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  Moscow (AFP) Oct 15, 2020 The oxygen supply system has failed in a module on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) but the crew is in no danger, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. The oxygen supply system on the Zvezda module on the orbital lab failed late on Wednesday but a second system on the American segment is operating normally, a Roscosmos spokesperson told AFP. "Nothing threatens the security of the crew and the ISS," said the spokesperson, adding this repair work to fix the issu ... read more |
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Self-eating rocket whets appetite for developmentGlasgow UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 A 'self-eating' rocket engine which aims to put small payloads into orbit by burning its own structure as propellant has won financial support from the UK Government. The Defence and Security ... more  
KSAT passed 20 000 contacts in September on KSATLITE, their Smallsat networkTromso, Norway (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 KSAT has delivered more than 20 000 passes on the KSATLITE network in September. This is all-time-high for LITE, doubling the number of supports per month since January this year, and the growth see ... more 
ENPULSION launches its new MICRO family of satellite thrustersWiener Neustadt, Austria (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 Thrusters from the new ENPULSION MICRO family are based on the FEEP technology of the NANO family, which has a notable flight heritage with more than 50 units in space by September 2020. This proven ... more 
D-Orbit announces launch service contract with AAC Clyde SpaceFino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 Italian in-orbit transportation company D-Orbit has announced a launch service agreement with Swedish-British small satellite manufacturer AAC Clyde Space. The contract covers launch and deployment ... more |
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Space Flight Laboratory announces launch of two satellitesToronto, Canada (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of 52 distinct small satellites over 22 years, has announced the launch of the Kepler-4 and Kepler-5 CubeSats. These two satellites, benefit from the exten ... more  
China's self-developed BDS sees thriving applicationsHarbin (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. ... more  
Boeing to build unmanned aerial vehicles in AustraliaWashington 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. ... more 
New crew reaches ISS in record timeAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 14, 2020 A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey from Earth of just over three hours. ... more 
Arianespace offers new shared smallsat payload opportunities on its Vega launcherParis, France (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 Arianespace has announced that new shared payload opportunities to low Earth orbit (LEO) have been opened with its Vega launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS). For the next launch ... more |
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 Roscosmos Moves to Design Nuclear-Powered Tug for Deep Space Exploration 
European Service Module structure for Moon landing arrives in BremenBremen, Germany (ESA) Oct 14, 2020 The structure that will fly the first woman and next man to land on the Moon and return on the Artemis III mission by 2024 arrived at the Airbus integration hall in Bremen, Germany, from its Thales ... more  |
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Final hot firing proves P120C booster for Ariane 6Paris (ESA) Oct 11, 2020 The qualification model of the P120C motor configured for Ariane 6, has been static fired on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in a final test to prove its readiness for flight. ... more 
Demonstrator masters flight sequences for reusable rocket stagesBucharest (ESA) Oct 14, 2020 A crucial part of rocket reusability is a smooth return and landing. ESA has helped Romania's National Institute for Aerospace Research, INCAS, to demonstrate vertical takeoff, short hovering and la ... more 
Thomas prepares for Time in spaceHouston TX (ESA) Oct 14, 2020 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet trains for the Time experiment at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA ahead of his Alpha mission to the International Space Station in 2021. This European ... more  
ESA's force-feedback rover controlled from a nation awayParis (ESA) Oct 13, 2020 A controller in Germany operated ESA's gripper-equipped Interact rover around a simulated moonscape at the Agency's technical heart in the Netherlands, to practice retrieving geological samples. At ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), the market-leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, has closed its Series E round with additional funding of U.S. $51 million from a group of investors led by aSTART Co., Ltd. ("aSTART"). This latest round brings the total investment raised to U.S. $191 million and makes Astroscale the most funded on-orbit services and logistics company global ... 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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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, has announced the StormBreaker smart weapon has been approved for use on the F-15E by the U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command. The fielding decision means that F-15E squadrons can now be equipped with StormBreaker and deployed for missions.
"StormBreaker delivers an unprecedented capability to pilots in the field," said Paul ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there already exists an algorithm that computes the Fourier transform in quantum computers, it is not versatile enough for many practical applications.
In a recent study, scientists from Tokyo University of Science tackle this problem by designing a novel quantum circuit ... more |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
Serco Europe, a leading provider of services to the space sector, has just launched a research incubator at its Italian Head Office near Rome.
The Red Lab is a research hub which aims to strengthen Serco's relationships with universities and research institutes and encourage cooperation in space research and innovation.
Through the Red Lab, Serco will provide research opportunities i ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 14, 2020  The contents of rural trash heaps outside several ancient Negev settlements suggest farmers during the Roman Imperial Period and Late Antiquity, between the 1st and 10th centuries AD, used livestock dung for fertilizer and as a main fuel source.
For the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, researchers analyzed trash mounds outside of Shivta, Elusa and Nessana, agrarian se ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 09, 2020 
Turkey is preparing live-fire exercises in the Aegean Sea, angering Greece, and has transported its Russian-made S-400 air defense system to the Black Sea.
Turkey, whose military buildup and claims of sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea have angered Greece, announced it will stage exercises in the Aegean Sea from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28, in Turkish-held and international waters.
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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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 Paris (ESA) Oct 13, 2020 
A controller in Germany operated ESA's gripper-equipped Interact rover around a simulated moonscape at the Agency's technical heart in the Netherlands, to practice retrieving geological samples. At the same time a smaller Germany-based rover interacted with ESA's rover as if together at the same site - in a dress rehearsal for a robotic test campaign to the Moon-like volcanic slopes of Mount Etn ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 
The self-driving car industry has made great autonomy advances, but mostly for well-structured and highly predictable environments. In complex militarily-relevant settings, robotic vehicles have not demonstrated operationally relevant speed and aren't autonomously reliable.
While vehicle platforms that can handle difficult terrain exist, their autonomy algorithms and software often can't p ... more |
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