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  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 18, 2021 Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Florida early Saturday morning after a short delay. The company was scheduled to launch the spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket at 11:23 p.m. EDT from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff time was instantaneous, meaning any problems could prompt a delay of about 24 hours to Saturday night. ... read more |
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Report to Congress on Hypersonic WeaponsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2022 The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons-maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5-as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program sinc ... more 
NASA rolls out its mega Moon rocket -- here's what you need to knowWashington (AFP) March 18, 2022 NASA's massive new rocket eased onto its launchpad Friday, ready for a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon this summer on an uncrewed flight. ... more  
Russian trio blast off for ISS in shadow of Ukraine warAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 18, 2022 Three Russian cosmonauts blasted off to the International Space Station Friday, as Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine brought the Kremlin's relations with the West to their lowest point since the Soviet era. ... more  
China's space station to support large-scale scientific researchBeijing (XNA) Mar 19, 2022 China plans to conduct a number of frontier scientific experiments on its Tiangong space station, with the two laboratory modules, Wentian and Mengtian, scheduled to be launched this year, according ... more |
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DoE funds $50M for fusion research at tokamak and spherical tokamak facilitiesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $50 million to support U.S. scientists conducting experimental research in fusion energy science at tokamak and spherical tokama ... more
NASA rolls out its mega Moon rocketWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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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 
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 |
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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 
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 
Russia uses advanced hypersonic missiles in Ukraine for the first timeMoscow (AFP) March 19, 2022 Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country's west, the defence ministry said. ... more  
Boosting Ukraine's anti-air batteries proves easier said than doneWashington (AFP) March 19, 2022 Joe Biden has promised to help Ukraine get air defense systems with a longer range than the shoulder-borne Stinger missiles already on the ground, but finding the powerful anti-missile batteries Ukraine's military so urgently needs is proving easier said than done. ... 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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 Paris (AFP) March 18, 2022 
GPS interferences have intensified in places as far away as Finland, the Mediterranean and Iraq since Russia invaded Ukraine, forcing aircraft to reroute or change destination, according to European aviation authorities.
Disruptions to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), which include GPS, are caused by the "jamming" or "spoofing" of satellite signals.
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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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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 
At first glance, masses appear rigid and immobile. However, this is deceptive because they are constantly in motion. Liquid rock shifts in Earth's interior, water is redistributed in large quantities across the oceans and on the continents, and air masses are constantly in flux. This uneven distribution means that Earth's gravitational field is not constant across the globe. In locations with mo ... more |
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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 19, 2022 
China plans to conduct a number of frontier scientific experiments on its Tiangong space station, with the two laboratory modules, Wentian and Mengtian, scheduled to be launched this year, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The experiments include raising fish, growing vegetables, setting up the most precise clock ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2022 
Joe Biden has promised to help Ukraine get air defense systems with a longer range than the shoulder-borne Stinger missiles already on the ground, but finding the powerful anti-missile batteries Ukraine's military so urgently needs is proving easier said than done.
The US president, who wants to support Ukraine militarily without entering into direct conflict with Russia, is seeking to provi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2022 
The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons-maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5-as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, the United States has focused such efforts on developing hypersonic glide vehicles, which are launched from a rocket before gliding to a target, and hypersonic crui ... 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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 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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 Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
Wireless sensors can monitor how temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions vary across large swaths of land, such as farms or forests.
These tools could provide unique insights for a variety of applications, including digital agriculture and monitoring climate change. One problem, however, is that it is currently time-consuming and expensive to physically place hundreds of se ... more |
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