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October 21, 2015

Can ballet bugs help us build better robots
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2015
When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets. Johns Hopkins engineering students and their professor have spent more than eight months unraveling the hopping skills, airborne antics and safe-landing patterns of these pesky insects that commonly lurk in the dark corners of damp basements. The team, which hopes to pave the way for a new generation of small but skillful jumping r ... read more

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10th Anniversary of the Final Titan It was 10 years ago when Barb Sande gazed upward to watch the last Titan rocket soar into a cloudless, blue sky from its launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. "My husband and I attend ... more		ASU to help high schoolers build satellites in national CubeSat competition The White House has announced the creation of a nationwide "CubeSat competition" that partners high school students with leading universities for the development and operation of small space satelli ... more		Journaling: Astronauts chronicle missions Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well ... more
				What are these nanostars in 2-D superconductor supposed to mean Physicists from France and Russia have discovered magnetic disturbances in 2D superconductor layer, resembling little oscillating stars. These star-like excitations are caused by a single magnetic a ... more		Brands eye big bucks with 'Back to the Future' nostalgia The dog-walking drones and flying cars of Marty McFly's fictional 21st century are still the stuff of sci-fi in real-life 2015 - but savvy brands from Pepsi to Toyota have rolled out gadgets and gimmicks tapping into "Back to the Future" nostalgia. ... more

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ESA's first technology nanosatellite reporting for duty ESA's first technology-testing CubeSat, released last week from the International Space Station, is in good health and is set to start work on its six-month mission. "This tiny satellite was develop ... more		ORBCOMM Announces Launch Window For Second OG2 Mission ORBCOMM Inc reports that ORBCOMM and SpaceX plan to launch eleven OG2 satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the next launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket targeted to take pl ... more		How Space Exploration Opens Up New Horizons for Global Security and Governance Army names new hypersonic weapon 'Dark Eagle' India and Pakistan urged to have 'maximum restraint' after Kashmir attack		The Mysteries of Astronautics Astronautics is the discipline of designing, building, and operating space vehicles. This field of endeavor addresses the design of space missions, spacecraft and in-orbit operations. Related techno ... more
				Northrop Grumman building UAV research site in North Dakota Ground has been broken on a 36,000-square foot facility for Northrop Grumman's efforts in unmanned aerial vehicle technologies. ... more		Report: Leaked documents reveal expensive drone program Leaked classified government documents reveal the U.S. military's heavy reliance on predator drones may be a costly threat to civilians and cause other problems. ... more

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Battelle announces drone disruption system A point-and-shoot device to disrupt drones in flight has been developed by Battelle. ... more		ILS Proton Launches Turksat 4B International Launch Services has successfully launched the TURKSAT 4B satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton vehicle. The satellite was built by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for Turksat Satellite ... more		Iraq farmers turn to groundwater to boost desert yield Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival 'Blood and kin': Mongolians reflect on Pope Francis's legacy		Russian Cosmonauts Taste 160 Meals Ahead of Space Station Expedition Russian cosmonauts have tasted 160 meals for a space menu ahead of a March 2016 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), the press service of the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Trai ... more
Israel prepares to unveil latest anti-drone system Defense firm Israel Aerospace Industries has developed ground-based anti-drone systems in response to growing global security concerns over the potential to weaponize the widely available aircraft. ... more		Canada election results threaten F-35 program The Liberal Party's victory in Canada, replacing Stephen Harper with Justin Trudeau as prime minister after ten years of Conservative rule, may mean the end of Canada's F-35 program. ... more		Patroller UAV tested in homeland security scenarios The Patroller long-endurance drone by Sagem performed successfully in recent homeland security tests held in Portugal as part of a European Commission project. ... more		The Last Tiangong In less than a year, China is expected to launch the Tiangong 2 space laboratory. Despite its name, Tiangong 2 is expected to be a small space station, just like its predecessor, Tiangong 1. With it ... more

	China puts new communication satellite into orbit for HK company China on early Saturday morning put a new communication satellite "APSTAR-9" into orbit in a commercial mission by the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Cen ... more		China aims to go deeper into space As China's exploration of the moon progresses, its space experts have begun considering going deeper into the solar system - to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter - and a manned deep-space mission. A ... more

UK, Italy's Eni unveil deal on carbon capture project

Top uranium producer Namibia to open talks on nuclear energy plant

Panama president says moving toward reopening contested mine

South Korea's fighter jet program being offered European engine		Saft and Boeing renew satellite battery agreement		ISRO to Launch 6 Singapore Satellites in December		With this new universal wireless charger, compatibility won't be an issue		'Drop-and-Forget': Russia Develops Supersonic Smart Bomb
Lighter weight pilots banned from F-35 over faulty ejection seat		Britain builds new military logistics center		New capability for HARM missile tests successfully		US downplays civilian drone deaths, secret files show		U.S. allies order Raven unmanned aerial vehicles

Granite Tactical Vehicles develops ultra-light system

Army obtaining rocket guidance kits

USAF obtaining new missile counter-measure for aircraft

General Dynamics upgrades surveillance system for U.S. border

Hill Air Force Base welcomes F-35

USAF orders more JASSM cruise missiles for $305 million

Nearly 2,000 died in hajj stampede: foreign data

US Navy ship to aid search for doomed vessel 'El Faro'

Calais mayor raises prospect of army intervention in migrant slum

China Communist Party expels safety chief after Tianjin blasts

Slovenia to deploy army for migrant 'logistics support'

Fuel crisis halts aid supplies to quake-hit Nepalis

UN's Blue Helmets to protect world's heritage from IS: Italy

First Fukushima worker diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer: Japan official

China economic growth hits lowest since financial crisis

China, Indonesia sign $5.5 bn high-speed rail deal

German army reveals new fault in problem-plagued Eurofighter

First modernized Helibras Pantera helicopter takes flight in Brazil

Cathay suspends flights over Iran after missile warning

UIC researchers study gut feelings of identical twin astronauts

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