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  Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 NASA's Artemis 1 rocket - waiting to blast off on a delayed mission to the Moon - will be rolled back into its storage hangar Monday night, the space agency said, as Florida braces for Hurricane Ian. The move, to protect the rocket from strong winds and heavy rain forecast for the Kennedy Space Center, will cause further setbacks for the uncrewed Moon mission, which was scheduled to launch last month and has already been pushed back three times. "After reviewing the forecast for Ian, we will r ... read more |
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SpaceX's Florida launch seen as far as New York, MassachusettsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2021 Elon Musk's SpaceX sent 52 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Saturday as the company continues weekly launches to build out its constellation. ... more  
Outpost completes successful flight tests of their autonomous paragliderParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglid ... more  
The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity sciencePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as ... more  
American, Russians reach space station as war rages in UkraineBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Wednesday, after blasting off on a Russian-operated flight in a rare instance of cooperation between Moscow and Washington. ... more |
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China's manned space program attracts more public attentionBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration. On Sept. 21, 1992, Chin ... more  
Weightless on Earth with VivaldiParis (ESA) Sep 22, 2022 During missions on the International Space Station, astronauts' bodies go through a wide array of changes due to lack of gravity - everything from vision to cardiovascular health to bone density is ... more  
Iran unveils new medium-range missile: state TVTehran (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 Iran unveiled a new medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday during a military parade commemorating the Iran-Iraq war, state television said. ... more  
Somewear Labs raises $13M Series A roundSan Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by a grou ... more |
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Taikonauts in orbit salute China's manned space program on 30th anniversaryBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday. In a celebratory vide ... more 
With an eye on China, US to develop drones with IndiaWashington (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China. ... more  
Soviet-era rocket launchers still serving on Ukraine frontlineDonetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 For a handful of Ukrainian gunners camping under a clump of trees not far from the Russian lines, the day passes beside a BM-21 Grad rocket launcher waiting for firing orders. ... more  
France says European fighter jet 'will be completed'Berlin (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 France's defence minister sought Thursday to dispel doubts over plans to build the next-generation European fighter jet, saying the project backed by Paris and Berlin "will be completed". ... more |
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Maritime Launch and Nanoracks partner with Ukraine to develop a cubesat program for Ukrainian UniversitiesParis, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) and Nanoracks have signed a Letter of Intent with State Space Agency of Ukraine to support the development of a CubeSat program in Ukraine. St ... more 
Rocket Lab selects NASA Stennis Space Center for Neutron Engine Test FacilityLong Beach CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has selected NASA's historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as the location of its engine test facility for its reusable rocket, Neutron. The Archimedes ... more 
Gilmour Space announces first 'Caravan' rideshare mission to LEOParis, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Australian launch services company, Gilmour Space Technologies, has announced that it will launch a dedicated rideshare mission into low earth orbit (LEO) in late 2024. Unlike most rocket laun ... more 
Kayhan Space and Precious Payload team to boost access to space traffic managementParis, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 With satellite and mission operators grappling with unprecedented congestion in space, Kayhan Space and Precious Payload has announced a strategic partnership to provide more access to breakthrough ... more 
Maritime Launch and Skyrora partner to launch Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova ScotiaParis, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Maritime Launch Services Inc. (Maritime Launch) (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) and Skyrora are pleased to announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent to launch Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova Scotia ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
The technology, which has been tested in the lab, could ultimately be used for manufacturing and building in difficult-to-access or dangerous locations such as tall buildings or help with post-disaster relief construction, say the researchers.
3D printing is gaining momentum in the construction industry. Both on-site and in the factory, static and mobile robots print materials for use in c ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round.
The round was led by a group of over a dozen current and former Fortune 500 CEOs and legendary investors, chaired by David Dorman (former CEO of AT&T and former Chairman of Motorola), and including Egon Durban (Co-CEO of Silver ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
France's defence minister sought Thursday to dispel doubts over plans to build the next-generation European fighter jet, saying the project backed by Paris and Berlin "will be completed".
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), as the project is known, is a "priority", Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said at a press conference alongside his German counterpart, Christine Lambrecht, in Berlin. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
CAES, a leader in advanced mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defence, announced that it has won multiple contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the GR765 System-on-Chip (SOC), the first user selectable CPU for space. This next-generation, radiation-hardened device will allow users to select between the LEON5 SPARC V8 or NOEL-V RISC-V RV64 processor cor ... more |
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 Vienna VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), has been awarded as part of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 of the contract issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), for commercially available space-based radio occultation (RO).
The award, valued at $9.9 million, is the third multi-million dollar NOAA contract Spire has received in FY22.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 22, 2022  NASA and Google broadened an existing partnership to help local governments improve their monitoring and prediction of air quality for better decision making. The expanded collaboration looks to develop advanced machine learning-based algorithms that link NASA data with Google Earth Engine data streams to generate high-resolution air quality maps in near real-tim ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration.
On Sept. 21, 1992, China officially approved its manned space program, coded as "Project 921".
The first batch of Chinese astronauts were all recruited from elite pilots of China's air force. Among them were Yang Liwe ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
Iran unveiled a new medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday during a military parade commemorating the Iran-Iraq war, state television said.
"The liquid-fuelled Rezvan ballistic missile has an operational range of 1,400 kilometres (870 miles)," said the station, which aired images of the missile mounted on a military vehicle.
The Rezvan missile was presented in Tehran during an annual ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both room temperature and regular intervals. The work could lead to the development of faster microchips, neurosensors, or materials for use in quantum computing applications, as wel ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system to enable industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.
The tests, conducted in April 2022, are a huge milestone for Outpost in creating a technology that wil ... more |
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