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  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2019 SpaceX owner Elon Musk unveiled a new prototype of a spacecraft for private trips to the moon on the 11th anniversary Saturday night of his company's first successful orbital launch of a rocket. The new Starship version called Mark 1 and a Super Heavy booster will send up to 100 people in space, then the moon and ultimately Mars. Also on display was Raptor, a full-flow, staged combustion rocket engine powered by cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen. "This is, I think, the most inspiring t ... read more |
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SLS Rocket Pathfinders Prepare Teams for One-of-a-Kind Hardware Prior to Moon MissionHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 NASA's Pegasus barge arrived Sept. 27 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the core stage pathfinder for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The pathfinder will be used for lift ... more 
Ariane 6's core engine completes qualification testsParis (ESA) Sep 30, 2019 Ariane 6, Europe's next-generation launch vehicle, has passed another key development milestone. Its Vulcain 2.1 liquid-fuelled engine has now completed its qualification testing, which means combin ... more  
Japan's Kounotori Spaceship Attached to StationHouston TX (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 Ground controllers successfully installed the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Kounotori 8 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-8) to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Harmon ... more  
A new way to turn heat into energyColumbus OH (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity. The discovery, published last week in the journal Science Advances, could create more effi ... more |
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NASA launches miniature satellite designed by Indian teenNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 27, 2019 The miniature satellite was successfully launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in the US state of New Mexico early Tuesday and achieved an altitude of 38 km. The US Nationa ... more  
Up-close and personal with neuronal networksBoston MA (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 How our brain cells, or neurons, use electrical signals to communicate and coordinate for higher brain function is one of the biggest questions in all of science. For decades, researchers have ... more 
ISS hosts 9 people for first time since 2015Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Sep 26, 2019 Russia's Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, bringing the next crew - including the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE ... more  
Orbital nabs $1.1B contract for Missile Defense targetsWashington (UPI) Sep 23, 2019 Orbital Sciences Corp. received a $1.1 billion contract with the Missile Defense Agency for missile defense targets, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
Stars in its eyes, UAE celebrates its first astronaut in spaceDubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 A crowd in Dubai erupted in cheers and applause Wednesday as the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates launched towards the International Space Station, dubbing him a national hero. ... more |
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The next generation: mice can reproduce after space stintsTokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 Male mice that spent more than a month in space were able to successfully reproduce back on Earth, a study has found, the first evidence of how space travel affects reproduction in mammals. ... more  |
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Enemy drone operators may soon face the power of ThorNational Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 With small unmanned aircraft systems - frequently called drones, becoming more common every day, the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, ... more  
DARPA seeks novel urban swarm capabilities, enhancements to physical testbedsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 Cities present multiple challenges for ground units as they attempt to navigate and search tall buildings amid tight spaces with limited sight lines. DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) ... more 
Turkey downs unidentified drone on Syria border: defence ministryIstanbul (AFP) Sept 29, 2019 Turkey's air force on Sunday downed an unidentified drone on the Syrian border after it breached Turkish air space six times, the defence ministry said. ... more  
ISISpace selected by the Royal Thai Air Force for their next Earth Observation missionDelft, The Netherlands (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 The Royal Thai Air Force has awarded a contract to ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. to realize their next satellite mission, based on an ISISpace 6U CubeSat. This will be the second Earth O ... more 
US Air Force releases unique new call to action for ideasWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 The US Air Force has unveiled AF Explore, a new opportunity call for capability ideas that advance the transformational component of the AF Science and Technology (SciTech) 2030 strategy. With this ... more |
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 Newport UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
AdaCore reports that the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected AdaCore to provide a qualified multitasking solution for spacecraft software development to support multiple ongoing and future ESA projects.
As part of this contract, AdaCore has implemented a pre-qualified version of the Ravenscar Small Footprint (SFP) library - a configurable Ada run-time library that implements the Raven ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
DARPA has announced the 10 teams that have qualified for the Championship Event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year contest to unlock the potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum using artificial intelligence (AI). The teams will head to Mobile World Congress Los Angeles on October 23, 2019, where their radio designs will go head to head during a live competition. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 24, 2019 
China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 5:10 a.m. Monday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the two satellites entered orbit. They are the 47th and 48th satellites of the BDS satellite family.
The new satellites and the carrier rocket were developed by t ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 27, 2019 
The miniature satellite was successfully launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in the US state of New Mexico early Tuesday and achieved an altitude of 38 km.
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a miniature satellite designed by a 17-year-old Indian student to the edge of the space.
The satellite named "RamanSat 2" and measuring ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2019 
To develop the next generation of quantum technologies, scientists need to find materials with unique optical and electrical properties.
Often, when materials are put under stress and strain, they reveal unusual physical properties. But measuring the nanoscale effects of strain isn't easy.
To aid the search for quantum properties, scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory set ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
Ball Aerospace delivered the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) for Landsat 9, completing development of the instrument on schedule and under budget. Ball will continue to support instrument integration and spacecraft-level testing, working closely with NASA and the Landsat 9 spacecraft provider.
"Ball Aerospace is enabling the sustainability of the nation's land imaging architecture throug ... more |
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 Rouen, France (AFP) Sept 26, 2019  Acrid black smoke billowed over the northern French city of Rouen on Thursday after a spectacular fire broke out at a chemical factory, forcing authorities to close schools and warn of potential pollution risks for the nearby Seine river.
After hours of battling the blaze, around 200 firefighters had brought it under control by Thursday afternoon, though officials said it could be several da ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 23, 2019 
Orbital Sciences Corp. received a $1.1 billion contract with the Missile Defense Agency for missile defense targets, the Defense Department announced.
The company, based in Chandler, Ariz., and a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, will build "threat-representative subscale targets with simple and complex re-entry vehicles," the Defense Department said on Friday.
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2019 
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of two AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures systems to Qatar for $86 million.
The systems Qatar is interested in buying include 12 guardian laser turret assemblies, seven LAIRCM System Processor Replacements and 23 missile warning sensors, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday.
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 
Human hands are remarkably skilled at manipulating a range of objects. We can pick up an egg or a strawberry without smashing it. We can hammer a nail.
One characteristic that allows us to perform a variety of tasks is the ability to alter the firmness of our grip, and University at Buffalo engineers have developed a two-fingered robotic hand that shares this trait.
The design of the ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Sept 29, 2019 
Turkey's air force on Sunday downed an unidentified drone on the Syrian border after it breached Turkish air space six times, the defence ministry said.
"An unmanned aerial vehicle which violated our air space six times (on Saturday)... was downed by two of our F-16s which took off from Incirlik" air base in southern Turkey, the defence ministry said, sharing pictures of the downed drone. ... more |
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