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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2021 California-based Astra Space suffered a rocket failure during launch of a NASA mission from Florida on Thursday after two previous delays. The company's stock plunged by more than 32% to $3.59 following the launch failure, but recovered a portion of that loss in subsequent trades. The plunge prompted a brief trading halt by the Nasdaq. NASA's Launch Services Program, which had hired Astra for the mission, posted a blog update acknowledging the failure. "Missions like these are cri ... read more |
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Musk 'confident' of Starship orbital launch this yearStarbase, United States (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 Elon Musk delivered updates on SpaceX's efforts to develop its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night, but stopped short of announcing a firm launch date for an orbital test or new missions, despite considerable buildup ahead of the rare presentation. ... more 
SpaceX Starship orbital flight likely this yearWashington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2021 SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk gave an update plans for the company's Starship rocket on Thursday night in South Texas, as the company prepares for the rocket's first orbital test flight, saying it would fly sometime this year - a less ambitious time frame than he'd previously offered. ... more  
Weightless placozoa - how gravity influences genetic informationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 Usually, placozoa prefer warmer temperatures. For science, the simplest multicellular organisms in the world have made its way to northern Sweden - and from there into microgravity for a short time. ... more  
Northrop Grumman's 17th Resupply Mission packed with science and technology for ISSHouston TX (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 Scientific investigations on skin aging and tumor cells, along with tests of technology for oxygen production, batteries, and growing plants, all travel on the 17th Northrop Grumman commercial resup ... more |
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Dozens of SpaceX internet satellites lost to geomagnetic stormWashington (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Up to 40 SpaceX high-speed internet satellites have been knocked out of orbit by a geomagnetic storm shortly after launch, but pose little threat to Earth as they burn up in the atmosphere, the company said. ... more  
Raytheon Intelligence and Space completes Next Gen OPIR GEO Block 0 MilestoneEl Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 Raytheon Intelligence and Space has completed Thermal Vacuum Testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, or Next-Gen OPIR GEO, Block 0 miss ... more 
Gilmour Space, SENER Aeroespacial to develop Autonomous Flight Termination System for Eris rocketGold Coast, Australia (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 SENER Aeroespacial, a company of the SENER engineering and technology group, and Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies, are working together on an Autonomous Flight Terminati ... more  
Iran Guards unveil missile said to put Israel in reachTehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced the development of a surface-to-surface missile whose stated range would put arch foe Israel within reach. ... more  
ALIAS equipped Black Hawk helicopter completes first unmanned flightWashington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 The DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed a first ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, comp ... more |
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Northrop Grumman and Kratos Demonstration Brings JADC2 Connectivity to LifeSan Diego CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 Northrop Grumman has demonstrated open architecture communications capabilities that will help the Department of Defense (DOD) realize its vision of information advantage and decision superiority fo ... more 
AARGM-ER missile completes second successful missile live fireLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 Northrop Grumman has announced the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile ... more  
At least 11 dead in Colombia mudslideDosquebradas, Colombia (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 At least 11 people died and 35 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said. ... more  
China defends US 'Phase One' trade deal shortfallBeijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 Beijing on Thursday fended off accusations that it had not honoured its commitments to a 2020 trade pact with the United States, calling instead for Washington to lift punitive tariffs and sanctions "as soon as possible". ... more  
AI 'ageism' could seriously impact elderly health: WHOGeneva (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Biases embedded in artificial intelligence systems increasingly used in healthcare risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 
Taiwan said on Tuesday it would relax a food imports ban from areas in Japan around the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, as it pushes for support from Tokyo in its bid to join a major trans-Pacific trade pact.
Taiwan imposed a blanket ban on food imports from five regions in and around Fukushima in 2011, after radioactive particles were detected on some products following the dev ... more |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Raytheon Intelligence and Space has completed Thermal Vacuum Testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, or Next-Gen OPIR GEO, Block 0 missile warning satellites designed and built by spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Testing was completed on Jan. 27, 2022.
"Space is a dynamic environment. Ensuring our instruments are pr ... more |
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 Xian (XNA) Jan 26, 2022 
A health check on all 52 in-orbit satellites of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been completed, according to the Xi'an Satellite Control Center.
The center said the satellites met all key indicators, meaning the constellation can provide services without issue.
The evaluation was conducted without interrupting the satellites' usual navigation services, and develo ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the quarterly Air Force Test Center-Air Force Research Laboratory Summit January 24-28 with the goal of improving technology and capability delivery times to the warfighter.
"AFTC and AFRL collaboration is key when it comes to developing capabilities critical to our nation's defense," said AFT ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a contract to Gilbane-Exyte Joint Venture to build the Compound Semiconductor Laboratory - Microsystem Integration Facility (CSL-MIF) at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The $279 million building project, scheduled to begin this spring, is funded by the U.S. Air Force military construction (MILCON) program, under the direction of USACE, who will manage ... more |
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 Vienna VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Spire, a leading provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions, by way of a plan of arrangement, following the completion of all closing conditions.
The Arrangement, which was annou ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 07, 2022 
Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling our oceans? Research teams from across Europe returned to a Netherlands-based ocean wave test facility to try and detect floating plastic. Using a suite of microwave and optical instruments, the researchers are assessing if orbital monitoring of plastic might be practical in the future.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday.
The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on the plan for a human lunar landing."
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 Peterson SFB CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin, has been operationally accepted by the U.S. Space Force less than a year after being launched into orbit.
The early missile warning satellite is a "Go-Fast" success story, completing all on-orbit testing with accelerated analysis, resulting in a 40% improvement over GEO-1 thro ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
Northrop Grumman has announced the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on Jan. 21 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of southern California. The missile performed an extended range profile, engaging a land-based, emitter targe ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
Magnetometers measure the direction, strength or relative changes of magnetic fields, at a specific point in space and time. Employed in many research areas, magnetometers can help doctors to see the brain through medical imaging, or archaeologists to reveal underground treasures without excavating the ground.
Some magnetic fields of great interest, for example those produced by the brain, ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 
Biases embedded in artificial intelligence systems increasingly used in healthcare risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
AI technologies hold enormous potential for improving care for older people, but they also carry significant risk, the UN health agency said in a policy brief.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
The DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed a first ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, completed 30-minutes of uninhabited flight with the optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) over the U.S. Army installation at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on February 5th. An additional uninhabited flight was also c ... more |
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