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Cadets Test-Fire Falcon launch RocketUSAF Academy CO (SPX) May 19, 2011 Academy Astronautics cadets and the Space Systems Research Center successfully completed its static fire of the FalconLaunch-T1 rocket motor on Monday in Jack's Valley. The motor burned for approximately 1.5 seconds and reached combustion chamber pressures of nearly 1,500 PSI. The purpose of the test was to evaluate the propulsion system being designed for the rocket scheduled for launch in April 2012. Specifically, the test confirmed the propulsion system's structural integrity and readiness for ... read more |
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  NASA Denies Entry To Chinese Journalists For Shuttle Launch U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and final mission. The event was important to the eyes of media and scientists in China because the ... more | .. |
 Upcoming Ariane 5 mission with GSAT-8 and ST-2 is given its "go" for launch Arianespace's third Ariane 5 flight of 2011 has been approved for its May 20 liftoff following a successful launch readiness review, which was performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The ... more | .. |
  Departure of Astra 1N to Kourou Astra 1N satellite designed and manufactured by Astrium for the satellite operator SES Astra has left Astrium's facility in Toulouse, where it had undergone its final integration and test campaign. ... more | .. |
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  "Wolf Clause" betrays China-U.S. cooperation U.S. space shuttle Endeavor blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and the last space mission in history, which draws great attention from media worldwi ... more | .. |
 Paul Dembling, Co-Author of Space Act, Dies at 91 Paul G. Dembling, co-author of the legislation that founded NASA, died on Monday, May 16, in Florida. He was 91 years old. As general counsel to NASA's precursor, the National Advisory Committee for ... more | .. |
 Out-of-this-world ideas on offer Is your company on the hunt for out-of-this-world business concepts? ESA is placing information on its intellectual property rights online, aiming to promote the commercialisation of these patents i ... more | .. |
  Setting Sight on a Single Star NASA recently selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets that are planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. These small "CubeSats" are nanosatellites, measuring approximat ... more |
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Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace
Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Amentum secures up to 995M dollar US Air Force contract for MQ9 modernization | .. |
  ADTI Launches High Performance Antenna Arrays Protype Program Advanced Defense Technologies has announced the Company (ADTI) in collaboration with Texas A and M University has designed and developed high performance antenna arrays from 2 GHz to 40 GHz. T ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces Its First Payloads for Commercial Suborbital Spacecraft NASA has announced its first four payloads to fly on commercial suborbital spacecraft, kicking off a new era of low-cost technology R and D, science, and STEM education enabled by new commercial spa ... more | .. |
  Senators press Pentagon on Russo-Iran missile work Four US senators frequently critical of the White House on national security issues pressed the Pentagon on Monday to say whether Russian entities were helping Iran develop ballistic missiles. ... more | .. |
  China Has Opportunity to Lead a Transformation in Air-Traffic Management The China aviation market is well situated to lead a transformation in air-traffic management, according to a Boeing expert speaking at the 2011 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing. ... more |
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  Second F-35A Production Jet Arrives at Edwards AFB The second Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II production aircraft flies above the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 13. The aircraft, designated AF-6, f ... more | .. |
 LockMart To Upgrade Finland's Precision Fires Capability Lockheed Martin has received a $45.3 million contract to upgrade 22 Finnish Army M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers, incorporating the Universal Fire Control System and other enhanc ... more | .. |
Ukraine seeks talks with Romania, US on missile shield Ukraine is seeking consultations with Bucharest and Washington on the proposed deployment of US missile interceptors in Romania, Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Medvedev warns of Cold War over missile defence President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday warned of a new Cold War era if Russia and the West failed to agree on missile defence, in the first major news conference of his presidency. ... 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
Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought | .. |
 Medvedev warns of Cold War over missile defence President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday warned the West it would face a new Cold War if it failed to address Russia's concerns over a proposed missile defence shield for Europe. ... more | .. |
  Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said. ... more | .. |
 US extends relief for undocumented Haitians Undocumented Haitians who arrived in the United States in the aftermath of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in their country will be allowed to apply for a special asylum program, US officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials The potential health consequences of the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant are not equal to those caused by the disaster at Chernobyl, Japanese health officials said Tuesday ... more |
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 US extends relief for undocumented Haitians Undocumented Haitians who arrived in the United States in the aftermath of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in their country will be allowed to apply for a special asylum program, US officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labora ... more | .. |
 Newly Installed Alaska North Slope Well Will Test Hydrate Production Tech A fully instrumented well that will test innovative technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits has been safely installed on the North Slope of Alaska. As a result, the "Ignik Sikum ... more | .. |
  Physicist accelerates simulations of thin film growth A Toledo, Ohio, physicist has implemented a new mathematical approach that accelerates some complex computer calculations used to simulate the formation of micro-thin materials. Jacques Amar, ... 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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 Research questions reality of supersolid in Helium-4 The long-held, but unproven idea that helium-4 enters into an exotic phase of matter dubbed a "supersolid" when cooled to extremely low temperatures has been challenged in a new paper published rece ... more | .. |
  Exotic behavior when mechanical devices reach the nanoscale Most mechanical resonators damp (slow down) in a well-understood linear manner, but ground-breaking work by Prof. Adrian Bachtold and his research group at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology ha ... more | .. |
 Looking inside nanomaterials in three dimensions The journal Science has published a paper where scientists from Riso DTU in collaboration with scientists from China and USA, have reported a new method for revealing a 3D picture of the structure i ... more | .. |
  Brazil aims to become key nickel exporter Brazil has set its sights on making the most of its nickel deposits and is being helped by iron ore giant Vale in reaching higher targets to influence the global nickel markets. ... more |
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  Japanese electric car 'goes 300km' on single charge Japanese developers have unveiled an electric car they said Wednesday can travel more than 300 kilometres before its battery runs flat. ... more | .. |
 Malaysia unveils plan to build 'green economy' Malaysia is launching an ambitious plan to build a "green economy" with the help of an advisory council that includes economist Jeffrey Sachs and the UN climate change chief. ... more | .. |
  More Chinese cities see home-price gains in April More Chinese cities saw the cost of new homes increase in April compared with a month before, official data showed Wednesday, as the government continues its fight to rein in property prices. ... more | .. |
  Sony boss says cannot guarantee security after hack Sony chief Howard Stringer has warned he can no longer guarantee the security of the electronics giant's gaming network in the "bad new world" of cybercrime after one of the biggest Internet data breaches. ... more |
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