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September 29, 2016

Waiting for Shenzhou 11
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2016
With Tiangong 2 safely in orbit, attention is now shifting to the spacecraft that will soon meet it. The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft is expected to lift off at some point in mid-October, although China has yet to release an official launch date or time. We are also unsure about the crew, although China has stated it will consist of two astronauts. That's a step back from recent trends of three-person crews for China. The smaller crew will allow logistics to be stretched further on this mission, allowin ... read more

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Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

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2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

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BlackBerry to outsource handsets, will halt production

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China's PSBC makes tepid debut on Hong Kong bourse

California dreamin' for Chinese investors in US

Corvus Energy selected to power new environmentally friendly UK hybrid ferry

Canada, China aim to strike free-trade deal

Taiwan's summer slump as Chinese visitors stay away

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Entropy

Launch of Atlas V Rocket With WorldView-4 Satellite Postponed Till October

Rocket agreement marks countdown to New Zealand's first space launch

Indian Space Organization Gears Up for First Multi-Orbit Mission

SMC exercises contract options to procure two additional GPS III satellites

Engility to aid Marines with new command-and-control gear

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China foreign expenditure tops inward investment

China to allow credit default swaps

Parallel launch preparations put Ariane 5 on track for next launch

China's Tiangong-1 space station to crash into Earth in 2017

One Billion Base Pairs Sequenced on the Space Station

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