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NASA selects universities for collaborative development of small spacecraft technologies Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 Nine university teams will collaborate with NASA to advance small spacecraft technologies that will help pave the way for human and robotic lunar exploration. Under NASA's Artemis program the agency plans to return humans to the Moon by 2024; small spacecraft, or "SmallSats," will help blaze the trail. Currently, small spacecraft - ranging in size anywhere between a shoebox up to that of a refrigerator - mainly operate in low-Earth orbit. Technology advancements, through these collaborative partne ... read more |
New satellite mission contract and second US office for NanoAvionics Columbia IL (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 NanoAvionics announced the reception of a full mission contract for two 6U nanosatellites and the opening of a new sales and engineering support office in Columbia (IL), USA. The mission contract in ... more Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 Lockheed Martin has tested its next-generation long-range missile designed for the Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program at White Sands Missile Range, NM. All objectives were achieved in a ... more Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 Researchers have reported a new material, pliable enough to be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness. The mater ... more Clear AK (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program has completed delivery of the first ten antenna panels to Clear, Alaska, that will make up the first of the system's ... more |
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Life support upgrades arrive at station, improve reliability for Moon, Mars Missions Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 NASA delivered upgraded life support hardware to the International Space Station March 9 aboard SpaceX's 20th resupply mission. Improving life support with reliable systems will help enable hu ... more Chantilly VA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration, management and brokerage services for commercial and government missions, has told SpaceDaily it has completed the integration activity ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 On 6 March at 11:50 PM EST, the International Space Station resupply mission Space X CRS-20 took off from Cape Canaveral (USA). On board: 250 test tubes from the University of Zurich containing adul ... more Houston TX (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday. Dragon will deliver more than 4,300 pounds of NASA cargo and science inves ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 Astronauts in space live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as fruits, nuts, chocolate, shrimp cocktails, peanut butter, chicken, and beef to name a few. These have often been sterilized ... more |
NASA update on Starliner flight test review Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2020 Boeing's software team had too much influence over final decisions regarding the company's Starliner capsule, a top NASA administrator said Friday. ... more |
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SpaceX launches 20th space station cargo mission Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2020 SpaceX launched more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station from Florida on Friday night - the company's 20th such mission for NASA. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 12, 2020 The Zircon, a scramjet-powered maneuverable anti-ship cruise missile capable of accelerating to speeds of up to 11,100 km an hour, is one of half-a-dozen or so strategic systems being developed by R ... more Germantown, MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 Hughes Network Systems has told SpaceWar.com that it has been awarded a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide new dvanced satellite ... more Xichang, China (XNA) Mar 11, 2020 China launched a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 7:55 p.m. Monday (Beijing Time), only ... more Evry, France (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 Arianespace told SpaceDaily that it has received a preorder from the European Space Agency (ESA), on behalf of the European Commission (DG Grow), for four launches using the Ariane 6 rocket. Planned ... more |
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Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 Billions of lightyears away, gigantic clouds of hydrogen gas produce a special kind of radiation, a type of ultraviolet light known as Lyman-alpha emissions. The enormous clouds emitting the light are Lyman-alpha blobs (LABs). LABs are several times larger than our Milky Way galaxy, yet were only discovered 20 years ago. An extremely powerful energy source is necessary to produce this radiation ... more |
L3Harris nabs $383.2M to provide man pack radio systems for Marines Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020 L3 Harris Technologies was awarded a $383.2 million Navy contract for the purchase of radio systems for the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the Department of Defense. Under the contract, the Navy will purchase L3 Harris high frequency radio systems with National Security Agency certified Type 1 encryption, radio ancillaries, provisioning kits and required documentation and training. ... more |
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China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite Xichang, China (XNA) Mar 11, 2020 China launched a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 7:55 p.m. Monday (Beijing Time), only one step away from completing the whole global system. The satellite, the 54th of the BeiDou family, was sent into a geostationary orbit as planned by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. Chin ... more |
Norway intercepts Russian aircraft with F-35s for first time Washington DC (UPI) Mar 09, 2020 The first interception and shadow of Russian aircraft by an F-35A fighter plane was conducted over the weekend by the Norwegian Air Force, officials said. When two Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft, with MiG-31 fighter planes escorting them, came close to Norway's airspace on Saturday, two Norwegian F-16 planes on NATO's "Quick Reaction Alert" took off from Orland Air Station to id ... more |
The ink of the future in printed electronics Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 A research group led by Simone Fabiano at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, has created an organic material with superb conductivity that doesn't need to be doped. They have achieved this by mixing two polymers with different properties. In order to increase the conductivity of polymers, and in this way obtain higher efficiency in organic solar cells, light-emitt ... more |
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Observing animal migration from space - ISS experiment ICARUS begins Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 Second attempt - the German-Russian International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS) experiment, which is installed on the International Space Station (ISS), will be put into operation on 10 March 2020. Originally planned for July 2019, the start of the experiment was postponed due to a technical malfunction. This joint project between the Russian space agency Roscosmos a ... more |
Abu Dhabi aims to ban single-use plastic bags by 2021 Abu Dhabi (AFP) March 10, 2020 Abu Dhabi announced Tuesday it aims to ban the use of single-use plastic bags in the United Arab Emirates capital by 2021. The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) said a new policy "will make Abu Dhabi free of single-use plastic bags by 2021", in a statement carried by the official Emirati news agency, WAM. The policy "aims to... eliminate the use of avoidable single-use plastic and non ... more |
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China's Yuanwang-5 sails to Pacific Ocean for space monitoring mission Nanjing (XNA) Feb 21, 2020 China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday for a maritime space monitoring mission. It is the first voyage of the ship this year. Before the end of the Spring Festival, the mission members were gathered and quarantined on the ship to prevent the novel coronavirus infection. They completed the prepa ... more |
Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar closer to delivery Clear AK (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program has completed delivery of the first ten antenna panels to Clear, Alaska, that will make up the first of the system's two radar antenna arrays. Lockheed Martin continues to successfully achieve all program milestones as it works towards delivering the radar to MDA in 2020. The system will serve as a critical s ... more |
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Lockheed Martin's PrSM demonstrates pinpoint accuracy in second US Army flight test Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 Lockheed Martin has tested its next-generation long-range missile designed for the Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program at White Sands Missile Range, NM. All objectives were achieved in a flawless second performance following the missile's inaugural flight last December. "Today's flight test further demonstrated the reliability, precision and critical capabilities Lockheed Martin ... more |
New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2020 Through a technique known as DNA origami, scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet. Angewandte Chemie published the findings, which provide a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors at the nanoscale - hundreds of times smaller than the typical human cell. "Nanoscale motors have tremendous potential for applications in biosensing, in building synthe ... more |
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High School students vie for a win in robotics competition Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 11, 2020 The tension was palpable as six student-built robots vied for dominance at the Da Vinci Schools arena in El Segundo, California, in the second round of the best-of-three final match. Since the Red Alliance had won the first, the Blue Alliance needed a win the second. But as the two-minute round concluded, it was clear that the Red Alliance's victory was assured, and the cheers of hundreds of stu ... more |
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Hughes awarded contract by GA-ASI to connect US Army's Gray Eagle UAV with future SatComs Germantown, MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 Hughes Network Systems has told SpaceWar.com that it has been awarded a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide new dvanced satellite communications (SATCOM) systems for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Under the contract, Hughes will provide advanced, ruggedized HM400 modems that integrate wit ... more |
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