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From Outer Sol To The Inner Rock Human Space Is GrowingSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 21, 2011 It's easy for a space enthusiast to feel depressed right now. The end of the Shuttle program is nigh. NASA seems neglected and directionless. Budgetary issues threaten spaceflight globally. But cheer up. There are plenty of interesting things happening in space right now, and more interesting things to come in the near future. With space launches happening every month, and so many active missions, nobody can claim to be a fan of everything. I have considered the things that I like the most, ... read more |
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 Planetary Exploration Suit Will Be Tested In Antarctica University of North Dakota aerospace engineer and researcher Pablo de Leon is part of a unique mission to test a UND planetary exploration suit - the NDX-1 - at a remote military base in Antarctica. ... more | .. |
  Thomas Reiter Appointed Director Of Human Spaceflight At ESA On 17 March 2011, Thomas Reiter, Executive Board Member responsible for Space Research and Technology at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), was appointed a ... more | .. |
  Gilat Announces New Military Modem For Robust Tactical Satcom-On-The-Move Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has introduced a new military satellite modem - the MLT-1000 - and was showcased for the first time at Satellite 2011 in Washington DC this week. MLT-1000 will pr ... more | .. |
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  European space missions in jeopardy European space scientists say they're rethinking potential space missions after learning NASA won't be contributing significant funding to any of their efforts. ... more | .. |
 Intelsat Picks MDA For Satellite Servicing Intelsat has announced that it has entered into an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA") for the servicing of Intelsat's on-orbit satellites via a space-based service vehic ... more | .. |
  Iran Sends Rocket, Capsule Into Space Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advan ... more | .. |
  When A Bus Becomes A Satellite Alphabus has met Alphasat. Europe's largest telecom satellite is taking shape with final assembly and testing ready to begin in Toulouse, France. Planned for launch in late 2012 on Ariane 5, Alphasa ... more |
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  SES And ILS Announce Launch Of SES-6 On ILS Proton In 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have announced the launch of SES-6 in 2013 on ILS Proton. SES-6 is the sixth mission under the SES Multi Launch Agreement (MLA) signed in June 2007 betwee ... more | .. |
  LockMart GPS III Team Completes Key Flight Software Milestone The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Position System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program's first major flight software integratio ... more | .. |
 SpaceX And SES Announce Satellite Launch Agreement As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and SES have announced an agreement to launch an SES satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket. ... more | .. |
 XTAR Awarded Bandwidth Contract from Intelsat General XTAR, LLC, the first U.S. commercial provider of services in the X-band frequency, has been awarded a bandwidth contract from Intelsat General Corporation. The multi-million dollar contract calls fo ... more |
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 ASC Signal to Demonstrate Next Gen Controller ASC Signal will demonstrate the enhanced capabilities of its Next Generation Controller (NGC) for satellite antenna systems at SATELLITE 2011 in Washington, D.C., March 15-17. The technical enhancem ... more | .. |
  X-37B - This Is Only A Test We are regularly warned on emergency speakers that an upcoming alarm signal is only a test. It's a necessary precaution to prevent panic. Some members of community need a similar heads-up about anot ... more | .. |
 AIAA To Host First Biennial Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat On Friday, March 18, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host its first biennial Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat. This inaugural event will brief Members of Con ... more | .. |
 EU e-waste recycling goals criticized Green groups in Europe say the European Union's new goals for dealing with the bloc's growing mountain of electronic waste are timid. ... more |
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How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes
Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US | .. |
 LockMary To Launch DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Earth Imaging Satellite Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin, has announced that it has been chosen by DigitalGlobe to launch that company's next-generation, high-res ... more | .. |
  Second And Third Flights Of X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completed Less than a month after completing the first flight of the U.S. Navy's X-47B UCAS-Demonstration aircraft, flight test engineers from Northrop Grumman and the Navy have successfully completed the air ... more | .. |
 First Flight For Thai Gripen The first flight on the morning of 15 March was completed by Squadron Commander Jackkrit Thammavichai, with Claes Wikstrom from the Swedish Air Force sitting in the rear seat of the Gripen D. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Completes Work On Upgraded Early Warning Radar In Greenland Raytheon has completed all system requirements and testing of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland. With this upgrade, the UEWR at Thule is ready to conduct the missile defe ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Ships First Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Fuselage Northrop Grumman completed the first of three fuselages for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program. The MQ-4C fus ... more | .. |
 PEO Ammo Picks Up 155mm Lightweight Howitzer Program The Program Executive Office for Ammunition has expanded to add towed artillery systems to the growing list of products that it manages for the military. On Jan. 20, Army Acquisition Executive ... more | .. |
 India: Arjun tank inducted, T-55 retiring After nearly four decades of policy, procurement and procrastination, India's indigenous Arjun main battle tank has been formally inducted into the Indian army's 75th Armored Regiment. ... more | .. |
 Modified X-51A Waverider Ready For Next Hypersonic Test Air Force engineers currently plan to fly the second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15. "We are proud of the first fligh ... 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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 Army Deploying 'Individual Gunshot Detector' U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan will begin receiving the first of more than 13,000 gunshot detection systems for the individual dismounted Soldier later this month, service officials said. "We ... more | .. |
 Iberia Converts Passenger Aircraft Into Mid-Air Refuelling Tanker Iberia has converted an Airbus A330-200 passenger airliner into a Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), equipped for mid-air refuelling. It was the first time such a complex task has been performed in ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Launches Integrated Assembly Line Northrop Grumman took a significant step in transitioning the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to full-rate production with the March 1 start-up of the company's integrated assembly line (IAL) in Palmdale. ... more | .. |
Russia's new secret weapon... inflatable tanks They may look like real tanks and missiles, but some of the weapons in Russia's arsenal may not all be what they seem. ... more |
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 Army Building New 'F' Model Kiowa Warrior The U.S. Army is beginning mission equipment upgrade modifications to its fleet of OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout aircraft in an effort to build a new, high-tech "F" model helicopter designed with improv ... more | .. |
 Pounding rain fuels radiation fears in Japan Driving rain on Monday disrupted rescue efforts in Japan and compounded the misery of disaster survivors now fearing radioactive fallout from the smouldering wreck of a nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
 Japan again detects abnormal radiation in food Japan has again detected "abnormal levels" of radiation in milk and spinach taken from areas near a quake-hit nuclear plant, government spokesman Yukio Edano said Sunday, urging consumers to stay calm. ... more | .. |
  IAEA sees 'some positive developments' at Fukushima The UN atomic watchdog Sunday noted "some positive developments" at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant over the past 24 hours, but warned that the crisis there remained serious. ... more |
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