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  Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2020 Astronauts awaiting a space mission are banned from leaving Star City training centre outside Moscow due to the novel coronavirus and will skip traditional pre-launch rituals, the centre's head said Thursday. The next launch to the International Space Station is due to blast off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on April 9 with Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy on board. Pavel Vlasov, the head of Star City, where all astronauts prepare for missions, ... read more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne installs rocket motor casting bell as Camden rocket motor facility nears completionCamden AR (SPX) Mar 13, 2020 Aerojet Rocketdyne has installed a steel casting bell to support production of large solid rocket motors, marking an important milestone for completion of its Engineering, Manufacturing and Developm ... more  
X-59 QueSST more than the sum of its partsCleveland OH (SPX) Mar 13, 2020 A time-honored tradition employed by the aerospace community for decades is continuing with the assembly of NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works factor ... more  
Russia's Zircon hypersonic missile to be test-launched from underwaterMoscow (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  
Hughes awarded contract by GA-ASI to connect US Army's Gray Eagle UAV with future SatComsGermantown, 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 |
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Orbion and Xplore partner to accelerate deep space explorationHoughton 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 
Life support upgrades arrive at station, improve reliability for Moon, Mars MissionsHuntsville 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  
Trisept completes Cubesat integration for NASA ELaNa 32 Andesite MissionChantilly 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 
Beyond human toll, coronavirus could shake up global politicsWashington (AFP) March 13, 2020 Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive. The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics. ... more 
Spaceflight readies 28 payloads for inaugural rideshare launch on Arianespace's VegaSeattle 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 |
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 NASA selects universities for collaborative development of small spacecraft technologies 
New satellite mission contract and second US office for NanoAvionicsColumbia 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  |
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SpaceX 'gunning' for May launch of astronauts from FloridaWashington 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  
China launches new BeiDou navigation satelliteXichang, 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 
ESA and European Commission preorder four more Ariane 6 launchesEvry, 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 
Sikorsky awarded $525.4M for production of Black Hawks for ArmyWashington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020 Sikorsky was awarded a $525.4 million contract modification for work on Lot 44 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army, according to the Pentagon. ... more 
Pakistan fighter jet crashes in capital during parade rehearsalIslamabad (AFP) March 11, 2020 A Pakistani F-16 fighter jet crashed in Islamabad Wednesday, killing the pilot, during a rehearsal for a national day military parade, officials said. ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 
Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have made a promising new advance for the lab's high-speed "electron camera" that could allow them to "film" tiny, ultrafast motions of protons and electrons in chemical reactions that have never been seen before. Such "movies" could eventually help scientists design more efficient chemical processes, invent next-ge ... more |
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 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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 New Delhi (Sputnik) 
In October 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - equivalent to the US Global Positioning System (GPS). The operational name of the Indian geo-navigation network is NavIC.
On Thursday, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its latest mobile device series - the Redmi Note 9 - in India, priced between $175 - $215 appr ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 13, 2020 
A time-honored tradition employed by the aerospace community for decades is continuing with the assembly of NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works factory in California.
Perfectly acceptable components from other aircraft - some major, some minor - are finding new life as parts installed on the X-59, an experimental airplane whose mission is to ... more |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 
Scientists at Osaka University built a new computing device from field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in artificial intelligence applications.
Compared with currently used rewireable hardware, the system increases circuit density by a factor of 12. Also, it is expected to reduce energy usage by 80%. This advance may lead to flexibl ... more |
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 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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