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  Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne is ready to begin producing large solid rocket motor carbon fiber cases in the Rocket City following installation and calibration of a key machine at its new Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF). The state-of-the-art machine will be used to wind the carbon fibers that form the structural case of large solid rocket motors. It is capable of producing motor cases up to 72 inches in diameter and 22 feet long, which is large enough to support strategic missile programs. "The s ... read more |
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NASA will push exploration rocket test hardware beyond its limitsHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 Engineers are preparing to push a test article identical to the world's largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits and find its breaking point during upcoming tests at NASA's Marshall Space F ... more  
NASA awards UbiQD 2nd contract to "Tailor the Solar Spectrum for Enhanced Crop Yield for Space Missions"Los Alamos NM (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administratio ... more  
Helping machines perceive some laws of physicsBoston MA (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 Humans have an early understanding of the laws of physical reality. Infants, for instance, hold expectations for how objects should move and interact with each other, and will show surprise when the ... more  
Electric aircraft - novel configurations open up new possibilitiesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 Environmentally friendly, quiet, safe and cost-effective - European aeronautics research is focusing on these objectives in view of increasing air traffic. The development of electric propulsion sys ... more |
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NASA's briefcase-size MarCO satellite picks up honorsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 28, 2019 Aviation Week and Space Technology is bestowing a prestigious Laureate award on NASA's pair of briefcase-size Mars Cube One spacecraft. Known as MarCO, they're the first CubeSats - compact spacecraf ... more 
NASA selects trisept to support new round of cubesat missionsChantilly, VA (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration, management and brokerage services for commercial and government missions, has announced that it has been selected as a preferred provid ... more 
Spacewalkers back inside ISS after completing work to repair particle detectorWashington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano are back in the International Space Station after completing the third in a series of complex spacewalks aimed at fixing an experimental physics device designed to detect antimatter in cosmic rays. ... more  
Developing a digital twinAustin TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 In the not too distant future, we can expect to see our skies filled with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) delivering packages, maybe even people, from location to location. In such a world, th ... more 
AFRL illuminates flight lines with next generation light cartWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 The U.S. Air Force has an inventory of approximately 5,500 diesel light carts that provide flight line and perimeter illumination. This lighting is a necessity for aircraft maintenance, troubleshoot ... more |
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 China's Long March-8 rocket successfully passes engine test 
Land acquisition underway for 2nd rocket port in TuticorinChennai, India (IANS) Dec 03, 2019 The land acquisition in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district for India's second rocket port is under progress, a top district official said on Friday. "The process for acquiring land for the rocket ... more  |
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Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skiesMikolow, Pologne (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland. ... more  
T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundingsMalaga, Spain (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 Researchers of the Faculty of Science of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed a low-cost T-shirt that generates electricity from the temperature difference between the human body and the sur ... more 
Bell Boeing awarded $218.7M for V-22 Osprey supportWashington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a new one-year contract for logistics and support on the V-22 Osprey platform. ... more  
NASA develops second-generation search and rescue beacon technologyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 NASA's Search and Rescue (SAR) office, technology development lead for the international Cospas-Sarsat program, has developed second-generation emergency beacons that offer users improved accuracy a ... more 
France cancels boat offer to Libya under NGO pressureParis (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Rights groups hailed on Monday a French decision to drop plans to offer six boats to Libya's coast guard. ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 
Scientists from Skoltech ADASE (Advanced Data Analytics in Science and Engineering) lab have found a way to enhance depth map resolution, which should make virtual reality and computer graphics more realistic. They presented their research results at the prestigious International Conference on Computer Vision 2019 in Korea.
When taking a photo, we capture visual information about objects a ... more |
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 Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide.
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 Xichang (XNA) Nov 25, 2019 
China launched two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, the two satellites have entered their planned orbits. They are the 50th and 51st satellites of th ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 
Environmentally friendly, quiet, safe and cost-effective - European aeronautics research is focusing on these objectives in view of increasing air traffic. The development of electric propulsion systems will play a key role in these efforts. Yet flying cannot be made environmentally friendly simply by reworking the propulsion system - a good aircraft design is paramount for achieving efficient u ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 
MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with magnetic waves - with no electricity needed. The advance takes a step toward practical magnetic-based devices, which have the potential to compute far more efficiently than electronics.
Classical computers rely on massive amounts of electricity for computing and data storage, and generate a l ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures - from squid to krill - swim from the ocean depths to near the surface to feed. This vast animal migration - the largest on the planet and a critical part of Earth's climate system - has been observed globally for the first time thanks to an unexpected use of a space-based laser.
Researchers observed this vertical migr ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 04, 2019 
Tiny microplastic particles are about as common in the ocean today as plastic is in our daily lives.
Synthetic clothing, containers, bottles, plastic bags and cosmetics all degrade and release microplastics into the environment. Corals and other marine organisms are eating microplastics that enter the waterway. Studies in this emerging field show some harmful effects, but it's largely unkn ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 
Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system.
"You don't buy a product to keep it in a box," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference.
Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was met with consternation by its NATO allies and threats of sanctions ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2019 
At the moment, the country is using several types of early-warning radars, providing long-distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attacks. The military reportedly plans to replace older systems with Voronezh by 2020.
Russian will create an all-round radar field to cover its borders, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday. According to the statement, it will allow for the ... more |
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 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.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 
Humans have an early understanding of the laws of physical reality. Infants, for instance, hold expectations for how objects should move and interact with each other, and will show surprise when they do something unexpected, such as disappearing in a sleight-of-hand magic trick.
Now MIT researchers have designed a model that demonstrates an understanding of some basic "intuitive physics" a ... more |
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 Mikolow, Pologne (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 
Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland.
Today the drone is making a successful 8.5-kilometre (5.3-mile) test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs in the town of Mikolow; soon it will be making journeys between a blood ba ... more |
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