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April 21, 2016

Mobile phone technology propels Starshot's ET space search
New York (Sputnik) Apr 20, 2016
The ambitious Starshot project aims to send a nanocraft to search for extraterrestrial life in another solar system, powered by a 100 gigawatt laser from Earth. On Tuesday, the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering space flight, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and internet entrepreneurs Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of the $100 million Starshot project. The project aims to demonstrate the possibility of space exploration using light-propelled nano spacecr ... read more

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Training beyond the expected With rigorous training complete, satellite operations teams are ready to assume control of Sentinel-1B - and for any problems that might come along. On Friday, ESA's Sentinel-1B is set to join ident ... more		XFLY introduces an intelligent flight control navigator XFLY LLC has announced the introduction of its all new xNav IFCN, an Intelligent Flight Control Navigator that ensures total ease of flight, efficiency, reliability and stability of UAVs in any situ ... more		N. Korea on path to develop inter-continental missiles: US general Unless it is stopped, North Korea will eventually acquire intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities, the four-star general selected to lead US forces in South Korea told lawmakers Tuesday. ... more
				Mysterious 'four-dimensional' iron oxide explained An international group of researchers including Russian scientists from the Moscow State University has been studying the behaviour of the recently-discovered Fe4O5, iron oxide. The group has succee ... more		Sentinel-1B in position for liftoff With just two days to liftoff, the next Sentinel for Europe's environmental monitoring programme in now poised high in the launch tower at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. A Soyuz ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage In a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space ... more		NASA studies 3D printing for building densely populated electronics As detector assemblies get smaller and denser - packed with electronic components that all must be electrically connected to sense and read out signals - it's becoming increasingly more challenging ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE		NJIT high-resolution images capture a solar flare as it unfolds Scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have captured unprecedented images of a recent solar flare, including bright flare ribbons seen crossing a sunspot followed by "coronal rain," ... more
				Penn to study intense awe astronauts feel viewing Earth from space Picture Earth at the center of a frame. The planet looks unassuming, a fleck, its blue-and-white marbling stark against a black interstellar backdrop. Yet the image likely evokes some reaction. Now ... more		GPS technology keeps eagle eye on elusive powerful owls Deakin University scientists are using GPS technology to monitor how Melbourne's Powerful Owls make use of urban landscapes. The researchers, from the Centre for Integrative Ecology within Dea ... more

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Military Network Modernization 2016 - Washington DC - April 25-27

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

OneWeb Satellites completes its industrial organization OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb, has chosen Florida in the United States as the site for its final assembly line, completing the last step in its indus ... more		Aurora flies sub-scale demonstrator of experimental plane A sub-scale demonstrator of a vertical take-off and landing experimental plane has been successfully flown by Aurora Flight Sciences. ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		China, India move closer to military hotline: Xinhua China and India are moving towards setting up a military hotline, Chinese state media reported, with a border dispute and tensions over terror sanctions still lingering over relations between the Asian giants. ... more
Turkey looks to develop next-gen drone subsystems Turkey's foray into drone technology comes amid increased crackdowns against political and intellectual dissent as well as on the country's Kurdish minority, while emboldening the government's imper ... more		Physicist analyzes first electron neutrino data from NOvA Experiment Mayly Sanchez clicked to a presentation slide showing the telltale track of an electron neutrino racing through the 14,000-ton Far Detector of the NOvA Neutrino Experiment. Since that detector ... more		Detection of atomic scale structure of Cooper-pairs in a high-TC superconductor The international scientific team reported the first ever observation of the atomic scale structure of Cooper-pairs in the superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x: a material belonging to the family of high- ... more		Robots could get 'touchy' with self-powered smart skin Smart synthetic skins have the potential to allow robots to touch and sense what's around them, but keeping them powered up and highly sensitive at low cost has been a challenge. Now scientist ... more

	Autonomous vehicles face test limits tto prove safety Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety, accordin ... more		A US Department of Space It was heartening to see President Obama's tweet to congratulate Spacex on that picture perfect first stage touchdown on their "of course I still love you" drone ship in the Atlantic last week, hera ... more

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New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters		Fermi telescope poised to pin down gravitational wave sources		Swansong experiment sheds light on Venus's polar atmosphere		Chinese scientists develop mammal embryos in space for first time		NASA blasts Orion Service Module with giant horns
HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory's reveals the very-high-energy sky		Lone planetary-mass object found in family of stars		Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome ready to start launching		NASA missions measure solar flare from 2 spots in space		Solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration

Little Lander That Could: The Legacy of Philae

Pluto's haze varies in brightness

Rover mini-walkabout to find clay mineral continues

NASA's Fermi telescope poised to pin down gravitational wave sources

Kepler remains stable as health check continues

Y Marks the Spot

Comets in the "X"-treme

Arianespace cooperation with Russia remains smooth amid sanctions

Meteorites arrive at NASA's Johnson Space Center

Dinosaurs struggled to survive long before asteroid hit

Dronemeisters drone pilot directory creating buzz for master UAV operators

Europa's heaving ice might make more heat than scientists thought

Strathclyde-led project to open up space technology to new nations

Why sailing to the stars has suddenly become a realistic goal

University of Massachusetts Lowell PICTURE-B Mission Completed

Two doctoral students work on NASA mission

BEAM successfully installed to the International Space Station

NASA Makes Leaks Easy to Spot on Tape

UCF gets grant to plan for space mining on NASA mission

NATO-Russia talks end in 'profound disagreements'

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