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US Army supports student launch programWhite Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Jun 03, 2011 A scientific rocket screamed skyward at Spaceport America May 20, 2011, as students from all over New Mexico, as well as Texas and Arizona came to see their scientific payloads fly into space during a scientific and educational mission supported by White Sands Missile Range. The rocket carried 27 experiments from elementary, middle schools, high schools and universities into space before returning to earth, and landing at White Sands Missile Range, or WSMR. Under the New Mexico Space Grant Student ... read more |
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  Hot stuff: the making of BepiColombo For BepiColombo, ESA has had to extend the limits of existing design standards and develop altogether new design concepts as well. How to begin building a spacecraft that needs to endure sunlight 10 ... more | .. |
  Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space A space flight by millions of microscopic worms could help us overcome the numerous threats posed to human health by space travel. The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have also given experts an ... more | .. |
 GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week On the heels of the successful launch of its communication satellite GSAT-8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the next communication satellite GSAT-12 in the sec ... more | .. |
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 Astronauts and Students Connect at UA Lunar and Planetary Lab Students from Gridley Middle School in Tucson got a 30-minute window to ask Mark Kelly, Gregory Johnson and Ron Garan questions about life in space. More than 80 students from Gridley Middle School ... more | .. |
 Boeing Opens Exploration Launch Systems Office in Florida Boeing has established an Exploration Launch Systems Engineering and Integration office in Titusville to support the operational readiness of NASA's next launch system, currently under study. ... more | .. |
 Keeping the power on in space All space missions have one inescapable dependency: the electricity flowing through their systems to keep them alive. Take away its power and a spacecraft is nothing more than space debris - an even ... more | .. |
 A flexible virtual system makes any reality possible Product designers harness time-consuming procedures in prototype construction. Only then are they able to assess the results of their work in a comprehensive manner. In a three-dimensional mod ... more |
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  THAICOM Inks Major Agreement with MEASAT THAICOM Public Company, operator of the THAICOM / IPSTAR satellite fleet, has announced that an agreement has been signed with a subsidiary of MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT") for the Malaysian paylo ... more | .. |
 SES Signs Agreement For Internet Connectivity Across Africa Global satellite operator SES S.A. has announced that it has signed an agreement with YellowSat, a French start-up company that provides Internet connectivity to enterprises, governments and institu ... more | .. |
 THAICOM 6 Satellite Project THAICOM Public Company has announced that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has approved the THAICOM 6 satellite that was proposed by the Company and the Board of Directors of ... more | .. |
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  Gripen Tigers Flew in France In May four Gripen fighters from the 211th tactical squadron, Caslav Air Force Base in the Czech Republic participated in the NATO Tiger Meet 2011. The exercise took place in Cambrai, France a ... more | .. |
 GDLS to maintain Aussie army vehicles General Dynamics Land Systems Australia has won a five-year contract to provide through-life support service to the Australian army's fleet of combat vehicles. ... more | .. |
 Colt evaluates Metal Storm MAUL for Manufacturing Arrangement Metal Storm has announced that Colt Defense is working with it to evaluate the possible manufacture of Metal Storm's MAUL accessory shotgun system by Colt, the world renowned firearms manufacturer, ... more | .. |
 Dutch Tank History Ends With a Bang With four shots fired on Range 6 at the Bergen-Hohne firing range, the Defence organisation said farewell to the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank on the 19th of may. The Dutch tank history ended on the ... more |
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  Ukraine officials 'stole pipes' from Chernobyl Ukraine has sentenced three officials at the Chernobyl nuclear power station to five years in prison for stealing radioactive pipes worth around $125,000, the country's security service said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Nanoscale waveguide for future photonics The creation of a new quasiparticle called the "hybrid plasmon polariton" may throw open the doors to integrated photonic circuits and optical computing for the 21st century. Researchers with the U. ... more | .. |
  Internet traffic to quadruple by 2015: Cisco Global online traffic will quadruple by 2015 as the number of gadgets linked to the Internet climbs to 15 billion, according to a forecast by networking colossus Cisco. ... more | .. |
  Beacon Power Celebrates Completion of World's First 20 MW Flywheel Plant Beacon Power has announced that on July 12, 2011, the Company will host a ceremony to mark the completion and full operation of its first 20-megawatt flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, Ne ... more |
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  Outside View: Faltering recovery Economists expect the U.S. Labor Department will report the U.S. economy added 190,000 jobs in May, after adding 233,000 per month February through April. While much stronger than during the first 19 months of the recovery, job growth remains too weak and the economy is in danger of slipping into a second recession. ... more | .. |
 Penn Researchers Help Nanoscale Engineers Choose Self-Assembling Proteins Engineering structures on the smallest possible scales - using molecules and individual atoms as building blocks - is both physically and conceptually challenging. An interdisciplinary team of resea ... more | .. |
 Facebook wants contract, emails in ownership case Facebook on Thursday demanded that a New York man who claims he is entitled to 50 percent of the social network immediately produce the purported contract and emails on which he is basing his case. ... more |
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 Hackers claim new Sony cyberattack Hackers claimed Thursday to have compromised more than one million passwords, email addresses and other information from SonyPictures.com in the latest cyberattack on the Japanese electronics giant. ... more | .. |
  Samsonite to raise $1.5 bn in Hong Kong Samsonite said Thursday it may raise as much as $1.5 billion from a share sale in Hong Kong, as the luggage maker and other global retailers tap the region's capital markets - and surging customer base. ... more | .. |
China growth cooling but still strong: Rio Tinto China's growth is slowing but still looks set to outstrip expectations in 2011, with rapid urbanisation, manufacturing and demand for housing stoking its economy, Rio Tinto said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Poland mulls dropping Chinese highways contractor Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday threatened to drop a Chinese company contracted to build a key stretch of highway in Poland after financing problems saw the work grind to a halt. ... more |
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  Global air travel back to pre-recession peaks: IATA Global air travel is now above its peaks before the global downturn in 2008 but high jet fuel and other crises could hold back the rebound, International Air Transport Association said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft gives sneak preview of 'Windows 8' Microsoft gave a sneak preview on Wednesday of the successor to Windows 7, a next-generation operating system designed to work on both personal computers and touchscreen tablets. ... more | .. |
  Army Receives First THAAD Missiles Lockheed Martin delivered the first two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Missiles to the U.S. Army, capping off years of planning and development. The two missiles arrived at Anniston Defen ... more |
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