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https://www.slashgear.com/1659969/military-drones-different-types-groups-current-previous-unmanned-aerial-vehicle/
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What Groups Of Military Drones Are Used By The US Armed Forces?







The development of drone technology has been an enormous boon not only for film enthusiasts, scientists and commercial applications, but for the U.S. Armed Forces and other militaries around the world. They can...
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https://qz.com/boeing-starliner-nasa-iss-return-1851641426
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Photo: NASAIn This StoryWith NASA announcing that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to Earth next March on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission, the focus quickly shifted to what will happen to the beleaguered Boeing Starliner. The space agency plans to autonomously undock the craft from...
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https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/astronomers-have-warned-against-colonial-practices-in-the-space-industry-%E2%88%92-a-philosopher-of-science-explains-how-the-industry-could-explore-other-planets-without-exploiting-them/
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Header image: A NASA artist concept of future crews living and working on the Moon. NASA/Davidson
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University
The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic positions beyond the...
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https://www.arcamax.com/business/businessnews/s-3407444
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It'd be reasonable to think Washington's space economy has a lot riding on Boeing's Starliner, the spacecraft that left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station and headed back to Earth with an empty cabin Friday. The astronauts were scheduled to return on Starliner in June after a week on the ISS, but thruster failures and helium leaks on the way there made NASA decide a trip back on the Boeing spacecraft was too risky.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/polaris-dawn-success-civilian-astronauts-prepare-for-record-breaking-spacewalk
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Sciencealert
A private crew set out on an audacious orbital expedition Tuesday, journeying deeper into the cosmos than any humans in half a century as they prepare for the first ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, launched...
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/spacex-launches-polaris-dawn-mission-why-it-matters/479656
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Entrepreneur
SpaceX set its riskiest trip into motion on Tuesday with the launch of its five-day Polaris Dawn mission. Four civilians, including fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman who funded the trip, retired Air Force pilot Scott 'Kidd' Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, are on board...
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https://u-krane.com/the-founder-of-the-geosynchronous-communications-satellite-industry-and-nro-in-the-usa-was-a-ukrainian-canadian-joseph-v-charyk/
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Joseph Vincent Charyk (September 1920 - September 28, 2016) was widely credited as the founder of the geosynchronous communications satellite industry. He was born in Canmore, Alberta in a Ukrainian family. Early in his career, Charyk consolidated the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Air Force, and United States Navy space programs into the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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https://www.twz.com/air/anduril-introduces-barracuda-m-that-aims-to-disrupt-the-cruise-missile-market
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Defense contractor Anduril has unveiled Barracuda, a new family of what it is calling "expandable autonomous air vehicles" that are scalable, highly modular, and already being flight-tested. The company is heavily focused now on "M" versions configured as relatively low-cost air-breathing...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/11/france-says-it-foiled-three-plots-to-attack-paris-olympics?traffic_source=rss
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France says it foiled three plots to attack Paris Olympics French prosecutor says plots included plans to attack 'Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris'.French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted this...
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https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2024/09/10/robotics-a-global-industrial-policy-competition/85499/
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https://www.australianmining.com.au/innovative-technology-to-shine-at-wa-mining/
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Australianmining
The latest technology will be delivered to the heart of Australia's resources sector, with this year's WA Mining Conference and Exhibition (WA Mining) combining digital innovation with operational excellence. WA Mining 2024 will be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 9-10.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/17/3336
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1. IntroductionEarthquake, as an important sudden factor in surface shaping, raises erosion rates, sediment transport, and deposition rates, which have a long-term impact on the evolution of the surface topography [1,2]. The distribution and quality of loose materials after earthquakes are the...
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https://www.rcrwireless.com/20240909/business/lynk-changes-up-leadership
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Direct-to-satellite company Lynk has made several major executive changes, bumping up its current COO, former Sprint executive Dan Dooley, to the role of CEO and adding a new president of strategic development, Dr. John Olson. Lynk's co-founder and now-former CEO, Charles Miller, is now taking the role of chairman of the board.
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NEWS PROVIDED BYDon Biadog, Commander, CHC, USN (Ret.), Southern Baptist ConventionSept. 2024. NEW YORK, Sept. 2024 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Word with Dr. Verna Hall Linzey television program premiers September 2024, 12:00 midnight to 12:30 a.Central Daylight Time, and will air weekly at this time on God's Learning Channel.
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https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40764266/kids-in-a-dorm-room-jeff-bezos-blueprint-for-tomorrows-space-leaders
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, wants to significantly lower the cost of space travel. His goal is to make it more accessible to aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators.
What Happened: Bezos shared his vision during a tour of the Blue Origin production facility and Glenn launch pad in Cape...
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https://knowridge.com/2024/09/scientists-3d-print-first-metal-part-in-space/
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In an exciting milestone, the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully 3D printed the first-ever metal part in space using their Metal 3D Printer. This advanced technology, developed by Airbus and its partners, was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen set up the printer in the European Drawer Rack located in the Columbus module of the ISS.
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https://www.wesh.com/article/space-roundup-all-this-weeks-space-news-in-one-place/62093507
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Wesh
Returned capsule, delayed missions, telescope anniversary — All this week's space news in one place
Here's a collection of all the news concerning space this week








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https://www.popsci.com/science/astronaut-scuba-training/
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Space and the open ocean: On the surface, it seems like two more wildly contrasting places couldn't possibly exist. But on the contrary, the two are more closely tied than you think. And people who have been to the farthest reaches of both can attest to the fact. Because as it turns out, the...
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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/09/one-giant-steppe-for-space-flight/
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In a recent photo essay for the New Yorker magazine, author Keith Gessen and photographer Andrew McConnell share what life is like for the residents around the launch facility and where Soyuz capsules land in Kazakhstan.
Read the article for a brief history of the Baikonur spaceport and...
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https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2024/09/nasa-embraces-its-role-shaping-space-economy/399381/
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Everything about how NASA does business has changed significantly over the years and large driver of that is the commercialization of space.The agency has always leaned on the private sector to build things for them, but the shift in recent years is toward commercial companies operating flights...
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https://spacenews.com/faa-to-complete-orbital-debris-upper-stage-regulations-in-2025/
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with efforts to develop rules for the disposal of upper stages as another Centaur upper stage breaks apart in orbit.
Slingshot Aerospace, which operates a network of telescopes to track objects in orbit, said Sept. 6 that a Centaur...
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https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-dawn-of-a-new-frontier-why-did-the-commercialization-of-space-happen
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When humans first set their sights on the stars, space exploration was dominated by superpowers, national pride, and the race to outdo rival nations. After all, the Apollo Moon landings were carried out as more of a statement of Cold War superiority than a business venture. But in recent decades, a shift has occurred — a shift that has slowly seen the reins of space exploration handed from government agencies to commercial enterprises.