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February 05, 2020
ROCKET SCIENCE
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

SPACE TRAVEL
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
SPACE TRAVEL
AdvancingX announces collaborative agreement with ISS National Lab
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
ROBO SPACE
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 ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
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 ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
NASA grants KBR the right to train private astronauts at NASA facilities
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 04, 2020
KBR will become the first company to train private astronauts at NASA facilities. The company recently signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA Johnson Space Center allowing it to provide human spacef ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ISRO's Gaganyaan to facilitate space tourism
Thiruvananthapuram, India (IANS) Feb 04, 2020
Gaganyaan, the country's planned mission to take humans to space, will open huge commercial opportunities in the space sector, said former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair. Nair while speaking at ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Space Flight Laboratory and Kepler Communications team up for nanosatellite constellation
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 04, 2020
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of microspace missions for over 21 years, is designing and building the first fully operational nanosatellite in Kepler Communications' next-generation con ... more
GPS NEWS
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 mis ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
From Antarctica to space: telemedicine at the limit
Paris (ESA) Jan 31, 2020
ESA is working with Argentina to test telemedicine device Tempus Pro in the harsh conditions of Antarctica as Europe prepares for its next phase of human exploration in space. The development ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
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
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites
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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russian Space Agency confirms plans to launch nuclear-powered space tug by 2030
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
SPACE TRAVEL
New research launching to station aboard Northrop Grumman's 13th Resupply Mission
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
MISSILE DEFENSE
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. ... more


Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed plane

ROBO SPACE
Northrop Grumman Remotec and Kinova Robotics sign distribution agreement for robotic manipulator
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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MICROSAT BLITZ
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
SPACE TRAVEL
Getting around the Solar System
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
MILTECH
Trump lifts US restrictions on anti-personnel landmines
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
MILTECH
Pentagon to roll back restrictions on land mine use
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
AEROSPACE
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. ... 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
+ Two defunct satellites narrowly miss collision: officials
+ "Breakthrough" 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife, Scotland
+ Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?
+ 'Satellite Collision is a Clear and Present Danger' - Professor
+ Can wood construction transform cities from carbon source to carbon vault
+ Protein pores packed in polymers make super-efficient filtration membranes
+ Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets
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
+ US Army and Air Force team up for multi-domain operations
+ Protecting wideband RF systems in congested electromagnetic environments
+ General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system
+ Airbus' marks 50 years in Skynet secure satellite communications for UK
+ Lockheed Martin gets $3.3B contract for communications satellite work
+ GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operations
+ F-35 to Space? US Air Force looks to connect stealth fighters to X-37B Spacecraft


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
+ Using artificial intelligence to enrich digital maps
+ Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide
+ China's international journal Satellite Navigation launched
+ FAA warns military training exercise could jam GPS signals in southeast, Caribbean
+ China Focus: China to complete Beidou-3 satellite system in 2020
+ China's Beidou navigation system to provide unique services
+ From airport approaches to eCall in cars in 10 years with EGNOS
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
+ Boeing lands $84.1M deal to integrate ADCP II boxes into F-15 platform
+ Boeing receives $18.2M deal for MH-47G Chinook parts for Special Ops
+ Boeing, Navy fly two unmanned EA-18G Growlers in test mission
+ Poland inks $4.6bn deal for US fighter jets
+ Cathay Pacific asks all staff to take unpaid leave; US airlines suspend Hong Kong flights
+ Chinese tourism, the main engine of global travel
+ NASA creates technologies to gather Great Observatory Science from a balloon
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
+ Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information
+ NRL researchers' golden touch enhances quantum technology
+ Dutch tech firm caught in US-China row
+ Generation and manipulation of spin currents for advanced electronic devices
+ Nano antennas for data transfer
+ Growing strained crystals could improve performance of perovskite electronics
+ New method gives robust transistors


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
+ QinetiQ to play key role in maximising European capabilities in operational earth observation
+ Aerosols have an outsized impact on extreme weather
+ January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service
+ The fingerprints of paddy rice in atmospheric methane concentration dynamics
+ Deep learning accurately forecasts heat waves, cold spells
+ Another reason to reduce man-made ozone: To cool a warming planet
+ Artificial intelligence to rebuild Iraq via second phase of the UNOSAT challenge
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
+ 'Open bar' for rats as Paris pension strikes hit waste collection
+ Uruguayan project uses virtual money to encourage plastic recycling
+ How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
+ Bangladesh capital awash with plastic-coated posters
+ Vegan meals and old tuxedos: Hollywood red carpets go green
+ France cracks down on plastic waste, destruction of unsold clothes
+ Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey


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
+ China's space station core module, manned spacecraft arrive at launch site
+ China to launch Mars probe in July
+ China's space-tracking vessels back from missions
+ China may have over 40 space launches in 2020
+ China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission
+ China's Xichang set for 20 space launches in 2020
+ China sends six satellites into orbit with single rocket
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
+ 'Over in under a minute': commander divulges how quickly moscow's defences can thwart missile attack
+ US awaits Iraq's okay to deploy Patriots to protect troops
+ Lockheed nabs $114M deal to deliver Patriot missiles to UAE
+ Syrian defences fire on 'hostile missiles' from Israel: state media
+ Moscow lifts veil on missile attack warning system
+ Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense program
+ Israel and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence deal


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
+ New footage shows Iranian missiles hitting Ukraine plane
+ Raytheon awarded $9M to maintain HARM weapons for Morocco, Turkey, U.S.
+ Iran's 'catastrophic mistake': Speculation, pressure, then admission
+ 'Surviving was a miracle': Iran's missile attack on Iraq base
+ Ace Electronics nabs $64.4M for Tomahawk control system upgrades
+ Boeing awarded $265.2M modification to GMD missile upgrade contract
+ Russia's Avangard hypersonic missile system has entered service
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
+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
+ Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
+ Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
+ SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles
+ Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules


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
+ NASA funds demonstration of assembly and manufacturing in space
+ Northrop Grumman Remotec and Kinova Robotics sign distribution agreement for robotic manipulator
+ Progressing towards assuredly safer autonomous systems
+ Progressing Towards Assuredly Safer Autonomous Systems
+ OFFSET Swarm Systems Integrators Demonstrate Tactics to Conduct Urban Raid
+ Spider-Man-style robotic graspers defy gravity
+ Anatomy of a Rover: The Mechanics of a Winning Student Vehicle Design


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
+ Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low
+ Researchers develop new bio-inspired wing design for small drones
+ AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test
+ Navy's first MQ-4C Triton drones arrive in Guam
+ Quantum technologies are changing the face of unmanned aircraft communications
+ Trump details Soleimani's end in UAV attack
+ As Iran missiles battered Iraq base, US lost eyes in sky
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