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US Leaves Space For RussiaMoscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 11, 2011 By the end of this year, NASA will no longer be able to send humans into space. According to Barack Obama's plan, responsibility will go to private companies, which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. "They know they have a big step to take if they are going to put humans into space... They have a lot of work to do," says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams. No one can say for sure when the private American companies will come up with a new spaceship. ... read more |
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  Asia's star ever brighter in space Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes. ... more | .. |
 Gagarin anniversary: Are manned missions a waste of space? On Tuesday, the world will be awash with talk of courage and vision as it looks back on 50 years of manned space flight, a trail blazed by Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute trip around the planet. ... more | .. |
 Spacelinq The First European Space Liner Dutch initiative SpaceLinq announces that it will operate as Europe's first spaceflight operator from within Holland's territory. Lelystad Airport is the proposed home base for the future EU Spacepo ... more | .. |
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  Putin Touts Russia's Growing Investment In Space Programs The Russian government earmarked about 200 billion rubles ($7 billion) in funding for space programs in 2010-11, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "In the far-from-easy post-cris ... more | .. |
 UN Declares April 12 As International Day Of Human Space Flight The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution at a special session on Thursday declaring April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight. The resolution was initiated by Russia, which c ... more | .. |
  Russia Looks To Grab Half Of World Space Launch Market Russia needs to increase its presence on the global space market and increase its share of launches from 40% to 50%, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "Our country presently prov ... more | .. |
Time and space: Gagarin flight broke psychological barriers Viewed at the time through the narrow lens of Cold War rivalry, Yuri Gagarin's flight is now seen in a wider angle as forcing mankind to look beyond nationalism and at its own place in the cosmos. ... more |
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  GPS to protect Bulgarian locomotives from fuel thefts Bulgaria's national railway company will track its diesel locomotives via GPS from now on to combat increasing thefts of fuel, Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov said Friday. ... more | .. |
50 years after Gagarin, US space flight sputters Fifty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, the US space shuttle program is winding down leaving former rival Russia as the only nation able to carry astronauts into orbit. ... more | .. |
Russia seeks to regain Gagarin spirit in space Fifty years after Yuri Gagarin's historic flight, Russia still prides itself on launching more satellites than anyone else and will soon have full responsibility for taking Americans into space. ... more | .. |
 Russia sheds light on Gagarin death mystery Russia on Friday declassified documents that shed light on Yuri Gagarin's mysterious death in a training flight in 1968, saying his jet likely manoeuvred sharply to avoid a weather balloon. ... more |
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
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 Heavenly gadgets: Spinoffs from space programmes What do ceramic teeth braces, artificial hearts, airbags, insulin pumps and Olympics-calibre swimsuits have in common? ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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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 Gagarin's 108 minute voyage to immortality 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. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
Russia to honour first man in space Gagarin Russia will on Tuesday fete the memory of first man in space Yuri Gagarin whose pioneering mission remains the crowning accomplishment of its space programme and a major source of national pride. ... more |
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High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics
New design strategy boosts lithium alloy electrodes for solid-state batteries
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China launches navigation satellite China on Sunday launched its eighth satellite orbiter as part of its navigation and positioning network, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  SLAMRAAM Successfully 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 | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Awarded $43.3 Million Contract For Concept Definition Of Standard Missile-3 Block IIB Lockheed Martin has announced that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded it a $43.3 million contract for concept definition and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB (SM-3 IIB) ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Awarded $42 Million For Next-Generation Standard Missile-3 Interceptor Raytheon has been awarded $42 million for the initial concept development and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB, which is the Missile Defense Agency's next-generation Aegis missi ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Navigation Capabilities Exceed Requirements For Automated Aerial Refueling Northrop Grumman's Relative Navigation system exceeded accuracy requirements during recent flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program. The tes ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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