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  Orlando FL (UPI) Feb 24, 2022 The crisis over Russia's Ukrainian aggression presents NASA and other space agencies with the most serious diplomatic strain in the 22-year history of the International Space Station partnership, experts said. Russia is a major partner with the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada in the space station's maintenance and operation. Russia provides critical cargo and crew transport, along with engines that fire periodically to keep the station aloft. Cosmonauts and astronauts often work side ... read more |
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Rocket Lab officially opens third launch pad, Next launch within a weekMahia Peninsula, New Zealand (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the completion of its second orbital launch pad at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand - the Company's third dedicated pad for its Electron rocket - and ... more 
Clean driving technology enables cleaner rocket fuelRiverside CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight, according to new UC Riverside research. In addition to emission reductions, this chemical al ... more  
Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer spaceBoston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 If faced with the choice of sending a swarm of full-sized, distinct robots to space, or a large crew of smaller robotic modules, you might want to enlist the latter. Modular robots, like those depic ... more  
New power sourcesBoston MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 In the mid-1990s, a few energy activists in Massachusetts had a vision: What if citizens had choice about the energy they consumed? Instead of being force-fed electricity sources selected by a utili ... more |
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Tiny probes could sail to outer planets with the help of low-power lasersWashington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Space travel can be agonizingly slow: For example, the New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach Pluto. Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, would require t ... more 
Northrop Grumman launches cargo ship to International Space StationKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 A fresh supply of 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 12:40 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 19, aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnu ... more  
Musk donates satellite gear to reconnect TongaWellington (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world. ... 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 |
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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 
A Sol in the Life of a RoverPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2022 What does Percy do all day? A Martian day- or Sol- is 24 hours and 37 minutes long, and while every Sol is different, each one is packed full of exciting science activities, observations, and discov ... 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 
UNSW Sydney buys nanosatellite bus from NanoAvionicsSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build a nanosatellite bus for UNSW's satellite innovation laboratory. As part of the ... more |
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Research project examines how humans live in spaceOttawa, 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 ... more 
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  
European nations sign 7-bn-euro drone contractParis (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 Germany, France, Italy and Spain signed Thursday a 7.1-billion-euro contract to build and operate a fleet of surveillance drones, said Airbus, leader of the consortium of defence firms tapped for the project. ... more  
Space Micro lands Space Development Agency contract for optical communicationsDenver CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Voyager Space and Space Micro has announced an award from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a 24-month development contract for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical ... more  
Northrop Grumman to develop digital twin of company's testbed for digital mission systemsLinthicum MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing a digital replica of its flying CRJ testbed airframe and subsystems to take full advantage of digital engineering capabilities in the development of new pr ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $341 million contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop, test and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in support of its Space Domain Awareness mission.
"The DARC program will field a resilient ground-based radar providing our nation with significantly enhanced space domain awareness for ge ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
Voyager Space and Space Micro has announced an award from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a 24-month development contract for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) technology to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Space Micro partnered with BridgeComm Inc., a global leader in optical wireless communications solutions and ser ... more |
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 Apopka FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device provides unparalleled precision targeting and is capable of operation in GPS-denied environments.
"NGHTS will significantly enhance the ability of Marines to identify ground targets under a wide range of condit ... more |
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 Linthicum MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing a digital replica of its flying CRJ testbed airframe and subsystems to take full advantage of digital engineering capabilities in the development of new product lines of mission systems.
The company's Digital Shadow testbed will enable faster and more agile development, modification and testing of new capabilities across programs. Digital Shadow w ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
It's been hypothesized that quantum computing will one day revolutionize information processing across a range of military and civilian applications - from artificial intelligence, to supply chain optimization, to pharmaceuticals discovery, to cryptography. Prevailing predictions are that it will be decades before fully fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of solving important problems are a ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
L3Harris Technologies' third high-resolution weather instrument is set to launch March 1 onboard a NOAA satellite - strengthening the nation's ability to monitor the environment and rapidly detect severe weather.
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), the third in a series of four advanced geostationary ... more |
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 Kilifi, Kenya (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 
Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools - tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya's beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond.
They are the footwear of choice for much of the world but cheap flip flops, like other plastic trash, are polluting oceans and pristine white-sand beaches like Kilifi on the Indian Ocean.
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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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 Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 
Britain and France have signed a deal to jointly develop new cruise and anti-ship missiles, their defence procurement agencies and manufacturer MDBA said Friday, after months of cross-Channel defence tensions over a submarine deal with Australia.
Paris and London "have confirmed the launch of the preparation works for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon," European missile specialist MBDA sa ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
If faced with the choice of sending a swarm of full-sized, distinct robots to space, or a large crew of smaller robotic modules, you might want to enlist the latter. Modular robots, like those depicted in films such as "Big Hero 6," hold a special type of promise for their self-assembling and reconfiguring abilities. But for all of the ambitious desire for fast, reliable deployment in domains ex ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 
Germany, France, Italy and Spain signed Thursday a 7.1-billion-euro contract to build and operate a fleet of surveillance drones, said Airbus, leader of the consortium of defence firms tapped for the project.
Baptised Eurodrone, the twin-motor aircraft with a 30-metre wingspan similar to some commercial planes, will be able to carry out intelligence-gathering, surveillance as well as combat ... more |
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