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January 29, 2013
ROBO SPACE
Engineers Building Hard-working Mining Robot
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2013
After decades of designing and operating robots full of scientific gear to study other worlds, NASA is working on a prototype that leaves the delicate instruments at home in exchange for a sturdy pair of diggers and the reliability and strength to work all day, every day for years. Think of it as a blue collar robot. Dubbed RASSOR, for Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot and pronounced "razor," the autonomous machine is far from space-ready, but the earliest design has shown e ... read more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Dextre Refuels Mock Satellite and Aces a Major Test for Space Robotics
Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic "handyman" on board the International Space Station (ISS), made space history last night by successfully refueling a mock satellite on the exterior of the ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Engineers Resurrect And Test Mighty F-1 Engine Gas Generator
Imagine a young engineer examining an artifact from the Apollo era that helped send people on humankind's first venture to another world. The engineer has seen diagrams of the rocket engine. She has ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net
NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, also known as the Space Network, will get an upgrade this month when the agency launches the first of a new generation of communications satellites t ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Flies to hitch ride into space for heart study
Peter H.U. Lee, MD, is reaching for the stars. The Stanford heart surgeon has combined his twin passions - medicine and outer space - in a joint proposal for an experiment on the effects of weightle ... more


SPACE TRAVEL

Space monkey 'big step' for Iran: defence minister
Iran on Monday took a "big step" towards sending astronauts into space by 2020, successfully launching a monkey above the Earth's atmosphere, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state television. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Supercomputer sets computing record
Engineers at California's Stanford University say they set a record in computer science by using a supercomputer with more than 1 million computing cores. ... more
AEROSPACE

NASA Super-Tiger Balloon Shatters Flight Record
Flying high over Antarctica, a NASA long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size. The record-breaking balloon, carrying the Super Trans-Iron Galactic Eleme ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
Boeing wins major contract to deliver new generation strategic comms satellites
LAUNCH PAD

First Ariane 5 For 2013 Ready For Loading
Arianespace's first Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 is now ready to receive its two satellite passengers after this heavy-lift launcher was moved to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building in French Gui ... more
CONSTELLATIONS

Six Globalstar birds set to fly on Soyuz from from Baikonur
Globalstar's cluster of second-generation satellites to be orbited by Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome has been installed atop the Fregat upper stage, marking another milestone in a wrap-up flight for ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE

Scientists create tractor beam
Scientists at Scotland's St. Andrews University have invented a miniature working version of a Star Trek-style "tractor beam." ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Russia Set for Year's First Baikonur Space Launch Feb. 5
In the first space launch from the Baikonur space port this year, a Russian carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1a is to orbit six Globalstar-2 communication satellites on February 5, the Federal Space Agency Ro ... more
RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia warns Kazakhstan in Baikonur cosmodrome dispute
Russia has warned Kazakhstan it could withdraw from joint projects if Astana insists on restricting satellite launches from Russia's rented Baikonur cosmodrome, Izvestia daily reported Thursday. ... more
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Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Beyond male dominance in primates new study redefines gender power roles
LAUNCH PAD

Azerspace And Africasat-1a "fit" for Ariane 5 launch
The Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite on Arianespace's 2013 year-opening Ariane 5 mission has undergone its fit-check as preparations move ahead for the February 7 dual-passenger flight from French G ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Iran Manufacturing Hi-Tech Spacesuits
Iran's Space Agency officials announced that they have launched production of spacesuits along with their attempts to produce spacecrafts. Head of Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) of Iran Mohammad ... more
TECH SPACE

Phoenix Rising: New Video Shows Advances in Satellite Repurposing Program
Inserting new capabilities into a satellite is no simple task. Doing so as that satellite hurdles through space 22,000 miles above the Earth is a bit more challenging still. DARPA's Phoenix pr ... more
TECH SPACE
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TECH SPACE
Insights from the SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop

US Army Upgrades Manpack Radios For MUOS Network

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TECH SPACE
AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS

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China promotes Beidou technology on transport vehicles

SPACEMART

2013 to be bumper year for space science: ESA
European probes this year will return a treasure trove of data from explorations into the Big Bang, water on Mars and climate change, European Space Agency (ESA) chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Thursday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE

Israel upgrades missile-killer Iron Dome
Israel's Defense Ministry is testing an upgraded version of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' combat-tested Iron Dome counter-rocket system that will have "improved capabilities against an unprecedented range of threats." ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Insights from the SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop
Last month, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) held its 2012 DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop, which brought together government leaders from the Department of Defense along with commerci ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE

Missile defense EEKV shows value
Raytheon's new enhanced Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle demonstrated its capability in a recent non-intercept homeland missile defense test. ... more
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Ultrasound triggers nuclear decay anomaly hinting at flexible space-time
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Autonomous sub explores unexplored trench depths to reveal critical mineral clues
AEROSPACE

Chinese military plane boosts global reach

UAV NEWS

US military plans drone base near Mali: official

RUSSIAN SPACE

Moscow Plays Down Kazakhstan Space Port Row

AEROSPACE

Second F-35A Reaches 500 Flight Hour Milestone

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

US Army Upgrades Manpack Radios For MUOS Network

AEROSPACE

China tests new military transport plane

MISSILE NEWS

India wheels out new long-range missile in annual parade

MISSILE DEFENSE

First Patriot missiles 'operational' on Turkey-Syria border

MILTECH

Canada receives upgraded LAV III

CAR TECH

Japan's top three automakers post record 2012 sales

Quantum Communication: Each Photon Counts

Liquid metal makes silicon crystals at record low temperatures

DNA and quantum dots: All that glitters is not gold

Motion Control Keeps Electric Car's Four Wheels on the Road

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NIST's 'nanotubes on a chip' may simplify optical power measurements

Laser-Plasma Process Gives Nanohybrid Remarkable Properties

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Volvo set to be world leader in heavy trucks after China merger

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