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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 08, 2019 Around 60 fragments of India's Microsat-R military satellite are currently flying in orbit, 46 of which are flying in orbits located above the apogee of the International Space Station (ISS), according to the US Air Force's catalogue, published on space-track.org website. The US Air Force's catalogue currently includes 57 Microsat-R fragments flying in orbits at altitudes from 159 kilometres to 2,248 kilometres (99-1,397 miles). As many as 46 of these fragments are flying in orbits above the ISS a ... read more |
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Debris from anti-satellite test no danger to ISS, India saysNew Delhi (AFP) April 6, 2019 India insisted Saturday that debris from its anti-satellite missile test was not a danger to the International Space Station, in a rebuff to criticism from the US space agency. ... more  
Biologists find world's first organism with non-photosynthesizing chlorophyllWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019 Scientists have discovered the world's first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not perform photosynthesis. ... more  
OSIRIS-REx Captures Laser 3D View of BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 This three-dimensional view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. From Feb. 12 throu ... more  
NASA's MAVEN Uses Red Planet's Atmosphere to Change OrbitGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft achieved a tighter orbit around Mars to act as a telecommunications relay. The two-month campaign began February 11 and ended April 5. MAVEN's navigation team slowed th ... more |
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Arralis announces 10W GaN-SiC MMIC high power amplifier for K-Band commsLimerick, Ireland (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Irish company Arralis, global leaders in building technology and products that are the future of global radar and wireless communications, has announced the launch of its new Leonis series GaN-SiC H ... more 
ESA oversees teaching of Europe's next top solderersParis (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 Satellites are among the most complex machines ever designed, but in key respects they are still hand-made. A set of ESA-approved training schools train and certify the best solderers in Europe, to ... more  
China's commercial carrier rocket finishes engine testBeijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy o ... more  
Robots to autocomplete Soldier tasks, new study suggestsAdelphi MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 Smart phones autocorrect in texting, search engines autocomplete queries, and mapping applications redirect navigation in real-time to avoid slowed traffic. These ubiquitous AI-based technologies ad ... more 
'Edtech' boom transforms how Indian kids learnMumbai (AFP) March 31, 2019 From a multi-billion-dollar education startup to wired-up mannequins, technology is helping to revolutionise the way Indian schoolchildren are learning - provided their parents can afford it. ... more |
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 Building blocks of DNA and RNA could have appeared together before life began on Earth 
Surviving A Hostile PlanetLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Humans are probably the most well-adapted species on the planet; they can survive in and call home any of Earth's biomes. Our adaptation is a result of our intellect as well as favourable phys ... more  |
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Fossil 'mother lode' records Earth-shaking asteroid's impact: studyWashington (AFP) March 30, 2019 Scientists in the US say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs. ... more 
US Air Force and Raytheon collaborate to modernize space command and control systemColorado Springs, C0 (SPX) Apr 04, 2019 The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and a consortium of tech firms led by Raytheon are modernizing and simplifying the legacy Space Defense Operations Center, a 1990s-era system that tra ... more 
Mysterious Martian Methane Bursts ConfirmedTucson AZ (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 Martian methane releases are rare, episodic, and often debated, but scientists have discovered evidence of a methane emission in June 2013, which constitutes the first confirmation of a methane rele ... more 
Life on Mars?Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 According to NASA, scientists are in agreement that there is no life on Mars. However, they continue to assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Now, r ... more 
Curiosity Captured Two Solar Eclipses on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2019 When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, Curi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 
The module that will carry the ExoMars rover and surface science platform from Earth to Mars has arrived in Italy for final integration preparations.
The module, along with electrical ground support equipment, shipped from OHB System in Bremen, Germany, arrived on 2 April at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy.
The mission is the second in the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars programme th ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 
European Space Agency operations specialists are helping flight planners at new European space startup PTScientists, headquartered in Berlin, pilot their way to the Moon.
PTScientists are planning to launch lunar landers and rovers as a regular service in the future, with an inaugural flight expected in 2020.
Specialists from ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germa ... more |
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 Hampton, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 
It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish.
In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all. It's a high-gain antenna (HGA), and a future version of it will send and receive signals to and from Earth from a looping orbit around Jupiter.
The antenna will take that long journey aboard NASA's Europa Clipper, a spacecraft that will conduct detailed reconnaissa ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019  Scientists have discovered the world's first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not perform photosynthesis.
The unprecedented animal is called a corallicolid because it is found in 70 percent of the planet's corals.
"This is the second most abundant cohabitant of coral on the planet and it hasn't been seen until now," Patrick Keeling, a botanist at the University of B ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 
Research published this week in Science Advances shows that it may be possible to create rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still just as effective.
The new fuels use simple chemical "triggers" to unlock the energy of one of the hottest new materials, a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOF ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 
China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
The rocket is the first member of the Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family to be produced by CALT. It has a total length of 19.5 meters, a diameter ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 
Engineers designing ESA's Hera planetary defence mission to the Didymos asteroid pair are developing advanced technology to let the spacecraft steer itself through space, taking a similar approach to self-driving cars.
"If you think self-driving cars are the future on Earth, then Hera is the pioneer of autonomy in deep space," explains Paolo Martino, lead systems engineer of ESA's proposed ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 02, 2019  Recently released images, which were provided by retired Indian Army Col. Vinayak Bhat, a satellite imagery analyst who specializes on China, have revealed the presence of an anti-satellite laser base in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the base is located roughly 145 miles south of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and is situated near a la ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2019  Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.14 billion contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System for Poland, Bahrain and Romania.
The foreign military sales contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers full rate production for the GMLRS surface-to-surface systems for the three nations.
Work on the contract is expected to run through Aug. 31, 2021, and will ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 29, 2019  Nestled between Saturn's rings are a collection of mini-moons that NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed past in 2017.
On Thursday, for the first time, astronomers and scientists are detailing their findings about the moons in the US journal Science.
Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora and Epimetheus each measure between eight and 116 kilometers (five to 72 miles) in diameter. They are either round ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Tightly focused laser beams can act as optical "tweezers" to trap and manipulate tiny objects, from glass particles to living cells. The development of this method has earned Arthur Ashkin the last years Nobel prize in physics.
While most experiments thus far have been carried out in air or liquid, there is an increasing interest for using optical tweezers to trap objects in ultra-high vac ... more |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 
The history of science is filled with stories of enthusiastic researchers slowly winning over skeptical colleagues to their point of view. Astrophysicist Scott Hughes can relate to these tales.
"For the first 15 or 16 years of my career I was speaking to astronomers, and I always had the impression that they were politely interested in what I had to say, but regarded me as a little bit of ... more |
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 Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Cambridge have detected lithium in a primitive star in our galaxy. The observations were made at the VLT, at the Paranal Observatory of ESO in Chile.
In astrophysics, any element heavier than hydrogen and helium is termed "metal" and lithium is among the lightest of these metals. Researchers at the IAC and ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 
Smart phones autocorrect in texting, search engines autocomplete queries, and mapping applications redirect navigation in real-time to avoid slowed traffic. These ubiquitous AI-based technologies adapt to everyday needs and learn user habits by focusing on making the algorithm better, but Army researchers want to enhance AI by providing more information about the intent of the user.
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 Vienna (AFP) April 4, 2019 
It was more of a small step than a giant leap, but the first public outing of a pilotless "drone taxi" in Vienna on Thursday nevertheless offered a glimpse into the possible future of urban travel.
Several big companies such as Boeing and Airbus are working on their own versions of the technology but it was the Chinese firm EHang that unveiled its aircraft to assembled journalists in the Aus ... more |
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