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TEXUS 49 Lifts Off With Four German Experiments On BoardEsrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 30, 2011 The TEXUS 49 sounding rocket lifted off from the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna in northern Sweden on 29 March 2011 at 06.01 CET. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) rocket, carrying four German experiments for medical and materials research, reached an altitude of 268 kilometres. The experiments were subjected to close to six minutes of microgravity during the twenty-minute long flight before the payloads were parachuted back to Earth, as scheduled. b>Alloys in microgravity br> /b> TEXUS' main ... read more |
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  Student Teams Selected For 'Fly Your Thesis!' 2012 Four teams of university students have been selected to conduct their experiments in a series of parabolic microgravity flights on the Airbus A300 Zero-G aircraft. The research ranges from helping r ... more | .. |
  Future Engineers Unite At Robotics Competition The 20th season of the Los Angeles regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, held at the Long Beach Convention Center, March 25 and 26, proved ... more | .. |
  China set to outstrip US in science research output China has shot to second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines and in a few years will take the top spot from the United States, according to a new report. ... more | .. |
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  Northrop Grumman Makes Two Appointments To Space Systems Division Northrop Grumman has named Jeffrey D. Grant vice president and general manager of the Space Systems Division of the Aerospace Systems sector. In addition, Robert V. Burke has been named vice preside ... more | .. |
 A Reusable Manned Deep - Space Craft 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 circumn ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
 Israel to deploy 'Iron Dome' anti-rocket system Israel will deploy its "Iron Dome" multi-million-dollar missile defence system in southern Israel for the first time next week in the wake of rocket attacks from Gaza, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Ballistic helmet offers tougher shield A new ballistic helmet made by an Arizona firm is being marketed as the toughest to emerge on the market, offering unprecedented protection against gunfire. ... more |
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