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In Historic First, Three Scientists To Fly On Commercial SpacecraftWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 Three scientists, including a former NASA executive, will become some of the first scientists to fly on a commercial spacecraft - and they will fly multiple times - under the terms of two funded agreements announced between the nonprofit Southwest Research Institute and two commercial spacecraft providers, Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace. The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a nonprofit research institute with annual revenue exceeding $500 million, will purchase a total of 8 to 17 scientifi ... read more |
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 Space Elevator: Science Fact Or Science Fiction A space elevator is a concept that promises to permit launching spacecraft into orbit without the use of a launch vehicle. In theory, it is a structure that can transport objects from the Earth's su ... more | .. |
 XCOR Announces Global Network At the commencement of the 2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) being held in Orlando, Florida, XCOR Aerospace announced its initial team of suborbital payload integration s ... more | .. |
  Deutsche Telekom And SES ASTRA Cooperate In Combined Satellite-DSL Offer SES ASTRA has announced a cooperation with Deutsche Telekom in Germany to combine ASTRA`s broad satellite free-TV offer including HD+ with Deutsche Telekom`s IPTV product Entertain. The offer ... more | .. |
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 Aspiring Students Shoot For The Stars Three University of Central Florida undergraduate students are getting the opportunity of a lifetime - building an experiment that is scheduled to launch into space in late 2011 or 2012. "It w ... more | .. |
  Minister Attacks Russian Space Agency Over Failure To Build New Spacecraft Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov accused Russian space agency Roscosmos of failing to manufacture enough advanced spacecraft. "We failed to make progress in the construction of new spacecra ... more | .. |
  GLONASS System Starts Operation On Vladivostok Municipal Transport The GLONASS satellite communications system on Monday started operation on Vladivostok's municipal transport. The satellite equipment is installed in all 78 Vladivostok municipal buses, trolleybuses ... more | .. |
  Good Progress On Troubleshooting Orbital Sciences and NASA engineers are making good progress in troubleshooting the ground support equipment issue that caused the postponement of the Glory launch on Feb. 23. Launch will be no earl ... more |
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 Russia's Space Program Suffers Setback In 2010 Russia failed to develop its new space systems by timetable last year, but left more to be desired, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Monday. "We failed to change the s ... more | .. |
 US astronauts to 'bottle' space for Japan Two American astronauts began on Monday the first of two spacewalks to install a permanent spare closet on the orbiting International Space Station and also to bottle some outer space for Japan. ... more | .. |
 Russia slams 'childish' space agency errors Russian space agency Roskosmos has committed "childish" errors and failed to build enough spacecraft, the government said Monday in an unprecedented rebuke to the Russian equivalent of NASA. ... more | .. |
 Brazil, U.S. IT majors in joint venture U.S. technology leader Communications Test Design and Brazil's Network UNO are pooling their expertise and resources to explore the burgeoning communications and information technology markets in Latin America. ... more |
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  ONR Moves A Modular Space Communications Asset Into Unmanned Aircraft For Marines Successfully taking a small radio receiver intended for space applications and creating a full-featured radio frequency system, initially designed for a Marine Corps unmanned aircraft, would not hav ... more | .. |
  ISRO Tests Rocket Motor, Delays Satellite Launch After 16 successful launches of its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the last 17 years, the Indian space agency is now testing a key component to re-qualify its on-flight pe ... more | .. |
 Mid East At Forefront Of $7.5 Billion Space Tourism Industry Space and satellite forum to highlight regional business opportunities for private and public sector investors - tourists will fly into space for $25,000 by 2030 The plethora of opportunities for p ... more | .. |
 Four Candidates Selected For ESA's Cosmic Vision Looking ahead to the next decade of scientific exploration, ESA selected Friday four candidates for a medium-class mission that will launch in the period 2020-22. The candidates cover very different ... more |
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Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US | .. |
 Staten Island Man Now Safe At Home Thanks To EmSeeQ Locator Device A 67-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease is now safely back at home with his wife after wandering outside in near-freezing temperatures thanks to the quick action of the New York Police Department ... more | .. |
 400th Chop Shop In Southern California Foiled By LoJack Within three minutes of activation, Long Beach, CA Police Department officers and detectives began receiving a silent LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System signal, which enabled them to track and re ... more | .. |
 Lynden Transport Expands Service To And From Oklahoma And North Dakota In response to customer and industry demand, Lynden Transport is offering new scheduled Less-than-Truckload (LTL) service to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Starting March 1, Lynden Transport trucks will ... more | .. |
 Retail Mobile Systems Easily Tricked Mobile retail check-in company Shopkick, which argued to retailers that only its mobile system could make sure that customers "are actually present within their store," is getting hit by fraudsters ... more |
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 ZST Digital Networks Signs Agreement To Develop City-Wide GPS Platform ZST Digital Networks has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Road Transportation Department of Shangqiu City, a city with over eight million residents in eastern Henan Province, ... more | .. |
 MatchMaker OCR Solution By APS Technology Receives Patent APS Technology Group has announced the US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for the identification process surrounding its MatchMaker OCR solution for container terminal t ... more | .. |
 NASA chief tech says 'decade' for shuttle replacement Once the US space shuttle program closes, it will be about a decade before America can make a new vehicle for sending astronauts to space, NASA's chief technologist predicts. ... more | .. |
 Russia, Israel Eye Joint Development Of Communication Satellites Russia and Israel have set up a joint group that would focus on the development of communications satellites, local media reported Friday. "We will consider the options of making several commu ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
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 Russia launches key satellite on second attempt Russia on Saturday successfully launched a satellite vital to the deployment of its own navigation system after the failure of an earlier attempt prompted the Kremlin to sack two top space officials. ... more | .. |
 The First Stage Of Project On Mes-System Mcis Fulfilled The pilot project of a manufacturing execution system implementation specially developed by Siemens AG for discrete manufacture has come closer to its basic operating stage by breadboard model deliv ... more | .. |
 Russia Grounds Launches Of Rokot Carrier Rocket Russian Space Forces have grounded launches of Rokot light-class carrier rocket after its failed launch with military satellite Geo-IK-2, local reports said on Monday. The launches have to be ... more | .. |
German tech sector bullish before giant IT fair Germany's high-tech sector is expected to register solid growth this year and next, creating thousands of jobs, its chief lobby group said Monday ahead of the giant CeBIT trade fair. ... more |
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 Ministerial Panel Deliberates Google's Planned Launch Of Street View A Israeli ministerial team headed by Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister Dan Meridor on Monday discussed Google Street View, which is due to be operated in Israel in the near future. Exper ... more | .. |
 NASA Readies For World's Largest Can Crusher Test Place a soda can on the floor in an upright position and then stand on it - gradually applying weight - until the can ripples and collapses. It's similar to what a team of NASA engineers will ... more | .. |
 LockMart Wins Role On Navy C4ISR Services Contract The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) selected Lockheed Martin as one of four companies that will compete for task orders to enhance situational awareness on U.S. Navy ships, sub ... more | .. |
  Ukraine's Role In European Missile Defense Not Yet Discussed It is too early yet to speak of Ukraine's participation in building the European missile defense system, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Ukraine's Channel 5. Kiev and NATO di ... more |
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