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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Astroscale has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) first debris removal project, a groundbreaking step by Japan to commercialize space debris removal. The JAXA Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project (CRD2) consists of two mission phases to achieve one of the world's first debris removal missions of a large object, the first of which has been awarded to Astroscale. This first phase will be demonstrated by the end of the ... read more |
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Hyper-Kamiokande Project is officially approvedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Hyper-Kamiokande (HK or Hyper-K) project is the world-leading international scientific research project hosted by Japan aiming to elucidate the origin of matter and the Grand Unified Theory of eleme ... more  
Arianespace at the service of SKY Perfect JSAT and KARI with JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2BKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 12, 2020 For its third flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect J ... more  
Americans arrive home from virus-infected cruise shipTravis Air Force Base, United States (AFP) Feb 17, 2020 More than 300 Americans rescued from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan because of the new coronavirus arrived back in the United States Monday for two more weeks of medical seclusion, as concern rose over passengers who dispersed around the globe after leaving another ship in Cambodia. ... more
Americans leave quarantined Japan ship as virus cases hit 355Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Feb 16, 2020 Americans began leaving a quarantined cruise ship off Japan on Monday to board chartered flights home as the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed on the vessel jumped to 355. ... more |
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Pranks and patience: passing the time on the Diamond Princess; as cases soar Tokyo (AFP) Feb 7, 2020 Tai chi, Bible study, karaoke and dancing with the "Dive Duo": that was the entertainment promised passengers when they boarded the Diamond Princess. ... more
Coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship treble to 61Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Feb 7, 2020 Another 41 people on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan have the new coronavirus, the country's health minister said Friday, confirming more on board will now be tested for the illness. ... more  
Toyota extends China plant closure over virusTokyo (AFP) Feb 7, 2020 Japanese auto giant Toyota said Friday it would keep its Chinese factories shut until February 16, extending its suspension by a week amid the growing coronavirus crisis. ... more
Thousands quarantined on Asian cruise ships in virus fightYokohama, Japan (AFP) Feb 6, 2020 Thousands of people were stranded aboard two cruise ships in Asia on Thursday, quarantined by officials desperate to stem the spread of a deadly virus that has killed hundreds in China and spread panic worldwide. ... more  
Azercosmos and Infostellar to enter into Ground Station PartnershipTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos and Japanese Ground Segment as a Service provider Infostellar have signed an agreement that will enable Infostellar customers access to their satellite cons ... more |
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 Coronavirus infects at least 10 on Japan cruise ship 
Hyundai suspends domestic production over China outbreakSeoul (AFP) Feb 4, 2020 South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor will suspend all domestic production because of a lack of parts due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, it said Tuesday. ... more  |
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Japan destroyer heads to Middle East as Iran-US tension lingersTokyo (AFP) Feb 2, 2020 Japan sent a naval destroyer to the Middle East on Sunday for a rare overseas mission to ensure the safety of its ships amid lingering tension between Iran and the US. ... more  
Panasonic April-December operating profit hit by China salesTokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Panasonic said on Monday its operating profit for the April-December period dropped 18 percent on lower sales in China but it left its full-year forecast intact despite the deadly coronavirus outbreak. ... more  
Release contaminated Fukushima water into sea: Japan panelTokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporised into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday. ... more  
Two men, including Briton, killed in Japan avalanchesTokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 Two people, including a British man, were killed separately on Saturday as two avalanches struck mountains in Japan, local officials and media said. ... more
French man killed in avalanche on Japan ski mountainTokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 The body of a French man was found Friday after an avalanche struck a northern Japanese mountain where he was backcountry skiing with seven other French citizens, local police said Friday. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2020 
The US Defense Department said Thursday it is shifting another $3.8 billion towards paying for a wall on the US-Mexico border as President Donald Trump extended his "national emergency" declaration over unlawful migration for another year.
Pentagon officials said the money would be used to build about 177 miles (285 kilometers) of the concrete and steel barrier Trump wants to deter migrants ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
As NASA leads the way for human exploration at the Moon and beyond, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews face. In 2018, NASA signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for an experiment to test the AstroRad radiation protection vest on Artemis I, the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. Th ... more |
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 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
As a result of global warming, the world's oceans have risen by an average of around 3 mm a year since the early 1990s. But how much they have risen year on year has been a matter of some debate among experts, for instance in the UN's climate panel IPCC. Is the rise constant, or is it accelerating every year?
Now, in a new study, a Danish student has shown that the rise is accelerating. In ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Feb 13, 2020 
Syrian air defences intercepted missiles over the capital Damascus on Thursday, state media reported, without specifying the source of the attack.
"Our air defences intercepted hostile targets over the skies of Damascus," state agency SANA said.
It said the "missiles were launched from over the occupied Golan Heights".
Several missiles were intercepted before they could reach their ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020 
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 16, 2020 
Amid fears of a Big Brother-style society ruled by machines, the EU will urge authorities and companies to think hard before rolling out facial recognition technology.
But the bloc, which will make a much-anticipated announcement this week on the role of artificial intelligence (AI), will stop short of imposing an outright ban, a top official said.
On Wednesday, the European Commission w ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2020 
China has demoted the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the State Council said Thursday, following months of pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city.
The shuffling of officials at China's top policy body on the financial hub's affairs comes after months of political unrest - the starkest challenge to Beijing since the former British colony was returned to Chines ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
Sensors are usually thought of in terms of physical devices that receive and respond to electromagnetic signals - from everyday sensors in our smartphones and connected home appliances to more advanced sensors in buildings, cars, airplanes and spacecraft.
No physical sensor or aggregation of electronic sensors, however, can continuously and globally detect disturbances that take place on o ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2020 
A national survey published Thursday suggests most Americans think food production affects global warming "a little."
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Earth Day Network released the survey data in a report titled "Climate Change and the American Diet."
"Food production is among the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming," gen ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
Emerging technologies and new strategies are opening a revitalized era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). New discovery capabilities, along with the rapidly-expanding number of known planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, are spurring innovative approaches by both government and private organizations, according to a panel of experts speaking at a meeting of the American ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2020  Japan's health minister on Sunday urged the public to avoid crowds and "non-essential gatherings", including notoriously packed commuter trains, to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading in the country.
Katsunobu Kato warned the nation was "entering a new phase" in the outbreak of the virus, which has infected nearly 60 people in Japan so far.
"We want to ask the public to avoid non- ... more |
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 Mapel, South Sudan (AFP) Feb 14, 2020 
At a remote and spartan bush barracks in South Sudan, a motley collection of government soldiers and their rebel enemies chanted in unison, raising their mock wooden guns to the sky.
"South Sudan! Victory!" they cried out, as women ululated.
Troops from both sides of the battlefield broke into song and dance, sending up great clouds of dust as feet stomped in the dirt.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with about 7,500 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 15, 2020 
The head of NATO on Saturday dismissed President Emmanuel Macron's call for a European "strategic dialogue" about the role of France's nuclear weapons, saying a "tried and tested" deterrent was already in place.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that thanks to the US and Britain's atomic weapons, Europe was already protected by a longstanding and effective nuclear umbrella.
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