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  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 Future tokamak fusion power reactors will generate heat beyond what current materials can withstand. Scientists have proposed various methods for cooling the edge of the magnetically confined fusion fuel, or plasma, to protect the walls of the surrounding tokamak. One approach is injecting impurities in the form of gases to help radiate away excess heat. However, there is a limited range of gases that can be injected, and some gases react poorly with hydrogen fusion fuel. A new approach uses impur ... read more |
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Galileo 2nd generation satellites ready to navigate into the futureFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' propose ... more  
ElevationSpace raises $2.7M in seed-fundingSendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 ElevationSpace Inc. (Headquartered: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Co-Founder and CEO: Ryohei Kobayashi), a space startup company that originated at Tohoku University in Japan and develops a spac ... more  
Technology demonstration satellite to be launched soonBeijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defense contractor, plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite in the coming months, according to a senior researcher overseeing the proj ... more  
Saudi, Lockheed Martin in missile defence dealRiyadh (AFP) March 7, 2022 Saudi Arabia announced a deal Monday with US firm Lockheed Martin to manufacture elements of the missile defences of the Gulf state, the target of frequent cross-border attacks by rebels in Yemen. ... more |
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Space Station to host 'self-healing' quantum communications tech demoPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 08, 2022 The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. A tiny experiment launching to t ... more 
China launches seven new satellitesXichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday. Six satellites produced by Beijing-based Galaxy ... more  
Russia stops deliveries of rocket engines to US, Roscosmos Head SaysMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 04, 2022 Earlier in the week, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin refuted claims that the Russian space agency had allegedly "lost control" of its satellites, stressing that any cyberattacks against the country's ... more 
Selecting the right structural materials for fusion reactorsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 Do two promising structural materials corrode at very high temperatures when in contact with "liquid metal fuel breeders" in fusion reactors? Researchers of Tokyo Tech, YNU and QST now have the answ ... more |
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SpaceX launches 47 Starlink satellites from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Mar 3, 2021 SpaceX launched another cluster of 47 of its own Starlink Internet communications satellites from Florida on Thursday, as company founder and CEO Elon Musk has confirmed Starlink use by the government of Ukraine during the conflict with Russia. ... more 
First Platforms are Retracted Ahead of Artemis I First Rollout to Launch PadCape Canaveral (SPX) Mar 03, 2022 The Artemis I Moon rocket is getting closer to rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time. The first two of 20 platforms su ... more 
Lockheed Martin selects mission payload providers for missile warning satellite systemLittleton CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satelli ... more 
NASA Announces Launch Options for 2022 Student Launch CompetitionHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 NASA's 2022 Student Launch rocketry challenge will provide both in-person and virtual opportunities for the competition's culminating event. The in-person option will include a two-day event, with h ... more |
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China establishes deep space exploration laboratoryBeijing (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China's deep space exploration laboratory has been officially inaugurated, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the Unive ... more  
On edge of war: Russian missiles chink away at Kyiv's southern flankBila Tserkva, Ukraine (AFP) March 8, 2022 The tinny Ukrainian voice in the supermarket's loudspeaker urged exiting shoppers to rush home and switch off the gas. ... more 
China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022Beijing (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China's space station is expected to host six astronauts from two spaceships by the end of 2022, according to the chief designer of the country's manned space program. The Shenzhou-13 crew has ... more  
Cathay Pacific slashes loss to $703 mn from $2.76 bn in 2020Hong Kong (AFP) March 9, 2022 Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday posted a loss of just over US$703 million for last year, a massive improvement on the record loss suffered in 2020 even as the airline struggled with tough travel restrictions. ... more 
US rejects Poland offer of jets for Ukraine as not 'tenable'Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 The United States on Tuesday rejected a Polish offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a US air base, saying the proposal raised "serious concerns" for the entire NATO alliance. ... more |
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NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks, has announced its new Radiation Tolerant version of its industry leading Nano ultra-pure light tunable laser which has been designed for use in low earth orbit satellite co ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine hit the space industry harder Wednesday after Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said it would hold up the launch of satellites for a company with British ownership.
OneWeb, a communications satellite company partly owned by the British government, intended to launch 36 satellites Friday on a Russian Soyuz rocket. But Roscosmos issued a statement Tuesday s ... more |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 
Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' proposed preliminary design and the customer's system requirements have been fully reviewed and agreed.
This paves the way for further verification, acceptance and qualification at equipment and module ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The United States on Tuesday rejected a Polish offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a US air base, saying the proposal raised "serious concerns" for the entire NATO alliance.
Warsaw caught US officials off guard with the offer to deliver the Soviet-era planes to the US base in Ramstein, Germany.
Under the proposed scheme, those jets could then be deployed to Ukraine, while t ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
The German Aerospace Center DLR and NASA are collaborating on a software library that will make it possible to use today's quantum computers to explore the potential of quantum computing to solve real-world aerospace application problems.
The Quantum Computing research group at DLR has already published a software module that has been used to explore quantum computing approaches for tasks ... more |
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 San Francisco (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced the general availability of the next generation of its PlanetScope Monitoring product, offering high quality, analysis-ready data to all existing PlanetScope customers. While previously offering four spectral bands, PlanetScope will now include eight spectral bands in addition to a series of enhancements, providing customers with richer, cleaner, and more ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) March 8, 2022 
Chemical company Monsanto found itself in the horns of yet another lawsuit Monday, as Los Angeles sued the firm for allegedly knowingly polluting waterways in one of the biggest cities in the United States.
The suit - filed last week against three companies including Bayer, the German agro giant that now owns Monsanto Company - comes after a raft of legal action over weedkiller Roundup. ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 
China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.
Six satellites produced by Beijing-based GalaxySpace and a commercial remote sensing satellite were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered their planned orbit.
The satellites will verify the n ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) March 7, 2022 
Saudi Arabia announced a deal Monday with US firm Lockheed Martin to manufacture elements of the missile defences of the Gulf state, the target of frequent cross-border attacks by rebels in Yemen.
Its military industries authority, cited by state news agency SPA, approved two projects to produce launchers and other equipment used in the THAAD anti-missile defence system.
The announcement ... more |
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 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine (AFP) March 8, 2022 
The tinny Ukrainian voice in the supermarket's loudspeaker urged exiting shoppers to rush home and switch off the gas.
"This is a warning: turn off your electricity and gas, get your first aid kit, documents, supply of food and water, and go to your nearest bomb shelter," the voice intoned over the wail of air raid sirens.
It was the second alarm to sound in under an hour over the snow- ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual insects.
A new study by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder lays out the simple physics-based rules that govern how these ant rafts morph over time: shrinking, expanding or ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
To enhance security of the nation's border, a pioneer in drone technology at the University of Houston is proposing a continuous flight of small drones over its perimeter. One small problem: The battery limitation of small drones (they last about 30 minutes) is a major obstacle to continuous flight time.
To address this problem, Gino Lim, R. Larry and Gerlene (Gerri) R. Snider Endowed Chai ... more |
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