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  Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 The TEXUS 57 sounding rocket was successfully launched on the first launch attempt on 1 October at 08:26 local time (06:26 UTC) from the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden to enable microgravity experiments in space. What is behind this long-lasting programme and what is its contribution to scientific research? TEXUS (Technological Experiments in Zero Gravity) is the world's most successful and longest lasting sounding rocket programme - the first TEXUS rocket launched in December 1977. Sounding rocke ... read more |
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US flies Russian cosmonaut to ISS as Ukraine conflict ragesWashington (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 A SpaceX capsule carrying a Russian crew member docked Thursday with the International Space Station on a NASA mission that carries significant symbolism amid the war in Ukraine. ... more 
Rocket Lab to launch environmental monitoring satellite for General AtomicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is preparing to launch its 31st Electron rocket and 151st satellite to orbit during a dedicated mission for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) on Fr ... more 
AFRL Commander moderates Future Of Propulsion Panel At AFA Air, Space, Cyber ConferenceNational Harbor MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, moderated a future of propulsion panel comprised of Air Force experts Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association's ... more  
A new high-temperature plasma operating mode for fusion energy discovered at the Korean Artificial Sun, KSTARDaejeon, South Korea (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) and Seoul National University (SNU) research team announced that they have discovered a new plasma operating mode that can improve plasma performance for fusio ... more |
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First successful test of the Ariane 6 upper stage at DLR LampoldshausenLampoldshausen, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) site in Lampoldshausen successfully tested the upper stage of Ariane 6 for the first time on 5 October 2022. A hot-fire t ... more  
Viasat to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links business to L3Harris TechnologiesCarlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, reports it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technol ... more  
NASA's upgraded Mobile Mission Control Center to analyze Advanced Air Mobility flight testsEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 NASA recently unveiled a series of upgrades to its Mobile Operations Facility (MOF), a specially outfitted mission control center on wheels housed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwar ... more  
NASA study finds climate extremes affect landslides in surprising waysPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2022 Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world - very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wet ... more |
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Micro Meat and Orbital Assembly team up on space-based food production ventureHuntsville AL (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 Micro Meat, a pioneer in the alternative protein industry, and Orbital Assembly (OA), developer of space-based business parks with variable gravity, have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-d ... more 
Australia seeks to grow plants on Moon by 2025Sydney (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 Australian scientists are trying to grow plants on the Moon by 2025 in a new mission unveiled Friday that they said could help pave the way for a future colony. ... more  
DART Mission photos came from NASA's first use of Argotec microsatelliteTurin, Italy (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 When NASA's DART spacecraft successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos, the closest cameras that captured the impact were on LICIACube, a microsatellite built by Argotec. The next closest cameras were ... more 
Russia space agency seeking to extend ISS participation past 2024: officialWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Russia's space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday. ... more |
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SpaceX's Crew 5 mission blasts off to ISS with Russian cosmonaut onboardWashington DC (UPI) Oct 5, 2021 NASA and SpaceX's Crew 5 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at noon EDT on Wednesday and is on its way to the International Space Station. ... more 
Virgin Orbit's next rocket ready for CornwallMojave CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading responsive launch provider, reports that its latest rocket has completed a full launch rehearsal and is now ready for flight. The window for the company's next ... more 
Ad-block this: Advertisers ready to hit you with commercials from spaceMoscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT have studied the economic feasibility of a space advertising mission that would launch a formation of satellites into orbit to reflect sunlight and display commerc ... more 
SpinLaunch completes Flight Test 10Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 SpinLaunch has announced the results of its tenth successful Flight Test of its Suborbital Accelerator from Spaceport America, New Mexico. The flight test, which occurred on September 27, 2022, demo ... more 
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys customer payloads with its Alpha RocketCedar Park TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2022 Firefly Aerospace, a new space leader in launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on ... more |
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 Santa Fe NM (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, announced its currently in development, Deke Space Communicator will provide a cost-effective and easy communications solution to support end-of-life decommissioning of spacecraft. When installed on satellites prior to initial launch, the Solstar Deke Space Communicator will give satellite operators persist ... more |
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, reports it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technologies for $1.96 billion, subject to customary transaction adjustments in accordance with the agreement. The sale is expected to result in cash proceeds to Viasat of approximately $1.8 billion net afte ... more |
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 Las Vegas NV (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 
Taoglas, a leading provider of advanced components for a smarter world, launches their first in a new series of high precision, multi-band GNSS front ends for autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, automotive, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robotics at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2022).
The new TFM.110A comes fully integrated with two cascaded low noise amplifiers (LNA) and pre-fil ... more |
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 Jodhpur, India (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 
India unveiled on Monday its first batch of locally-made attack helicopters, designed primarily for use in high-altitude areas like the Himalayas where its troops clashed with China in 2020.
The Light Combat Helicopters are seen as another milestone in Indian efforts to reduce dependence on Russia, its main source of arms, and other suppliers.
The choppers made by Hindustan Aeronautics L ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
Micron announced Tuesday it will invest up to $100 billion to build semiconductors in New York state, capitalizing on US policies to boost domestic manufacturing of key goods.
The chip giant, which is based in the western state of Idaho, said it plans to begin construction in 2024 on a project expected to be executed over two decades.
New York state is providing $5.5 billion in state in ... more |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
The development of Europe's second generation polar-orbiting weather satellites has reached another decisive milestone with the installation of the Ice Cloud Imager Instrument (ICI) onto the MetOp-SG-B satellite. The novel sensor has now been successfully integrated at Airbus' Satellite Integration Centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ICI is one of the five instruments on board this next generati ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste, according to research published Tuesday that could open up new ways of dealing with plastic pollution.
Humans produce some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste each year despite international drives to reduce single-use plastics and to increase recycling.
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022 
The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that during the hour-long operation that finished at 12:44 pm, Wentian was moved from the axia ... 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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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 5, 2022  A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into the ground and triggered a huge fire, officials said Wednesday.
Security allies Seoul and Washington have staged multiple joint drills, including bombing runs and missile launches, in response to North Korea firing an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Halle, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 
Strong alternating magnetic fields can be used to generate a new type of spin wave that was previously just theoretically predicted. This was achieved for the first time by a team of physicists from (MLU). They report on their work in the scientific journal Nature Communications and provide the first microscopic images of these spin waves.
The basic idea of spintronics is to use a special ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Oct 1, 2022 
Elon Musk on Friday showed off the latest version of a humanoid robot that the world's richest man said could one day eliminate poverty.
An Optimus prototype wheeled on stage during an annual Tesla AI Day presentation was mounted to a small platform. The robot, which remains a work-in-progress, waved to the audience and raised its knees.
"Our goal is to make a useful humanoid robot as qu ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
NASA recently unveiled a series of upgrades to its Mobile Operations Facility (MOF), a specially outfitted mission control center on wheels housed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign will use the MOF to test systems required to integrate air taxis, cargo delivery, and other AAM concepts into the National Airspace ... more |
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