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November 06, 2019
ROCKET SCIENCE
Next generation Electron Booster on the pad for Rocket Lab's 10th mission



Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
Rocket Lab reports that its next mission will launch multiple microsatellites in a rideshare mission representing five different countries. The launch window for Rocket Lab's tenth flight, named 'Running Out Of Fingers,' will open 25th November NZDT and take place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula. Onboard this rideshare mission are six spacecraft comprised of 5cm PocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission management provider Alba Orbital. Th ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
UK Space Agency backs small satellite launches from Cornwall with new funds
London, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
The UK Space Agency will award 7.35 million pounds to Virgin Orbit UK Limited, the UK branch of US launch operator Virgin Orbit, to enable horizontal launch of small satellites at Cornwall Airport N ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Elon Musk reveals why SpaceX is trying to develop a reusable orbital rocket
San Francisco CA (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
The 48-year-old maverick engineer made a surprise appearance at an Air Force "Pitch Day" and spent half an hour on stage with US Air Force commander of the Space and Missiles Systems Centre, Lieuten ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Are we set to taste space wine
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
A European start-up has sent a batch of red wine to the International Space Station. However, this is not for the astronauts to have an elegant soiree with a view of Earth or to deal with stress, bu ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
New payload fairing from RUAG Space enables quieter journey to space
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
RUAG Space, a leading supplier to the space industry, has successfully developed and tested a new low shock jettison system for payload fairings. This enables a quieter and smoother journey to space ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to use Siemens software to explore new frontiers of space
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Nov 07, 2019
Global technology giant Siemens reports that Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer and the world's leading small satellite launch service, will start using Siemens software to scale up production an ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted sever ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Growing tissues in space
Paris (ESA) Nov 07, 2019
Tissue engineering is a fast-developing field reaching new heights thanks to space research. An experiment on the International Space Station is opening up possibilities to grow artificial blood ves ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic's high-risk space adventure will likely pay off
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Richard Branson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 28 as Virgin Galactic became the first commercial spaceflight company to list on the stock market. It was valued at mo ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Paragon wins $2M contract under NASA Tipping Point Program
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) reports it was awarded a new contract as part of NASA's Tipping Point Program. This contract award, worth $2 million, specifically concerns the Shape ... more
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Cygnus NG-12 cargo vehicle looking good on arrival
Paris (ESA) Nov 06, 2019
The Cygnus NG-12 cargo vehicle hangs out after arriving to the International Space Station on 4 November. The latest resupply mission includes over 4 tonnes of science experiments, crew suppli ... more
GPS NEWS
Russia to launch glass sphere into space before new year to obtain accurate Earth data
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019
Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launc ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Spaceflight's 3rd Rideshare mission with Rocket Lab will launch ALE's entertainment satellite
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it has arranged for Tokyo-based ALE to launch its entertainment and science satellite on Rocket Lab's next ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
China launches Sudan's first ever satellite: official
Khartoum (AFP) Nov 6, 2019
Sudan's first ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space technology has been launched by China, the northeast African country's ruling body said Tuesday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager 2 illuminates boundary of interstellar space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2019
One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA's Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in history to leave the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by our Sun. At ... more


Boeing tests space crew capsule, reports problem with parachute

DRAGON SPACE
China conducts simulated weightlessness experiment for long-term stay in space
Beijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019
Thirty-six healthy male volunteers lay on beds with their heads low and feet high for 90 days for an experiment to simulate weightlessness that will pave the way for Chinese astronauts' long-term st ... more
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NKorea conducts new test of 'super-large' rocket launcher: KCNA
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019
North Korea has carried out a "successful" new test of its "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system, state media said Friday - the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
NASA grant to study space station fungus
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 03, 2019
The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold - and the University of Colorado Boulder is sending new research to space to find solutions. It is living and growing in secr ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
A series of spacewalks four years in the making will attempt to revive a scientific experiment
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2019
Many scientists theorize stars, planets and the molecules that comprise them are only less than five percent of the mass-energy content of the universe. The rest is dark matter, invisible matter tha ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA science, cargo heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman mission
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2019
On the 19th anniversary of the arrival of the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the orbiting outpost with almo ... more
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Antares rocket launches in ISS resupply mission
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 01, 2019
LIVE ROCKET LAUNCH! We're sending science and supplies to the crew living and working on the @Space_Station. Tune in to watch the 9:59am ET launch of @northropgrumman's #Cygnus cargo spacecraft from @NASA_Wallops: https://t.co/obe9nNNntj— NASA (@NASA) November 2, 2019 ... more
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OMG developing new standard for interface for Software Defined Radios
Needham MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2019
International technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced it is creating a new standard, through issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) for the Platform Space Telecommunications Interface (STI) for Software Defined Radios (SDRs). The objective of the RFP is to expand the Software Radio Components Specification to support future space communications. "For spa ... more
+ New procedure for obtaining a cheap ultra-hard material that is resistant to radioactivity
+ New printer creates extremely realistic colorful holograms
+ A cross-center collaboration leads to an aerogel based aircraft antenna
+ NASA Microgap-Cooling technology immune to gravity effects and ready for spaceflight
+ Drexel researchers develop coal ash aggregate that helps concrete cure
+ Las Cumbres helping to develope a Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Astronomical Data
+ Invention of shape-changing textiles powered only by body heat
GatorWings wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
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
+ EPS completes multiservice operational test, declared fully operational
+ China launches new communication technology experiment satellite
+ 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissions 22-year-old satellite
+ Next-gen satellite communications system ready for use, U.S. Navy says
+ Satlink shows the most advanced satellite telecommunications solutions to Spanish Special Forces
+ DARPA announces final teams for Spectrum Collaboration Challenge Championship event
+ Eight companies share Navy's $968.1M C4ISR contract


Russia to launch glass sphere into space before new year to obtain accurate Earth data
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019
Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25. The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more
+ Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver System to be integrated in F-35 modernization
+ GPS III Ground System Operations Contingency Program Nearing Operational Acceptance
+ UK should ditch plans for GPS to tival Galileo
+ ISRO works with Qualcomm to develop improved geo-location chipset
+ Satelles, Inc. Secures $26 Million in Series C Funding Round Led by C5 Capital
+ Highly accurate GPS is possible thanks to NASA
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $1.39B for new Air Force navigation system
Aptiv awarded $28M contract for F-15 electrical cable assemblies
Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2019
Aptiv Services has been awarded contract for electrical special purpose cable assemblies for the F-15s of the U.S. Air Force. The $28 million contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, requires Aptiv to supply the assemblies for five years, through November 2024. The sole-source deal, which carries no additional option periods, has been funded using fiscal 2020 thr ... more
+ Four nations join Israel for military exercises with the F-35
+ State Dept. approves sale of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Croatia
+ Report: Turkey nearing purchase of Russian Su-35 fighter planes
+ Lockheed nabs $14.4M contract to support France's C-130-J aircraft
+ Bell-Boeing awarded $146M for MV-22 aircraft upgrades, maintenance
+ Israel's F-35 fighters to join multinational training
+ Airbus inaugurates test facility for propulsion systems of the future
Antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2019
Not everything is bigger in Texas - some things are really, really small. A group of engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips that could replace silicon and help overcome one of the biggest challenges facing the tech industry in decades: the inevitable end of Moore's Law. In 1965, Gordon Moore, founder of Int ... more
+ High performance electrical circuits made with 3D-printed plastics
+ NTU Singapore researchers create quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current setups
+ Scientists tame Josephson vortices
+ Xerox eyes deal for PC maker HP: reports
+ Blanket of light may give better quantum computers
+ Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
+ Study reveals how age affects perception of white LED light


Changes in high-altitude winds over the South Pacific produce long-term effects
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
In the past million years, the high-altitude winds of the southern westerly wind belt, which spans nearly half the globe, didn't behave as uniformly over the Southern Pacific as previously assumed. Instead, they varied cyclically over periods of ca. 21,000 years. A new study has now confirmed close ties between the climate of the mid and high latitudes and that of the tropics in the South Pacifi ... more
+ China launches new Earth observation satellite
+ Satellites are key to monitoring ocean carbon
+ Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution
+ Intensified global monsoon extreme rainfall signals global warming
+ DLR DESIS spectrometer begins routine operations on the ISS
+ Ozone hole in 2019 is the smallest on record since its discovery
+ Tiny particles lead to brighter clouds in the tropics
Steel giant ArcelorMittal calls off purchase of Italy's Ilva
Rome (AFP) Nov 4, 2019
ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, said Monday it is pulling out of a deal to buy struggling Italian firm Ilva after Rome decided not to grant it immunity from prosecution over a heavily polluting plant that was a central part of the acquisition. The Taranto plant in the south of Italy is mired in controversy because experts believe that some 7,500 people have died in the surroun ... more
+ Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
+ Despite itchy eyes, tourists flock to Taj Mahal
+ Indian capital Delhi gasps under choking smog
+ Japan retailers to charge for plastic bags from 2020
+ Ghost towns emerge from toxic mud of Brazil mining disaster
+ Environment now a focus for young Chinese, says sci-fi author Chen Qiufan
+ Merkel urges Delhi to go green amid smog emergency


Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted several experiments there. Beijing is already planning future lunar missions, including a manned one. Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology C ... more
+ China conducts simulated weightlessness experiment for long-term stay in space
+ China plans more space science satellites
+ China's absence from global space conference due to "visa problem" causes concern
+ China prepares for space station construction
+ China's rocket-carrying ships depart for transportation mission
+ China's KZ-1A rocket launches two satellites
+ China's newly launched communication satellite suffers abnormality
Russia sends S-400 system to Serbia for drills
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
+ US to Turkey: Don't turn on Russian system, avoid sanctions
+ Turkey, Russia discuss new S-400 supplies: report
+ US Army has no plans to purchase more Iron Dome systems
+ Russia to deploy over 10 space monitoring centres by 2022
+ Norway's increased military budget omits NATO missile defense system
+ Putin: Russia is helping China with missile defense system
+ Lockheed nets $163.9M to support space-based infrared system


North Korea fires short-range projectiles: South's military
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019
North Korea fired two short-range projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said, with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock. The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. They flew 370 kilometres (230 miles) at a maximum altitude of 90 kilometres, they said, addin ... more
+ S. Korea to buy AMRAAM missiles in $253M deal
+ OpFires program advances technology for upper stage with PDR completion
+ State Department OKs Javelin missile sale to Ukraine
+ Naval Strike Missile launched in Indo-Pacific region for first time
+ Improving the ductility of ceramic materials for missiles, engines
+ BAE nets $2.7B for APKWS guidance units for rocket upgrades
+ State Dept. approves sale of laser aircraft defense system to Qatar
SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles
Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too. The new ... more
+ Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules
+ Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites
+ Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time
+ Physicists create world's smallest engine
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program
+ Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles


Teams Complete SubT Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2019
With 50 total points, Coordinated Robotics finished in first place in the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Virtual Tunnel Circuit event, and as the top self-funded team, earned $250,000. Eight teams developed, tested, and submitted their software-based solutions for simulation-based evaluation on the SubT Virtual Testbed. DARPA-funded and self-funded teams compete side-by-side throughou ... more
+ New soft-muscled RoboBee is accident proof
+ On the way to intelligent microrobots
+ Human reflexes keep two-legged robot upright
+ Two-legged robot mimics human balance while running and jumping
+ Robot acquires new, essential spacewalking functions says cosmonaut
+ New lightweight, portable robotic suit to increase running and walking performance
+ Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces


Israeli drone overflying Lebanon targeted by missile: army
Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 31, 2019
An anti-aircraft missile was fired Thursday at an Israeli drone over Lebanon, the Israeli army said, adding that the unmanned aircraft was not hit. "A short while ago, an anti-aircraft missile was launched over Lebanese territory towards an IDF (Israeli army) UAV. The UAV was not hit," the military said in a statement posted on Twitter. It gave no further details. Lebanon's Shiite milita ... more
+ US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones
+ Drones help map Iceland's disappearing glaciers
+ Swarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments
+ RedTail LiDAR Systems unveils innovative 3D mapping solution at Commercial UAV EXPO
+ Most complete exploration of fly landing maneuvers to advance future robots
+ Elbit Systems sells $153M worth of mini-drones to unnamed country
+ ImSAR LLC wins $$7.2M contract for work on RQ-21A UAV
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