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India designing reusable spacecraftBhubaneswar, India (PTI) May 12, 2011 Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, P S Veeraraghavan on Wednesday said India`s space scientists are designing a reusable space craft, which is likely to be launched in 2030. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently working on Human Spacelift Project or the man mission in 2015 and Chandrayan-II in 2013, he said. "The winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) has already been configured. It will give India an edge in space sci ... read more |
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  Mayflower Test Satellite Proves Successful During Recent SpaceX Mission Northrop Grumman and Applied Minds have announced the success of a recent launch and orbit of a Mayflower test microsatellite. Data gathered from around the world was analyzed, showing all tested sy ... more | .. |
  UK takes the helm of international Charter The UK has assumed leadership of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters. The Charter is an agreement that coordinates space agencies worldwide in gathering vital satellite images of ... more | .. |
 Texas Space Alliance Celebrates New Space "Tourism" Law The Texas Space Alliance congratulated the governor and legislature on passing what it hopes will be the first of a new wave of pro-commercial space laws in the last weeks, and called for the Texas ... more | .. |
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  Russian firm accused of selling rocket engines to US at half cost Russian engineering corporation Energomash sold rocket engines to the United States at half production cost, losing $32 million as a result, the Russian Comptroller's Office said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Google notebooks challenge Microsoft Notebook computers powered by Google software are heading to market in a direct assault on the Windows operating system at the heart of Microsoft's technology empire. ... more | .. |
  United States unfolding missile defense in Europe de facto says Rogozin The United States is already deploying its missile defense system in Europe without waiting for an agreement with Russia, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Romania announced on Tuesd ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop EHF SatComms Antenna for B-2 Bomber A new antenna system now under development by Northrop Grumman will enable the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to send and receive battlefield information securely by satellite up to 100 times faster than ... more |
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  Europe's first EGNOS airport to guide down giant Beluga aircraft Pau Pyrenees in southern France has become Europe's first airport to use the new EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service, to guide aircraft in for landing using only this highly accurate space navigation signa ... more | .. |
 Broadband Lidar Instrument Successfully Tested on NASA's DC-8 How do instruments end up on satellites orbiting the Earth? For many of them, long before they are ever launched into space, they are tested from NASA airplanes. One of the objectives of the NASA Ai ... more | .. |
  Israeli researcher develops nano-scale gyroscope Jerusalem, Israel (XNA) May 11, 2011 Israeli researcher Jacob (Koby) Scheuer, from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) School of Electrical Engineering, has developed a nano-scale gyroscope, the Ha'aretz ... more | .. |
 AFIT education paves way to space How far can a higher education take you? About 220 nautical miles - straight up. That's at least true for retired Col. Steve Lindsey, an astronaut with NASA and graduate of the Air Force Institute o ... more |
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 Soyuz launch from Europe space base set for October The maiden launch of the veteran Soviet-Russian rocket Soyuz from Europe's space base in South America has been scheduled for October, a spokesman for launch operators Arianespace said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Successful advanced JAXA drop test performed at Esrange Space Center 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. ... more |
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 Israel to spend $2B on missile defense Israel's announcement that it will spend $2 billion on building up its anti-missile defense system over the next few years, on top of whatever it can squeeze out of the Americans, underlines the military's deep concerns that the country faces a new kind of war. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin To Produce Equipment For US Army Tactical On-The-Move Network Additional equipment is being produced for the U.S. Army's on-the-move, high-capacity communications network that brings high-bandwidth, mobile, two-way satellite communications and ad hoc mesh radi ... more | .. |
  LockMart Receives Instrumented Ranges/Digital Range Training System Contract Award Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to provide the Instrumented Ranges / Digital Range Training System (IR/DRTS) by the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumen ... more | .. |
 Boeing, Havelsan to Jointly Market VSOC Sentinel Boeing and Havelsan, a Turkish software and systems development company, have signed a memorandum of agreement to jointly market Boeing's Visual Security Operations Console (VSOC) Sentinel. The cere ... 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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  US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike destroyed a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal belt on Tuesday, killing four militants in the second drone attack since the killing of Osama bin Laden, local officials said. ... more | .. |
 EU nuclear safety test must cover 'man-made' events: Barroso Tests on the ability of Europe's nuclear power plants to withstand disasters should include man-made events, the head of the European Commission said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan 'prophet' unfazed by apocalypse no-show A self-styled Taiwanese "prophet" was unfazed Wednesday when a 14-magnitude earthquake he had predicted failed to materialise, saying he would stay in his makeshift shelter. ... more | .. |
Japan imperial couple cheer nuclear evacuees Two months after Japan's quake and tsunami sparked an atomic disaster, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Fukushima on Wednesday to comfort hundreds of nuclear evacuees. ... more |
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Flood waters set sights on Louisiana oil refineries Record flooding along the Mississippi River threatens to inundate at least two Louisiana refineries and hundreds of oil and gas wells, officials warned Tuesday. ... more | .. |
US urgent alert system targets mobile phones Plans were unveiled Tuesday for a nationwide system that will deliver text-like emergency messages from President Barack Obama and key government agencies to mobile phone users. ... more | .. |
 Tiltable head improves ability of robots to navigate disaster debris Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubbl ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear evacuees make brief trip home Nearly 100 villagers forced to flee their homes near Japan's stricken nuclear plant made a brief but emotional return on Tuesday in radiation suits and masks to pick up personal belongings. ... more |
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