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December 21, 2012

Landmark Year in Private Space Flight Development
Washington DC (VOA) Dec 21, 2012
With NASA's retired shuttles mothballed in museums, 2012 saw a new kind of spacecraft blaze its own path toward the International Space Station. In May, the Dragon space capsule - developed, owned and operated by California-based SpaceX - was launched from atop a Falcon-9 rocket, becoming the first private craft to dock with the ISS. A feat achieved by only a few governments, the docking, says SpaceX chief Elon Musk, signaled more than a mere technological breakthrough. "This was a crucial s ... read more

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				GOGO Inks Major Capacity Deal With SES To Launch Transatlantic Aeronautical Broadband Service Gogo, a leader in in-flight connectivity, and global satellite operator SES has announced the signature of milestone capacity and ground support agreements to deliver Gogo broadband services aboard ... more		Gilat Expands Military Customer Portfolio with Southeast Asian Navy Contract Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by a Southeast Asian Navy to upgrade its ground operations with IP-based satellite communications system. As part of the contract, Gilat will de ... more

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Health Concerns Could Ground Citizen Astronauts A group of former NASA executives plans to offer excursions to the moon to anyone who can afford the $1.4-million-dollar-per-couple ticket price. Golden Spike Co. is the latest private company ... more		Sierra Nevada Corporation Selected by NASA to Receive Human Spaceflight Certification Products Contract Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce that its Dream Chaser Space System Program has been selected by NASA's Commercial Crew Program to receive a Certification Produ ... more		Outside View: Win wars not battles US summit will help 'reduce suspicion': China media US missile test delayed for a day US, Oman talk $2.1 bln defense deal Japan mulls resuming talks with N. Korea: official Pakistan's Imran Khan leaves hospital after fall N. Korea sends military leader as 'special envoy' to China		Rocketdyne Reaches Milestone for J-2X powerpack Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the last hot-fire test on the J-2X powerpack - an important step toward development of America's next rocket engine designed for human spaceflight ... more
				Boeing Ships 3rd Intelsat 702MP Satellite for Launch The third of four 702 Medium Power (MP) satellites that Boeing [NYSE: BA] is manufacturing for Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of satellite services, arrived at the Long Beach, Calif., h ... more		Boeing Delivers 2 Nanosatellites to US Air Force Boeing has delivered two Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment (SENSE) satellites to the U.S. Air Force that will help assess the value of small satellites in military space operations. Weigh ... more

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TDRS-K Arrives at Kennedy for Launch Processing The first in a new class of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 18 to begin the final phase of launch preparations ahead of a targeted liftof ... more		Berkeley Lab Scientists Developing Quick Way to ID People Exposed to Ionizing Radiation Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 There's a reason emergency personnel train for the aftermath of a dirty bomb or an explosion at a nuclear power plant. They'll be faced with a deluge of urgent tasks, ... more		Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rain forest Slow earthquakes: It's all in the rock mechanics Shifts in global water systems markers of The Anthropocene epoch How should geophysics contribute to disaster planning Scientists explore roots of future tropical rainfall Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration Morton Arboretum Partners with NASA to Understand why Trees Fail		Beating Heart of J-2X Engine Finishes Year of Testing NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of ... more
				CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hun ... more		Payload integration complete for final 2012 Ariane 5 mission The Skynet 5D satellite has joined its Mexsat Bicentenario co-passenger on Ariane 5, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's seventh and final heavy-lift flight of 2012 from the Sp ... more

Berkeley Lab Scientists Developing Quick Way to ID People Exposed to Ionizing Radiation

MEXSAT Bicentenario Satellite Sends First Signals from Space

Missile Defense Agency awards Raytheon contract modification for AN/TPY-2 radar

AEHF Team Completes Major Integration Milestone Ahead Of Schedule

General Dynamics' 30,000th Combat Search and Rescue Radio Goes to Work for USAF

Europe launches major British military satellite

Ariane 5 ECA orbits Skynet 5D and Mexsat Bicentenario satellites

Payload integration complete for final 2012 Ariane 5 mission

Arctic town eyes future as Europe's gateway to space

KAIST announced a major breakthrough in indoor positioning research

Third Boeing GPS IIF Begins Operation After Early Handover to USAF

Putin Urges CIS Countries to Join Glonass

	Loral Continues Corporate Office Restructuring Loral Space and Communications Inc. reports that its board of directors has named Avi Katz, 53, to the role of president of the company. Mr. Katz, who replaces Michael Targoff, was formerly the comp ... more		ESA's powerful new tracking station ready for service A new satellite tracking station at Malargue, Argentina, will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday, completing the trio of deep-space stations and confirming ESA as one of the world's most technologic ... more		Spatial FOG Released Advanced Navigation and KVH Industries have announced their new Spatial FOG GNSS/INS. Spatial FOG is a ruggedized GNSS aided inertial navigation system and AHRS that provides accurate position, velo ... more		Lights to combat astronaut insomnia NASA says it will use lighting technology to help astronauts on the International Space Station sleep better during their "nights" in orbit. ... more

Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage

Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

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AEHF Team Completes Major Integration Milestone Ahead Of Schedule		Israel's air force gets ready for a blitz against missile foes		Northrop Grumman, US Navy Complete At-Sea Deck Handling Trials of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator		Boeing's Final Design for Wedgetail AEW and C Airborne Mission Segment Accepted by Australia		Raytheon's US Navy satellite terminals reach Full Rate Production milestone
General Dynamics' 30,000th Combat Search and Rescue Radio Goes to Work for USAF		Europe launches major British military satellite		Integrated soldier kits for more troops		BAE says Saudi jet deal facing unresolved 'issues'		Embraer, Astronics collaborate on KC-390

Upgraded MiG-29s supplied to India

Bulgaria to modernise air force

Brazil invests in rocket technology

Raytheon awarded contract for SM-2 production

Missile Defense Agency awards Raytheon contract modification for AN/TPY-2 radar

NGC Provides Attitude Heading Reference For Sikorsky's S-76D Helicopter

Lockheed Martin Wins Role on Army Software and Systems Engineering Contract

'Apocalypse Noah': Dutch Christian readies escape Ark

China arrests nearly 1,000 doomsday 'cult' members

Zuckerberg donates $500 mn to charity

Researchers Use Liquid Metal to Create Wires That Stretch Eight Times Their Original Length

Team develops a microwave-assisted method for producing thin films

Paper waste used to make bricks

Sustainable way to make a prized fragrance ingredient

JILA physicists achieve elusive 'evaporative cooling' of molecules

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Bird strike prevention radar system takes off

Japan files complaint against China over steel duties: WTO

EU says to set out anti-trust case against Samsung soon

Taiwan's UMC to buy majority stake in Chinese firm

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