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  Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) May 17, 2020 The US Air Force on Sunday successfully launched its high-tech drone X-37B, placing the reusable vehicle into orbit for its sixth secretive mission in space. The drone, which resembles a smaller version of the manned space shuttles retired by the US space program in 2011, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the Air Force said. It will spend months in orbit, remotely conducting a series of experiments. ... read more |
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Hypersonic Test Center for US Army speeds aheadCollege Station TX (SPX) May 15, 2020 Construction of the Bush Combat Development Complex is set to begin this fall after The Texas A and M University System Regents cast three votes to help transform how the U.S. Army prepares for futu ... more  
Searching with Sasquatch: Recovering OrionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 18, 2020 For Artemis missions, NASA's Orion spacecraft will be traveling at 25,000 mph as it reenters the Earth's atmosphere, which will slow it down to 325 mph. Parachutes will then bring it down to about 2 ... more  
IBCS Goes AgileFalls Church VA (SPX) May 14, 2020 A year ago, after the U.S. Department of Defense called for a movement to Agile development methodologies, one of the Northrop Grumman IBCS software teams was part of a pilot program with the U.S. A ... more 
Pryer Aerospace signs long-term agreement with Blue Origin to support New Glenn Heavy-Lift Launch VehicleTulsa OK (SPX) May 14, 2020 Pryer Aerospace has signed a multi-year contract with Blue Origin. Under this contract, Pryer will provide large complex machined parts and leading edge structures for New Glenn, Blue Origin's massi ... more |
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New BeiDou satellite starts operation in networkBeijing (XNA) May 14, 2020 The 45th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests, according to the Satellite Navigation System Management Offic ... more  
China's tracking ship Yuanwang-5 back from rocket monitoring missionNanjingm China (XNA) May 14, 2020 Space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 returned to its port Tuesday, after finishing the latest monitoring mission in the Pacific Ocean for the Long March-5B rocket launch. The ship has operated 81 da ... more 
Bipartisan space launch legislation introducedWashington DC (SPX) May 13, 2020 As we pass the 59th Anniversary of the first American human space flight launch that saw Alan Shepard pilot the famous Freedom 7 capsule as part of the Mercury program, U.S. Representatives Bill Pos ... more 
JAXA HTV-9 spacecraft carries science, technology to ISSHouston TX (SPX) May 14, 2020 A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with experiment hardware, supplies and spare parts is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to the International Space Station at ... more 
Roscosmos confirms signing contract for NASA Astronaut's flight to ISSMoscow (Sputnik) May 14, 2020 Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos confirmed the signing of a contract with NASA for the flight of an astronaut onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and ... more |
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 Aerojet Rocketdyne tests advanced large solid rocket motor 
Spacesuit for the groundParis (ESA) May 13, 2020 Not a spacesuit but a SCAPE suit - standing for 'Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble'. Technicians don these suits before filling satellites with the toxic hydrazine fuel used for manoeuv ... more  |
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Northrop Grumman's cargo capsule departs space stationWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 A Northrop Grumman cargo capsule departed the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT Monday, carrying trash and science experiments, and bound for a fiery destructive re-entry. ... more  
How many jobs do robots really replace?Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without wo ... more 
Digipen student project heading to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocketRedmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will ... more  
U.S. Army plans adoption of Next Generation Squad WeaponWashington DC (UPI) May 15, 2020 The U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon will be tested by Army Rangers, Green Berets and special operations ground forces, an Army official said. ... more  
Pilot ejects safely as F-22 Raptor crashes in FloridaWashington DC (UPI) May 15, 2020 An F-22 Raptor fighter plane crashed at Eglin Air Force Base on Friday, with the pilot safely ejecting, the U.S. Air Force said. ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 18, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft continues its scientific investigations despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted every aspect of life around the world.
DSX launched into a 6000 km by 12000 km orbit on June 25, 2019 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy as part of the STP-2 mission sponsored by the DoD Space Test Program, with ... more |
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 Falls Church VA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
A year ago, after the U.S. Department of Defense called for a movement to Agile development methodologies, one of the Northrop Grumman IBCS software teams was part of a pilot program with the U.S. Army. The experience and results were well received and, last November, the Army awarded a $70 million, 28-month contract to transform the entire IBCS software development process to an Agile framework ... more |
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 Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) May 18, 2020 
Access to the Galileo signal in a multi-constellation environment is providing benefits and opportunities for businesses, thanks to the enhanced performance and increased accuracy on offer. Here we look at the experience of one GIS technology company in northern Europe that has been leveraging Galileo to increase the positioning accuracy of its solutions.
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 Orlando FL (UPI) May 14, 2020 
A Texas businessman's dream of building commercial supersonic jets could become reality with construction of a manufacturing plant in Florida after 18 years of planning, modifying plans and changing major partners.
Reno, Nev.-based Aerion Corp., backed by an undisclosed amount of investment from Boeing, plans to build a $300 million corporate headquarters and factory next to Orlando-Melbou ... more |
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 Hoboken NJ (SPX) May 14, 2020 
As our smartphones, laptops, and computers get smaller and faster, so do the transistors inside them that control the flow of electricity and store information. But traditional transistors can only shrink so much. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a new atomically thin magnetic semiconductor that will allow the development of new transistors that work in a comple ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 15, 2020 
For some years now, scientists have been puzzling over why the north magnetic pole has been making a dash towards Siberia. Thanks, in part, to ESA's Swarm satellite mission, scientists are now more confident in the theory that tussling magnetic blobs deep below Earth's surface are at the root of this phenomenon.
Unlike our geographic north pole, which is in a fixed location, magnetic north ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) May 12, 2020 
While walking in Beirut during the coronavirus lockdown recently, Omar Frangieh was struck by the number of face masks and gloves littering the Lebanese capital.
The photographer, concerned that contaminated waste could itself transmit the disease, took 200 photos of discarded personal protective equipment and posted them in a Facebook album he titled "Invaders in Beirut".
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 Nanjingm China (XNA) May 14, 2020 
Space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 returned to its port Tuesday, after finishing the latest monitoring mission in the Pacific Ocean for the Long March-5B rocket launch.
The ship has operated 81 days at sea, sailing over 20,000 nautical miles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no port calls were made during the voyage, and more than 80 percent of crew members did not disembark for over 100 days, sa ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2020 
Boeing was awarded a $128.5 million modification to its Ground-based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract Thursday, according to the Pentagon.
The deal modifies a contract awarded in 2018 for upgrades to the GMD, which is the United States' ballistic missile defense system.
The modification increases the total value of the contract from $11.2 billion to $11.3 billio ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 14, 2020 
The Navy awarded Boeing with a combined $3.1 billion in contracts this week for cruise missile weapon systems for foreign partners, including Saudi Arabia.
"We are pleased to continue our long legacy of partnering with the Navy to build weapons that defend America and its international partners," Cindy Gruensfelder, vice president, Boeing Weapons, said in a press statement.
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020 
Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios.
Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact - although one tha ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 6, 2020 
The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month - the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions.
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which looks like a small version of the manned space shuttles retired in 2011, will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on May 16, the Air Force s ... more |
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