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  Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Virgin Galactic, which last year flew its flamboyant founder Richard Branson to space, will re-open ticket sales to the general public starting Wednesday, for the sum of $450,000. Previously, only people who had paid a deposit to be on a waiting list could buy new tickets - but now sales are once more open to everyone. "We plan to have our first 1,000 customers on board at the start of commercial service later this year, providing an incredibly strong foundation as we begin regular operations a ... read more |
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Orbex prepares for rocket launch 'dress rehearsals' as launchpad arrives at test siteForres UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 The first rocket launchpad constructed in the UK for more than 50 years is now in place at the Orbex test site in Kinloss, Scotland. The new launchpad - known as 'Orbex LP1' - recently complet ... more 
NASA offers up to $200M to help push new technologies to marketWashington DC (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 Companies with technologies that may advance exploration but need a little extra push to finalize development have two new opportunities to partner with NASA to make it over the finish line. T ... more  
China to make 6 human spaceflights, rocket's maiden flight in 2022: blue bookBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and l ... more  
Homegrown spacecraft is putting Perth on Space Race mapPerth, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Perth researchers made history when they sent the first WA designed and built satellite into space last year. The Binar-1 - named after the Noongar word for fireball - was developed by Curtin ... more |
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SpaceX plans new private spaceflight missions, first private spacewalkWashington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2021 SpaceX plans to launch a new private astronaut mission, Polaris Dawn, from Florida as early as Nov. 1 and will attempt to conduct the first private spacewalk in history, the company announced Monday. ... more 
ESA's Vega rocket marks ten years with countdown to more powerful successorParis (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 Ten years ago this week, 13 February 2012, ESA opened a new era of independent access to space with the flawless inaugural flight of its small launcher Vega. Flying from Europe's Spaceport in French ... more 
Rocket ready for record-setting roleBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket is scheduled to make its debut flight in the coming weeks to transport 22 satellites into orbit, a designer said. Chen Xiaofei, from t ... more  
Japan recovers second body from crashed F-15Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 The Japanese military said Monday it has recovered the body of the second crew member of a fighter jet that crashed two weeks ago. ... more  
New soft robot morphs from a ground to air vehicle using liquid metalBlacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do ... more |
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NASA challenges students to discover what powers themCleveland OH (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 NASA is inviting students to participate in an essay contest to explore how it powers some of its most famous missions. The contest also encourages participants to learn something about themselves i ... more  
The drone has landedNoordwijk, Netherlands (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 ESA's Navigation Laboratory has a new recruit: this drone can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis. The NavLab, based at ESA's ESTEC t ... more 
'Life-changing' or scam? Axie Infinity helps Philippines' poor earnManila (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game - he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic. ... more  
Ukraine fears weigh on markets but 'chance' of deal provides hopeHong Kong (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Asian markets mostly fell again Tuesday, extending a global sell-off fuelled by fears that Russia is about to invade Ukraine, though the losses were more muted than the previous day and oil dipped after Moscow said a diplomatic agreement was still possible. ... more 
Myanmar junta says 'easy to substitute' Japan's Kirin after exitYangon (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Myanmar's junta on Tuesday dismissed the latest exit from the country by a foreign company after last year's coup, saying beer brewed in partnership with departing Japanese drinks giant Kirin would be "easy to substitute." ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2022  Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX.
A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what had been announced, it was built not by Elon Musk's company, but by Beijing, experts now say.
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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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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 
ESA's Navigation Laboratory has a new recruit: this drone can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis.
The NavLab, based at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, is focused on the testing, analysis and characterisation of navigation systems for both ESA and external customers.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 
The Japanese military said Monday it has recovered the body of the second crew member of a fighter jet that crashed two weeks ago.
The two-seater F-15 from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed in waters off the central Ishikawa region during a training mission on January 31.
The body of the other pilot was recovered by the Japanese navy on Friday.
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 Brighton UK (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
Operating quantum technology in challenging environments, such as space, has moved a significant step forward after physicists working at the University of Sussex have developed a monitoring and control system blueprint for quantum devices and experiments.
The system is presented in a peer reviewed paper published in Quantum Science and Technology. The paper details how the University's Qu ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Earth's core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core.
The inner core is formed and grows due to the solidification of liquid iron at the inner core boundary. The inner core is less dense than pure iron, and some light elements are believed to be present in the inner core.
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 Tunis (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 
Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African country's environment ministry said Monday.
The containers were brought in by a Tunisian company that falsely claimed that the household waste - barred from import under Tunisia law - was in fact plastic scrap to be recycled.
The importation had sparked widespread anger, resul ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 
China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine.
Ma Tao, deputy director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), revealed on Wednesday China's rocket launch plan at a press confer ... more |
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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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 Tehran (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.
The Guards' Sepahnews website said the missile was named the Khaybarchekan after a victorious battle fought by the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century.
Armed forces chief of staff Mohammad Bagheri described it as a ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
Physicists from MIPT and Skoltech have found a way to modify and purposely tune the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes to meet the requirements of novel electronic devices. The paper came out in the Carbon journal.
Carbon nanomaterials form an extensive class of compounds that includes graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes, nanofibers, and more. Although the physical properties of many of ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do you think you would see? What mechanisms have caused it to morph from a land vehicle into a flying quadcopter? You might imagine gears and belts, perhaps a series of tiny servo motors that pulled all ... more |
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 Cochstedt, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
What happens when the radio connection to a drone is interrupted? How can drones fly autonomously even in congested traffic? These and other questions were addressed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in the final phase of its City Air Traffic Management (City-ATM) project.
The researchers focused on investigating traffic scenarios in which a la ... more |
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