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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 DARPA's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program aims to extend the capability of the U.S. military's existing unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in contested or denied battlespaces. Multiple CODE-equipped unmanned aircraft would navigate to their destinations and find, track, identify, and engage targets under established rules of engagement-all under the supervision of a single human mis ... read more |
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Arianespace prepares for a busy 2018Evry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 The past year saw Arianespace carry out 11 successful launches; sign 19 additional launch contracts, including three for Vega C and two for Ariane 6; and enter a new governance structure alongside A ... more  
Sounding rockets study space x-ray emissions and create polar mesospheric cloudWallops Island, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 NASA rockets launched during the Alaskan winter typically explore the interaction of solar winds with Earth's atmosphere and the resulting auroras that dance across the night sky. However this winte ... more 
SpaceX says rocket worked fine as spy satellite reported lostMiami (AFP) Jan 09, 2018 A SpaceX rocket worked fine in its weekend launch of a secretive government satellite, named Zuma, the company said Tuesday after reports the payload did not make it into orbit. "For clarity: ... more  
China launches remote sensing satellites SuperView-1Taiyuan (XNA) Jan 10, 2018 China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellites, SuperView-1 03/0 ... more |
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'To boldly grow': Japan astronaut worried by space growth spurtTokyo (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 A Japanese astronaut has sparked hilarity back on Earth after he claimed to have grown nine centimetres in space, making him worried he would not squeeze into the capsule home. ... more 
Arianespace begins building final 10 Ariane 5s ahead of Ariane 6 operational debutEvry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 With this latest order, there are now 23 Ariane 5 launchers in production or to be produced, from the PB+ and PC batches. With this latest "PC batch," the industry confirms its commitment to consoli ... more  
ESA researching see-through metalsParis (ESA) Jan 10, 2018 Astronauts on the International Space Station have begun running an experiment that could shine new light on how metal alloys are formed. How humanity has mastered metallurgy is synonymous wit ... more  
ASECNA to Deploy Space-Based ADS-B in Western and Central AfricaMcLeanN, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 Aireon reports it has signed a data services agreement with the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA). ASECNA, created in December 1959 is an international public org ... more  
SCHOTT begins manufacturing primary mirrors for ELTMunich, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 The SCHOTT melting team has started casting the first mirror segments that will make up the 39-meter primary mirror (M-1) of the European Large Telescope (ELT). To make the segments, liquid glass he ... more  
Lockheed to support AEGIS missile system on USS StoutWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense equipment in support of the USS Stout, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. ... more  
Navy awards Raytheon with $27M contract for SM-2 missilesWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a contract to procure the Navy's Standard Missile-2, or SM-2, the primary surface-to-air defense weapon used by naval cruisers and destroyers. ... more |
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Intelsat signs contract with Arianespace for two launchesEvry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 Arianespace signed an agreement to launch two satellites for longtime customer Intelsat, one of the world's largest satellite operators. This continues the longstanding relationship between Intelsat ... more  
Supermassive Black Holes Can Overpower Even the Smallest GalaxiesBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 Why do galaxies stop making new stars? Today, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey report a surprising new answer to that important question: feedback from supermassive black holes blocks s ... more  
Iron-Rich Stars Host Shorter-Period PlanetsBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have learned that the chemical composition of a star can exert unexpected influence on its planetary system - a discovery made possible by an ong ... more |
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Two Astronomers, 100 Years Apart, Use Stars to Measure the UniverseBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 How far away is that galaxy? Our entire understanding of the universe is based on knowing the distances to other galaxies, yet this seemingly-simple question turns out to be fiendishly difficult to ... more 
Extraterrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quoJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 In 2013, researchers announced that a pebble found in south-west Egypt, was definitely not from Earth. By 2015, other research teams had announced that the 'Hypatia' stone was not part of any known ... more 
Chemists discover plausible recipe for early life on EarthLa Jolla, CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a fascinating new theory for how life on Earth may have begun. Their experiments, described in the journal Nature Communication ... more  
Our rover could discover life on Mars - here's what it would take to prove itSt Andrews UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Finding past or present microbial life on Mars would without doubt be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. And in just two years' time, there's a big opportunity to do so, with tw ... more 
Opportunity Takes Images Over the Holiday PeriodPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 09, 2018 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned upstream of a fork in the flow channels. Over the holiday ... more 
Tech faithful gather to worship at mecca of innovationLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 After a rollercoaster year for the tech world, many industry leaders are looking to the cutting edge for salvation. ... more 
NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems looks ahead to action-packed 2018Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Engineers preparing NASA's deep space exploration systems to support missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond are gearing up for a busy 2018. The agency aims to complete the manufacturing of all the m ... more |
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India to launch 31 satellites on January 12Bengaluru, India (IANS) Jan 09, 2018 India will launch 31 satellites, including earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on January 12 instead of its earlier tentative schedule on January 10, a space official said on Monday. "The r ... more  
Electronically-smooth '3-D graphene': A bright future for trisodium bismuthideCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 Researchers have found that the topological material trisodium bismuthide (Na3Bi) can be manufactured to be as 'electronically smooth' as the highest-quality graphene-based alternative, while mainta ... more 
New lensless camera creates detailed 3-D images without scanningWashington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 Researchers have developed an easy-to-build camera that produces 3D images from a single 2D image without any lenses. In an initial application of the technology, the researchers plan to use the new ... more |
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A Japanese astronaut has sparked hilarity back on Earth after he claimed to have grown nine centimetres in space, making him worried he would not squeeze into the capsule home.
Norishige Kanai, who is aboard the International Space Station, tweeted: "We had our bodies measured after reaching space, and wow, wow, wow, I had actually grown by as much as 9 centimetres (3.5 inches)!"
"I have ... moreKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 09, 2018NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems looks ahead to action-packed 2018 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Tech faithful gather to worship at mecca of innovation  Cape Canaveral AFS (SPX) Jan 05, 2018ULA completes major Starliner review for return to manned US spaceflight |
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With this latest order, there are now 23 Ariane 5 launchers in production or to be produced, from the PB+ and PC batches. With this latest "PC batch," the industry confirms its commitment to consolidate the competitiveness of the European launch offer even before the arrival of Ariane 6.
The decision announced follows the commitment made by Arianespace in December 2016 to initiate the proc ... moreMiami (AFP) Jan 09, 2018SpaceX says rocket worked fine as spy satellite reported lost Evry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Arianespace prepares for a busy 2018  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Dragon space truck set for departure from Space Station |
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Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned upstream of a fork in the flow channels. Over the holiday period Opportunity stayed in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) color stereo imagery of the surroundings. Over 70 frames of Pancam imagery were collected.
With the robotic arm ... moreSt Andrews UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Our rover could discover life on Mars - here's what it would take to prove it  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2017Opportunity takes extensive imagery to decide where to go next  Oxford UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Mars: Not as dry as it seems |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018 
China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important.
Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 |
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 Evry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
Arianespace signed an agreement to launch two satellites for longtime customer Intelsat, one of the world's largest satellite operators. This continues the longstanding relationship between Intelsat and Arianespace that dates back to 1983.
The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV- 2) as a stacked pair. Galaxy 30 will ... more Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Aerospace Workforce Training - National Mandate for 2018  London, UK (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Nationwide search begins for young space entrepreneurs  Moscow (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite |
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Astronauts on the International Space Station have begun running an experiment that could shine new light on how metal alloys are formed.
How humanity has mastered metallurgy is synonymous with progress, with historians labelling periods such as the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
Most metals used today are mixtures - alloys - of different metals, combining properties to make lighter an ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018New lensless camera creates detailed 3-D images without scanning  Dulles VA (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Orbital ATK receives order for 2nd In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Vehicle  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2018NASA Holds 2nd Satellite Servicing Tech Day |
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Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have learned that the chemical composition of a star can exert unexpected influence on its planetary system - a discovery made possible by an ongoing SDSS survey of stars seen by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, and one that promises to expand our understanding of how extrasolar planets form and evolve.
"Without these detailed and accurate meas ... moreJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Extraterrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quo La Jolla, CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Chemists discover plausible recipe for early life on Earth  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 05, 2018'SHARKs' will help Large Binocular Telescope hunt for Exoplanets |
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In just under a year - shortly after midnight Eastern Time on Jan. 1, 2019 - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will buzz by the most primitive and most distant object ever explored. New Horizons' encounter with Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, which orbits a billion miles beyond Pluto, will offer the first close-up look at such a pristine building block of the solar system - and will be performed in a ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Study explains why Jupiter's jet stream reverses course on a predictable schedule  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Does New Horizons' Next Target Have a Moon? |
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 Toulouse, France (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
A French policeman on Tuesday was cleared of responsibility over the death of an environmental activist killed by a stun grenade during a 2014 protest over a contested dam.
The shocking death of Remi Fraisse triggered riots in several French cities.
The 21-year-old botany student died after being hit by the grenade during clashes between the police and opponents of a planned dam in Sive ... more Cairo (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Egypt building huge water treatment plant amid supply concerns  Kandal, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Power stacked against SE Asia's poor as China dams Mekong  bLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018European sampling sheds light on massive diversity of freshwater plankton |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones and radios don't work reliably or even at all, such as indoors, in urban canyons, underwater and underground.
The technology may help mariners, soldiers and surveyors, among others. GPS signals ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2017DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 
American astronauts aboard the International Space Station told VOA on Wednesday that their excitement about recently announced plans to restore U.S. manned space missions to lunar orbit was eclipsed only by their skepticism about the logistical feasibility of completing the mission within six years.
"Going back to the moon is a bigger project than a lot of people think," said Expedition 5 ... more Beijing (XNA) Jan 02, 2018China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018  Beijing (XNA) Dec 26, 2017China solicits messages to be sent to moon  Rome (SPX) Dec 17, 2017Thales Alenia Space signs 3 contracts for NASA's deep space exploration |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 
NASA honored Kwanzaa this week with an image of a mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres named for the African-American holiday, which is celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.
The name Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits of the harvest."
Kwanzaa Tholus - the mountain - is oblong, measuring 22 by 12 miles. It rises two miles above the surrounding terrain, b ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Development on muon beam analysis of organic matter in samples from space  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Arecibo radar returns with asteroid Phaethon images  Belfast UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Alien object Oumuama is a natural body transiting our solar system |
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 Taiyuan (XNA) Jan 10, 2018 
China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellites, SuperView-1 03/04, blasted off at 11:24 a.m. Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center.
The mission aims to promote the country's commercial use of high-resolution remote sensi ... more Sydney (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Australia swelters through one of hottest years on record  Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Soil freeze-thaw stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from alpine meadows  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2018ICON and GOLD teaming up to explore Earth's interface to space |
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 Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
NASA rockets launched during the Alaskan winter typically explore the interaction of solar winds with Earth's atmosphere and the resulting auroras that dance across the night sky. However this winter, between January 15 - 31, 2018, NASA personnel and university researchers are traveling to the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) in Alaska to launch several rocket-borne investigations for other purp ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Eclipse megamovie projects seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photos  Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2017August eclipse left a wake in ionosphere, researchers reveal |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
The SCHOTT melting team has started casting the first mirror segments that will make up the 39-meter primary mirror (M-1) of the European Large Telescope (ELT). To make the segments, liquid glass heated to over 1400 degrees Celsius will be poured directly into molds, and transferred into a cooling furnace and subjected to a ceramicization process lasting several weeks.
The result is ZERODU ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018First Pepsi Data Release  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2018NASA's Webb Telescope to investigate mysterious brown dwarfs  Oxford UK (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Weighing massive stars in nearby galaxy reveals excess of heavyweights |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
How far away is that galaxy? Our entire understanding of the universe is based on knowing the distances to other galaxies, yet this seemingly-simple question turns out to be fiendishly difficult to answer. The best answer came more than 100 years ago from an astronomer who was mostly unrecognized in her time - and today, another astronomer has used Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to make th ... moreBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Supermassive Black Holes Can Overpower Even the Smallest Galaxies  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018MSU scientists created a magnetic trap for neutrons  Nathan, Australia (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Quantum 'spooky action at a distance' becoming practical |
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