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  Washington DC (UPI) Dec 08, 2019 The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft containing 5,700 pounds of cargo arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday morning. The spacecraft, which is SpaceX's 19th delivery to the ISS, was captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm operated by astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan at 5:05 a.m. At 7:47 a.m., it was installed at the ISS, according to NASA. Aboard were genetically enhanced "mighty mice," 36,000 worms and a new version of the CIMON rocket to interact with astronauts. T ... read more |
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NASA break SLS tank to test extreme limitsHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Dec. 5 deliberately pushed the world's largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits to really understand its breaki ... more  
Rocket Lab launches shooting star satellite from New ZealandWashington DC (UPI) Dec 08, 2019 A satellite that spits out artificial shooting stars for light shows in the sky flew into space Friday from New Zealand. The launch came at 9:18 p.m. local time, or 3:18 a.m. EST. The satellit ... more  
ISS-bound Progress MS-13 lifts off from Baikonur CosmodromeBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 On Friday, A Soyuz-2.1a medium launch vehicle carrying Progress MS-13 lifted off from Launch Pad 31 at 12:34:11 Moscow time Dec 6. In 8 min 48 sec after the lift-off contact the vehicle normally sep ... more  
China sends six satellites into orbit with single rocketTaiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rock ... more |
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Safer navigation through enhanced predictive paths powered by UAV NavigationSan Sebastian, Spain (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 Predictive paths play a critical role in the overall performance of UAVs. After taking into account the challenges faced by industry professionals, UAV Navigation is all set to roll out upgrades to ... more  
AFRL demonstrates LVC capabilities during Red Flag-Rescue visitFairborn OH (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 A team from Red Flag-Rescue had the opportunity to watch a demonstration of the Air Force Research Laboratory's live virtual constructive training capabilities at the National Center for Medical Rea ... more 
Raytheon nabs $13.1M for third anti-drone laser system for testingWashington (UPI) Dec 6, 2019 Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems has been awarded a contract for an additional high energy laser weapons system for testing. ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne completes tests of subscale OpFires propulsion systemHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished a series of subscale propulsion-system test firings as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic miss ... more  
Silver Spitfire back in Britain after round-the-world tripLondon (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 An original Spitfire plane landed back in Britain on Thursday after successfully completing a first-ever attempt to fly the iconic World War II fighter around the globe. ... more |
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Israel and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence dealJerusalem (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 Israel's defence ministry signed a deal with its Czech counterpart on Thursday to sell it radar systems used in the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system. ... more  |
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Raytheon receives $28.9M to repair SM-2, SM-6 missilesWashington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced. ... 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 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Huntsville Site Set for Large Solid Rocket Motor ProductionHuntsville 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 Manufacturin ... more 
China's Long March-8 rocket successfully passes engine testBeijing (XNA) Dec 04, 2019 China has successfully tested the second stage engine of the Long March-8 rocket, preparing for its maiden flight in 2020, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). ... more  
Fusion by strong lasersDresden, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 Nuclear physics usually involves high energies, as illustrated by experiments to master controlled nuclear fusion. One of the problems is how to overcome the strong electrical repulsion between atom ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 
NASA satellites, no matter the destination, have to communicate their data to mission control and scientists on Earth. These missions capture extraordinary data that make communications an essential part of each mission: pictures of galaxies, critical information on solar flares and much more. An interactive online tool now shows live data transmissions from each of NASA's three space communicat ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has received a $153.4 million contract to procure test equipment and tooling for the F-35 Lightning II.
The deal covers special tooling and special test equipment "required to meet current and future F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production as well as full-rate production rates," the Department of Defense said Friday in a news release.
The modification to a p ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 
A research team has reported seeing, for the first time, atomic scale defects that dictate the properties of a new and powerful semiconductor.
The study, published earlier this month in the journal Physical Review X, shows a fundamental aspect of how the semiconductor, beta gallium oxide, controls electricity.
"Our job is to try to identify why this material, called beta gallium oxid ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 
China sent a new optical remote sensing satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 10:55 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time).
The Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellite, which belongs to the Jilin-1 satellite family, was launched by Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellite was independently developed by the ... more |
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 Saturia, Bangladesh (AFP) Dec 7, 2019 
Excavators flanked by Bangladesh riot police are at work demolishing illegal soot-belching brick kilns around the smog-choked capital Dhaka, forcing migrant labourers out of work and back to their villages.
Every autumn, following the monsoon rains, Dhaka's brick kilns - which use coal and wood to fire bricks from clay - start up again, adding to the emissions pumped out by other heavy ind ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 
China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time).
They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket and have entered the planned orbit successfully.
It was the second launch from the Taiyuan launch center in less than six hours after another KZ-1A rocket sent the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellit ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 
Israel's defence ministry signed a deal with its Czech counterpart on Thursday to sell it radar systems used in the Jewish state's Iron Dome missile defence system.
The radars will be integrated into the Czech air defence system which will use Prague's own rocket launchers, a ministry spokesperson said.
The radars, used for air surveillance and defence, "will be interoperable with Czech ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 
Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced.
The contract funds engineering and technical support, depot and intermediate level repair, maintenance and recertification of standard missiles and components for fiscal 2020, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
The bulk of work, whic ... 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.
The new ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
A new Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) is on its way the International Space Station (ISS). On 5 December 2019 at 18:29 CET (12:29 local time) the US SpaceX CRS-19 mission lifted off from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board was CIMON-2, an astronaut assistant developed and built in Germany that has been modified and equipped for new tasks. Like its predecessor, CIMON-2 wi ... more |
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 Austin 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, there will also be a digital twin for each UAV in the fleet: a virtual model that will follow the UAV through its existence, evolving with time.
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