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  Washington DC (UPI) Oct 13, 2020 Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA moon landing experiment aboard the company's reusable New Shepard rocket Tuesday morning in Texas. Liftoff took place from the company's launch facilities about 150 miles east of El Paso. The capsule separated from the rocket minutes into the flight and spent about three minutes at the height of an arc just over the Kármán line, the altitude at which space begins. The rocket booster, with NASA sensors mounted on the exterior, landed smoot ... read more |
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SpaceX rocket issue delays astronaut launchWashington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2020 SpaceX and NASA have delayed the launch of the company's upcoming astronaut mission to the first half of November to investigate a problem with gas generators in a Falcon 9 rocket's engine. ... more  
Abort and attitude control motors to support six crewed Artemis missionsPromontory UT (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 Northrop Grumman will continue supporting NASA's Artemis missions by providing six additional abort motors and attitude control motors (ACM) for the Orion human spaceflight capsule's Launch Abort Sy ... more 
NASA advances plan to commercialize International Space StationWashington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2020 The planned launch of a private commercial airlock to the International Space Station in November will accelerate NASA's plan to turn the station into a hub of private industry, space agency officials said. ... more 
Temperature Increasing on Russian Zvezda Module as Air Continues to Leak From ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 13, 2020 Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are reporting a temperature rise on the Russian Zvezda Service Module where an air leak has been spotted, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner sa ... more |
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Accion Systems to demonstrate its propulsion system in NanoAvionics US rideshare missionColumbia IL (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 NanoAvionics, a multinational nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has signed a contract with US-company Accion Systems to host their propulsion system, TILE 3, on-board its new ri ... more  
China's Xichang launch center to carry out 10 missions by end of MarchBeijing (XNA) Oct 13, 2020 Southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center will carry out 10 space launches including the Chang'e 5 lunar probe by the end of March next year, a center official said on Monday. The cent ... more  
AAC Clyde Space to acquire Hyperion TechnologiesUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 AAC Clyde Space ("AAC") has reached an agreement to acquire 100 % of the shares in Hyperion Technologies BV, in a shares and cash deal. The current owners of Hyperion Technologies will receive 7,755 ... more 
ISS crew fails to resolve air leak issue in Russia's Zvezda Module with adhesive tapeMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 11, 2020 The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has failed to fix the air leak in the Russian Zvezda by using adhesive tape in the module's section, where a crack is supposedly located, as the pre ... more 
NASA, SpaceX Crew-1 Launch UpdateHouston TX (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 Launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station is now targeted for no sooner than early-to-mid November, providing additional time for SpaceX to complete hardware testing ... more |
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 US Space Force contracts for 8 missile early warning satellites 
ESA and GomSpace sign contract for continuation of the GOMX-5 missionAalborg East, Denmark (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 GomSpace A/S and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract to continue the development of the GOMX-5 mission. focused on demonstrating new nanosatellite capabilities in space, particula ... more  |
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Could megatesla magnetic fields be realized on Earth?Osaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2020 Magnetic fields are used in various areas of modern physics and engineering, with practical applications ranging from doorbells to maglev trains. Since Nikola Tesla's discoveries in the 19th century ... more  
Helping robots avoid collisionsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 George Konidaris still remembers his disheartening introduction to robotics. "When you're a young student and you want to program a robot, the first thing that hits you is this immense disappointmen ... more 
Subterranean Challenge Identifies Qualified Teams for Cave Circuit Virtual CompetitionWashington 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  
Army to reduce demands, training requirements for deploymentsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 13, 2020 The Army plans to reduce the demands of rotational deployments and decrease requirements for brigade and battalion level training to improve unit dynamics and prioritize investment in troops. ... more  
WGS-11+ Satellite Completes Preliminary Design ReviewLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 The Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ program completed its first ever, all-virtual Preliminary Design Review (PDR) culminating in the successful conclusion of the review on July 1 after an eight-mon ... more |
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 Kongsberg, Norway (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 
The equipment is to be integrated in Airbus Defence and Space's new mobile communication satellite, Thuraya 4-NGS. The agreement includes manufacturing and test of electronics from Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, division Space and Surveillance in Horten, Norway.
The satellite will deliver higher capabilities and flexibility while increasing capacity and coverage across Europe, Africa, Ce ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
The Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ program completed its first ever, all-virtual Preliminary Design Review (PDR) culminating in the successful conclusion of the review on July 1 after an eight-month long campaign.
Leveraging the Space and Missile Systems Center's cross-corps enterprise structure, the three-day event was co-chaired by SMC's Production Corps and Portfolio Architect's Missi ... more |
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 Harbin (XNA) Oct 11, 2020 
Despite being affected by three typhoons and the COVID-19 epidemic, Song Jilin's 20 hectares of rice on the Qixing farm, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, embraced a bumper harvest this year.
There was a lack of hands during the spring plowing season because of the epidemic, but the unmanned rice transplanters equipped with China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) helped out ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2020 
U.S. F-35B planes operating from the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth completed live weapons training off the Scottish coast, the Royal Navy said on Monday.
Pilots of the U.S. Marine Corps' short-takeoff-and-landing variant of the fighter plane completed their three-day carrier qualification in day and night conditions, according to a press release. The program included bombing runs near ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
Moore's law is an empirical suggestion describing that the number of transistors doubles every few years in integrated circuits (ICs). However, Moore's law has started to fail as transistors are now so small that the current silicon-based technologies are unable to offer further opportunities for shrinking.
One possibility of overcoming Moore's law is to resort to two-dimensional semicondu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 05, 2020 
Earlier this year, ESA launched a contest asking the general public to submit ideas on how Earth observation data can help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, one of the two winning ideas is being officially released to the public via the 'Rapid Action on COVID-19 with Earth Observation' dashboard - a joint initiative from ESA and the European Commission. This citizen-contribut ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 8, 2020 
Suspected toxic waste pollution off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula that caused the mass deaths of marine animals has formed a moving slick stretching 40 kilometres (25 miles) along the Pacific coastline, researchers said Thursday.
The Far Eastern Federal University said in a statement the pollution was between 100 and 300 metres (330-1,000 feet) wide in some places, had a green hue and was cre ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 13, 2020 
Southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center will carry out 10 space launches including the Chang'e 5 lunar probe by the end of March next year, a center official said on Monday.
The center will carry out launch missions twice a month on average, with a minimum interval of five days, said Zhang Xueyu, director of the launch center.
The country on Monday sent its new optical remo ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 08, 2020 
The US Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However, these are just the first in what could become a vast network of thousands of satellites in orbit.
On Monday, the SDA awarded information technology firm L3Harris Technologies a $193.6 million contract and private s ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 07, 2020 
Russia announced the successful test-firing of its Zircon hypersonic missile on Wednesday, striking a target 300 miles away after traveling at over 6,100 mph.
The announcement came in a teleconference between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, transcribed on the presidential website.
"At 7:15 am yesterday [Tuesday], the frig ... 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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 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 05, 2020 
Boeing said on Monday it will design and develop military aircraft, including unmanned vehicles, in Australia - the first time it has done so outside the United States.
The decision will also mark the first time a military aircraft has been totally designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in over 50 years, Boeing officials said.
Boeing unveiled a model of the unmanned ... more |
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