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Tugboats in SpaceSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 26, 2011 Rendezvous and docking in orbit is tricky. Take a huge, complex target like the International Space Station, and the task becomes even trickier. The problems of getting spacecraft to dock with ISS has been highlighted often in recent years. There are issues with the reliability of new or modified vehicles, as well as traffic control problems with the Shuttle and other spacecraft going to ISS at the same time. It's ironic. We've been doing rendezvous and docking for decades, but it now seems more difficult than ever. There are two ways of getting a spacecraft to the ISS - a controlled docking with one of the station's ports - or the "valet parking" model where you stop close by the station before being captured with a robot arm. ... read more |
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  Kazakhstan Open To Discuss Turning Baikonur Space Center Into JSC Kazakhstan is ready to consider Russia's proposal of converting the Baikonur Space Center into a joint-stock company with Russia as a major shareholder, Kazakh chief Talgat Musabayev said on Tuesday ... more | .. |
 T-38s Soar as Spaceflight Trainers Years before the space shuttle would glide home to a safe touchdown on runways in California and Florida, astronauts pitched the noses of T-38 jet trainers toward the same runways to find out what i ... more | .. |
  Far Sighted Space Technology Finds Practical Uses On Earth Technology developed for space missions to study the most distant objects in the Universe is now finding a host of practical applications back on Earth. QMC Instruments Ltd., in partnership with the ... more | .. |
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  GSAT-8 put through its paces The Indian GSAT-8 multi-role spacecraft for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is undergoing an in-depth checkout at the Spaceport in French Guiana in preparation for its liftoff on May 19. G ... more | .. |
 Call for Sustainable Use of Outer Space by SWF President An international forum is saluting the 50th anniversary of the first human to orbit the Earth - but also calling attention to concerns regarding the secure and sustainable uses of outer space. ... more | .. |
  Russia To Develop New Space Rocket By 2015 Russia is planning to develop a new carrier rocket by 2015 while continuing the work on the Angara family of space boosters, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. The Rus-M carrier ... more | .. |
  First Comprehensive Measurement Of Truck Movements At Californian Ports PierPass and Ability/Tri-Modal Transportation Services has released the results of a study that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking to provide a common language and set of facts that the p ... more |
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 Why The PND Market Faces A 50 Percent Decline The PND (Personal Navigation Device) market is forecast to continue on a downward spiral over the coming years unless PND OEMs make radical changes. In a new study, "Personal Navigation Device ... more | .. |
 ExxonMobil Introduces Android Station Locator App ExxonMobil is launching its latest in mobile technology - the Exxon Mobil Fuel Finder application for Android. The application gives real-time maps, driving directions, and station information for n ... more | .. |
 Handheld Group Wins Large Public Transportation Tender For Rugged PDAs The has been awarded the contract to supply the Netherlands Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS) with more than 10,000 rugged Nautiz handhelds, 6,000 of which will be the Nautiz eTicket Pro, contai ... more | .. |
 GPS IIF Satellite Delivered to Cape Canaveral Officials from Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center announced the delivery of the second in the series of twelve GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla ... more |
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 Topcon First Major Company To Track New GLONASS K1 Satellite Signals Within an hour of the first signal emanating from the new GLONASS K1 satellite on April 7, Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) engineers were tracking the satellite's L1 and L2 signals. TPS receivers t ... more | .. |
 S. Korea probes Apple about tracking feature South Korea's telecoms regulator said Monday it had launched an inquiry into Apple to see whether the US giant's collection of location data from its iPhone and iPad users violates privacy rules. ... more | .. |
 SecuraPets Introduces Better Way To Find Lost Pets According to the ASPCA, about 5 to 7 million companion animals enter shelters every year. But, the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy states that less than 2 percent of cats and onl ... more | .. |
 More Than Two Million First Orbits Since its release on 12 April, the film recreating Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight has been seen almost 2.6 million times. Much of the footage was shot aboard the Space Station by ESA astronaut Pao ... 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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 SpaceX Wins NASA Contract To Complete Development Of Successor To Space Shuttle NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) $75 million to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that will enable the company's Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts. The Congres ... more | .. |
 Space Systems/Loral Announces Early Delivery Of Telstar 14R Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 was delivered ahead of schedule for the start of its launch campaign. The satellite, designed and built for Telesat, one of ... more | .. |
 A New Dawn For Africa's Communications Infrastructure Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, reports that Arianespace has successfully launched the Intelsat New Dawn satellite. The Ariane 5 vehicle lifted off from Kour ... more | .. |
 Ariane Ariane 5 enjoys second successful launch for 2011 An Ariane 5 launcher has lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn, into their planned transfer ... more |
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 Russia may launch light Soyuz carrier rocket by 2012 Russia will be ready to launch a light version of a Soyuz carrier rocket by 2012, commander of the Russian Space Forces Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday. The Soyuz 2-1V launch vehicle, also kno ... more | .. |
 Weak Russian component downed Indian rocket Says Ex-ISRO chief The destruction of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in mid air in 2010 was due to an inherent weakness in a component in the Russian supplied cryogenic engine. "We did se ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Standard Missile-6 To US Navy Raytheon delivered the first Standard Missile-6 production round to the U.S. Navy. "Five years ago, Raytheon promised the U.S. Navy that SM-6 would be delivered in March 2011, and we delivered on th ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Begins Testing New Multi-Function Active Sensor Northrop Grumman has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ... more | .. |
 Britain's SAS faces recruitment crisis: military chief Britain's elite SAS is facing a recruitment crisis because the army is so overstretched that soldiers do not have time to prepare for the gruelling selection process, a senior officer warned on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Integration of MONAX Communications System with Air Force Base Network Military commanders may soon have the ability to access the full range of smartphone applications anywhere on their installations with the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) MONAX 3G wireless communication ... more | .. |
 U.S. Army Awards Raytheon $173 Million Contract for Excalibur Raytheon has received a $173 million U.S. Army fiscal year 2010 contract for the production of Excalibur precision-guided projectile rounds for in-theater use. This contract marks the beginning of f ... more |
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  Anti-nuclear protesters in France, Germany mark Chernobyl Anti-nuclear activists in France and Germany staged mass protests Monday to demand reactors be closed on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl and after Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident. ... more | .. |
 Chernobyl 'liquidators' lament poor treatment Veterans of the clean-up after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster received medals Monday from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev but complained of shoddy treatment by the state since their heroism. ... more | .. |
 Telling truth main lesson of Chernobyl, Fukushima: Medvedev The main lesson of Chernobyl and Fukushima is that authorities must tell the truth, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Chernobyl pilots knew risks: commander The pilots who flew over Chernobyl to limit the danger from the destroyed reactor were aware of the risks despite huge radiation doses and inadequate safety precautions, their commander said Monday. ... more |
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