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NASA science and cargo on route to ISS on Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, commercial products, and other cargo after launching at 9:16 p.m. EDT Friday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. The spacecraft launched on an Antares rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 5:20 a.m. Mon ... read more |
SpaceX aborts GPS satellite launch from Florida Washington DC (UPI) Oct 02, 2020 SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the U.S. military's latest model of Global Positioning System satellite from Florida on Friday night 2 seconds before the planned liftoff, just as the engine ignition sequence was beginning. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 05, 2020 A small air leak was registered aboard the International Space Station late last year. By August of 2020, the leak became significantly larger, prompting the station's crew to isolate inside the Rus ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 05, 2020 The current expedition on the International Space Station (ISS) has been tasked with fixing the air leak in the Russian Zvezda module before the arrival of the next crew later in mid-October, accord ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 05, 2020 After the second recent cancellation of a Falcon 9 rocket launch, Musk apparently wants to see for himself what is going wrong, as his goal is to increase the total number of launch missions to 48 i ... more |
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How Aerospace Corp supports the satellites helping wildfire responders save lives Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 A single spark in remote wilderness can ignite massive fires that devastate surrounding communities, destroying homes and taking lives. Emergency personnel and the public rely on satellites high abo ... more Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020 NASA says astronauts on the International Space Station are closing in on the source of a small air leak that had been growing in size. Astronauts first became aware of a leak at the station m ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 01, 2020 Russia, for the first time in 11 years, plans to launch two new modules to the International Space Station (ISS) in April and September 2021, a source in the rocket and space industry told Sputnik. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2020 DARPA's Subterranean (SubT) Challenge will host its Cave Circuit Virtual Competition, which focuses on innovative solutions to map, navigate, and search complex, simulated cave environments November ... more Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020 The Army released a new field manual Thursday that officially embraces midday naps to help improve performance. ... more |
GAO to investigate racism in Veterans Administration Beijing (XNA) Oct 01, 2020 The third batch of Chinese astronauts has been selected for the nation's coming space station mission, the China Manned Space Agency said on Thursday morning. The 18 new astronauts - 17 men an ... more |
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Six-month mission will test limits of SpaceX Dragon, astronauts say Washington DC (UPI) Sep 30, 2020 Four astronauts who plan to travel into space Oct. 31 say the six-month mission will test the limits of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which incl ... more Augsburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), a participation of space technology company OHB SE, will be establishing a launch site for a micro launcher together with Norwegian company Andoya Space. The two pa ... more Kodiak Island AK (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Alaska Aerospace Corporation and India-based AgniKul Cosmos are pleased to announce they have signed a memorandum of agreement to test launch the Agnibaan launch vehicle from the Pacific Spaceport C ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2020 It could be the wackiest product yet from Amazon - a tiny indoor drone which buzzes around people's homes as a security sentry. ... more |
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Satellite Industry Association releases space traffic management recommendations and white paper Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has announced the release of a number of recommendations addressing the issue of space traffic management, with the goal of supporting a long-term sustainable and safe space environment for commercial satellites and spacecraft. The recommendations were included in a SIA White Paper titled "The Future of Space and Space Traffic Coordination and Management ... more |
Isotropic Systems and SES GS to trail next-gen multi-beam antenna technologies for US forces Reston VA (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a fully-owned affiliate of SES, and Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, has announced a two-phased antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, working in close collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Engineering Team, for tests of Isotropic Systems' multi-beam terminal over S ... more |
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Fourth GPS 3 Satellite Encapsulated Ahead of Launch Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on Sept. 21 in preparation for its upcoming launch on Sept. 29 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 15-minute launch window opens at 9:55 p.m. EDT. Encap ... more |
State Department approves $14B sales of F-35s, F-18s to Switzerland Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020 The State Department approved the possible sales - for $14 billion - of 80 military aircraft to Switzerland this week. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued two separate press releases relating to the deals this week: one announcing a possible $6.58 billion deal to sell 40 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft to Switzerland, and another announcing the possible $7.452 billion sa ... more |
China chip giant SMIC shares sink on US export controls Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2020 Shares in China's biggest chipmaker tumbled Monday on reports that the United States had imposed export controls on the company, the latest salvo in the countries' battle for technological dominance. In a new blow for China's advanced tech ambitions, the US Commerce Department reportedly ordered companies to seek permission before selling equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing Internationa ... more |
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Satellite use AI to process EO imagery in-flight Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 Ubotica Technologies announced that its Artificial Intelligence technology has successfully enabled the first ever hardware-accelerated AI inference of Earth Observation images on an in-orbit satellite. This historic event has been achieved onboard Pi-sat-1, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Artificial Intelligence (AI) demonstration cubesat that was launched on a Vega rocket on September ... more |
Smart shopping can reduce exposure to chemicals called endocrine disruptors Washington DC (UPI) Sep 30, 2020 Consumers who read labels and do their best to buy products without harmful chemicals aren't wasting their time - new research suggests smart shopping pays in the form of reduced exposure. In a new study, published Wednesday in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, researchers surveyed consumers to find people who avoid products with specific endocrine disrupto ... more |
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Eighteen new astronauts chosen for China's space station mission Beijing (XNA) Oct 01, 2020 The third batch of Chinese astronauts has been selected for the nation's coming space station mission, the China Manned Space Agency said on Thursday morning. The 18 new astronauts - 17 men and one woman - are in three groups: seven will become spacecraft pilots, another seven will turn into spaceflight engineers, and the last four will be mission payload specialists, the agency said in a ... more |
US Army wants electronic jammer weapon with missile defense capabilities Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 01, 2020 US Army officials unveiled plans on Tuesday for a vehicle-mounted electronic jamming system that will uniquely have the ability to jam incoming projectiles, fouling their targeting in the moments before impact. At the Army's CEMAlite conference on Tuesday, three Army colonels discussed a new electronic warfare system they hope to employ in the coming years to disrupt enemy weapons systems ... more |
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General Dynamics nabs $1.2B for Army's short-range air defense system Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020 General Dynamics was awarded a $1.2 billion contract this week to deliver a short-range air defense system to the Army. The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers production of the Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense, which expected for deliver by September 2025. The new IM-SHORAD will be mounted on a Stryker A1 platform and provide soldiers with ... more |
Nano particles for healthy tissue 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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Subterranean Challenge Identifies Qualified Teams for Cave Circuit Virtual Competition Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2020 DARPA's Subterranean (SubT) Challenge will host its Cave Circuit Virtual Competition, which focuses on innovative solutions to map, navigate, and search complex, simulated cave environments November 17. Previously, DARPA held Tunnel Circuit and Urban Circuit events featuring both Virtual and Systems (physical) Competitions in which teams demonstrated their autonomy, networking, perception, and m ... more |
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Turkey, Iran deploy 'game-changing' drones in north Iraq Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 1, 2020 Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting "game-changing" drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions. "Not a day goes by without us seeing a drone," said Mohammad Hassan, mayor of Qandil, the mountainous Iraqi stronghold of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "They f ... more |
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