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January 12, 2013

SpaceX sets March 1 for launch to ISS
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 11, 2013
U.S. commercial space company SpaceX says it has picked March 1 for the next launch of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The company requested the date from the Cape Canaveral, Fla., spaceport it uses for launching its Falcon rockets. It will be the third flight for a Falcon rocket to ferry a Dragon cargo capsule carrying food, supplies and scientific equipment experiments for delivery to the ISS, Discovery.com reported Friday. One of the Falcon rocket's nine ... read more

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Chinese tech firms pump up volume at CES Chinese high-tech companies have showcased some of the most eye-popping gear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, bidding to reverse their lack of global brand recognition. ... more		Turkey postpones order for its first two F-35 fighters Turkey said Friday it has postponed an order to purchase its first two US-made F-35 fighter jets due to technical problems and rising costs, but said it still intends to buy 100 more in the long run. ... more		KVH Introduces New Business Class Service for mini-VSAT Broadband Network In a precedent-setting move for the maritime satellite communications market, industry leader KVH Industries, Inc. is launching new Unrestricted Rate Plans featuring Business Class Service for its m ... more
				Arianespace's industry leadership will continue with 12 launcher family missions planned in 2013 Applying the full benefits of its launcher family, Arianespace is targeting a total of 12 missions with Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega in 2013 - maintaining its launch services leadership and building on ... more		AXE to Send 22 Guys to Space with New Apollo Campaign AXE is going where only few have gone before by giving guys the ultimate out-of-this-world experience: a trip to space. To recruit guys for this once-in-a-lifetime epic journey, AXE is creating the ... more

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Arianespace addresses The Insurance Institute of London Speaking in the ongoing lecture series organized by The Insurance Institute of London, Arianespace reaffirmed its partnership with today's leading space insurance firms. The Insurance Institut ... more		Simulated Mars mission reveals body's sodium rhythms Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., knew he had a one-of-a-kind scientific opportunity: the Russians were going to simulate a flight to Mars, and he was invited to study the participating cosm ... more		'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal Special focus on formation control of unmanned systems US to test anti-missile system in Alaska Iran's tech sector blooms under shield of sanctions Three Good Reasons Why Russia May Not Actually Need a Supercarrier 82nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers China defends repatriation of North Koreans		Cargo loading underway with the next ATV resupply spacecraft to be launched by Ariane 5 Arianespace's busy Ariane 5 flight schedule in 2013 includes the company's fourth launch of an Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to the International Space Station, with cargo loading of the large re ... more
				MUOS Waveform Will Improve Secure Communications Capabilities Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered the software waveform for the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The new waveform will enable military satellite communications terminal pro ... more		Oscillating Gel Gives Synthetic Materials the Ability to "Speak" Self-moving gels can give synthetic materials the ability to "act alive" and mimic primitive biological communication, University of Pittsburgh researchers have found. In a paper published in ... more

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Are consumers ready for television watching back? In the new world of technology, television is not just for watching. It is also watching you. ... more		US urged to relax satellite export restrictions The Ministry of Commerce expressed concern after the United States kept a tight rein on the export of satellites and related items to China, and a senior China-US trade expert urged Washington to dr ... more		A 50-year Indian dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come The puzzle of evolutionary relationships among vertebrates Could acocktail geoengineering control the climate New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan NASA flights gauge summer sea ice melt in the Arctic In saliva, clues to a 'ghost' species of ancient human		NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... more
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LEON: the space chip that Europe built

Oscillating Gel Gives Synthetic Materials the Ability to "Speak"

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MUOS Waveform Will Improve Secure Communications Capabilities

DARPA selects SwRI's K-band space crosslink radio for flight development as part of System F6 Program

BAE pulls out of Australian comms tender

Arianespace's industry leadership will continue with 12 launcher family missions planned in 2013

Arianespace addresses The Insurance Institute of London

Cargo loading underway with the next ATV resupply spacecraft to be launched by Ariane 5

New location system could compete with GPS

Beidou's unique services attractive to Chinese companies

China eyes greater market share for its GPS rival

	Simulated Mars mission shows good sleep is critical Astronauts chosen for a manned mission to Mars could be in serious trouble if their sleep patterns are disrupted on the lengthy journey, a 520 day simulation has found. ... more		British military drops US pistol for Austrian gun Britain's military is changing its standard-issue pistol to the Austrian-made Glock from the US-built Browning it has used for 40 years, with troops in Afghanistan to get them first, officials said Friday. ... more		US Army Awards AeroVironment Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Contract AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the United States Army has selected it and four other companies to compete for future small UAS requirements under a new Firm Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery Indefin ... more		Elbit Systems to Supply Long-Range Observation Systems to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Elbit Systems subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop ("Elop") recently was awarded a contract to supply long-range observation and target acquisition systems to the Israel Ministry of Defense ... more

A new material emits white light when exposed to electricity

UMD engineers invent the first bio-compatible, ion current battery

Fungi that evolved to eat wood offer new biomass conversion tool

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Tunnel visions: China bets big on subways as cities expand

Volkswagen fined $154 mn more in US for dieselgate

Audi voluntarily recalls up to 850,000 diesel vehicles

Elbit Systems to Supply the Israeli Ministry of Defense with Cardom Artillery Systems		Canada urged to buy more C-17 Globemasters		Short-range ballistic missile again fired in Syria: NATO		India says contract on French Rafale jets being fine-tuned		Raytheon's Quick Kill System Defeats Lethal Armor-Piercing RPGs
US storm turns airport into vast used-car purgatory		Philippines to move 100,000 squatters		EU grants Haiti fresh aid on quake anniversary		Nineteen children among 46 dead in China landslide		Years after quake, Haitian homeless feel abandoned

Study reveals ordinary glass's extraordinary properties

High fashion, high tech intersect at CES confab

Commodity markets win support from China data

Smartphone touted as 'remote for your life' at CES

Facebook tests steep fees to message strangers

EU raps Daimler over new coolant rules

'Gorilla Glass' maker looks beyond smartphones

Argentina: Hedge funds to blame for woes

New biochip technology uses tiny whirlpools to corral microbes

Chemical modules that mimic predator-prey and other behaviors

Bottom-up approach provides first characterization of pyroelectric nanomaterials

How the kilogram has put on weight

Portable X-Ray Source Invented at MU Could Put Medical Diagnosis and Terrorism Prevention in the Palm of the Hand

Japan premier unveils $226.5 bn stimulus package

Japan to survey Pacific seabed for rare earth

China's 2012 inflation rate slows, but risks seen rising

China auto sales disappoint in 2012: industry group

GM to hire 1,000 workers for new tech center

3D printing creates 'virtual' fossil

China trade surplus surges despite economic weakness

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