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  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 11, 2020 Findings from the "Mighty Mice" investigation on the International Space Station (ISS) may help "save the day" both for earthbound patients with muscle and bone loss as well as astronauts on prolonged spaceflight missions. This week, researchers from The Jackson Laboratory, UConn Health, and Connecticut Children's published an article in the journal PNAS detailing results from their rodent research investigation sponsored by the ISS U.S. National Laboratory. The mice studied on the ISS included re ... read more |
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Chinese spacecraft launched mystery object into space before returning to EarthMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020 The People's Republic successfully launched a reusable spacecraft into space atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert last Friday, with Chinese ... more  
Exolaunch to Deliver SALSAT into Orbit for the Technische Universitat BerlinBerlin, 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 fo ... more  
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 |
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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 
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 
Why India chose France's more expensive Rafale jets over Eurofighter TyphoonMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020 The five Rafale jets recently inducted into the Indian Air Force are part of a larger delivery of 36 fighter jets that India has ordered from France at a price of $8.7 billion. The Indian Air ... more |
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 NASA declines seat on Russia's Soyuz for US astronaut ISS flight 
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  |
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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
China airshow 'will be held' in November, say backtracking organisersBeijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2020 China's biennial airshow will be held as scheduled in November, organisers insisted late Wednesday, backtracking on an earlier statement that said the coronavirus had laid low the big-ticket aviation event. ... more 
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 
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 |
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 Sylmar CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2020 
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to deliver two Low-Frequency Active Towed Sonar (LFATS) systems to a NATO member. The LFATS system is used on ships to detect, track and engage all types of submarines.
L3Harris specifically designed the system to perform at a lower operating frequency against modern diesel-electric submarine threats.
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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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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 11, 2020 
GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully completed the first tranche of Series B funding, raising US$30m and more than doubling the total amount raised since GHGSat was founded to over US$55m. This latest funding has secured the growth trajectory of the company, enabling it to accelerate construction of its unique fleet of emissions dete ... 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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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020 
The People's Republic successfully launched a reusable spacecraft into space atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert last Friday, with Chinese media reporting the experimental spacecraft's successful return to Earth on Sunday.
The mysterious Chinese reusable spacecraft which made a trip into space last week launched an unknown object ... 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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