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Arianespace Flight VA201: Interruption Of The CountdownKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 01, 2011 In the last seconds of Ariane Flight VA201's launch countdown as the Vulcain cryogenic main stage engine was being ignited, the checkout process detected an anomaly on the launcher, interrupting the final countdown. The Ariane 5 launcher and payload immediately switched to a safe mode. Data analysis is underway to determine the cause of the anomaly, and in parallel, the launcher will be transferred to the Final Assembly Building - where it will be returned to a flight-ready condition. ... read more |
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  Witnesses Say Future Of NASA Human Space Flight Is Uncertain today, in a hearing of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, witnesses expressed serious concern about the lack of clear focus by the Administration on NASA's transition from the Space Shuttle ... more | .. |
  Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft ASTRA investigates new technologies for making low cost observations of the physical parameters of the atmosphere. We develop and test platforms capable of delivering scientific instruments to altit ... more | .. |
  Raven Industries Manufactured Balloon Sets Records On March 4, 2011, a Raven Aerostar designed and manufactured Zero Pressure Balloon, flown by Cornell University graduate students, broke the world Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning records for ... more | .. |
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  Antonio Tajani To Visit ESA/ESRIN Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship, is to visit ESA's ESRIN Establishment in Frascati near Rome on Monday 4 April. During ... more | .. |
  MSUA Honors KVH For Innovation In Satellite Communication In 2007, KVH Industries unveiled a revolutionary approach to satellite communications with the introduction of its mini-VSAT Broadband SM network and compact TracPhone V7 hardware. This breakt ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
  TEXUS 49 Lifts Off With Four German Experiments On Board 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 exp ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 3-D system guides helicopter brownout Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory has showcased leading technology that helps helicopters land safely in sandy and dusty destinations, including Afghanistan. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  LockMart Awarded THAAD Production Contract Lockheed Martin has received a production contract totaling $789.8 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency. The contract ... more | .. |
  LockMart Rolls Out First Special Operations MC-130J Combat Shadow II Lockheed Martin rolled out the first aircraft in a new fleet of MC-130J Combat Shadow IIs for the U.S. Air Force's Special Operations Command (AFSOC) during a ceremony. Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurs ... 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 | .. |
 S. American security firms heavily armed Private security firms in Latin America are the most armed with the largest weapons arsenals in that category of security industry companies worldwide, a new survey report said. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  Japan says no need to evacuate village near nuclear plant Japan's nuclear safety agency said Thursday there is no need to evacuate a village 40 km (25 miles) from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after the UN nuclear watchdog voiced concern. ... more | .. |
 Hundreds of bodies in Japan nuclear exclusion zone: report Up to 1,000 bodies of victims of Japan's quake and tsunami remain uncollected in the exclusion zone around a stricken nuclear plant because of radiation fears, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant's disaster plan inadequate: report Disaster plans at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant appear woefully inadequate, including only one satellite phone and a single stretcher in case of an accident, a report said Thursday. ... 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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 Japan nuclear refugees feel 'betrayed' Refugees who fled Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors say they have been betrayed by the company that runs them, accusing embattled operator TEPCO of creating a "man-made disaster". ... more | .. |
 Radiation in sea off Japan nuclear plant 4,385 times limit The level of radioactive iodine in the sea off Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant has soared to its highest reading yet at 4,385 times the legal limit, the plant operator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 $850 million void in Chernobyl sarcophagus project: official The project to build a new sarcophagus over the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor lacks some 600 million euros of the 1.5 billion needed, a Ukrainian official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Japan's nuclear crisis threatens global supply chain A widening nuclear crisis that has already forced some shipping firms to avoid Japan's key ports and sea lanes, could upset the global supply chain and hamper the nation's recovery, analysts say. ... more |
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 Japan disasters could send gadget prices higher Disaster-hit Japan churns out many of the world's smartphones, video cameras and other gadgets and while sales are not expected to suffer around the globe, industry analysts expect prices to rise. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima a threat to Pacific people? Radioactivity unleashed by the Japanese Fukushima reactor into the Pacific Ocean endangers the livelihoods of millions of people, a German aid group warned. ... more | .. |
  France, US call for flexible exchange rates at G20 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate regimes as G20 nations met on global monetary reform in China. ... more | .. |
  Zite news app accused of copyright infringement The Washington Post, Dow Jones, Time Inc. and other news organizations have accused iPad news reader Zite of copyright infringement and told the Canadian startup to stop displaying their articles. ... more |
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