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  Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Feb 6, 2020 NASA's Christina Koch returned to Earth safely Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International Space Station. Koch touched down at 0912 GMT on the Kazakh steppe after 328 days in space along with Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, said the crew had returned safely. "All is well on board, the crew are feeling ... read more |
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The science behind and beyond Luca's missionParis (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 As ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano marks his 200 days in space as part of his Beyond mission, it is time to pack up a few experiments, wrap up science reports and give way to further research that will ... more  
Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand lowCatonsville MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS ... more  
Boeing, Navy fly two unmanned EA-18G Growlers in test missionWashington DC (UPI) Feb 04, 2020 Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew two autonomously controlled, unmanned EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, Boeing announced Tuesday. ... more  
Making high-temperature superconductivity disappear to understand its originUpton NY (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 When there are several processes going on at once, establishing cause-and-effect relationships is difficult. This scenario holds true for a class of high-temperature superconductors known as the cup ... more |
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Space Flight Laboratory and Kepler Communications team up for nanosatellite constellationToronto, 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  
Space Force decommissions 26-year-old GPS satellite to make way for GPS 3 constellationSchriever 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  
From Antarctica to space: telemedicine at the limitParis (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  
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers RL10 engines that will help send NASA astronauts to deep spaceWest Palm Beach FL (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently delivered four RL10 upper stage engines to NASA's Stennis Space Center that will help power NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it carries astronauts aboard the Or ... more 
Boeing receives $18.2M deal for MH-47G Chinook parts for Special OpsWashington DC (UPI) Feb 04, 2020 Boeing has received an $18.2 million contract to procure parts of the MH-47G Chinook helicopter for U.S. Special Operations Forces, the Department of Defense announced. ... more |
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Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed planeKiev (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. ... more  |
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Nanoracks deploys 250th satellite, 8th Cygnus MissionDulles 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 
Getting around the Solar SystemBethesda 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  
Trump lifts US restrictions on anti-personnel landminesWashington (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 
Pentagon to roll back restrictions on land mine useWashington (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 
Lockheed Martin receives $2.3B deal for helicopter parts maintenanceWashington (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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 Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 
For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna has sent commands to two ESA spacecraft, simultaneously, at the Red Planet.
Late on Thursday 30 January, the 35-metre New Norcia dish in Western Australia 'spoke' to Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
Talking with two voices at two different frequencies ensured the signals sent didn't interfere with each other.
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Jan 22, 2020 
Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to successfully detect, track and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
The December 2019 test marked the first time F-35s were used as sensors during an IBCS live ... more |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 04, 2020 
Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew two autonomously controlled, unmanned EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, Boeing announced Tuesday.
A third Growler served as the mission controller for the other two, Boeing said, completing nearly two dozen demonstration missions during the Navy Warfare Development Command's annual fleet experiment exercises.
The flight ... more |
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 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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 Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. New maps produced by ESA's GlobWetland Africa project show how satellite observations can be used for the effective use and management of wetlands in Africa.
Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day raises global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for our planet, paying particular attention to wetland biodiversity. ... more |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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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 Catonsville MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2020  Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science looks at how possible and desirable it is to use drones for delivery for e-retailers considering cost and effectiveness in certain population areas and in certain locat ... more |
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