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  Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 NASA has provided an advance release of its NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU) software code to the launch industry, a critical milestone toward the final certification of NAFTU, which is on-track for February 2022. NAFTU is a game-changing command and control system available to launch vehicle providers for use at all U.S. launch ranges in ensuring public safety during launch operations. Among the companies that are working with the NAFTU software is Rocket Lab, which has a launch pa ... read more |
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Rogozin says Baikonur security strengthened amid Kazakhstan protestsMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 06, 2022 The Russian forces have strengthened armed protection over the Baikonur Cosmodrome's key objects amid rallies in Kazakhstan, Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos Head Dmitry Rogozin said on Wed ... more  
Helping to make nuclear fusion a realityBoston MA (SPX) Jan 04, 2022 Up until she served in the Peace Corps in Malawi, Rachel Bielajew was open to a career reboot. Having studied nuclear engineering as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, grad ... more  
Callisto Technology Demonstration to Fly Aboard Orion for Artemis IHouston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 Flying on NASA's Orion spacecraft during the uncrewed Artemis I mission will be Callisto, a technology demonstration developed through a reimbursable space act agreement with Lockheed Martin. Lockhe ... more  
China to complete building of space station in 2022Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2022 China will complete the building of its space station in 2022, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The country will see 40-plus space launches in 2022, includi ... more |
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China's astronauts mark New Year with livestream from spaceBeijing (XNA) Jan 03, 2022 From hosting a children's art gallery in space to answering questions about manned spaceflight, the three astronauts onboard China's Tiangong space station celebrated the New Year by cultivating sci ... more  
Northrop Grumman completes Precision Strike Missile rocket motor static testRocket Center WV (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 Northrop Grumman has completed a static test of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) rocket motor as part of its motor qualification effort. The test supports the necessary requirements to validate t ... more  
South Korea grounds F-35s after malfunction forces emergency landingSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 South Korea has grounded its entire fleet of advanced F-35 fighter jets, officials said Wednesday, pending a probe into a dramatic emergency landing. ... more 
Bezos' Blue Origin teams up with U.S. military 'rocket cargo' programWashington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2022 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has teamed up with the U.S. military to explore the possibility of using rockets to transport cargo and people, U.S. Transportation Command announced Monday. The Amazon ... more  
Biden administration extends ISS operations through 2030Washington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2022 The Biden administration has extended operations on theInternational Space Station through 2030 to "enable a seamless transition" to commercial space stations, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announc ... more |
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Astra Space faces critics, skeptics as it plans Florida launchWashington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2022 Astra Space, one of few new rocket companies to reach orbit, is facing stiff criticism from skeptics about its business model as it plans its first launch from Florida.. The California-based c ... more 
Two killed in Israeli military helicopter crash: armyJerusalem (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 Two Israeli military helicopter pilots were killed and another crew member injured in a crash over the Mediterranean, the army said Tuesday, promising an investigation into the incident. ... more  
Two drones shot down targeting Iraq base: anti-IS coalitionBaghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an official of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said. ... more  
14 killed in Chinese construction site landslideBeijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 A landslide at a construction site in southwest China's Guizhou province has killed at least 14 people, state media reported Tuesday. ... more 
Iran rescues 11 Indian sailors after vessel sinks: mediaTehran (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 Iranian coastguards rescued 11 Indian sailors whose vessel, en route to Oman, sank due to bad weather conditions, state media reported on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Hefei, China (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 
Dr. HUO Zhipeng and his student ZHAO Sheng from the Hefei Institutes of physical science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a lead-free neutron and gamma ray composite shielding material that has high shielding properties and is environmentally friendly. Their results were published on Nuclear Materials and Energy.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with the European Space Agency (ESA). The review was declared successful after verifying the good progress of the tests performed on the development models of the X-band payload. ... 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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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 
South Korea has grounded its entire fleet of advanced F-35 fighter jets, officials said Wednesday, pending a probe into a dramatic emergency landing.
After the landing gear on a South Korean F-35A stopped working during a major systems malfunction, the pilot chose not to eject and instead landed the jet on its belly - walking away without any injuries.
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 Villigen, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 
Quantum effects in superconductors could give semiconductor technology a new twist. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and Cornell University in New York State have identified a composite material that could integrate quantum devices into semiconductor technology, making electronic components significantly more powerful. They publish their findings in the journal Science Advances. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2021 
China launched the Tianhui 4 satellite into space on Wednesday evening from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said the satellite was deployed by a Long March 2D carrier rocket that blasted off at 7:13 pm and has entered orbit.
Tianhui 4, built by the compa ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 1, 2022 
Between the pandemic and the rainy weather, it was a muted New Year's celebration on Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana beach, but there was a silver lining Saturday: 50 percent less garbage to collect.
The iconic Brazilian beach city's sanitation service, COMLURB, said it had picked up 320 tonnes of trash from New Year's Eve celebrations, less than half the annual average of 724.2 tonnes fro ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2022 
China will complete the building of its space station in 2022, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The country will see 40-plus space launches in 2022, including multiple manned space flights, the company said at a recent conference on its plan for the new year.
It plans to launch two cargo craft, two Shenzhou spaceships and two laboratory modules of ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite.
Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met b ... more |
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 Rocket Center WV (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 
Northrop Grumman has completed a static test of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) rocket motor as part of its motor qualification effort. The test supports the necessary requirements to validate the company's motor design for production.
"With another successful rocket motor test complete, we are one step closer to providing the U.S. Army with a next-generation, long range fires capabili ... 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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 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 
Flying on NASA's Orion spacecraft during the uncrewed Artemis I mission will be Callisto, a technology demonstration developed through a reimbursable space act agreement with Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin has partnered with Amazon, and Cisco to bring the Alexa digital assistant and Webex video collaboration aboard Orion's first flight test in deep space.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 
Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an official of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said.
"Two fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged and destroyed by defensive capabilities at the Iraqi Al-Asad Air Base early this morning," the official said.
"The attempted attack was unsuccessful. All forces are account ... more |
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