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  Washington (AFP) May 21, 2022 Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station Friday, a major milestone in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures. The spaceship made contact at 8:28 pm Eastern time (0028 GMT Saturday), a little over 24 hours after it blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to prove itself capable of providing safe rides for NASA astronauts. "Starliner spacecraft completes its histori ... read more |
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Artemis I Moon Rocket to Return to Launch Pad 39B in Early JuneKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 20, 2022 The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are slated to return to launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in early June for the next wet dress rehearsal attempt. ... more  
Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environmentBoston MA (SPX) May 19, 2022 An autonomous spacecraft exploring the far-flung regions of the universe descends through the atmosphere of a remote exoplanet. The vehicle, and the researchers who programmed it, don't know much ab ... more  
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace orders three surveillance satellites from NanoAvionicsVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) May 19, 2022 Norway's Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (Kongsberg) has placed an order for three microsatellites with Lithuanian mission integrator NanoAvionics for a space-based maritime surveillance mission cov ... more  
NASA's HyTEC to Help Jets Burn Less FuelJohn Gould for NASA Aeronautics News Cleveland OH (SPX) May 20, 2022 What if we told you we could reimagine the way a jet engine works to generate the same amount of power using less fuel? Our aeronautical innovators are designi ... more |
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Volunteers watching the skiesParis (ESA) May 20, 2022 More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurement ... more  
Yahsat awarded $23M contract to supply advanced satellite communications for UAE satellitesAbu Dhabi UAE (SPX) May 17, 2022 Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, the UAE's flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced that its dedicated government arm, Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), has been successful ... more 
Defence Innovation Agency signs with Exotrail for software solution for French Space CommandParis, France (SPX) May 17, 2022 Exotrail signed a contract with the Defence Innovation Agency (AID), an organisation which is part of the French Ministry of Defence. The contract is to provide the French Space Command (CDE) with a ... more 
Blue Origin delays next flight over technical issuesWashington (AFP) May 18, 2022 Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said it would push back the launch of its fifth crewed rocket, originally scheduled for Friday, over technical issues. ... more |
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'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' composer Vangelis dies aged 79Athens (AFP) May 19, 2022 "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" composer Vangelis, the Oscar-winning electronic music pioneer whose distinctive musical style defined a generation of film soundtracks, has died aged 79, Greece's prime minister said on Thursday. ... more 
Blue Origin scrubs Friday launch over vehicle issueWashington DC (UPI) May 19, 2022 Aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin will delay its next sub-orbital spaceflight because of a vehicle issue, the company announced Wednesday. Originally scheduled to take place Friday, the launc ... more 
Engineers investigating Voyager 1 telemetry dataPasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2022 The engineering team with NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is trying to solve a mystery: The interstellar explorer is operating normally, receiving and executing commands from Earth, along with gathering ... more  
The beginning of a multi-spacecraft exploration in Martian space by China, the US and EuropeBeijing, China (SPX) May 18, 2022 This study is led by Dr. Prof. Yong Wei and Dr. Kai Fan from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS). Authors and their colleagues from the National Space Science C ... more |
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Six killed in Iraq drone strikes blamed on TurkeySulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) May 21, 2022 Drone strikes targeting Kurdish rebels killed at least six people, including three civilians, in northern Iraq on Saturday, local officials and the rebels said, blaming Turkey for the attack. ... more  
New Zealand to train Ukrainian forces in artillery useWellington (AFP) May 23, 2022 New Zealand's government unveiled plans on Monday to train a small number of Ukrainian soldiers in using field artillery guns, deepening the country's involvement in a conflict on the other side of the world. ... more 
China launches three low-orbit communication test satellitesJiuquan (XNA) May 20, 2022 China successfully sent three low-orbit communication test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Friday. The three communication satellites were lau ... more 
New cargo spacecraft being builtBeijing (XNA) May 19, 2022 China has begun to assemble a new cargo spacecraft that will be tasked with servicing the Tiangong space station, according to a key figure in the space station program. Bai Mingsheng, a resea ... more  
Belarus buys S-400, Iskander missiles from Russia: LukashenkoMoscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 18, 2022 
The E.T.PACK-Fly consortium, coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and made up of the University of Padova, the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden), the Spanish company SENER Aeroespacial and the German start-up Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), has received euro 2.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to develop a device based on a space tether to deor ... more |
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 Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) May 17, 2022 
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, the UAE's flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced that its dedicated government arm, Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), has been successfully awarded a contract by the UAE Government, to provide satcom capabilities for its platforms.
To supplement and support the UAE Government contract, YGS has also been awarded a contract by the ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2022 
More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurements of meteorology and space weather patterns to researchers.
Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite sig ... more |
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 John Gould for NASA Aeronautics News 
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 20, 2022
What if we told you we could reimagine the way a jet engine works to generate the same amount of power using less fuel?
Our aeronautical innovators are designing a new jet engine that, compared to current engines, will produce the same thrust and even look the same on the outside, but is more fuel-efficient.
HyTEC, or Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core, ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 20, 2022 
Thermal insulation is not only important for buildings, but also in quantum technologies. While insulation panels around a house keep the heat inside, quantum devices require insulation against heat from the outside world, as many quantum effects are only stable at low temperatures. What is needed are materials with extremely low thermal conductivity that are also compatible with the materials u ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 20, 2022 
Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.
Their study examines new ways of using these technologies to track the availability of flowers, and says this could be combined with behavioural studies to see the world through the eyes of insects.
The flowers available to insects vary from day to day and place to place, and human activity is ... more |
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 Chibayish, Iraq (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Iraq's vast swamplands are the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, but the waterways are drying out and becoming so clogged with waste their very existence is at risk, activists warn.
"For 6,000 or 7,000 years the inhabitants have protected the marshes," said Raad al-Assadi, director of Chibayish Organisation for Ecotourism, who this week began work on a boat to try to clear some of ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 18, 2022 
This study is led by Dr. Prof. Yong Wei and Dr. Kai Fan from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS). Authors and their colleagues from the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, the Sun Yat-Sen University, and the Peking University have developed a comprehensive method, which include the noise ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.
The announcement came on the 85th day of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed. Belarus, Moscow's main ally, has allowed Russian troops to use the country bordering Ukraine as a rear base.
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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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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2022 
An autonomous spacecraft exploring the far-flung regions of the universe descends through the atmosphere of a remote exoplanet. The vehicle, and the researchers who programmed it, don't know much about this environment.
With so much uncertainty, how can the spacecraft plot a trajectory that will keep it from being squashed by some randomly moving obstacle or blown off course by sudden, gal ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) May 21, 2022 
Drone strikes targeting Kurdish rebels killed at least six people, including three civilians, in northern Iraq on Saturday, local officials and the rebels said, blaming Turkey for the attack.
Turkey routinely carries out attacks in northern Iraq, where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has bases and training camps.
Saturday's drone strikes targeted mountainous areas of Chamcham ... more |
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