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  Washington DC (UPI) Jan 24, 2021 A SpaceX Dragon capsule that had transported supplies and experiments to the International Space Station splashed down along the coast of Florida on Monday afternoon. The capsule's four main parachutes were deployed shortly after 4 p.m. EST, and splashdown was confirmed two minutes later, the company said. The freighter delivered some 4,900 pounds of science experiments and station hardware for analysis and inspection. It brought back science experiments, as well. The spacecraft w ... read more |
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STEM student experiments win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech ContestGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals. The winning teams ... more 
Ariane 6 upper stage readies for tests at Europe's SpaceportParis (ESA) Jan 22, 2022 The central core of ESA's new generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle arrived at Europe's Spaceport on 18 January and is now inside the launch vehicle assembly building. Ariane 6's central core com ... more  
NASA Emergency Beacons Save Lives in 2021Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort, Cospas-Sarsat. NASA has lent technical expertise to the Cospas-Sars ... more 
Five Space Station Research Results Contributing to Deep Space ExplorationHouston TX (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 More than 3,000 experiments have been conducted aboard the International Space Station during the 21 years humans have been living and working in space. These experiments have provided insights help ... more |
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NASA Solar Sail Mission to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I LaunchWashington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2022 NEA Scout will visit an asteroid estimated to be smaller than a school bus - the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft. Launching with the Artemis I uncrewed test flight, NASA's ... more 
NASA prepares final rocket tests for first Artemis moon mission launchOrlando FL (UPI) Jan 21, 2022 NASA is preparing the huge Space Launch System moon rocket for final tests on a Kennedy Space Center launchpad in February that would clear the way for a moon launch as early as late March. Th ... more 
Russian cosmonauts conduct EVA to complete Nauka Lab Module integration to ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 20, 2022 Russia launched the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka" from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 21 July and it docked at the ISS on 29 July. Watch a live broadcast from the International Space Stat ... more 
Wanted: recycling methods to keep astronauts aliveParis (ESA) Jan 20, 2022 It took a crop of potatoes to keep Matt Damon alive on the red planet in The Martian. And in future, real life astronauts on the Moon and Mars will have to be gardeners, farmers and expert recyclers ... more 
Arianespace to launch Microcarb on Vega CEvry, France (SPX) Jan 19, 2022 Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by ESA, on behalf of the European Commission, to launch Microcarb in 2023 on Vega C. Microcarb is a 190kg satellite developed by CNES that will be deli ... more |
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UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen rebels: defence ministryAbu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 Two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels have been intercepted and destroyed over the United Arab Emirates, the defence ministry said on Monday. ... more  
Northrop Grumman-Built MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes Operational Deployment with the US NavySan Diego CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally Dec. 14, 2021. Deployed with Helicopter Sea Combat Squ ... more  
Seven injured in US F-35 incident in South China SeaWashington (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 Seven US sailors were injured Monday in a Navy F-35C fighter "landing mishap" on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, the Navy said. ... more  
SpaceX delivers trio of Cape Town built satellites into orbitCape Town, South Africa (VOA) Jan 14, 2022 SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations. Produced at the Cape Penin ... more  
Israel Knocks out simulated Iranian missile using Arrow-3 InterceptorMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 19, 2022 The Arrow-3 is one of several missile and drone defence systems in Israel's arsenal, and is meant to counter threats including long-range ballistic and cruise missiles. Unlike the Iron Dome air defe ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
Moscow blew up one of its old satellites in November in a missile test that sparked international anger because of the space debris it scattered around the Earth's orbit.
US officials accused Moscow of carrying out a "d ... more |
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Eclipse Global Connectivity, Smiths Interconnect and ST Engineering iDirect (iDirect) has announced their collaboration to deliver an integrated airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (A-ISR) satellite communications (SATCOM) capability for military and government aircraft.
The solution, drawing on the extensive expertise of the three companies, will initially address the be ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2022 
Synchronizing time in modern warfare - down to billionths and trillionths of a second - is critical for mission success. High-tech missiles, sensors, aircraft, ships, and artillery all rely on atomic clocks on GPS satellites for nanosecond timing accuracy. A timing error of just a few billionths of a second can translate to positioning being off by a meter or more. If GPS were jammed by an adver ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 
Seven US sailors were injured Monday in a Navy F-35C fighter "landing mishap" on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, the Navy said.
The accident occurred while the F-35C Lightning II, a stealth combat aircraft, was attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson during routine flight operations, the US Pacific Fleet said in a statement.
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
Researchers at QuTech-a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO-have taken an important step for semiconductor spin qubits by surpassing the 99% barrier for two-qubit gate fidelity. They report on their findings in Nature on 19 January 2021 and are featured on the issue's cover. Two independent works from groups at UNSW Sydney and at RIKEN report similar results in the s ... more |
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 Milan, Italy (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
A research group at the Politecnico di Milano analysed the orientation of ancient Japanese tombs - the so-called Kofun. This study has never been carried out before, due to the very large number of monuments and the fact that access to these areas is usually forbidden.
For these reasons, high-res satellite imagery was used. The results show that these tombs are oriented towards the arc of ... more |
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 Ancon, Peru (AFP) Jan 21, 2022  At Miramar Beach in Peru's popular resort of Ancon, there are no bathers despite the summer heat. Instead, it teems with workers in coveralls cleaning up an oil spill.
Almost a million liters (264,000 gallons) of crude spilled into the sea on Saturday when a tanker was hit by waves while offloading at La Pampilla refinery in Ventanilla, 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Lima.
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 Dalian (XNA) Jan 20, 2022 
Who would ever have thought that technology used on China's largest carrier rocket would be used to improve the safety of skiers?
Chinese scientists have developed a strong ski helmet with space technology originally used on the Long March-5 rocket, the country's heaviest launch vehicle and the carrier of Mars probe Tianwen-1.
The helmet, designed by a team from the Dalian University ... more |
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 Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 
Two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels have been intercepted and destroyed over the United Arab Emirates, the defence ministry said on Monday.
"The attack did not result in any casualties, while the remnants of the intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles fell in separate areas around the Emirate of Abu Dhabi," a statement said.
The ministry added that it was "ready to ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 19, 2022 
The Arrow-3 is one of several missile and drone defence systems in Israel's arsenal, and is meant to counter threats including long-range ballistic and cruise missiles. Unlike the Iron Dome air defence system - which has seen plenty of testing against simple Hamas rockets, the Arrow-3's capabilities have yet to be proven in a real-life conflict.
The Israeli military completed a test of the ... 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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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 
Steep sections on slippery ground, high steps, scree and forest trails full of roots: the path up the 1,098-?metre-high Mount Etzel at the southern end of Lake Zurich is peppered with numerous obstacles. But ANYmal, the quadrupedal robot from the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, overcomes the 120 vertical metres effortlessly in a 31-?minute hike. That's 4 minutes faster than the estimated dura ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally Dec. 14, 2021. Deployed with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Detachment 5 (HSC-22 DET 5) aboard USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), Fire Scout provides greater organic intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capabilities for the U.S. Navy. ... more |
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