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  Washington (AFP) March 18, 2022 NASA's massive new rocket began its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon this summer. It left the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building around 5:47 pm Eastern Time (2147 GMT) and began an 11-hour journey on a crawler-transporter to the hallowed Launch Complex 39B, four miles (6.5 kilometers) away. Around 10,000 people had gathered to watch the event. - Huge rocket, huge cost - With the Orion crew cap ... read more |
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Developing design tools for outer space structuresWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for ... more 
Poland signs with Virgin Orbit for domestic launch servicesWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 In an official letter of intent with the leading responsive space company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the agency overseeing Poland's space development, conveyed its ... more 
US comic Pete Davidson not going to space after allWashington (AFP) March 18, 2022 Plot twist: American comedian and actor Pete Davidson isn't going to space next week after all. ... more  
Launching robots into lunar cavesLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 A hundred meters below the surface of the moon lie caves untouched by humans. They were discovered about ten years ago, but space agencies want to send robots to investigate these mysterious cavitie ... more |
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Carrier rocket preparing for its debut flightBeijing (XNA) Mar 17, 2022 Smart Dragon 3, a new model of solid-propellant carrier rocket, is scheduled to make its debut flight in September, according to a senior rocket scientist. Engineers at the China Academy of La ... more 
ISS crews prepare for flow of visitors, rotations over next monthMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2022 Crews on the International Space Station (ISS) will cope with almost unprecedented human congestion as 18 astronauts and cosmonauts arrive, work and depart from it over the next month, NASA ISS Oper ... more 
Astra launches three satellites in successful mission from AlaskaWashington DC (UPI) Mar 15, 2021 California-based rocket company Astra Space launched three small satellites from Alaska on Tuesday morning and said the payloads deployed successfully. ... more 
Astronauts wrap up spacewalk outside ISS to prep for new solar arraysOrlando FL (UPI) Mar 16, 2022 Two NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk Tuesday to prepare for the installation of new solar arrays at the International Space Station, amid tension between Russia and the United States over the U ... more |
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NASA insists space station unaffected by Russian warWashington (AFP) March 14, 2022 NASA on Monday insisted tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. ... more 
Astra Space scrubs first launch since rocket failure because of lightningWashington DC (UPI) Mar 14, 2021 California-based Astra Space scrubbed the launch of a rocket from Alaska on Monday due to a potential for lightning in the area, company officials said. ... more 
NASA prepares to roll out giant Artemis moon rocketWashington DC (UPI) Mar 14, 2021 After years of delay, NASA plans to roll its massive new SLS moon rocket out of the historic Vehicle Assembly Building and onto it's launch pad for the first time Thursday. ... more
US comedian Pete Davidson blasting off to space next weekWashington (AFP) March 14, 2022 American comedian and actor Pete Davidson, who has made headlines recently for his new relationship with Kim Kardashian, is going to space as part of a six-member team on Blue Origin's next flight next week, the company said Monday. ... more |
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Chief designer details China's future lunar missionsBeijing (XNA) Mar 14, 2022 China will carry on its moon research in the future with Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions by 2030, chief designer of the country's lunar exploration program Wu Weiren said. The Chan ... more 
Sanctions could cause space station to crash: RoscosmosMoscow (AFP) March 12, 2022 Western sanctions against Russia could cause the International Space Station to crash, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned Saturday, calling for the punitive measures to be lifted. ... more 
In-orbit construction of China's space station going smoothlyBeijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2022 Construction work on the core module of China's Tiangong space station is proceeding steadily, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Friday. The Shenzhou-13 mission astronauts currently ... more 
China plans more planetary endeavors: scientistBeijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2022 After the Tianwen-1 mission, China will have a number of Tianwen series of planetary endeavors to explore the universe, according to a Chinese scientist. Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China ... more  
Slovakia sets terms for sending S-300s to UkraineBratislava (AFP) March 17, 2022 Slovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2022 
There's a powerful new member of NASA's family of giant antennas that enable engineers and scientists on Earth to communicate with the growing number of spacecraft exploring our solar system.
Called Deep Space Station 53, or DSS-53, the 111-foot (34-meter) antenna is part of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). It's now operational at the network's facility outside Madrid, one of three such gr ... more |
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 Kjeller, Norway (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), the prime institution responsible for defence-related research in Norway, has awarded a contract to Exolaunch, a global provider of launch, in-space logistics and deployment services for small satellites, to launch its ARCSAT satellite aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9.
The teams of Exolaunch and GomSpace, the ARCSAT's satellite manufacturer, have jus ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2022 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has entered a new phase of sustained stable services and rapid development, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office on Friday.
Measured by the global continuous monitoring and evaluation system, the BDS-3 system shows an advanced performance index in providing global positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services, with more out ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 13, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research contract to Blue Force Technologies to develop an unmanned air vehicle that supports adversary air (ADAIR) training missions. The Bandit program contract was awarded as the result of a Strategic Financing (STRATFI) proposal selected by AFWERX with a $9 million initial value and option ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2022  Engineering researchers have invented an advanced brain-computer interface with a flexible and moldable backing and penetrating microneedles. Adding a flexible backing to this kind of brain-computer interface allows the device to more evenly conform to the brain's complex curved surface and to more uniformly distribute the microneedles that pierce the cortex. The ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 18, 2022 
China launched a remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert on Thursday afternoon, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said that the Yaogan 34-02 satellite was placed in a preset orbit aboard a Long March 4C rocket that lifted off at 3:09 pm.
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 Aden (AFP) March 17, 2022 
Yemen's Al-Heswa nature reserve was once hailed as a beacon of conservation efforts by the United Nations, but civil war has turned it into a rubbish-strewn wasteland reeking of sewage.
The ticket office has been abandoned at the entrance to the 19-hectare (47-acre) site in Yemen's southern city of Aden, where trees have been cut down and construction waste dumped.
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 14, 2022 
China will carry on its moon research in the future with Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions by 2030, chief designer of the country's lunar exploration program Wu Weiren said.
The Chang'e-6 is scheduled to bring back to Earth lunar samples with a mass of up to 2 kilograms; the Chang'e-7 will be tasked with landing on the lunar south pole and detecting local natural resources; and t ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) March 17, 2022 
Slovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap.
"We've been in discussion with the United States, with Ukraine and also with other allies on the possibility to deploy or to send altogether our S-300 systems to the Ukrainians," Slovak Defence Min ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 14, 2022 
The cruise missiles that devastated a western Ukrainian military base were launched from aircraft flying in Russian air space, a US defense official said Monday, indicating that a no-fly zone would not have prevented the attack.
A "couple dozen" cruise missiles were launched from bombers flying over Russia to the Yavoriv overnight Saturday, killing 35 people and wounding 134.
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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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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
A hundred meters below the surface of the moon lie caves untouched by humans. They were discovered about ten years ago, but space agencies want to send robots to investigate these mysterious cavities before astronauts venture in.
"On the moon's surface, the temperature is 150 degrees above zero during the day and 150 degrees below zero at night," says Lucas Froissart, who recently complete ... more |
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 Humacao PR (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, announces that its subsidiary Teal Drones (Teal) has been selected by the Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Army to compete in the Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) Program of Record.
Teal was selected to develop a next-generation small unmanned ... more |
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