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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009 
NASA's Constellation Program reached two major processing milestones this week as two new pieces of Ares I-X hardware were transferred for final assembly in preparation for the first flight test of the rocket later this summer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once stacking operations begin later this month, it will be the first time a new vehicle has been stacked on NASA's Mobile ... read more
Reston VA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Industry and government leaders will meet on June 18 to explore the promising future of commercial space transportation - of humans as well as cargo - in meeting government and private sector needs in low Earth orbit. The special half-day event, "Innovations in Orbit: An Exploration of Commercial Crew and Cargo Transportation," will feature panelists and speakers from NASA, the FAA, and ... more
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Fairfax VA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009CapRock Government Solutions has announced that it received the Satellite Industry Leadership Award last Wednesday at the 2009 International Satellite and Communications exchange (ISCe) conference in San Diego, California. The award is presented each year to an organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement and success of the satellite communications industry. ... more  
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Aerospace hardware, whether for jet engines, space station payloads or lunar surface components, has some of the most demanding requirements of any design application. To ensure proper verification and validation during operations, Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) is now offering commercial in-house testing capabilities for systems, subsystems, and components. Led by ORBITEC's ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Lockheed Martin employees celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first successful intercept of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target over White Sands Missile Range, NM. "Ten years ago, THAAD hit its first target, which was a significant milestone in the history of this program," ... more 
Moscow (AFP) June 11, 2009Russia said on Thursday that the United States must halt its plans to deploy a missile shield in eastern Europe before the two countries can start a full-fledged dialogue on missile defence. A Russian foreign ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, also insisted that Moscow would not cooperate in the Pentagon's plans to site an anti-missile radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missile ... more |
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New York (AFP) June 11, 2009Some 2,000 wild geese are to be killed around New York's main airports as part of measures to reduce the numbers of the birds that brought down an Airbus in January, officials announced Thursday. The plan entails the capture and culling of up to 2,000 Canada geese on city-owned property within five miles (eight kilometers) of JFK and LaGuardia Airports, the mayor's office, the Port Authority ... more 
New York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Micromem Technologies through its wholly owned U.S. based subsidiary Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies has announced the successful integration of its patented magnetic sensor in a unique mining application. Designed to rapidly identify mineral constituents in drill core samples as they emerge from the earth, this patent pending instrument provides a significant business opportunity for ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 11, 2009Countless hours are lost in traffic jams every year. Most frustrating of all are those jams with no apparent cause + no accident, no stalled vehicle, no lanes closed for construction. Such phantom jams can form when there is a heavy volume of cars on the road. In that high density of traffic, small disturbances (a driver hitting the brake too hard, or getting too close to another car) can ... more  
Sydney (AFP) June 11, 2009Australia's OZ Minerals overwhelmingly backed an improved 1.396 billion US dollar offer from China's Minmetals Thursday, just days after mining giant Rio Tinto walked away from a separate Chinese deal. Minmetals' last-minute decision to sweeten its offer with an extra 180 million US dollars proved decisive in winning over OZ Minerals shareholders, securing 92 percent of votes at the ... more |
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