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Opening Up The X-37BSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2011 The US Air Force's X-37B spaceplane has generated a lot of attention and suspicion, even before the vehicle blasted off on its maiden voyage in April 2010. Conspiracy theorists would have us believe that the vehicle is an orbiting weapon, designed to attack other satellites or ground targets. This is highly implausible, for a variety of reasons, but it hints at the lack of certain facts about the spaceplane and its tasks. More sober guesses about the X-37B's purpose include space reconnaissance an ... read more |
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  Iran Unveils Homemade Satellites And Carrier Iran unveiled four domestically- manufactured satellites on Monday, two years after it launched the first self-developed satellite into orbit, the local satellite Press TV reported. Four natio ... more | .. |
  NASA And Worcester Polytechnic Institute Are Challenge Partners NASA has signed an agreement with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of Worcester, Mass., to manage the Sample Return Robot Challenge, one of the agency's new Centennial Challenges prize comp ... more | .. |
  Stunning Satellite Imagery Of Cyclone Yasi From Space Earth observation scientists at the University of Leicester have recorded stunning images of tropical cyclone Yasi by orbiting satellites. Japanese Meteorological Agency and European Space Age ... more | .. |
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  Charles Bolden's Story: "From the Segregated South to Low Earth Orbit" It's a long way from the segregated south to low Earth orbit. But I am fortunate to have made the journey and to have had many opportunities to serve my nation in a 34-year career with the U.S. Mari ... more | .. |
 No Major Flaw In Failed GSLV-F06 There was no major design flaw in the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation - GSLV-F06 - which crashed seconds after take-off on December 25 last year, sai ... 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 | .. |
 Iran opens centre for satellite images Iran on Sunday opened its first centre to receive satellite images, a new stage in its space programme that coincides with celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. ... 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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 CryoSat Ice Data Now Open To All 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 unders ... more | .. |
  Vandenberg Launches Minotaur One A Minotaur I rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-8 here at 4:26 a.m. (PST) Feb. 6. The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Col. R ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  Iran expands space capabilities Iran is expanding its operational capabilities in space. ... more | .. |
 US, France to sign accord on tracking space debris US and French defense chiefs plan to sign a space cooperation agreement on Tuesday designed to help track debris in outer space threatening vital satellites, officials told AFP. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  US Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Aircraft Completes Historic First Flight The Northrop Grumman -built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft has successfully completed its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Calif. ... more | .. |
  Surface Combat Systems Center Tests Aegis BMD Capabilities Surface Combat Systems Center tested the updated capabilities of the U.S. Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense(BMD), Jan. 22, launching a target vehicle from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility as ... more | .. |
  Integration Of First Complete Ground / Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) System Northrop Grumman has announced the integration of all subsystems of the AN/TPS-80 Ground / Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system. This first, complete G/ATOR system is currently undergoing s ... more |
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 Raytheon Team To Develop Tool To Reduce Radar Interference From Wind Farms Raytheon was selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop an advanced wind turbine modeling tool. The tool will provide an accurate assessment of the turbine's effects on radar sy ... more | .. |
Bat-winged drone bomber in test flight: US Navy A robotic, bat-winged bomber designed to take off from a US aircraft carrier has passed its first test in a debut flight in California, the US Navy said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Russia To Unveil New Air Defense System At Indian Air Show A Russian firm will disclose information about a new mobile short-range air defense system based on the Strelets launcher at the upcoming Aero India 2011 air show. "The [Kolomna-based] Enginee ... more | .. |
 Russia Tests Upgraded Mig Fighter Jet For India Russia's MiG corporation on Friday carried out the first test fight of a MiG-29 fighter modernized under a contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF). "On February 4, 2010, a MiG-29UPG fighter c ... 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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 Navy Test Pilot Completes First F-35 Flight After a series of extensive ground and simulator training events, Lt. Cmdr. Eric "Magic" Buus completed the first flight by a U.S. Navy test pilot Feb. 3, 2011. "The flight was very enjoyable ... more | .. |
  USAF Academy Successfully Harnesses Wave Energy Air Force Academy researchers have harnessed 99 percent of the energy in a simulated ocean wave, and are preparing to take their emerging technology to the next level. The energy research is p ... more | .. |
 DLR Develops A Fuel Cell-Powered Electric Nose Wheel For Commercial Aircraft Thanks to a fuel cell-powered electric nose wheel, aircraft will be able to save fuel while significantly reducing airport noise. A quiet and emission-free tarmac will be possible. After three ... more | .. |
  Engineers Grow Nanolasers On Silicon, Pave Way For On-Chip Photonics Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface, an achievement that could lead to a new class of faster, more efficient micr ... more |
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  In news push, AOL buys The Huffington Post AOL, the faded Internet star seeking to reinvent itself as a force in online news, announced Monday it is buying The Huffington Post, the fast-growing news and opinion website, for $315 million. ... more | .. |
 Capstone Turbine Receives Order For C200 Capstone Turbine has announced that it continues to broaden the application of its innovative C200 microturbines in the oil and gas industry with a recent order from a large natural gas and coal pro ... more | .. |
 New Technique Boosts High-Power Potential For Gallium Nitride Electronics Gallium nitride (GaN) material holds promise for emerging high-power devices that are more energy efficient than existing technologies - but these GaN devices traditionally break down when exposed t ... more | .. |
  China to explore N. Korean minerals: report North Korea will this month sign an agreement to allow Chinese companies to explore its potentially vast mineral wealth, a report said Sunday, as the poverty-stricken nation seeks to boost its economy. ... more |
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