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  Moscow (AFP) March 23, 2022 The Russian space agency said Wednesday it will insist its international partners pay it in rubles, after President Vladimir Putin said Russia will only accept ruble payments for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries". "We will also conclude all our external agreements in rubles," the Roscosmos space agency head Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying by the official Tass news agency. Hours earlier Putin announced that only rubles will be accepted in payment for gas deliveries to "unfriendly count ... read more |
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Rocket Lab to Launch Three Demonstration Satellites for E-SpaceLong Beach CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch three demonstration satellites for E-Space, to validate the systems and technology for its satellite system. The satellites are scheduled to fly as part of ... more 
Lettuce could protect astronauts' bones on Mars tripDavis CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the University of California, Davis College of Engineering hav ... more  
Spaceflight Inc and Astrocast Extend Launch ContractSeattle WA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, has announced an extended multi-launch agreement (MLA) with long-time customer, Internet of Things (IoT) constellation developer, Astro ... more  
Turn your phone into a space monitoring toolParis (ESA) Mar 23, 2022 A newly released Android app will turn your smartphone into an instrument for crowdsourced science. Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will reco ... more |
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Russia hypersonic missile 'not a game changer' in Ukraine: USWashington (AFP) March 20, 2022 Russia's claim it used a hypersonic missile in Ukraine was a way to reclaim war momentum, but the next-generation weaponry has not proved to be a "game changer," the Pentagon's chief said Sunday. ... more  
Handheld surgical robot can help stem fatal blood lossBoston MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 After a traumatic accident, there is a small window of time when medical professionals can apply lifesaving treatment to victims with severe internal bleeding. Delivering this type of care is comple ... 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 |
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NASA rolls out its mega Moon rocket 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. ... 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 
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 |
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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  
Kyiv urges West to supply offensive weapons to fight RussiaKyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 Ukraine has repeated a call to Western leaders to supply Kyiv with advanced weapons to fight Moscow's slowly advancing troops, one month after their invasion. ... more  
Trisept completes space simulation tests of TSEL satellite security systemChantilly VA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has announced its new TriSept Security Enhanced Layer (TSEL) satellite security solution has successful ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
A challenging feat for a little robot: Honey the Astrobee must grasp and transport Bumble the Astrobee. To pull it off, Honey needs to understand Bumble's trajectory, position itself correctly and avoid a collision at all costs. Artificial intelligence (AI) helps the cube-shaped robot to accurately assess the situation. The experiment is part of the TumbleDock/ROAM project, which the German Aero ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2022 
The Meridian series of dual-use civilian/military communications satellites began to sent to space in the mid-2000s. In 2019, the first upgraded Meridian-M satellite was deployed.
The Russian military has taken control over the Meridian-M communications satellite after its launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 23, 2022 
A newly released Android app will turn your smartphone into an instrument for crowdsourced science. Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite signals, gathering data for machine learning analysis of meteorology and space weather patterns.
The CAMALIOT app, developed through ESA's Navigation Innovation ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) March 19, 2022 
A US military plane taking part in NATO exercises has crashed in Norway, killing all four American troops on board, the Scandinavian country's army said Saturday.
The four were taking part in the Cold Response military exercises involving 30,000 troops from NATO and partner countries.
About 200 planes and some 50 ships are taking part in the exercises, which will continue until April 1. ... 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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 Redlands CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 
Governments and businesses across the world are pledging to adopt more sustainable and equitable practices. Many are also working to limit activities that contribute to climate change. To support these efforts, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, in partnership with Impact Observatory and Microsoft, is releasing a globally consistent 2017-2021 global land-use and land-cover map of ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 21, 2022 
Morad Tahbaz, an environmental campaigner being held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike, his sister said on Monday, accusing the UK government of abandoning him after two other detainees were released.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori flew home last week, at the same time as the UK government repaid a longstanding debt to Tehran.
But Tahbaz, 69, who holds British, US and Ir ... more |
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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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 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 20, 2022 
Russia's claim it used a hypersonic missile in Ukraine was a way to reclaim war momentum, but the next-generation weaponry has not proved to be a "game changer," the Pentagon's chief said Sunday.
Moscow has said it has fired two hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, and while US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would not "confirm or dispute" whether Russia used such weapons, he warned that President ... 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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