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Successful advanced JAXA drop test performed at Esrange Space CenterTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 10, 2011 On the 7 May at 05.17 local time, an advanced balloon drop test of a new technique for supersonic transportation was performed at Esrange Space Center, SSC's operational base for space activities. A team from JAXA,Japan, has been working at Esrange since the end of March to prepare two heavy lift drop tests with stratospheric balloons. JAXA is conducting research in silent supersonic transportation technologies with the goal to design a silent supersonic transportation system that is economically ... read more |
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  Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Delivers Deployable Reflector to Astrium for Alphasat I-XL Spacecraft Astro Aerospace has delivered its fourth deployable AstroMesh reflector to Astrium in Toulouse, France, this one for the Alphasat I-XL spacecraft that will provide commercial, broadband telecommunic ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects 'Whipple' Mission for Technology Development As part of its Discovery Program, NASA has selected three potential missions for 2016 that would look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial ocean on one of Saturn's moons; ... more | .. |
 Materials: Out of This World Space isn't empty. Space is considered an environment - an extreme environment, filled with entities that can be harmful to spacecraft. In space, there are several environmental threats that c ... more | .. |
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 Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Guides MESSENGER Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury Northrop Grumman's space navigation aid recently provided key guidance and control information that allowed NASA's MESSENGER to become the first spacecraft to successfully orbit Mercury, marking the ... more | .. |
  ST-2's installation on SYLDA marks the start of final payload integration for Ariane 5's next mission Arianespace's third Ariane 5 flight of 2011 has entered its final preparations with installation of the ST-2 satellite on the launcher's SYLDA dual-passenger dispenser system, positioning it for the ... more | .. |
 Teenagers value 'virtual' belongings Virtual possessions - digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, e-mail threads - have a powerful hold on teenagers, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 ESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch site The official ceremony marking ESA's handover of the Soyuz launch site to Arianespace took place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, after the site was declared ready for the first flight and the ... more |
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  Gilat to Provide Turnkey VSAT Network and Operations for Interim Satellite Service in Australia Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Optus Networks Pty Limited to provide a SkyEdge II Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network, installation, operation and maintenance for the Australi ... more | .. |
 SSTL delivers groundstation equipment for UK operational space HQ As part of the Astrium-led Earth Observation (EO) Hub project at the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) in Harwell, small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has compl ... more | .. |
 Artists switch from easels to touch-screens Autodesk on Friday released a major update to SketchBook Pro software that has artists switching from pencils and paints to virtual canvasses on iPhones or iPad tablet computers. ... more | .. |
 Orbital Space Tourism Demand Space projects and organisations such as Excalibur, Galactic Suite, Bigelow's Space Complex Alpha and Russian Orbital Technologies plans have created increasing interest in orbital space tourism, an ... more |
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 NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Missions NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's moons ... more | .. |
  Israel to invest $1 billion in Iron Dome: report Israel plans to invest $1 billion in the development and production of batteries for its Iron Dome rocket interception system, a top Israeli defence official said in an interview published Monday. ... more | .. |
  LockMart Delivers First USAF Production F-35 Lightning II The U.S. Air Force has accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters. The signing of formal acceptance documents for ... 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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 Technology in US helicopter not so secret: expert Pakistan or other countries may not have much to learn from the wreckage of a "stealth" US helicopter used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, a defense analyst said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Ecuador's Correa eyes more security, FDI Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, empowered by a weekend "yes" vote in a referendum, is weighing measures that will boost urban security, contain urban crime and make way for more flows of foreign direct investment. ... more | .. |
  DRC Awarded Additional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Work Dynamics Research Corporation has announced that it has been awarded two delivery orders with a combined value of $24.5 million for a base year with an additional option year period of performance. ... more | .. |
  US man jailed for smuggling anti-aircraft missiles A US man was jailed for 25 years on Monday for smuggling goods including surface-to-air missiles from China in the first conviction under a 2004 anti-terrorism law, officials said. ... more |
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 Dog of war in bin Laden mission is breed apart The raid that took down Osama bin Laden is thought to have involved one special operative - a highly-trained military dog, part of an elite corps not to be confused with a family pet. The US m ... more | .. |
 Next Generation Missile Warning Satellite Launched Successfully The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched Friday at 2:10 p.m. EDT from Cape Canavera ... more | .. |
 Taiwan deploys supersonic anti-ship missiles Taiwan has deployed a new supersonic missile on its warships in the latest response to China's rapid naval expansion, a lawmaker said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Bats lend an ear to sonar engineering Researchers have mapped out the diversity of bat ears in a hope to inspire the design of new intuitive methods of manipulating waves with physical shapes, such as SONAR and RADAR. Published in ... more |
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High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics
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 Researchers get new view of how water and sulfur dioxide mix High in the sky, water in clouds can act as a temptress to lure airborne pollutants such as sulfur dioxide into reactive aqueous particulates. Although this behavior is not incorporated into today's ... more | .. |
  NZealand quake cost heavier than Japan's: IMF The earthquakes that struck New Zealand in September and February will eat up about 7.5 percent its GDP, more than the cost of the recent disaster in Japan on Tokyo's economy, the IMF said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear crew may need lead shields: official The operator of Japan's stricken nuclear power plant may need to use lead sheets and metal tunnels to protect workers seeking to stabilise its reactors, the nuclear safety agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Abu Dhabi to help fund Australian cyclone shelters The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi Monday donated US$32 million dollars to Queensland to help protect the Australian state from cyclones in the wake of a monster storm that hit in February. ... more |
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 Clearing Japan tsunami homes, one shovel at a time It oozes and reeks and sometimes it shimmers in oily rainbow colours. Millions of tonnes of putrid mud now fill every nook and cranny of Japan's tsunami disaster zone. ... more | .. |
 Practice Can Make Search-and-Rescue Robot Operators More Accurate Urban search and rescue (USAR) task forces are essential for locating, stabilizing, and extricating people who become trapped in confined spaces following a catastrophic event. Sometimes the search ... more | .. |
 China to uproot 240,000 from disaster-prone areas Authorities plan to move nearly a quarter of a million people this year from disaster-prone areas in northern China into newly-built homes, state media reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
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