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Sustained hypersonic flight-enabling technology patent granted to Advanced Rockets Corporation![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 Advanced Rockets Corporation has been granted a patent for the Advanced Rockets Vehicle (ARV) system design. The main technological breakthrough highlighted in this patent is the ability to operate within the atmosphere for prolonged periods of time and at very high Mach numbers; Sustained Hypersonic Flight. Othniel Mbamalu, President of Advanced Rockets Corporation, has stated, "the implications of this achievement are enormous across all of aerospace, enabling previously ... read more |
Pentagon Requests Funds for First Offensive Hypersonic WeaponsMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018 The Pentagon comptroller has asked the US Congress to shift money from lower-priority defense programs to the US Air Force's first offensive "hypersonic conventional strike" weapon, according to a T ... more
Army researchers suggest uncertainty may be key in battlefield decision makingAdelphi MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 Army researchers have discovered that being initially uncertain when faced with making critical mission-related decisions based on various forms of information may lead to better overall results in ... more
Billion Pound export campaign to fuel UK space industryLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox will today (Thursday, 19 July) announce the UK will be promoting space exports worth up to 1.5bn pounds in USA and India for the first time through a new m ... more
Technicians Ensure James Webb Space Telescope's Sunshield Survives Stresses Experienced During LiftoffGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 The sound associated with a rocket launch creates extreme vibrations that can adversely affect any satellite or observatory, so engineers put spacecraft through simulations to ensure they will remai ... more |
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X-ray Data May Be First Evidence of a Star Devouring a PlanetBoston MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light-years from Earth. One star in particular has dra ... more
NASA's New Mini Satellite Will Study Milky Way's HaloGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 Astronomers keep coming up short when they survey "normal" matter, the material that makes up galaxies, stars and planets. A new NASA-sponsored CubeSat mission called HaloSat, deployed from the Inte ... more
SD mines scientists and students contribute to IceCube breakthroughRapid City SD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 An international team of scientists, including researchers at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, have found the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, ghostly suba ... more
NASA Surveys Hurricane Damage to Puerto Rico's ForestsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria barreled across Puerto Rico with winds of up to 155 miles per hour and battering rain that flooded towns, knocked out communications networks and destroyed the pow ... more
NASA, French Aerospace Lab to Collaborate on Sonic Boom Prediction ResearchFarnborough UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 NASA and France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, signed a research agreement Wednesday that could make supersonic pas ... more |
![]() SkyGuardian drone completes transatlantic flight from U.S. to U.K.
Northrop Grumman receives $41.2M contract for MQ-4C Triton UAVWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 Northrop Grumman Systems out of San Diego, Calif., has received a $41.2 million contract modification for work on the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle. ... more |
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Forget joysticks, use your torso to pilot dronesLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 Imagine piloting a drone using the movements of your torso only and leaving your head free to look around, much like a bird. EPFL research has just shown that using your torso to pilot flying machin ... more
Elbit Systems Rolls-out Hermes 900 StarLinerHaifa, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 Elbit Systems commences global marketing of the HermesTM 900 StarLiner, a powerful and trend setting Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that features adverse weathe ... more
Our fractured African rootsJena, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 A scientific consortium led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has fo ... more
Russia may use ISS Modules in Lunar Gateway ProjectMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018 Russia may decide to stop the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and to use the ordered modules for the Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway (LOP-G) project, a source i ... more
Undergrad Mines Data from Curiosity Rover in Search for LifeTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 An undergraduate student from the University of Arizona is part of a team of researchers from around the world working on the NASA Curiosity rover mission. Gordon Downs is the only undergradua ... more |
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Scientists Can Now Recycle Water, Air, Fuel, Making Deep Space Travel Possible Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018
According to a new study, scientists have cracked one of most challenging obstacles to deep space travel: how to ensure that astronauts have enough fuel, air and water for the trip. Their proposed method involves "photo catalysts" that can split or recombine water molecules.
The emptiness of space and the vast distances between locations pose huge and unique challenges to space travel. One ... more |
Space Launch Complex 17 demolition Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
With a final farewell and the push of a plunger, Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing Commander, demolished the nearly 200-foot-tall towers at 7 a.m. July 12 at Space Launch Complex 17, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The demolition of the towers marks the first phase of a contract, which was awarded in September 2016 and involved demolition of the Delta II towers, associated struc ... more |
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NASA May Have Destroyed Evidence for Organics on Mars 40 Years Ago Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 13, 2018
While the existence of native carbon-based organic compounds on the Red Planet was confirmed only in 2014, some suggest that the discovery could have been made a long time ago.
Back in 1976, NASA's twin Viking landers touched down on Mars to find out if life could survive on Mars and whether there was organic matter in the Martian soil. Researchers were puzzled as no evidence for organic m ... more |
PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition Jiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday.
The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.
After entering orbit, the PRSS-1 is in good condition ... more |
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Billion Pound export campaign to fuel UK space industry London, UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox will today (Thursday, 19 July) announce the UK will be promoting space exports worth up to 1.5bn pounds in USA and India for the first time through a new marketing campaign.
The 'Space Export's' Campaign will see two of the world's fastest growing markets targeted with trade missions led by newly appointed HM Trade Commissioner Antony Philipson. I ... more |
Giant Satellite Fuel Tank Sets New Record for 3-D Printed Space Parts Denver CO (SPX) Jul 12, 2018
Lockheed Martin has embraced a 3-D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can't even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final rounds of quality testing this month, ending a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites.
The titanium tank consists of three parts welded tog ... more |
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X-ray Data May Be First Evidence of a Star Devouring a Planet Boston MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light-years from Earth. One star in particular has drawn astronomers' attention. Every few decades, the star's light has faded briefly before brightening again.
In recent years, astronomers have observed the star dimming more frequently, and for lo ... more |
Dozen new Jupiter moons declared Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found - 11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to a whopping 79 - the most of any planet in our solar system.
A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant solar system objects as part ... more |
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Lockheed awarded $25.4M contract for undersea warfare systems Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems out of Manassas, VA has received a $25.4 million modification to a existing contract for support and production of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare System.
The modification is for development, integration and production of the Advanced Capability Build and Technical Insertion developments of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 USW system.
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Europe's next Galileo satellites in place atop Ariane 5 Paris (ESA) Jul 16, 2018
Europe's next Galileo satellites have been put in place on top of the Ariane 5 launcher due to lift them from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday 25 July.
The launcher - appearing headless in the absence of its final payload - was moved from the BIL Launcher Integration Building, where it was assembled, to the BAF Final Assembly Building, ready for the Galileo satellit ... more |
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Russia may use ISS Modules in Lunar Gateway Project Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018
Russia may decide to stop the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and to use the ordered modules for the Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway (LOP-G) project, a source in Russia's rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"Due to the fact that the ISS operation is planned to be terminated in 2024, and the Russian segment is still not completed, there ... more |
NASA's Dawn spacecraft focused on Ceres as it nears end of mission Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2018
Even as NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches the end of its mission, the probe continues to collect valuable data.
According to NASA, Dawn's instruments continue to observe Ceres and its unique geological features in gamma ray, infrared and visible spectra. The spacecraft also continues to beam back gravity data to Earth.
Most of the probe's recent observations have focused on Ceres ... more |
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NASA Debuts Online Toolkit to Promote Commercial Use of Satellite Data Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
While NASA's policy of free and open remote-sensing data has long benefited the scientific community, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, it has significant untapped potential for commercialization. NASA's Technology Transfer program has created an online resource to promote commercial use of this data and the software tools needed to work with it.
With the Remote Sensin ... more |
High-Fidelity Images of Sun's Atmosphere Show Structured, Dynamic Corona San Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
A Southwest Research Institute-led team discovered never-before-detected, fine-grained structures in the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. The team imaged this critical region in detail using sophisticated software techniques and longer exposures from the COR-2 camera onboard NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A).
The Sun's outer corona is the source of the solar ... more |
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In search of dark matter Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter - constraints that can help identify the elusive dark matter particle and detect it on Earth.
Dark matter - nonluminous material in space - is understood to constitute 85 percent of the matter in the universe. ... more |
Final Planck Data Strongly Supports Standard Cosmological Model Paris, France (SPX) Jul 18, 2018
In 2013, ESA's Planck mission unveiled a new image of the cosmos: an all-sky survey of the microwave radiation produced at the beginning of the universe. This first light emitted by the universe provides a wealth of information about its content, its rate of expansion, and the primordial fluctuations in density that were the precursors of the galaxies. The Planck consortium publishes the full an ... more |
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