly shoebox-sized satellite into space carrying an instrument designed to measure the howling thermospheric winds, which can gust more than 300 miles per hour through the highest reaches of the Earth's atmosphere.
The blustery winds in the thermosphere - the upper layer of the ... more |
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 Kathmandu (AFP) Dec 18, 2021 
Nepal's largest stupa, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Tibetan Buddhism, was festooned with biodegradable prayer flags on Saturday after devotees replaced the more common synthetic version with a greener alternative.
Colourful prayer flags - which have auspicious symbols and prayers inscribed on them - are an integral part of Buddhist rituals.
At the white-domed Boudhanath stup ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 
Chinese astronauts live and work more conveniently and comfortably in orbit with the application of advanced information technology, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
There are smart home systems in China's space station core module Tianhe, Bai Linhou, deputy chief designer of the space station at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) under the CASC ... more |
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 Azusa CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace team successfully achieved three critical milestones on production of its Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Engineering Development Unit (EDU) payload. The missile warning sensor payload is being developed for the U.S. Space Force's GEO missile warning satellites built by spacecraft pr ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
A unique partnership with Norway and the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command will extend satellite communications for U.S. polar forces and save taxpayers millions of dollars.
SSC's Enhanced Polar Systems-Recapitalization (EPS-R) program successfully completed the ready-to-ship review at the end of September for the first of two payloads to begin the integration process onto Space Nor ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
Fugro confirms the Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) will be located in the heart of downtown Perth's central business district (CBD). Housed in Western Australia's (WA's) largest telecommunications exchange, and thanks to an ongoing partnership with Telstra, Fugro's world-class facility will manage robotics and remote operations in Austra ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia's first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton's unique one-piece wing. Once completed and delivered, Triton's powerful payload and endurance will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ability to detect and ... more |
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