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  Nanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this voyage. Yuanwang-3 has become the first ship of China's Yuanwang fleet to embrace its 100th mission. Commissioned on May 18, 1995, Yuanwang-3 is a second-generation Chinese space tracking ship. It mainly carries out maritime measurement and control and communication missions for satellites, space ... read more |
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DLR presents technologies for decarbonisation across the economyEvora, Portugal (SPX) May 27, 2022 The German Aerospace Center will be presenting technologies, innovations and successful transfer and spin-off projects at Hannover Messe 2022. From 30 May to 2 June, at the 120-square-metre stand (E ... more  
Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robotChicago IL (SPX) May 27, 2022 Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot - and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. Just a half-millimeter wide, th ... more  
Terran Orbital deploys 6 satellites from SpaceX Transporter-5 mission for multiple customersBoca Raton FL (SPX) May 27, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) reports all six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites that launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Tran ... more  
Debris from Chinese rocket reenters atmosphere, mostly burning upBeijing (XNA) May 27, 2022 Debris from the last stage of the Long March-7 Y5 carrier rocket reentered the atmosphere at 5:34 p.m. on Wednesday (Beijing Time), the China Manned Space Agency said. The vast majority of the ... more |
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NASA, Boeing complete Starliner uncrewed flight test to ISSWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2022 NASA and Boeing safely landed the company's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the Internatio ... more 
SpaceX's Transporter 5 launches with remains of 47 people for 'space burial'Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) May 26, 2022 SpaceX launched its 22nd rocket of the year on Wednesday, the Transporter-5 rideshare mission, which included carrying 47 people's cremated remains for a burial in space. The send off, designe ... more 
NanoAvionics and Gama to set sails in spaceVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) May 26, 2022 Gama, a French space startup, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics for a demonstration of Gama's solar sails propulsion system in low Earth orbit (LEO). Under the mission agreement, NanoAv ... more 
Boeing Starliner completes key test mission to ISS, with some hiccupsWashington (AFP) May 26, 2022 Boeing's Starliner capsule returned to Earth Wednesday in the final step of a key uncrewed test flight to prove itself worthy of providing rides for NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. ... more |
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Spaceflight Inc. debuts its latest OTV, Sherpa-ACSeattle WA (SPX) May 25, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, today announced it has contacted its Sherpa-AC vehicle and confirmed the vehicle is operating nominally. This is the debut launch of Sh ... more 
Momentus Launches First Demonstration Flight on SpaceX Falcon 9San Jose CA (SPX) May 26, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has launched its first demonstration flight of the Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle to low-earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission. Momentus also announced ... more 
Fleet Space reports launch of Centauri 5 satelliteCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 25, 2022 Fleet Space Technologies announces today that it successfully launched its next-generation Centauri 5 satellite on the Space X Falcon 9 Transporter-5 mission. The launch took place at 03:57AM ACST. ... more 
Upper Stage Propulsion System for future Artemis mission reaches major milestoneDecatur AL (SPX) May 26, 2022 While the Artemis I team prepares for its upcoming mission, NASA and contractor teams are already building rockets to support future Artemis Moon missions. In United Launch Alliance's (ULA) factory ... more |
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NASA-supported solar sail could take science to new heightsWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2022 As NASA's exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science to new destinations. The ... more 
Soil, sutures, and climate modeling among investigations riding SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon to ISSHouston TX (SPX) May 25, 2022 The 25th SpaceX cargo resupply services mission (SpaceX CRS-25) carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch June 7 from NASA ... more 
CubeSat set to demonstrate NASA's fastest laser link from spaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2022 NASA's Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) mission, carrying the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system, will debut on May 25 as part of SpaceX's Transporter-5 rideshare launch. TBIRD wi ... more 
Researchers start planting space-bred seeds returned by Shenzhou-13Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months. The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and f ... more  
Russia says carried out hypersonic missile testMoscow (AFP) May 28, 2022 Russian forces Saturday announced a latest successful test of their Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as Moscow steps up its Ukraine offensive. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2022 
NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software and cutting-edge materials. The newly awarded projects under the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program also
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum Internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a greatly improved quantum memory and enhanced quality of the quantum links between the three nodes of the network. The researchers, working at QuTech-a collaboration between Delf ... 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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 Bucharest (AFP) May 26, 2022 
Romania will use its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21s for one more year, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday, just a month after deciding to ground them following a slew of problems.
"Our Air Force made an analysis based on objective criteria, like the regional security context, the solutions we have for defending our airspace and personnel safety," said ministry spokesman Constantin Spinu.
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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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 Fort Collins CO (The Conversation) May 29, 2022 
A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, "Weather Prediction By Numerical Process," Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of the atmosphere based on hand calculations.
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 Kartepe, Turkey (AFP) May 29, 2022  The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.
Experts and activists suspect it's not a coincidence, believing that some entrepreneurs want to get rid of unwanted rubbish sometimes imported from Europe.
In Kartepe, an industrial town in the country's north-west, one of these sites was closed by the authorities in December after the outbreak of three fi ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 
Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months.
The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16.
Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic ... 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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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2022 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $624 million U.S. Army contract to produce 1,300 Stinger missiles. The contract includes provisions for engineering support, as well as the test equipment and support needed to address obsolescence, modernize key components, and accelerate production.
"We're aligned with the U.S. Army on a plan that ... 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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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 27, 2022 
Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot - and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab.
Just a half-millimeter wide, the tiny crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump. The researchers also developed millimeter-sized robots resembling inchworms, crickets and beetles. Although the research is exploratory a ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6) providing military commanders greater maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capability.
"The MQ-8C Fire Scout is an extrem ... more |
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