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  New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 08, 2020 After successfully demonstrating an anti-satellite missile last year, Narendra Modi's government has given the green light to the maiden test flight of a prototype of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle. The state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed the prototype for the test a few years ago. India's state-funded DRDO has flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) using the domestically-developed scramjet propulsion system, Indi ... read more |
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Researchers find unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactionsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that fuels fusion reactions to possibly giving rise to vast cosmic magnetic fields. Now, scientists at the U.S. Departme ... more 
With DUST-2 launch, NASA's sounding rocket program is back on the rangeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 NASA is preparing for the first launch of a sounding rocket since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States. The DUST-2 mission, which is short for the Determining Unknown yet Significant ... more  
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth after 2 daysBeijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was lau ... more  
Prolonged microgravity exposure doesn't cause loss of brain tissueWashington DC (UPI) Sep 04, 2020 Long-term space travel can have a variety of effects on the physiology of astronauts. New research suggests prolonged exposure to microgravity does cause parts of the brain to reorganize itself, but does not trigger neurodegeneration, the loss of brain tissue. ... more |
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Vega rocket launches from French GuianaKourou (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 Europe's Vega rocket returned to the skies on Wednesday from French Guiana in its first mission since a failed launch last year. ... more  
NASA seeks next class of Flight Directors for human spaceflight missionsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight - including missions to the Moon - the position of flight director in mission control at the agency's Johnson Spac ... more  
Thinking outside the box - RCO delivers Department of the Air Force capabilitiesWashington DC (AFNS) Sep 02, 2020 Today, less than 200 personnel assigned to the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities office rapidly develop capabilities to outpace and counter the increasing threats of adversaries. ... more 
Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactorsOak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on Earth. What's strong enough to protect the inside of a fusion reactor from plasma-produce ... more 
University of South Carolina, Navatek win contract to research Navy power and energy systemsColumbia SC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 The US Office of Naval Research recently awarded the partnership of the University of South Carolina and Navatek LLC a $9.2 million contract for the research of power and energy systems and the deve ... more |
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Rocket Lab Granted FAA Operator License for Missions from Launch Complex 2Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Rocket Lab, a space systems company and global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has been granted a five-year Launch Operator License by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Elect ... more  |
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Rocket Lab Launches First In-house Designed and Built Photon SatelliteLong Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Space systems company Rocket Lab has launched its first in-house designed and built operational satellite, cementing the company's evolution from a launch provider to an end-to-end space solutions c ... more 
Plasma propulsion for small satellitesParis (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 A test firing of Europe's Helicon Plasma Thruster, developed with ESA by SENER and the Universidad Carlos III's Plasma and Space Propulsion Team (EP2-UC3M) in Spain. This compact, electrodeless and ... more 
Soyuz-5 rocket program to start in 2021Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 Developers will start making the Soyuz-5 rocket (Irtysh) that Russia is planning in order to replace Ukraine's Zenit launch vehicles in mid-2021, General Director of Russian Space Rocket Centre Prog ... more 
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Sep 03, 2020 SpaceX launched 60 more of its Starlink satellites Thursday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida - the 12th mission for the company's fledgling broadband Internet service. ... more 
HyperScout 2 is in spaceKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 On 3 September 2020 at 03:51 CEST, a Vega launch vehicle carried two FSSCat nanosatellites into orbit, one of which houses the brand new HyperScout 2 instrument. This advanced remote sensing system ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2020 
What looks like an engine made its way to space and back last November. While the hardware of the Perwaves experiment will not end up in your car, results from this research could lead to more efficient and carbon-free fuel in the future.
Perwaves, or Percolating Reaction-Diffusion Waves, set metal powder on fire to study how it burns in a chamber. This is done in weightless conditions bec ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 01, 2020 
The Space Development Agency has awarded two contracts - totaling $281.6 million - to develop two sets of satellites that will serve as the communications backbone for a network designed to enable a range of advanced command and control systems.
Lockheed Martin on Monday was awarded $187.5 million and York Space Systems received $94 million for the Space Development Agency's Transport ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 18, 2020 
Global acceptance and application of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will gather momentum on the back of further integration with telecom technologies like 5G and the internet of things, company executives and experts said.
Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwin ... more |
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 Columbia SC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
The University of South Carolina (UofSC) College of Engineering and Computing will transform the manufacturing and simulation processes used in aircraft production through a $5.7 million NASA grant. The research team's atom to airframe to spaceframe approach will make urban air mobility possible by dramatically increasing the production rate of aircraft.
Ranging from drone delivery service ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by an international research team. The researchers have increased the retention time, or coherence time, to 10 milliseconds - 10,000 times longer than the previous record - by combining the orbital motion and spinning inside an atom.
Such a boost in information retention has major implications for infor ... more |
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 Gilbert AZ (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the first instrument for NOAA's next polar-orbiting weather satellite, arrived at Northrop Grumman's spacecraft facility in Gilbert, Arizona, last week to be integrated with Joint Polar Satellite System 2 (JPSS-2).
The third satellite of the JPSS series, NOAA's JPSS-2 is preparing for launch in 2022 to continue the critical flow of wea ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2020 
Hundreds of litres of toxic wastewater have leaked into Paris' Seine River from a plant belonging to Franco-Swiss cement giant Lafarge-Holcim, local reports said, sparking outrage from French officials.
Lafarge acknowledged the spillage but insisted it had been the result of sabotage, rather than an intentional act by the company.
The contaminated liquid is composed of a mixture of cemen ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 
The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The reusable spaceship was launched this past Friday on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
While little has so far been known about the reusable capsule, Xinhua said t ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2020 
The U.S. Army's most advanced Patriot missile misfired during a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, an Army official confirmed.
A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's White Sands, N. M., Missile Range, but failed, Col. Phil Rottenborn, IBCS project ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 02, 2020 
Captive carry tests of two hypersonic weapons have been completed, with their first free flights scheduled for later this year, according to DARPA and the U.S. Air Force.
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have each designed hypersonic missiles for a combined program of the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among compact, mobile robots in complex environments.
In a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and the University of Michigan, researchers developed a novel design approach that improves upon limitations of conventional ante ... more |
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 Tehran, Iran (Sputnik) Sep 01, 2020 
Iran's Ministry of Defense is investing in its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to ensure it remains one of the top countries in combat drone development, according to state media.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Iran has produced several lines of drones, such as the Ababil series, the Mohajer, the Karrar and the Fotros. The Karrar, for instance, is a jet-powered target drone manu ... more |
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