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September 21, 2016

NASA collision avoidance system saves unconscious F-16 Pilot
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2016
Two pilots who credit a NASA-supported technology with saving one of their lives during a May training exercise mishap paid a visit to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, to meet with some of the very engineers responsible for its development. A United States Air Force Major and F-16 flight instructor, and a foreign Air Force pilot student, spent an afternoon at the NASA center, as guests during the center's 2016 NASA Honor Awards. The pilots spent the day with NASA Armst ... read more

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Manned launch of Soyuz MS-02 maybe postponed to Nov 1 Russia has moved the preliminary date of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft's manned launch from September 23 to November 1, Alexander Koptev, a NASA representative with the Russian Mission Control Centre, ... more		NASA scientists find 'impossible' cloud on Titan The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought - possibly similar to one seen over Earth's ... more		China's space lab Tiangong-2 enters in-orbit test track China's space lab Tiangong-2 has entered an in-orbit test track, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said Friday. "Tiangong-2 is in good condition currently, and its sub-systems are operating ... more
				TsENKI, Roscosmos seal contracts to modernize Baikonur Russia's Center for Operation of Space Ground-Based Infrastructure (TsENKI) and Roscosmos state corporation have concluded three contracts worth some 1.8 billion rubles ($28 million at the current e ... more		New book links flow of time with Big Bang A simple question from his wife - Does physics really allow people to travel back in time? - propelled physicist Richard Muller on a quest to resolve a fundamental problem that had puzzled him throu ... more

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STRATCOM nominee vows to end US reliance on Russian RD-180 engines John Hyten, the nominee to head US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), wowed in a congressional testimony on Tuesday to work with lawmakers to end the United States' dependence on Russian-built RD-180 roc ... more		RAVE complements Gaia with Fifth Data Release The new data release of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) is the fifth spectroscopic release of a survey of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere. It contains radial velocities for 520,781 ... more		AFRL Innovates with New Lightweight Additive Manufacturing for Rocket Engines Reimagining enlisted education: Space Force launches Vosler Fellowships U.S. Space Force retires CloudSat, looks to future missions		Agreement signed to host Northern Cherenkov Telescope Array On 19 September 2016, the Council of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) concluded negotiations with the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) to host CTA's northern hemisphere arr ... more
				Shedding light on Pluto's glaciers What is the origin of the large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier revealed in 2015 on Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft? Two researchers from the Laboratoire de meteorologie dynamique show that Pluto ... more		Stellar activity can mimic misaligned exoplanets The occultation of stellar active regions during the planetary transit can lead to inaccurate estimates of the characteristics of these exoplanets, especially the spin-orbit tilt angle. This was the ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

Orion heat shield for next space flight arrives at Kennedy The Orion heat shield, which will protect the Orion crew module during re-entry after the spacecraft's first uncrewed flight test with NASA's Space Launch System rocket, arrived at the agency's Kenn ... more		Mars 2020 rover to produce oxygen: NASA NASA's Mars 2020 rover will not only investigate the Red Planet, searching for evidence of past life on Mars, but it also expected to lay foundations for future human exploration of the planet. One ... more		Hidden biosphere discovered beneath world's driest hot desert Study traces bioluminescence back 540 million years in octocorals Accelerated marine carbon cycle during the Miocene linked to tectonic activity		Introducing the Daily Minor Planet: delivering the latest asteroid news Have you ever wondered what piece of cosmic debris is whizzing past the Earth right now? Do you crave up-to-the-minute information about asteroids large and small? Well you're in luck because today ... more
N. Korea hails 'successful' test of new rocket engine North Korea has successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine, state media said Tuesday, a move Seoul said was designed to showcase its progress towards being able to target the US east coast. ... more		World's oldest rock offers insights into early continental crust formation How did Earth's earliest continental crust form? The world's oldest rock offers new clues, but raises more questions than answers. ... more		Tardigrades use protective protein to shield their DNA from radiation Tardigrades are thought to be the most durable life form on Earth. The eight-legged, water-dwelling creatures can survive extreme temperatures, intense pressure and seemingly deadly levels of radiation. ... more		Scientists teleport quantum information across four-mile cable A pair of research teams - one in Canada and one in China - just showcased quantum teleportation across four-mile cables. The feat promises to pave the way for a quantum internet. ... more

	Lightweight, wearable tech efficiently converts body heat to electricity Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics. The experimental prototypes ar ... more		Tuning materials and devices to adapt to their environment Materials with large dielectric constants - aka "high-K materials" - have recently garnered attention for their potential use within future generations of reduced-dimension semiconductor devices. ... more

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First commercial space base to be built in Wuhan

China to begin building space station in 2017

China acquires basic technology for manned lunar missions

China to share space development benefits with all

Atlas V WorldView-4 Satellite Mission Launch Postponed Second Time

Russia postpones Soyuz MS-02 ISS launch due to electrical glitch

Tiangong-2 "another significant step" for building China's space station

Vega orbits "eyes in the skies" on its latest success

Opportunity Heads Toward First Waypoint of its Next Extended Mission

Researchers explain how minor planets got their rings

Astronomers Capture Best View Ever of Disintegrating Comet

Arianespace names Wiener Kernisan as President of its U.S. subsidiary

China eyes year-long stays for space station astronauts

Antarctica Provides ICE to Study Behavior Effects in Astronauts

Scientists move step closer to solving fusion plasma dilemma

Lack of In-Space Thrust, Use of Hardened Craft Limit Manned Exploration

Astronomers observe star reborn in a flash

Cold plasma will heal non-healing wounds

Brain-sensing technology enables typing at 12 words per minute

UK to start laser gun program

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