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  Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 As long-distance space travel transforms from a science fiction fantasy to a near-future reality, humanity is faced with a complex challenge: Can people socially and culturally adapt to and survive spending years hurtling across the universe in a contained, artificial space? Shawn Graham, a digital archaeologist and historian at Carleton University, is working with the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) to record and analyze the rich material culture onboard the Internation ... read more |
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Blue Origin to build more rockets amid expectations to tourist flightsMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 18, 2022 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company says it will have to build more of its New Shepard rockets in order to meet the "very robust demand" for space tourism, the company's CEO said. At the FAA ... more 
Coca-Cola launching new Starlight drink 'inspired by space'Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2022 A new flavor of Coca-Cola is coming soon - a promotional announcement from Coca-Coca Thursday said, "From the furthest reaches of the galaxy, Coca-Cola Starlight is arriving." The new limited ... more  
Terran Orbital to build microsatellite programBoca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 Small-satellite pioneer Terran Orbital Corporation ("Terran Orbital") was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to provide three microsatellite class satellites, launch procurement, inte ... more  
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 |
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How to design a sail that won't tear or melt on an interstellar voyagePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 Astronomers have been waiting decades for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which promises to peer farther into space than ever before. But if humans want to actually reach our nearest s ... more  
Vaya Space completes first suborbital test flightCocoa FL (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 Vaya Space announced the successful launch of its hybrid rocket from Mojave, California on January 29th, 2022 operating under an existing FAA waiver. The suborbital flight demonstrated its hybrid ro ... more  
Microgravity worms help solve astronauts' muscle troublesSendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 A new study on nematode worms reveals that physical contact with objects can help prevent neuromuscular decline in simulated microgravity. The research, which was published in the journal iScience, ... 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 
Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000Washington (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. ... more |
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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 
US billionaire announces three more ambitious SpaceX flightsWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, announced Monday three more private missions with SpaceX - which will include spacewalking and culminate in the first crewed flight of the next-generation Starship rocket. ... more 
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  
Lockheed Martin to prototype new US Marine Corps 5G communications systemAnnapolis Junction MD (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $19.3 million Prototype Project Agreement (PPA) to create a 5G communications network infrastructure testbed for expedi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 16, 2022 
ESA's Izana-1 laser ranging station in Tenerife, Spain, has recently undergone months of testing and commissioning, passing its final tests with flying colours. As it reached 'station acceptance', it was handed over to ESA from the German company contracted to build it, DiGOS. The station is a technology testbed and a vital first step in making debris mitigation widely accessible to all space ac ... more |
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 Annapolis Junction MD (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $19.3 million Prototype Project Agreement (PPA) to create a 5G communications network infrastructure testbed for expeditionary operations experimentation for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) and the U.S. Marine Corps.
The testbed, known as Open Systems Interop ... 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.
A naval search team recovered th ... more |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
Researchers at Linkoping University have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials. The study, which has been published in Advanced Materials, opens for applications including dynamic flat metaoptics and tuneable smart materials.
Already in the medieval times, nanostructures of noble metals were embedded in glass to creat ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 
A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday.
China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satellite in space on Jan. 26. The satellite, equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), can monitor the geological environment, landslides, and earthquakes.
The radar is now capable of taki ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 
The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the first time.
There are an estimated 350,000 different manufactured chemicals on the market and large volumes of them end up in the environment.
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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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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
An international team of researchers has for the first time demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be harnessed for sustainable hydropower development across the entire Amazon basin - stretching across South America.
The work shows how computational advances using AI can identify dams that are likely to be particularly detrimental and reveals lost environmental benefits from the 158 ... 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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