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A Reusable Manned Deep - Space CraftBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 Almost a year after Launchspace contributing editors suggested an exploration vehicle that would take crews from low Earth orbit to many solar system destinations such as asteroids and lunar circumnavigation, NASA has come up with NAUTILUS-X, which stands for Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy US space eXploration. The suggested NASA version is a tubular-looking spacecraft that could serve as a reusable vehicle, holding a crew of six and enough supplies for a two-year expedit ... read more |
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  Galileo Labs: Better Positioning With Concept Final burst for the European satellite navigation system Galileo - the first satellites are to be in position in the year 2012 and start their work. Fraunhofer Galileo Labs are showcasing the first ... more | .. |
  Research Across The Universe Spans Multibillion-Dollar Industry At Home Scientists are spending scarce government money to study mysterious black stripes in the rainbow of light given off by celestial objects millions of light-years across the universe. There is no prac ... more | .. |
  Devising A New Way To Inspect Materials Used In Airplanes In recent years, many airplane manufacturers have started building their planes from advanced composite materials, which consist of high-strength fibers, such as carbon or glass, embedded in a plast ... more | .. |
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 GPS Study Shows Wolves More Reliant On A Cattle Diet Cattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part of their diets. ... more | .. |
 Yahsat Y1A Set For Launch The Yahsat Y1A satellite, which was designed and built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, has been fully fuelled and integrated with the Ariane 5 launch vehicle at the European spaceport in French ... more | .. |
  Next Ariane 5 Mission Ready For March 30 Liftoff Arianespace's second Ariane 5 mission of 2011 has been given the green light for its March 30 liftoff with the Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn satellites, clearing the way for this heavy-lift vehic ... more | .. |
  SSTL Welcomes The Chancellor'S National Space Technology Program British pioneer of small satellites, SSTL, has welcomed the UK Chancellor George Osborne's announcement of a new 10m pounds National Space Technology Program and changes to export regulations and UK ... more |
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  NASA computer servers vulnerable to attack: audit NASA's inspector general warned Monday that computer servers used by the US space agency to control spacecraft were vulnerable to cyber attack through the Internet. ... more | .. |
  Soviet Space Program: Myth And Reality A book about the Soviet space exploration program is coming out in Britain, telling of the Soviet space research effort and the cost at which these successes were achieved. Judging by newspaper repo ... more | .. |
 Compact-Sized GLONASS/GPS Receiver SkyTraq introduces a compact 25mmx25mm, high-performance low-power GLONASS/GPS receiver. It is compatible to a popular 25mmx25mm-sized GPS receiver model, user can use it as direct drop-in rep ... more | .. |
 Another Ariane 5 Completes Its Initial Build-Up At The Spaceport Initial assembly has been completed for the Ariane 5 launcher that will orbit a dual-satellite payload of the ST-2 and GSAT-8 satellites on Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission of 2011 from the Sp ... more |
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  KIKU 8 Support Disaster Communications Measures Across Tohoku Quake Zone The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began a satellite communication connection using the Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No. 8" (ETS-VIII) to support disaster measures following the ... more | .. |
 NASA Makes Selection For Integrated Communications Services NASA selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract. SAIC will provide managerial and technical ... more | .. |
 First Student-Developed Mission In Which Satellites Orbit And Communicate Led By UT Students Two satellites designed and constructed by students at the Cockrell School of Engineering successfully separated in space March 22, completing the most crucial goal of the mission since its Nov. 19 ... more | .. |
 Russia, Israel Agree On Cooperation In Outer Space The space agencies of Russia and Israel have signed an agreement on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space, the press office of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said on Sund ... 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 | .. |
 None Of Our Officials Decided Spectrum Lease To Devas: ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation has said none of its official or anyone from Antrix Corporation or Space department was involved in the decision to lease precious S-band spectrum to Devas Multime ... more | .. |
 Space Program Can Help Realise Sustainable Development: PM India's space program has a vital role in realising sustainable development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday, asking the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to give priority to tel ... more | .. |
  Light Technology Reduces Painful Side Effects Of Radiation and Chemotherapy A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in ... more | .. |
 Study: Supernovas source of cosmic rays? U.S. astronomers say a pattern of X-ray "stripes" in the remnant of a supernova explosion could explain the source of cosmic rays. ... more |
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 Russia's New Angara Rockets To Be Test Launched Before 2014 Test launches of Russia's new generation Angara booster rockets will begin no later than 2013, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. Alexei Zolotukhin said work to build on-ground inf ... more | .. |
 China rockets to second in science publications China has rocketed into second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines, according to a report released Monday by the Royal Society in London. ... more | .. |
 Class Of 4000 Children: Trained Like Astronauts, Finishing Their Mission After eight weeks of exercises and classroom activities, 4000 children from more than 25 cities worldwide are about to conclude their 'Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut' challenge that promotes hea ... more | .. |
  Hylas-1 Ready For Service It's all systems go for Hylas-1, the first satellite created specifically to deliver broadband access to European consumers. Since its launch in November, Hylas has performed well throughout its tes ... 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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 Beginning Of Era Of Manned Spaceflight April 12, 1961 - 50 years ago engineering genius of S.P.Korolev blazed the trail into space for the Earth civilization by ushering in manned spaceflight. The flight into low-Earth orbit of Vostok sp ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Appoints David Ryan VP/GM Intelligence Systems Division Northrop Grumman has named David Ryan vice president and general manager of its Intelligence Systems Division, one of five divisions within the company's Information Systems sector. He reports to Li ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Appoints Kathy Warden VP/GM Cyber Intelligence Division Northrop Grumman has named Kathy Warden vice president and general manager of its Cyber Intelligence Division, one of five divisions within the company's Information Systems sector. The sector recen ... more | .. |
  Israel deploys 'Iron Dome' anti-rocket system Israel on Sunday stationed the first batteries of its "Iron Dome" short-range missile defence system in the south of the country, but stressed the initial deployment was experimental. ... more |
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 LockMart Huntsville Integrated Test Center To Support For Missile Defense Lockheed Martin held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Huntsville Integrated Test (HIT) Center in Huntsville, Ala. The Lockheed Martin HIT Center will enable cost-effective and realistic testing of ... more | .. |
  LockMart Delivers 8,000th Combat Computing Unit To US Navy Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy's commissio ... more | .. |
  Multipurpose HELLFIRE II 'Romeo' Strikes Target The U.S. Army's Joint Attack Munition Systems (JAMS) Project Office and Lockheed Martin successfully fired a multipurpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II "Romeo" missile with a live warhead and penetrated a br ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Submits Final Proposal For NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Northrop Grumman submitted its final proposal last week for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) core capability - a trans-Atlantic cooperation that will meet the security challenges of the 2 ... more |
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