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Changing the way NASA keeps it cool Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 When deep space exploration missions launch, like NASA's future Artemis missions to the Moon, they carry liquids with them for fuel and life support systems. These liquids are stored at cryogenic temperatures, which range from -243 to -423 degrees F, and to be usable, they need to remain cold and in a liquid state. But as the extreme environment of space warms a spacecraft, the fuels begin to evaporate or "boiloff." "As energy from the Sun, Earth, and even the Moon enters the cryogenic propellant ... read more |
NASA astronaut's record-setting mission helps scientists for future missions Houston TX (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, after 328 days living and working aboard the International Space Station. Her mission is the longest single spaceflight b ... more Sacramento CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 AdvancingX has signed a collaborative agreement with the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory (ISS National Lab) to work together to develop outreach and educational projects and act ... more Westminster CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Maxar Technologies has finalized a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic arm called Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith (SAMPLR). The arm, which will be built in ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 On Jan. 22, 2020, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) flight payload was delivered to Northrop Grumman's facility in Sterling, Virginia. There the payload will be integrated onto the ... more |
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Voyager 2 engineers working to restore normal operations Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 30, 2020 Engineers for NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft are working to return the mission to normal operating conditions after one of the spacecraft's autonomous fault protection routines was triggered. Mul ... more Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 carrying it's fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. Launch was 9:06 a.m. Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellites were successfully deployed a little over one hour after launch. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The secrecy-laden project, in development since 2010, is intended to facilitate the transportation of large cargoes in deep space, including for the purpose of creating permanent bases on other plan ... more Melissa Gaskill for ISS News Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Investigations studying tissue culturing, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Spac ... more Athens (AFP) Feb 4, 2020 Greece will send some of its Patriot defence missiles to Saudi Arabia under a programme involving the US, Britain and France, the government spokesman said Tuesday. ... more |
Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed plane Clinton TN (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Northrop Grumman Corporation's subsidiary Remotec Inc. and Kinova Inc. have entered into a distribution agreement for the Kinova Remote Robotic Manipulation System. This partnership delivers enhance ... more |
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Nanoracks deploys 250th satellite, 8th Cygnus Mission Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Friday evening, Nanoracks successfully completed the Company's eighth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. Alan Bean) departed the International Space S ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 There is currently a great interest in going someplace in the Solar System. NASA wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Still others just want to go to an asteroid. All of these des ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday lifted US restrictions on landmines, saying new technology made them safer, outraging campaigners for the abolition of the explosives that maim thousands of civilians each year. ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 The United States is rolling back prohibitions on land mine use, the White House and Department of Defense announced Friday. ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 Lockheed Martin has received a $2.3 billion contract for parts maintenance for MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters for the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense announced. ... more |
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UNH researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins Durham NH (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unlocked one of the mysteries of how particles from flares on the sun accumulate at early stages in the energization of hazardous radiation that is harmful to astronauts, satellites and electronic equipment in space. Using data obtained by NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP), researchers observed one of the largest events so far during the mission. ... more |
NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Mission Leaves Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 On Jan. 22, 2020, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) flight payload was delivered to Northrop Grumman's facility in Sterling, Virginia. There the payload will be integrated onto the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) and prepared for launch. LCRD will be NASA's first end-to-end optical relay, sending and receiving data from missions in space to miss ... more |
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Space Force decommissions 26-year-old GPS satellite to make way for GPS 3 constellation Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 The 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissioned Satellite Vehicle Number-36, the second to last Block IIA satellite, Jan. 27. Capt. Collin Dart, 2nd SOPS assistant flight commander of GPS mission engineering, said the disposal of SVN-36 will allow for newer vehicles to take it's place. "The main reason it was decommissioned was because, at this time, we're accepting a lot of the new ... more |
Lockheed Martin receives $2.3B deal for helicopter parts maintenance Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 Lockheed Martin has received a $2.3 billion contract for parts maintenance for MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters for the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense announced. The MH-60R - also called the 'Romeo' aircraft - has been operational since 2006. The helicopters are jointly built by Lockheed and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. According to Lockheed, MH-60R replaces the SH-60B Bravo and ... more |
A quantum of solid Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 It is well known that quantum properties of individual atoms can be controlled and manipulated by laser light. Even large clouds of hundreds of millions of atoms can be pushed into the quantum regime, giving rise to macroscopic quantum states of matter such as quantum gases or Bose-Einstein condensates, which nowadays are also widely used in quantum technologies. An exciting next step is t ... more |
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ECOSTRESS mission sees plants 'waking up' from space Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 05, 2020 Although plants don't sleep in the same way humans do, they have circadian rhythms - internal clocks that, like our own internal clocks, tell them when it's night and when it's day. And like many people, plants are less active at night. When the Sun comes up, they kick into gear, absorbing sunlight to convert carbon dioxide they draw from the air and water they draw from the soil into food ... more |
UD study maps areas of high Microplastic concentrations in the Delaware Bay Newark NJ (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Every year, about 8 million metric tons of plastic are put into the world's oceans. Of particular concern are microplastics, materials found in the marine environment that occur in sizes below five millimeters and are the most abundant form of marine debris observed at the ocean surface. Estuarine and coastal environments play a crucial role as a buffer between land, freshwater environment ... more |
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China to launch more space science satellites Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere. Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
Greece to send Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia: official Athens (AFP) Feb 4, 2020 Greece will send some of its Patriot defence missiles to Saudi Arabia under a programme involving the US, Britain and France, the government spokesman said Tuesday. Athens will deploy the missiles at Saudi cost "to protect critical energy infrastructure," government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters. "The deployment contributes to energy security, promotes our country as a factor o ... more |
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Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed plane Kiev (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Kiev on Monday accused Tehran of knowing from the start that an Iranian missile had downed a Ukrainian airliner last month, after leaked recordings emerged from Iranian air traffic control. The recordings, aired on Ukraine's 1+1 TV channel on Sunday, feature a conversation between an air traffic controller and the pilot of another plane at the time the Ukrainian airliner was hit on January 8 ... more |
Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins. Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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NASA contracts Maxar to supply robotic arm for lunar lander Westminster CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Maxar Technologies has finalized a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic arm called Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith (SAMPLR). The arm, which will be built in Pasadena, California, and has a contract value of $5 million, will be used to explore Earth's Moon by acquiring samples and determining the geotechnical properties of lunar regolith. Maxar will provi ... more |
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Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator Agreement Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Phase One Industrial, a world-leading provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, has announced that it has signed an agreement with AI-Survey GmbH, a developer of UAS survey package, services and tailor-made solutions. Together, these companies' high-end products are opening up new opportunities in drone-based high-accuracy mapping and inspection mark ... more |
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