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August 16, 2016

CYGNSS Undergoes Vibration Testing
San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 15, 2016
Engineers prepare NASA's eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) microsatellites, mounted on the deployment module, for vibration testing at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. CYGNSS will probe the inner core of hurricanes to better understand their rapid intensification. Vibration testing will simulate the conditions that systems will undergo while attached to the Orbital-ATK "Stargazer" L-1011 carrier aircraft and subsequent launch on a Pegasus rocket. ... read more

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China launches hi-res SAR imaging satellite China launched a new high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Wednesday. The Gaofen-3 satellite ... more		Bringing Home NASA's First Asteroid Samples Studying comet and asteroid samples may seem like science fiction, but it's all in a day's work for NASA Johnson Space Center's Planetary Mission Research Scientist Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Ph.D. ... more		First results show success for second NASA SLS booster test For two heart-pumping minutes, the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, demonstrated its power and operated as planned at nearly 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit during a successful quali ... more
				China launches world first quantum satellite China launched the world's first quantum satellite Tuesday, state media reported, in an effort to harness the power of particle physics to build an "unhackable" system of encrypted communications. ... more		NASA mulls Russian idea to cut staff at space station NASA is weighing a Moscow proposal to cut the number of Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station from three to two, particularly its potential risk to the crew, an official said Monday. ... more

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Raytheon gets $52 million Miniature Airborne GPS task order Raytheon has received a $52 million U.S. Air Force task order to modernize the Miniature Airborne Global Positioning System receiver 2000, or MAGR-2K. ... more		New study confirms possibility of fifth force of nature New research confirms the science behind a previous study suggesting the existence of a fifth force of nature. ... more		US imposes trade curbs on Chinese firms over balloon incident Philippines defence chief says military must evolve fast Capella Space launches automated vessel detection service		World's Largest Telescope Unlikely to Find Home in India The telescope is part of an ambitious international project to discover more about our universe. One of the potential alternate sites for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), proposed for the Ind ... more
				Russia Could Cut Down International Space Station Crew The head of Piloted Space Programs and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev said that Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to cut down the number of cosmonauts on the International Space Station. Russia ... more		Orbital ATK and NASA report outcomes from Qualification Motor QM-2 test NASA and Orbital ATK report that data gathered and reviewed to date from the second five-segment qualification motor (QM-2) test show the solid rocket motor manufactured by Orbital ATK performed as ... 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.

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

Commercial Crew Astronauts Discuss Progress, Training with Employees There are few days that are the same for NASA's Commercial Crew Program astronauts as they train for flight tests aboard the next generation of human-rated spacecraft, astronauts Eric Boe and Suni W ... more		Preparations for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 flight move into their final phase at the Spaceport The upper portion of Ariane 5's dual-passenger configuration is now complete, with the Intelsat 33e satellite and SYLDA dispenser system encapsulated inside their protective payload fairing in prepa ... more		Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease In south Brazil, race to deliver aid ahead of new storms 'World coming to an end': Kenyan town copes with life underwater		New SBIRS ground system enters into dedicated operational testing Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and 460th Space Wing are pleased to announce the successful completion of the Space-Based Infrared Systems Block 10 ground system's Integra ... more
Flying Autonomous Robots: The Future of Air Combat? If a new study is accurate, drones of the future will not need a human controller - and could in fact defeat a human in a dogfight. "It seemed to be aware of my intentions and reacting instantly to ... more		A.I. Could Be a Firefighter's 'Guardian Angel' Firefighters have only their wits and five senses to rely on inside a burning building. But research developed in part by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, may change that, int ... more		Existing navigation data can help pilots avoid turbulence Detecting turbulence remains the Achilles' heel of modern-day aviation. The reports submitted by pilots, subjective and often very inaccurate, are the least expensive and the most frequently used me ... more		Using plasma technology to improve bone healing Cold plasma looks like the glow from the "Star Wars" blue light saber but this beam of energy, made of electrons that change polarity at micro-second or nanosecond speeds, could help bones heal fast ... more

	Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seeps Cold seeps are places where hydrocarbons, mostly methane, emanate from the sea floor. Unlike the hydrothermal vents, the fluids and bubbles are no hotter than the surrounding seawater, thus the name ... more		New method helps stabilize materials with elusive magnetism Magnetic materials displaying what is referred to as itinerant ferromagnetism are in an elusive physical state that is not yet fully understood. They behave like a magnets under very specific condit ... more

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NASA climate model: Venus was once habitable

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Cassini discovers flooded canyon on Titan

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