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China to attempt first space rendezvousBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2011 China will attempt its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, the first step in efforts to build a Chinese space station, a senior official said Friday. Yang Liwei detailed the next stages of China's human spaceflight programme during a press visit to Space City in Beijing, a research and training centre normally closed to the public. "Our next goal is to realise a space docking of two vehicles during the second half of 2011," said Yang, whose journey into space in 2003 mad ... read more |
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  US seeks changes in India's DTH satellite policy The US has said it will ''encourage'' India to change its policies which give exclusive rights to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for selling the satellite capacity to the lucrative di ... more | .. |
  Putin fires Russia space chief after mishaps Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday fired the Russian space agency chief after a series of high-profile setbacks cast a shadow on the 50th anniversary year of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight. ... more | .. |
  UMaine Students Test Wireless Sensors on Rocket Five University of Maine students participated in a recent launch process as a rocket loaded with wireless sensors the students developed in a UMaine lab blasted off in California's Mojave Desert. ... more | .. |
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  Building a Heavenly Palace in outer space China's permanent space station, the Heavenly Palace, is to be launched into orbit within a decade. According to Chinese media reports, the 60-ton craft will include a central module and two laborat ... more | .. |
  Arianespace to launch ABS-2 in 2013 Arianespace has confirmed the launch date for the ABS-2 satellite for Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), one of the leading satellite operators in the Asia Pacific. ABS-2 will be launched by an Ariane ... more | .. |
  Russia, Sweden to boost space cooperation Russia and Sweden agreed on Wednesday to improve cooperation in the space industry, including their intention to launch Swedish satellites using Russian carrier rockets. The two countries sign ... more | .. |
 Next-generation US space racers outline plans A handful of companies competing to make the spaceship to replace the iconic US shuttle said Thursday they are racing to shrink what will be a long gap in flying Americans into space aboard US craft. ... more |
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  $53 million pledged to Kickstarter in two years Kickstarter, a website which collects donations for creative projects, said Thursday that it has received pledges of more than $53 million since its launch two years ago. ... more | .. |
 BSkyB says net profits sink in third quarter BSkyB, the British pay-TV giant being wooed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., announced on Thursday that third-quarter net profits fell owing to one-off charges, but added that demand was buoyant. ... more | .. |
  New material creates invisibility U.S. researchers say they've created a cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range, which lies between infrared and microwaves. ... more | .. |
 Chip satellites depart on Endeavour's final launch A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry, radiat ... more |
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 NNSA Announces New Space Debris Modeling All this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is highlighting its advanced supercomputing capabilities with a week of features demonstrating the science and technology work done ... more | .. |
  World's Smallest Ku-band Maritime VSAT Terminal Receives FCC License KVH Industries has announced two key developments for its new TracPhone V3 satellite communications system and mini-VSAT BroadbandSM network. The first shipments of the TracPhone V3, the smallest Ku ... more | .. |
 Goodrich Delivers ORS-1 Satellite Goodrich, the prime contractor for the Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite, has announced that the pre-ship review was successfully completed last week and the satellite is being prep ... more | .. |
  Russia to build aerospace defence shield Russia will build a national aerospace defense shield by the end of 2011, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov told reporters on Tuesday in the cosmonau ... 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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 Five Things About NASA's Voyager Mission Here are five facts about NASA's twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, the longest continuously-operating spacecraft in deep space. The Voyagers were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ... more | .. |
 Apple denies tracking iPhones, to fix 'bugs' Apple on Wednesday dismissed claims it was tracking iPhone users but said it would fix software "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan missile can reach Beijing: report Taiwan has developed a missile capable of reaching Beijing and tested it successfully three years ago, a report said Wednesday, citing a former defence minister. ... more | .. |
 Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing April 20 in preparation for an early May liftoff aboar ... more |
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 GPS Operational Control Segment Enters Service With USAF Boeing has announced that its GPS Operational Control Segment (OCS) has gained full operational status with the U.S. Air Force 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. OCS keeps the GPS syst ... 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 | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded Contract for Patriot Tactical Missile Upgrades Raytheon has been awarded a $58.3 million contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Redstone Arsenal, Ala ... more | .. |
 Israel urged to buy U.S. rocket defenses Amid Israeli concerns of a new war with Hezbollah and other foes, there are doubts the anti-missile systems Israel's defense industry has produced or is developing will be adequate to defend the nation against sustained missile and rocket attack. ... more |
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  Shielding body protects brain from shell shocking blast injuries Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied ... more | .. |
 Researchers create terahertz invisibility cloak Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can't translate into an invisibility ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Delivers 1000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly Northrop Grumman has announced the delivery of the 1,000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly (GLTA) to the U.S. government for use as part of the Department of Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Count ... more | .. |
  LockMart Battle Command System Replaces US Army Legacy System A Lockheed Martin developed web-based capability for U.S. Army readiness reporting, force registration, mobilization, and force projection planning has completely replaced the legacy system that pre ... more |
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 Indonesia tests Yakhont missile, finally Indonesia has test fired a Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missile during naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia's Antara news agency said. ... more | .. |
 Apache to Field Ground Fire-Detection System Apache attack helicopters will soon field a new, high-tech Ground Fire Acquisition System, which uses cameras and infrared sensors to instantly identify the source location of ground fire, service o ... more | .. |
  Quake-hit Japan open for business: foreign minister Japan's foreign minister says the country is open for business and travel as domestic firms are recovering at "surprising speed" from the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama tells Japan to look to future The Dalai Lama offered a renewed prayer for disaster-hit Japan Friday, and urged the nation to look to the future. ... more |
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