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March 12, 2020
MICROSAT BLITZ
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

MICROSAT BLITZ
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
MISSILE NEWS
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 ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
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
MISSILE DEFENSE
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 ... more
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ROBO SPACE
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 A ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX 'gunning' for May launch of astronauts from Florida
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday the company is "gunning" for a May launch of astronauts from Florida, while NASA said only that it hopes for a launch sometime in the second quarter. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA's SLS moon rocket is 30 percent over budget, report says
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020
NASA's effort to build the Space Launch System rocket to transport people to the moon by 2024 is at least 30 percent over budget and two years behind schedule, an Inspector General's report said Tue ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Spaceflight readies 28 payloads for inaugural rideshare launch on Arianespace's Vega
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020
Spaceflight has told SpaceDaily that it is providing mission management and rideshare integration services for four organizations on Arianespace's first dedicated rideshare mission on its Vega launc ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Orbion and Xplore partner to accelerate deep space exploration
Houghton MI (SPX) Mar 10, 2020
Orbion Space Technology told SpaceDaily that it has formed a partnership with Xplore Inc to provide "Space As A Service". Orbion will deliver its plasma propulsion system to Xplore for upcoming missions. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
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
MICROSAT BLITZ
Trisept completes Cubesat integration for NASA ELaNa 32 Andesite Mission
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
SPACE MEDICINE
Producing human tissue in space
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
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX Dragon heads to Space Station for Monday docking
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
SPACE TRAVEL
Safe crops as a dietary supplement to assist long-distance space missions
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

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA: Boeing software team had too much power over Starliner capsule
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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SPACE TRAVEL
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
MISSILE NEWS
Russia's Zircon hypersonic missile to be test-launched from underwater
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
UAV NEWS
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 ... more
GPS NEWS
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 ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
ESA and European Commission preorder four more Ariane 6 launches
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
+ Northrop Grumman demonstrates "On-The-Move" Ground Radar Capability
+ Caltech and JPL launch hybrid high rate quantum communication systems
+ To make ultra-black materials that won't weigh things down, consider the butterfly
+ Tech lifestyles enable 'safe escape' from coronavirus
+ Lego's colourful plastic bricks to go green
+ Terahertz radiation technique opens a new door for studying atomic behavior
+ Creating custom light using 2D materials
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
+ Lockheed Martin's Most Advanced Mobile Communications Satellite Launches
+ Space and Missile Systems Center awards Northrop Grumman $253.6 million for Protected Tactical SATCOM acquisition
+ AEHF-5 Satellite Control Authority Transferred to Space Operations Command
+ Improving 5G Network Security
+ NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Mission Leaves Goddard Space Flight Center
+ US Army and Air Force team up for multi-domain operations
+ Protecting wideband RF systems in congested electromagnetic environments


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
+ Beijing to beef up support for Beidou-related industry
+ Regulators move to fine telecoms for selling location data
+ Four BeiDou satellites join system to provide services
+ Four BeiDou satellites start operation in network
+ Third Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite delivered to Cape Canaveral
+ Honeywell nets $3B+ deal for new Air Force navigation system sustainment
+ Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
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
+ B-2 bombers deploy to Europe
+ Boeing awarded $800M to support P-8As for U.S., South Korea, New Zealand
+ Elbit Systems nabs $471.6M to provide warning systems for F-16s
+ Pentagon announces $2.4B sale of 8 Boeing KC-46 aircraft to Israel
+ Sikorsky awarded $525.4M for production of Black Hawks for Army
+ Japan to partner with U.S. on next-generation fighter plane
+ Pakistan fighter jet crashes in capital during parade rehearsal
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
+ A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
+ Bristol scientists demonstrate first non-volatile nano relay operation at 200C
+ A talented 2D material gets a new gig
+ Integrating electronics onto physical prototypes
+ How a new quantum approach can develop faster algorithms to deduce complex networks
+ Scientists succeed in measuring electron spin qubit without demolishing it
+ Atomic-scale imaging reveals secret to thin film strength


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
+ Kleos Data to Target Environmental Challenges in Brazil
+ Space video company Sen awards multimillion-euro contract to NanoAvionics
+ World View Stratollite fleet to provide high resolution imagery and data analytics in the Americas
+ NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown
+ NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record
+ The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming
+ Utilis partners with SITE Technologies to provide next-generation total property assessment
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
+ To sea turtles, stinky plastic smells like food
+ Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
+ Toxic mineral selenium to blame for spinal deformities in California Delta fish
+ Plastic found in amphipods in Earth's deepest ocean trench
+ In Dakar, volunteers clean beach littered with medical waste
+ Air pollution 'pandemic' shortens lives by 3 years: study
+ Banned! New York sends plastic bags packing


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
+ Construction of China's space station begins with start of LM-5B launch campaign
+ China Prepares to Launch Unknown Satellite Aboard Long March 7A Rocket
+ China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site
+ 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
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
+ Arrows of misfortune as US Missile Defence needs upgrading
+ Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': state media
+ Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': state media
+ BAE wins $188.2M Navy contract for AEGIS system engineering, testing
+ Turkey says might receive US missiles over Syria threat
+ Raytheon completes first antenna array for anti-hypersonic sensor
+ Syrian air defence intercepts missile attack: state media


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
+ Russia's Zircon hypersonic missile to be test-launched from underwater
+ US approves anti-tank missile sale to Poland
+ Russia successfully test fires Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile
+ Lockheed Martin nabs $1.1B to provide GMLRS to Romania, South Korea
+ Raytheon awarded $90.4M for JMEWS warheads for Tomahawk missiles
+ Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missiles targeting cities: coalition
+ Lockheed nabs $233M for work on Mk 41 launching system
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
+ Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant
+ 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


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
+ In-space Robotic Servicing Program moves forward with new commercial partner
+ Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans
+ Small robots practice scouting skills for future Moon missions
+ A flexible brain for AI
+ Robot uses artificial intelligence and imaging to draw blood
+ Robots autonomously navigate underground in DARPA challenge
+ Pentagon adopts 'ethical principles' for artificial intelligence use


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
+ Turkish drones kill 19 Syrian government soldiers as tensions soar
+ Navy installs ODIN laser weapon system to counter aerial drones
+ Ground-breaking solar powered unmanned aircraft makes first flight
+ UAV's Flight Control Solutions compatible with Trimble's UAS1
+ Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator Agreement
+ Extended range: VECTOR flies beyond 300 km using a UHF datalink
+ Northrop Grumman nabs $172.4M for two MQ-4C drones to Navy
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