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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 The Technische Universitat Berlin, a leading German university specializing in space engineering, and Exolaunch, a rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, announces a launch agreement for the SALSAT nanosatellite. Under the launch agreement, Exolaunch is providing launch, mission management, and integration services for the Technische Universitat Berlin on a Soyuz-2 rideshare mission later this month. SALSAT (Spectrum AnaLysis SATellite), aims to analyze the global spectrum use of S-ba ... read more |
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NASA Goddard's first virtual interns reflect on their summer experienceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 When many NASA employees transitioned to a mandatory work-from-home status in March 2020, because of COVID-19, the agency prepared to launch its first-ever fully virtual internship to ensure student ... more  
New airship production commences in IsraelRosh Haayin, Israel (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 All over the world, aerial transportation plays an important role in many spheres of life, including tourism, transportation of passengers and cargo, and defense. This field is currently completely ... more  
Air Force Research Laboratory Tracks Sporadic EKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called "Sporadic E" naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, w ... more  
US Military set to deploy advanced Israeli drone system for US Special ForcesWashington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 Following a joint R and D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR and D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Te ... more |
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NASA conducts SLS booster test for future Artemis missionsHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 As NASA begins assembling the boosters for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, teams in Utah are evaluating materials and processes to improve ... 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 
NASA declines seat on Russia's Soyuz for US astronaut ISS flightMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 09, 2020 NASA changed its mind and decided not to buy a seat on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to deliver its astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) in the spring of 2021, according to Roscosmos' 2019 ... more 
How the US Air Force is making it easier for aircraft maintainers to see at nightWright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Sep 09, 2020 We all know that working in the dark with insufficient lighting makes the task that much more cumbersome. Good quality lighting is critical for maintainers when repairing an aircraft on the flightli ... more 
Gilmour Space to launch Space Machines Company on first Eris rocketGold Coast, Australia (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 Australian rocket company, Gilmour Space Technologies, has secured the first customer for its maiden Eris rocket launch in 2022. Space Machines Company has contracted to launch a 35-kilogram (kg) sp ... more |
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 China airshow 'will be held' in November, say backtracking organisers 
India eyes hypersonic cruise missile with domestically-made scramjet engineNew 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 Demon ... more  |
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AFRICOM begins B-52 training missions in North AfricaWashington DC (UPI) Sep 08, 2020 U.S. Strategic Command started B-52 interoperability training missions in support of U.S. Africa Command in North Africa on Monday. ... more 
Adding chameleon-like capabilities to defence dronesAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 In conjunction with the Department of Defence, University of South Australia material scientists have developed a range of lightweight panels that can change colour on demand, allowing drones to mat ... 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 
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 
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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
In 2021, space robotics start-up GITAI, in collaboration with Nanoracks, will conduct a technical demonstration of a GITAI robot executing versatile tasks inside the Nanoracks' Bishop Airlock Module installed on Node 3 of the International Space Station (ISS).
In this technical demonstration, GITAI's space robot "S1" will be installed inside Bishop's pressurized volume to conduct two exper ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called "Sporadic E" naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, where large structures of dense plasma form.
These plasma structures, which occur at mid latitude locations around the world, disrupt radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves (or simply "radio ... 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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 Rosh Haayin, Israel (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 
All over the world, aerial transportation plays an important role in many spheres of life, including tourism, transportation of passengers and cargo, and defense. This field is currently completely dominated by heavier-than-air technology, which comes with a high price in terms of a huge carbon footprint and vast infrastructure requirements.
With an estimated 8% of all carbon emissions com ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 08, 2020 
China launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Monday.
The Gaofen-11 02 satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket at 1:57 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center. It was the 345th flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket.
Gaofen-11 02 has a resolution up to the sub-meter level. It will be ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) Sept 10, 2020 
Sick of noise from construction work, speeding trains and car alarms flooding in through the open window of your tiny apartment in a crowded metropolis?
Scientists believe they have found a way for city dwellers to let in fresh air while reducing the urban cacophony - and it is a bit like popping massive, noise-cancelling headphones onto your flat.
Under the system devised in Singapore ... 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.
The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program ... more |
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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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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 
Following a joint R and D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR and D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), of the U.S. Department of Defense, an operational pilot program has been launched employing Sparrowhawk drones in the defense of U.S. Special Forces. The prog ... more |
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