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CryoSat Ice Data Now Open To AllParis, France (ESA) Feb 04, 2011 Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our understanding of the complex relationship between ice and climate. Considering the loss of the original CryoSat satellite during launch in 2005, scientists around the world have had a long wait for information on ice thickness - making the release even more of a milestone for the mission. ESA's CryoSat ... read more |
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  Lifting To Space NASA began flight-testing experimental lifting bodies at Edwards in the 1960s, following evolution of the concept earlier in the 1950s. A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift at the expens ... more | .. |
 First Results Of Cluster's Auroral Acceleration Campaign Auroras, more commonly known as the northern and southern lights, are one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomena. New insights into the processes that generate Earth's auroras (an ... more | .. |
  Hughes Supports MEXSAT Project Hughes Network Systems has announced that it has been selected by Boeing to provide the Ground Communications Network (GCN) for the MEXSAT Satellite Based Network (SBN) system. The GCN is inst ... more | .. |
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 First Iridium NEXT Hosted Payload Agreement Signed Iridium Communications has announced that Orbital Sciences has signed an agreement with Iridium that reserves hosted payload capacity on Iridium's next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NE ... more | .. |
  ISRO To Launch Remote Sensing Resourcesat In February The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to launch Resourcesat 2, a remote sensing earth observation satellite, by the end of February, officials said Monday. Remote sens ... more | .. |
 Report warns of wireless radiation risks A report in a U.S. journal says there are possible biological hazards and risks of genetic damage from unchecked proliferation of wireless technologies. ... more | .. |
 New laser zeroes in on molecules European scientists say a new X-ray laser may let them watch individual molecules in action during processes from brain-cell activity to photosynthesis. ... more |
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'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron
UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification
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 Russia Loses New Military Satellite Russia has most likely lost a new dual-purpose geodesic satellite after it failed to reach a designated circular orbit 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) above Earth. The GEO-IK-2 satellite, designe ... more | .. |
 Watch Out For Solar Sail Flares It's a calm and peaceful night. Stars twinkle in the velvety darkness overhead as a distant plane blinks silently on the horizon. You could almost hear a pin drop. That is, until the flare. ... more | .. |
  SkyTraq Introduces Low-Power High-Performance GLONASS/GPS Receiver SkyTraq introduces S4554GNS-LP, a high-performance low- power GLONASS/GPS receiver. It features industry leading 29 second cold start TTFF, -159dBm navigation sensitivity, -145dBm cold starting sens ... more | .. |
 Israel Signs Cooperation Agreement Israel signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 30 January 2011. The objective of this agreement is to allow Israel and ESA to create the framework for more-intensive cooperation in ESA projects i ... more |
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  Russia To Stay In Kazakh Cosmodrome For Economic Reasons Russia will never leave the Baikonur cosmodrome rented in Kazakhstan, even upon the completion of its new Vostochny space launch site, the head of Russia's Space agency Roskosmos said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Soyeon's Odyssey In April 2008, South Korean mechanical engineer Soyeon Yi became the first Korean in space. Her liftoff on board the Soyuz TMA-12 mission to the International Space Station was the start of a busy 1 ... more | .. |
  The Brotherhood Of Speed About fifty miles northeast of Los Angeles, the small town of Rosamond slumbers on the edge of the Great American Desert. Here the air is thin and cold, and in the distance the smog in the LA basin ... more | .. |
 Report: Space 'junk' threatens services The amount of junk orbiting Earth in space is nearing a "tipping point" that may threaten the $250 billion space services industry, a U.S. report says. ... more |
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Largest modern crater identified in Chinas Holocene geology
Inner core of Earth found to exist in dynamic superionic phase
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 Fuelling The Clyde Space Rocket Glasgow based Clyde Space, a leading provider of miniature spacecraft, has secured a funding package worth Pounds 1m, including significant equity investment, to support the company's growth in a b ... more | .. |
  USAF Selects Northrop Grumman To Research SOA IT For Integrated Air And Space Command And Control The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to demonstrate information interoperability among different implementations of service-oriented architecture (SOA) information technology ( ... more | .. |
 Space Agency Investigates Novel Analogue Self-Steered Antennas Bulky present generation satellite dishes and ground terminals could become relics of the past thanks to research currently being conducted for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Queen's University ... more | .. |
 Verizon reins in data hogs before unleashing iPhone US telecom titan Verizon on Friday was giving itself the option to slow wireless data feeds to customers gorging on rich digital content streamed to smartphones or tablet computers. ... more |
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'Space net' for orbiting debris proposed Japan's space agency says it is teaming up with a maker of fishing nets to create a "space net" for safely collecting orbiting space debris. ... more | .. |
 Shot US lawmaker's husband to return to space The astronaut husband of wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said Friday he will lead the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavour in April and plans to resume training next week. ... more | .. |
85 percent of US adults own cellphone: survey Mobile phones are the most popular gadget among adult Americans followed by computers, digital music players, game consoles and electronic book readers, according to a new survey. ... more |
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Rise of the robots: the promise of physical AI
Amazon robotics lead casts doubt on eye-catching humanoids
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 US to regulate rocket fuel chemical in water The US government said Wednesday it plans to limit the amount of perchlorate, a chemical found in rocket fuel, explosives and bleach, that is present in the drinking water of millions of Americans. ... more | .. |
  Gilat's Spacenet Awarded Multi-year Contracts For Over 27,000 Lottery Sites Spacenet was selected to provide SkyEdge TM broadband satellite terminals, deployment, operations and maintenance to support state lotteries. The multi-year contract awards from the past month ... more | .. |
  Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Counters IEDs Northrop Grumma's Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (MB SAR), recently provided counter-improvised explosive device (IED) support to help enable the safe drawdown of U.S. combat troops in Iraq. ... more | .. |
 LEMV Program Completes Critical Design Review Six months after signing the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) agreement with the U.S. Army to build three airships with 21-day persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanc ... more |
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 Air Laser May Sniff Bombs, Pollutants From A Distance Princeton University engineers have developed a new laser sensing technology that may allow soldiers to detect hidden bombs from a distance and scientists to better measure airborne environmental po ... more | .. |
  UA Engineers Study Birds And Bees To Design Robust Unmanned Vehicles University of Arizona aerospace and mechanical engineers are studying bird and bee flight to develop unmanned vehicles that stay aloft longer and cope with sudden and severe changes in airflow. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded APY-10 Radar Contract For Boeing's P-8A Aircraft Boeing has awarded Raytheon a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon aircraft. ... more | .. |
 LockMart Receives Contract For High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Lockheed Martin has received a $139.6 million contract to provide 44 combat-proven High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to the U.S. Army. This order will increase the Army's HIMARS launch ... more |
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