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  Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) March 4, 2024 Three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off Sunday night from Florida for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:53 pm (0353 GMT Monday) from the Kennedy Space Center, lighting up the night sky with a long, bright plume of orange flame. Just minutes after the launch, as the rocket soared over the Atlantic, it was moving at a speed of 6,000 miles per hour, NASA TV commentators said. It took about nine minutes for t ... read more |
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Tiangong Space Station's Solar Wings Restored After Spacewalk Repair by Shenzhou XVII TeamSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 The crew of Shenzhou XVII has marked a significant milestone in the history of China's manned space exploration by successfully completing their second spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station. ... more  
Top 5: Space for your healthParis (ESA) Mar 04, 2024 Space has led to technological innovations with wide-ranging applications in healthcare. Beyond consumer gadgets, such as wireless headsets and scratch-resistant lenses, space exploration is a catal ... more  
Northrop Grumman Selects Viasat for Defense Space Internet Integration ProjectLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 In a significant development for military satellite communications, Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has secured a contract from Northrop Grumman to participate in a pioneering U.S. Air Force Research La ... more  
MAPHEUS 14 high-altitude research rocket takes flightKoeln, Germany (SPX) Feb 29, 2024 On 27 February 2024 at 8:27 CET the MAPHEUS 14 high-altitude research rocket, operated by the German Aerospace Center, successfully launched from the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The hi ... more |
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AFRL's XQ-67A makes first successful flightWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 The Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate successfully flew the XQ-67A, an Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, uncrewed air vehicle Feb. 28, 2024, at the General Atomics Gray ... more |
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BAE Systems to pioneer ground system for Space Force's missile defense upgradeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 29, 2024 In a pivotal development for U.S. national security, BAE Systems (LON: BA) has been chosen by the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) to spearhead the development of a pro ... more  
Raytheon and Kongsberg Achieve Milestone with First Flight Test of Advanced AMRAAM-ER VariantAndoya, Norway (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 Raytheon Technologies Corporation, working alongside Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, has recently announced the successful first flight test of an updated version of the AMRAAM-Extended Range (AMRA ... more 
Boeing agrees to $51 mn settlement for export violationsWashington (AFP) Feb 29, 2024 Boeing has reached a $51 million settlement with the US State Department to resolve almost 200 export violations, including its unauthorized export of technical data to China, the State Department said Thursday. ... more 
NASA awards grants to 5 universities for quiet supersonic overflight education plansWashington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2024 NASA is taking another step closer to testing its new supersonic jet, issuing grants to five universities to develop plans to educate communities selected for flyover tests of the experimental aircraft. ... more |
 UK says Ukraine's 'business' how donated cruise missiles used 
Multi-orbit SATCOM solution by Hughes selected for AFRL's DEUCSI initiativeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2024 Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), an EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) affiliate, has secured a pivotal contract from SES Space and Defense, a subsidiary of SES, to deliver a sophisticated, so ... more |
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NASA's X-59 Aircraft Aims for Supersonic Speed with Minimal Noise Impact Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2024 NASA's groundbreaking X-59 experimental aircraft, designed to fly faster than the speed of sound while producing a significantly quieter sonic boom, is inching closer to its ambitious goal, thanks t ... more  
'Last resort': Donors hope to offer Gaza lifeline with air dropsGaza Strip, Palestinian Territories (AFP) March 1, 2024 With the humanitarian situation in Gaza increasingly desperate, the United States said Friday that it would join some of its Arab and European allies in delivering emergency relief from the sky. ... more 
'Who will call me mother?': Gazan woman mourns twin babies killed in strikeGaza Strip, Palestinian Territories (AFP) March 3, 2024 As men searched for survivors beneath a Gaza home pummelled by an air strike, Rania Abu Anza gazed down on Sunday at two children who did not survive: her infant twins. ... more 
U.N., EU call for probe into killings of Palestinians awaiting aid in GazaWashington DC (UPI) Mar 1, 2024 A call by the United Nations for an investigation into a disputed incident that left 117 Palestinians dead and hundreds more injured in northern Gaza as they awaited delivery of food aid received the backing Friday of the European Union and at least three European countries. ... more |
U.S. will begin aid airdrops into Gaza soon, President Joe Biden saysWashington DC (UPI) Mar 1, 2024 President Joe Biden on Friday said the United States will begin aid airdrops into Gaza as negotiations for a temporary cease-fire continue. ... more 
Faulty warnings, deforestation turned Philippine rains 'deadly': studyManila (AFP) March 1, 2024 Faulty warning systems, poverty and deforestation of mountains in the southern Philippines turned recent unseasonably heavy rains into deadly disasters, scientists said in a report Friday. ... more 
Japan to spend extra $660 mn in quake reliefTokyo (AFP) Feb 25, 2024 Japan will spend an additional $660 million rebuilding areas ravaged by a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, its prime minister said, taking the total amount of quake relief to $1.7 billion. ... more  
Building bionic jellyfish for ocean explorationPasadena CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 Jellyfish can't do much besides swim, sting, eat, and breed. They don't even have brains. Yet, these simple creatures can easily journey to the depths of the oceans in a way that humans, despite all ... more |
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Musk sues OpenAI over 'betrayal' of missionSan Francisco (AFP) March 1, 2024 Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a "betrayal" of its founding mission. ... more 
We've been here before: AI promised humanlike machines - in 1958St Louis MO (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in a brief news story buried deep in The New York Times. The story cited the U.S. Navy ... more 
'Stressed' drone batteries could be used in low-demand rolesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 In the ever-evolving landscape of aerial electric vehicles, particularly those employing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, the efficiency and longevity of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs ... more  
China says hopes relations improve 'no matter who' wins US electionBeijing (AFP) March 4, 2024 China said Monday it hopes relations with the United States can improve whoever wins the presidential election in November. ... more |
China's economy of 'great concern' as annual political meeting to kick offBeijing (AFP) March 4, 2024 China's annual political conclave kicks off in Beijing on Monday, with officials saying the flagging economy and youth unemployment are of "great concern" as they lay out plans for the coming year. ... more 
Climate and China loom over ASEAN talks in AustraliaMelbourne (AFP) March 3, 2024 Southeast Asian leaders gather for talks in Australia on Monday, with clean energy cooperation and Beijing's aggressive stance in the South China Sea tipped to dominate discussions. ... more 
'Game-changing' tech fuels US relook at China data risksWashington (AFP) March 3, 2024 From genomic information to internet-connected cars, the United States is rethinking its data protection policies - with further trade curbs aimed at China in the cards - as tech like AI brings new risks. ... more 
US lawmaker flags surge in tax-free imports on China concernsWashington (AFP) March 1, 2024 A key US lawmaker highlighted Friday the "shocking" rise in imports under a trade exemption for small packages, amid heightened scrutiny on Chinese-founded online retailers Shein and Temu. ... more |
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AI outperforms humans in standardized tests of creative potentialFayetteville AR (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 Score another one for artificial intelligence. In a recent study, 151 human participants were pitted against ChatGPT-4 in three tests designed to measure divergent thinking, which is considered to b ... more  
Power when the sun doesn't shineBoston MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 In 2016, at the huge Houston energy conference CERAWeek, MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang found himself talking to a Tesla executive about a thorny problem: how to store the output of solar p ... more 
Drones, snake robot enter wrecked Japan nuclear reactorTokyo (AFP) Feb 29, 2024 Japan on Thursday sent two mini-drones and a "snake-shaped robot" into one of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant crippled by a tsunami in 2011, the facility's operator said. ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2024 Asian markets were largely higher on Friday following Wall Street gains driven by tech rallies and key US inflation data that met investors' expectations. ... more |
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