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  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 16, 2022 Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue to work on the main tasks needed to prepare the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to return to launch pad 39B for the next wet dress rehearsal attempt. After re-tightening the flange bolts on the tail service mast umbilical lines to address a hydrogen leak identified during the previous wet dress rehearsal, engineers determined the seals on the bolts are no longer relaxing, and the system should remain tightly sealed duri ... read more |
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FAA issues Commercial Space Reentry Site Operator License for Huntsville AirportWashington DC (SPX) May 16, 2022 The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a license to the Huntsville-Madison Airport Authority in Alabama to operate the Huntsville International Airp ... more  
ISS Partnership faces 'Administrative Difficulties' NASA Panel SaysMoscow (Sputnik) May 16, 2022 Susan Helms, a former NASA astronaut and a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, has said that the International Space Station's (ISS) partnership with Russia is experiencing some "adm ... more 
Launch of China's commercial carrier rocket failsJiuquan (XNA) May 16, 2022 The launch of the fourth SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket on Friday was unsuccessful. Abnormal performance was identified during the flight of the rocket, which lifted off from the Jiuquan Sate ... more 
Boeing reportedly butting heads with supplier over Starliner issuesWashington DC (Sputnik) May 16, 2022 Boeing's new CST-100 Starliner is set to fly to the ISS on May 19 atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida, with the company hoping to demonstrate to NASA that the spacecraft is safe to transport astrona ... more |
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Fifth Blue Origin flight scheduled for next weekWashington (AFP) May 13, 2022 Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin space tourism company announced Friday that its next rocket will take off on May 20 with six passengers on board. ... more 
ISRO tests human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan missionNew Delhi (IANS) May 13, 2022 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday went a step ahead in its human space mission programme 'Gaganyaan' by successfully completing the static test firing of the solid fuel powered ... more 
US and Britain enter commercial spaceflight partnershipWashington DC (UPI) May 13, 2022 The United States and Britain entered into a commercial spaceflight partnership agreement Thursday with the aim to launch cheaper, quicker and more streamlined spaceflight operations. Transpor ... more 
Wealthy nations carving up space and its riches, leaving others behindTempe AZ (The Conversation) May 13, 2022 Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track environmental degradation and play a h ... more |
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Fly far, fly trueParis (ESA) May 13, 2022 This image models the passage of a spacecraft through the atmosphere using computational fluid dynamics. Every time a launch vehicle ascends into space, or reenters the atmosphere, its flight profil ... more 
Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the MoonWashington (AFP) May 13, 2022 That's one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar soil brought back by astronauts in the Apollo program. ... more  
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion SystemsBoston MA (SPX) May 11, 2022 MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education activities under a new five-year agreement with Institute spinout Commonwealth Fusion ... more  
Terran Orbital delivers first bus in support of SDA's Transport Layer Tranche 0Boca Raton FL (SPX) May 12, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, has announced the successful delivery of the firs ... more |
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Chinese military deeply alarmed over Starlink's dual-use capabilitiesMoscow (Sputnik) May 12, 2022 Beijing's concerns echo criticisms of the South African-born billionaire's satellite internet system by Russia. On Sunday, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin warned that Elon Musk would be held accounta ... more  
DOD focused on hypersonic missile defense development, Admiral SaysWashington DC (AFNS) May 12, 2022 Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft ... more  
World View partners with SET to collect scientific data on earth's stratosphereTucson AZ (SPX) May 11, 2022 World View, the leading stratospheric ballooning and space tourism company, has announced a partnership with Space Environment Technologies (SET) to include a suite of technologies aboard World View ... more 
Relations on ISS not changed following Russia's Invasion of UkraineWashington DC (Sputnik) May 12, 2022 Relations on the International Space Station (ISS) have not changed amid Russia's ongoing [war] in Ukraine, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn said on Wednesday. "As far as the international relatio ... more  
Xona passes critical testing milestone as private GNSS readies for launchSan Mateo CA (SPX) May 11, 2022 Xona Space Systems, the aerospace startup developing a precision navigation and timing system in low Earth orbit, has announced that their first in-space demonstrator has been delivered to Spaceflig ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 13, 2022 
Could we capitalise on the Earth-based digital revolution to make our satellites smarter? ESA Discovery is funding 12 projects that will explore the potential of applying the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing paradigms to make satellites more reactive, agile and autonomous. This could generate new practical applications that support life on Earth and our ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 12, 2022 
Beijing's concerns echo criticisms of the South African-born billionaire's satellite internet system by Russia. On Sunday, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin warned that Elon Musk would be held accountable for supplying Starlink internet terminals to neo-Nazi militants fighting in Ukraine.
SpaceX's plans to increase the constellation of Starlink internet satellites from 12,000 to 42,000 "shoul ... more |
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 San Mateo CA (SPX) May 11, 2022 
Xona Space Systems, the aerospace startup developing a precision navigation and timing system in low Earth orbit, has announced that their first in-space demonstrator has been delivered to Spaceflight Inc. for final integration after successfully completing testing and is scheduled for launch on SpaceX's Transporter 5 in May. Xona is building the first ever independent high-performance satellite ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 11, 2022 
World View, the leading stratospheric ballooning and space tourism company, has announced a partnership with Space Environment Technologies (SET) to include a suite of technologies aboard World View space capsules that will measure space radiation and other forms of data about Earth's atmosphere. SET's system, coined ARMAS (for "Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety"), will accom ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) May 05, 2022 
New qubit platform could transform quantum information science and technology.
You are no doubt viewing this article on a digital device whose basic unit of information is the bit, either 0 or 1. Scientists worldwide are racing to develop a new kind of computer based on use of quantum bits, or qubits.
In a recent Nature paper, a team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argon ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 06, 2022 
Despite successes in reducing poverty globally in the last two decades, almost one billion people are still living without access to reliable and affordable electricity, which in turn negatively affects health and welfare, and impedes sustainable development. Knowing where these people are is crucial if aid and infrastructure are to reach them. A new IIASA-led study proposes a novel method to es ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) May 11, 2022 
Microplastics are being transported to some of the most remote places on earth by the wind, according to new research involving the University of East Anglia.
A new study published this week shows how wind transports these particles great distances, and much faster than water can.
In the atmosphere, these microscopic pieces of plastic can travel from their point of origin to the most ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2022 
In the latest stage in its space station program, China launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft early on Tuesday morning, to transport fuel and supplies to its Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency, or CMSA.
In a brief statement, the agency said that a Long March 7 carrier rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province at 01:56 am, ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 27, 2022 
NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine.
The comments on state television late Tuesday by the head of Turkey's military procurement agency underscore Ankara's efforts to maintain good relations with Moscow during the conflict.
The agency and its chief, Ismail Demir ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) May 12, 2022 
Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft, ground launchers and ships or submarines, along with hypersonic missile capabilities.
Navy Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency, discussed the defense against these missiles ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) May 12, 2022 
The ground beneath our feet and under the ocean floor is an electrically-charged grid, the product of bacteria "exhaling" excess electrons through tiny nanowires in an environment lacking oxygen.
Yale University researchers have been studying ways to enhance this natural electrical conductivity within nanowires 1/100,000th width of a human hair by identifying the mechanism of electron flow ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) May 12, 2022 
Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) developed a new approach to model the dynamics of underwater stingray-like robots using Machine Learning. This approach can enable more efficient swimming in complex underwater environments by accurately predicting required flapping motions for a set of given propulsive force targets.
Their study 'DNN-Based Predictiv ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 11, 2022 
The aviation industry faces multiple pressures from higher fuel costs and increased scrutiny over the environmental and quality-of-life impacts from its aircraft. Researchers are looking for new methods of keeping expenses down while improving overall efficiency, and the relatively new market of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - or drones - is no exception.
UAVs are occupying an ever-growi ... more |
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