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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2021 Russia launched an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday to replace one that leaked coolant after it was struck by a meteoroid last year, stranding two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut in space. The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was launched with 948 pounds of supplies for the astronauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:24 p.m. EST, which was broadcasted by NASA. NASA said the spacecraft will dock with the ISS after a two-day journey and return w ... read more |
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Galactic Energy to launch rockets from the seaBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 Galactic Energy, a private space company based in Beijing, plans to make its first sea-based launch this summer, which could be the first by a private Chinese firm if successful. ... more 
Farming on the MoonParis, France (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 Sooner or later, settlers on the Moon will have to become farmers. A new ESA Discovery project led by Norway's Solsys Mining is looking into the treatment of lunar soil to create fertiliser for grow ... more 
World's first 3D-printed rocket Terran 1 is ready for its maiden flightSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 Relativity Space announced on Twitter that their expendable Terran 1 rocket has secured a launch license and is targeting liftoff on March 8 from Space Launch Complex 16 (SLC-16), Cape Canaveral Spa ... more 
NASA, SpaceX delay Sunday Crew-6 flight until MondayWashington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2023 NASA and SpaceX announced that its manned Crew-6 flight scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday has been delayed 24 hours so engineers can work their way through what has been described as "minor issues." ... more |
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Russia claims Progress leak caused by an "external impact" Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 22, 2023 Roscosmos on Tuesday blamed an "external impact," not a manufacturing defect, for a coolant leak from an unmanned Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station on February 11. ... more 
Flight Crew Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Crew-6 MissionSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 21, 2023 The crew arrived on a NASA Gulfstream business jet from their home base at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and safely landed at the Launch and Landing Fac ... more 
Russian rescue mission for three space station astronauts set this weekWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 Russia's space agency Roscosmos' delayed rescue mission to send a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station and bring three astronauts back to Earth is scheduled to lift off Thursday night EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more
SpaceX Endeavour's crew arrive at KSC ahead of launchWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 An international team of astronauts and scientists arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, ahead of a six-month science mission to the International Space Station set to blast off on Sunday. ... more |
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, part of Inmarsat programWashington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2023 SpaceX on Friday completed its second launch of the day, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from Florida as part of its Inmarsat program. ... more  
Russia in talks with Chinese drone maker on supplies: reportBerlin (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday. ... more  
US pledges $2 bn in Ukraine security aid on invasion anniversaryWashington (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 The United States announced $2 billion in additional security assistance for Kyiv on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
Putin says Sarmat nuclear missile to be deployed this yearMoscow (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test. ... more |
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DoD invests additional $1.5M toward 3D-printed hypersonic rocket engineWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 The Department of Defense awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D printed rocket engine. ... more 
Ukrainians pray, ready for strikes one year after Russian invasionKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 Ukrainians will hold ceremonies across their war-ravaged country Friday on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion, with President Volodymyr Zelensky to assure them of victory even as they face the threat of new missile strikes. ... more 
Russia launches empty ship to ISS to replace damaged capsuleMoscow (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 An uncrewed Russian Soyuz capsule took off early Friday from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station to eventually bring home three astronauts whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid. ... more  
Advanced comms satellite launched from SichuanBeijing (XNA) Feb 24, 2023 China successfully launched its sixth rocket of 2023, a Long March 3B carrier rocket, on Thursday evening from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province. The rocket carried the ChinaSat 26 communications satellite into geostationary orbit ... more  
US releases pilot's high-altitude selfie with Chinese balloonWashington (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 The US defense department has released a high-altitude cockpit selfie of a U-2 spy plane pilot soaring over an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon the day before it was shot down. ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 22, 2023 
Axelspace Corporation has successfully developed a Ka-band radio for Earth observation microsatellites. The radio operates with less than half the power consumption of conventional radio. The collaborative research was jointly developed with Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). With key collaborators Atsushi Shirane of the Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research of Science and Pr ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 24, 2023  China successfully launched its sixth rocket of 2023, a Long March 3B carrier rocket, on Thursday evening from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province. The rocket carried the ChinaSat 26 communications satellite into geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
China will employ BeiDou satellite-based augmentation system (BDSBAS) to provide high-precision positioning service in railway survey and construction, according to the China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co., Ltd.
Four satellite-based and 12 ground-based observation stations will be set up along the Wufeng-Enshi railway section in central China's Hubei Province.
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2023 
China on Wednesday accused Joe Biden of "saying one thing and doing another" in a direct rebuke of the US president's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon this month.
Relations between Beijing and Washington have further soured since Biden ordered the military to take down the inflatable, which the United States claims was surveilling American territory.
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have created a new type of quantum material whose atomic scaffolding, or lattice, has been dramatically warped into a herringbone pattern.
The resulting distortions are "huge" compared to those achieved in other materials, said Woo Jin Kim, a postdoctoral researcher at the Stanford Instit ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2023 
Understanding Earth's delicate natural balance and how it is being altered by human activity is not only key to advancing science but also fundamental to acting on environmental issues, the climate crisis, and preparing for their societal impact. With their hallmark of demonstrating novel space technologies and returning scientific excellence, ESA's family of Earth observing Earth Explorer resea ... more |
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 Oxford (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that watching nature documentaries makes people more interested in plants, potentially provoking an involvement in botany and ecology.
Some 40% of plant species are under threat of extinction. Plants that are not directly useful to humans are particularly vulnerable. People often do not recognize how important ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 
Multiple engineering experiments are currently underway, or poised to begin, at a cabinet on China's space station which is in a near-Earth orbit. These experiments aim to acquire know-how that can support more experimental possibilities and human survival in outer space.
The Space Basic Experiment Cabinet mounted on the country's space lab module Mengtian is carrying its first group of fi ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 
Germany will give Bratislava two sets of the MANTIS air defence system to protect Slovakia's eastern border with Ukraine, the Slovak defence ministry said Thursday.
"Slovakia will receive the systems free of charge and permanently," the ministry spokeswoman Martina Kakascikova told AFP.
"The training of Slovak soldiers to use the system will begin in the coming months," Slovak Defence M ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test.
The Sarmat - dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts - is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is among Russia's next-generation missiles that Putin has described as "invincible".
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2023  SpaceDaily, a leading news organization covering space exploration, astronomy, and technology, has implemented ChatGPT's technology, along with simple rules lists and innovative software development, to streamline its imaging process.
The combination of these technologies has enabled SpaceDaily to generate filenames for image files based on their captions and vice versa, while also enablin ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 24, 2023  Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday.
The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia's military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to produce such drones for Moscow on a large scale.
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