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Gagarin's 108 minute voyage to immortalityMoscow (AFP) April 7, 2011 Let's go!" With these words Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 blasted-off on the Vostok rocket that took him into orbit as the first man in space. There was no countdown, American-style, at the Baikonur cosmodrome, just tense exchanges between Gagarin and the father of the Soviet space programme, Sergei Korolev, that occasionally lapsed into banter to break the tension. Here is a chronology of the extraordinary days in April 1961 and moments on April 12 that saw the Soviet Union write a new chapter ... read more |
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 Proud Russia marks 50 years since Gagarin triumph Half a century ago, a Russian carpenter's son named Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, carving an indelible mark in human history and scoring the greatest Soviet Cold War success. ... more | .. |
 Russian Space Agency Events Unchanged As Chief's Retirement Announced Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said on Wednesday the agency's scheduled events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's historic first space flight will go ahead as pl ... more | .. |
  Key dates in the history of space exploration Following are key dates in the history of space travel and exploration, 50 years after Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first man in space: ... more | .. |
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 Spaceship 'Gagarin' docks with ISS A Soyuz craft carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday docked with the International Space Station, ahead of celebrations marking half a century since Yuri Gagarin's trail-blazing flight. ... more | .. |
  EADS North America Expands Space And Related Product Activities In USA EADS North America announced that it has further integrated and expanded the company's Space and related product activities in the U.S., supporting government agencies, private sector customers and ... more | .. |
 Goodrich To Showcase Advanced Space Systems At The National Space Symposium Goodrich at next week's National Space Symposium will showcase mission-critical space technology and electronics that supports space launch vehicles and satellites. The National Space Symposium take ... more | .. |
 Deep-Space Travel Could Create Heart Woes For Astronauts Astronauts anticipate more trips to the moon and manned missions to Mars. But exposure to cosmic radiation outside the Earth's magnetic field could be detrimental to their arteries, according to a s ... more |
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 Gagarin, a poster boy for Soviet space travel The first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, a carpenter's son with a military bearing and an easy smile, was the ideal candidate for the Soviet authorities to send on the pioneering flight. ... more | .. |
 New heights for Australian beer lovers The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian scientists are at work on the critical question - what makes a top zero-gravity beer? ... more | .. |
  Britain orders 1,000 Thales LMM missiles In a bid to arm its incoming AgustaWestland Lynx Wildcat helicopters, Britain has become the first customer for a new multi-role missile developed by Thales UK. ... more | .. |
  Micro Aircraft IMPULLS Improves Avionic Systems And Sensors A novel test aircraft of the TU Muenchen successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday at the airfield of the MFC Red Baron near Heimstetten. The micro aircraft christened "IMPULLS" (Innovative ... more |
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  Getting Closer To Mars Sending astronauts to Mars has been the ultimate objective of human spaceflight. But it's always been elusive. We started the space age with the knowledge that it would require a lot of preparation, ... more | .. |
 A New Space Policy For Europe Improving the safety and daily lives of European citizens thanks to radio navigation, guiding tractors by satellite for high-yield crops, optimizing response to humanitarian crisis... This is not sc ... more | .. |
 The Benefits Of Space Exploration The dawning of the space age opened our eyes to the universe and the planet we inhabit, and the ability of humankind to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere triggered a revolution in science - on this ... more | .. |
  Jugnu Set To Go Into Space In June Jugnu, the satellite being developed by IIT-Kanpur, will be launched from Srihari Kota in June. IIT-K director SG Dhande said that ISRO officials, who came to the institute a month back, had evaluat ... more |
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Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US | .. |
 Space Programs Can Improve Regional Stability And Prosperity Commercial opportunities along with military and humanitarian demands driving the need for sustainable space and satellite programmes across the Middle East will be in focus at the Global Space and ... more | .. |
 Life And Physical Sciences Research Program Helps Human Space Missions By elevating its life and physical sciences research program, NASA could achieve the biological understanding and technical breakthroughs needed to allow humans to be sent deeper into space, includi ... more | .. |
 Mitsubishi Electric's ST-2 Satellite Arrives In French Guiana A milestone telecommunications satellite has been delivered to the Spaceport in French Guiana for Arianespace's Ariane 5 VA202 heavy-lift mission, which will be performed as part of the company's bu ... more | .. |
 Branson unveils 'flying' sub to plumb ocean depths British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled plans Tuesday to pilot a "flying" mini-submarine down to the furthest depths of the oceans, in his latest record-breaking adventure. ... more |
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Russian space chief to step down: deputy PM The head of Russia's space agency is to step down after seven years in the job, a deputy prime minister announced Wednesday, after a string of problems and launch delays angered top officials. ... more | .. |
 SLAMRAAM Intercepts Targets In Two Test Firings Raytheon's SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) system successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle target and intercepted a cruise missile target at White Sands ... more | .. |
  Israeli system intercepts Gaza rocket for first time Israel's Iron Dome short-range missile defence system shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the first time such an interceptor has been deployed anywhere. ... more | .. |
 Netanyahu praises Israeli system intercepting Gaza rocket Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday praised the Iron Dome short-range missile interceptor system that brought down a Gaza rocket aimed at his country earlier on the same day. ... more |
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 Taiwan inaugurates missile ships amid buildup vow Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou inaugurated a squadron of missile boats Thursday as he pledged to continue the island's military buildup to offset the perceived military threat from China. ... more | .. |
  F-35C CF-1 Catapult Hookup Navy F-35 flight test aircraft CF-1 approaches the TC-7 catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 22. With U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt "Opie" Taylor at the controls, CF-1 com ... more | .. |
  Cobra Judy Replacement Team Completes Radar Delivery Milestone Raytheon and Northrop Grumman recently completed a significant milestone for the Cobra Judy Replacement program. The CJR S-band active phased-array antenna was successfully delivered to the CJR inte ... more | .. |
 Pilots dead in California F/A-18 fighter crash: report A US F/A-18 fighter jet crashed Wednesday in California near a naval air base, killing its two pilots, The Los Angeles Times reported. ... more |
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 South African Rooivalk Handed Over To SAAF The upgraded Rooivalk combat support helicopter has been handed over to the South African Air Force for operational duties. The helicopter, designed and manufactured in South Africa, was received by ... more | .. |
  Preparations Underway As US Army Gears Up For Large-Scale Network Evaluations As preparations for the Army's Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) kick into high gear, Soldiers, engineers, combat developers and test officials are joining forces at Fort Bliss, Texas, and White ... more | .. |
 Argon ST Awarded Joint Precision Air Drop System Ultra Light Weight Contract Argon ST and teammate Atair Aerospace, Inc (Atair) have announced that they have received a $45,000,000 not-to-exceed ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for t ... more | .. |
  iRobot Delivers More Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles iRobot has announced that the U.S. Army plans to procure two additional low-rate initial production brigade sets of model 320 SUGVs. The Defense Acquisition Board formalized its approval to pu ... more |
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