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February 07, 2020
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China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site



Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make its maiden flight and launch the prototype of China's new manned spaceship in April. The Long March-5B is ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2020
After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russi ... more
GPS NEWS
Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 6, 2020
Google Maps marked 15 years on the road Thursday with the rollout of new features for the popular mobile app which has helped move navigation into the digital age. ... more
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
SPACE TRAVEL
Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth
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. ... more
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The science behind and beyond Luca's mission
Paris (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
UAV NEWS
Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low
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 ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing, Navy fly two unmanned EA-18G Growlers in test mission
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. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Making high-temperature superconductivity disappear to understand its origin
Upton 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
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
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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
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
UAV NEWS
Extended range: VECTOR flies beyond 300 km using a UHF datalink
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 07, 2020
A robust communication network between an unmanned aerial vehicle and the ground control station is paramount for the successful execution of a BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) operation. Althoug ... more


Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy

ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers RL10 engines that will help send NASA astronauts to deep space
West 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
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Boeing receives $18.2M deal for MH-47G Chinook parts for Special Ops
Washington 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
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
MISSILE NEWS
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. ... more
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
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First time controlling two spacecraft with one dish
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. Th ... more
+ Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets
+ Researchers report progress on molecular data storage system
+ Fastest high-precision 3D printer
+ "Breakthrough" 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife, Scotland
+ '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
US Army and Air Force team up for multi-domain operations
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
+ NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Mission Leaves Goddard Space Flight Center
+ 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


Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 6, 2020
Google Maps marked 15 years on the road Thursday with the rollout of new features for the popular mobile app which has helped move navigation into the digital age. The tech giant is marking the occasion with a new look and product updates, vice president of product Dane Glasgow said in a blog post. Google has dominated the market for navigation apps in recent years but the latest updates ... more
+ Space Force decommissions 26-year-old GPS satellite to make way for GPS 3 constellation
+ 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
Boeing, Navy fly two unmanned EA-18G Growlers in test mission
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
+ Lockheed Martin receives $2.3B deal for helicopter parts maintenance
+ Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy
+ 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
+ UK regulator bans Ryanair's 'misleading' green adverts
+ Virgin Australia axes flights to crisis-hit Hong Kong
+ Cathay Pacific asks all staff to take unpaid leave; US airlines suspend Hong Kong flights
T-MUSIC selects performers to develop integrated mixed-mode RF electronics in onshore foundries
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020
Today's defense electronics systems rely on radio frequency (RF) mixed-mode electronics - those that integrate RF, analog, and digital circuits onto a single chip - to interface RF signals with digital processors. This technology supports critical communications, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, as well as being widely used to support commercial telecommunications. The Depa ... more
+ A quantum of solid
+ 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


Space key to wetland conservation
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
+ Deep learning accurately forecasts heat waves, cold spells
+ ECOSTRESS mission sees plants 'waking up' from space
+ 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
+ Another reason to reduce man-made ozone: To cool a warming planet
+ Artificial intelligence to rebuild Iraq via second phase of the UNOSAT challenge
Multiple eco-crises could trigger 'systemic collapse': scientists
Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2020
Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into "global systemic collapse," more than 200 top scientists warned Wednesday. Climate change, extreme weather events from hurricanes to heatwaves, the decline of life-sustaining ecosystems, food security and dwindling stores of fresh water - each poses a monumental challenge to humanity in the 21st century. Out of 30 global-scale ... more
+ Mark Ruffalo urges EU 'heroism' in chemical pollution fight
+ 'Open bar' for rats as Paris pension strikes hit waste collection
+ UD study maps areas of high Microplastic concentrations in the Delaware Bay
+ 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


China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site
Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... more
+ China to launch more space science satellites
+ 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
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
+ Northrop Grumman Remotec and Kinova Robotics sign distribution agreement for robotic manipulator
+ Progressing Towards Assuredly Safer Autonomous Systems
+ NASA funds demonstration of assembly and manufacturing in space
+ 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


Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low
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
+ Extended range: VECTOR flies beyond 300 km using a UHF datalink
+ Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator Agreement
+ 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
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