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  Charleston SC (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 A new study demonstrates for the first time that changes in cognitive performance correlate with changes in brain structure in NASA astronauts following spaceflight. How the human brain adapts in space or in a microgravity environment is the subject of continuing research by neuroradiologist Donna R. Roberts, M.D., Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at the Medical University of South Carolina. The American Journal of Neuroradiology published Roberts' paper, "Prolonged Microgravity Affects ... read more |
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ESA and GomSpace sign contract to develop miniaturized electric propulsion systemAalborg, Danmark (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 GomSpace's subsidiary in Sweden and ESA have signed a contract to develop a miniaturized electric propulsion system suitable for small spacecrafts going on interplanetary missions. The contrac ... more  
York Space Systems accelerates satellite production with facility expansionDenver CO (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in turn-key space segment customer solutions and the manufacturer of standardized spacecraft platforms for rapid deployment, has announced plans ... more 
Russia to start flight tests of hydrogen-fueled space booster in 2027 - developerMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 30, 2019 Flight tests of the KVTK oxygen-hydrogen booster for heavy-class Angara-family launch vehicles may begin in 2027 if the necessary funding is allocated, Sergey Kuznetsov, the chief designer at the Sa ... more 
Arianespace and ESA announce two earth observation launch contractsEvry, France (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 The Earth Explorer Biomass - the seventh mission in ESA's Earth Explorer program - will provide global maps of the amount of carbon stored in the world's forests and how it changes over time, mainly ... more |
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DARPA updates competitor field for flexible, responsive launch to orbitWashington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2019 In early 2020, one team will attempt to win a $10 million prize in the DARPA Launch Challenge. The Challenge aims to increase the flexibility and pace of space launch to put assets into low Earth or ... more  
GatorWings wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration ChallengeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 DARPA has announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - ... more  
UK should ditch plans for GPS to tival GalileoLondon (Sputnik) Oct 27, 2019 The UK has been accelerating plans to develop its own global navigation satellite system after its exclusion from secure aspects of Galileo as a result of Brexit. A satellite scientist on Frid ... more 
US Air Force hosts hypersonics pitch dayEglin AFB FL (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 The Air Force hosts the first-ever Hypersonics Pitch Day on Nov. 7, at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville. The purpose of Air Force "pitch days" is to do business at the speed of ideas by in ... more 
Three additional Russian RD-180 rocket engines being prepared for shipment to USMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 27, 2019 Russia has supplied the US with the state of the art rocket, first developed for the Soviet super-heavy lift Energiya launch vehicle, for use with Lockheed Martin's Atlas III and Atlas V, with the l ... more |
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 Ballard to supply Anglo American with 900kW of Fuel Cells to support mining truck project  
Pentagon, Lockheed reach $34B deal for 478 F-35s as price per aircraft dropsWashington (UPI) Oct 29, 2019 A $34 billion deal between Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon, announced on Tuesday, calls for delivery of 478 F-35 fighter planes at a cost below $80 million each. ... more  |
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Airbus inaugurates test facility for propulsion systems of the futureMunich, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 At the E-Aircraft System (EAS) House, Airbus is pushing alternative "eco-friendly" propulsion technology to the limit. Here, the E-Fan X's electric motor will undergo rigorous testing in preparation ... more  
AFRL experts collect data inside hardened aircraft shelters around the worldWright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 Acoustics researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing are collecting and delivering acoustics data from hardened aircraft shelters around the world-data that cust ... more  
Nanoracks and Kayser to jointly open temperature controlled microgravity research on ISSWashington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 Nanoracks Space Outpost - Europe (Nanoracks IT) and Kayser Italia have announced that the organizations have sign an agreement to broaden research opportunities onboard the International Space Stati ... more 
New rocket fairing design offers smoother quieter rideParis (ESA) Oct 23, 2019 Satellites are built to live in the harsh environment of space but engineers must also factor in the rigours of the journey there. ESA has helped RUAG Space Switzerland to develop new rocket fairing ... more 
Air-breathing engine precooler achieves record-breaking Mach 5 performanceParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2019 UK company Reaction Engines has tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions equivalent to Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. This achievement marks a significant milesto ... more |
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 Goleta CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 
Las Cumbres Observatory is one of nine organizations jointly awarded a $2.8 million grant by the National Science Foundation to further develop the concept for a Scalable Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (SCIMMA).
Multi-messenger astrophysics combines observations of light, gravitational waves, and particles to understand some of the most extreme events in the ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 
DARPA has announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year competition to unlock the true potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with artificial intelligence (AI).
DARPA hosted the championship event at Mobile World Congress 2019 ( ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 
The Global Positioning System enterprise reached another major milestone on Oct. 21, when the GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps) successfully connected with the first GPS III satellite on orbit.
The COps system will allow the Air Force to operationally command and control the new, more powerful GPS III satellites as well as legacy GPS satellites currently in the constellation. T ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2019 
Turkey is nearing the purchase of between 36 and 48 Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Turkish government sources confirmed.
The figure of 48 planes would comprise two squadrons of the plane, and would complement the S-400 missile defense system that Turkey, a NATO member, purchased from Russia earlier this year and delivered in August.
The plane and missile system are part of a c ... more |
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 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories of natural science, and although its predictions are often counterintuitive, not a single experiment has been conducted to date of which the theory has not been able to give an adequate description.
Along with colleagues at bigQ (Center for Macroscopic Quantum States - a Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence), cent ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2019  On 23 October 2019, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the U.S. company Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE) will announce the start of routine operations for the 'DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer' (DESIS).
This instrument will be operated by DLR and TBE. It is the most powerful hyperspectral Earth observation instrument in orbit and addresse ... more |
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 Sivakasi, India (AFP) Oct 25, 2019 
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in southern India is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
In addition to gifts, elaborate feasts and family get-togethers, the Hindu mega-festival of lights, which falls this weekend, has in recent years also meant sett ... more |
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 Xiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 
China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years.
Successful Chinese science satellites launched since 2015 include the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). These were under a sp ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 
Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.
The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said.
It is the first time that the S-400 and Pantsir systems will ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2019 
The State Department approved the sale of 120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) to South Korea, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.
The requested $253 million package includes the AIM-120C-7/C-8 missiles; containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; logistics support services and other related elements. The contract, announced ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes for wearable devices that are flexible and excel by their high energy density. A microfluidic technology was key for the preparation of the electrode material was a mic ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2019 
A Russian-developed anthropomorphic space-faring robot can now perform the important function of deploying fasteners to handrails during spacewalks, cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov said Thursday.
Speaking at a presentation as part of the annual International Astronautical Congress in Washington, Kud-Sverchkov said that ground experiments and simulations carried out with the robot included " ... more |
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 Fairmont WV (SPX) Oct 24, 2019 
RedTail LiDAR Systems - a division of 4D Tech Solutions, Inc. - is pleased to introduce the RTL-400 LiDAR mapping system at the Commercial UAV EXPO on October 28th. The RTL-400 was designed specifically to provide high-resolution 3D images of objects on the ground from small drones flying at an altitude up to 400 feet.
Developed with technology licensed from the U.S. Army Research Laborato ... more |
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