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Boeing Announces Workforce Reductions in Space Exploration DivisionHouston TX (SPX) Jun 06, 2011 Boeing has issued 60-day advance layoff notices to approximately 510 employees in its Space Exploration division, resulting primarily from the planned completion of the Space Shuttle program. The notices include an estimated 260 employees in Houston, 150 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and 100 at the company's Huntington Beach, Calif., facility. The last workday for affected employees will be Aug. 5, pending the completion of the final space shuttle mission, STS-135. Boeing is committed to re ... read more |
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  Wake turbulence during cruising flight When aircraft fly, they generate turbulent airflow behind them known as 'wake turbulence', which can affect following air traffic. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfa ... more | .. |
  NASA, NSBRI Select 12 Proposals To Support Crew Health On Missions NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 12 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performanc ... more | .. |
  Russia plans to launch six Glonass satellites in 2011 Russian Space Agency Roscosmos plans to launch five Glonass-M satellites and one Glonass-K satellite in 2011, Roscosmos' deputy chief Anatoly Shilov said Wednesday. The first launch of the Glo ... more | .. |
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  Teledyne and Aerojet form alliance to build rocket engines Teledyne Technologies reports that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala., has signed a letter of agreement to form a strategic alliance with Aerojet - General Corpora ... more | .. |
  Shipments Of Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl Hardware Resume On Schedule Sea Launch has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011. The two-stage Zenit-2S booster, manufactured by PO Yuzhm ... more | .. |
  Five Steps Toward Future Exploration The NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program has announced a set of new projects to develop and test technologies that will enable the astrobiological explorati ... more | .. |
 Homemade Danish rocket takes off A home-made rocket built by two Danes successfully blasted off from a floating launch pad off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm Friday, nine months after its first test flight failed due to a defective hair drier. ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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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 | .. |
 US Army supports student launch program 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 ... 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 British radar getting U.S. subsystems Mercury Computer Systems of Massachusetts is supplying Application Ready Subsystems to BAE Systems for ARTISAN 3D Naval Radar. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  New weapons for 'robust' US role in Asia: Gates Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday vowed the US military would maintain a "robust" presence across Asia that includes new high-tech weaponry to protect allies and safeguard shipping lanes. ... more | .. |
 Russian arms depot blasts force evacuation of 28,000 Russian firefighters on Friday battled a blaze raging through an arms depot where tonnes of artillery shells and rockets were stored, as some 28,000 people living nearby were evacuated from their homes. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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  Fukushima to get 370 tanks for radioactive water Hundreds of water tanks are to be sent to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to hold thousands of tons of water contaminated in the effort to keep its reactors cool, the operator said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Oxfam probes Pakistan flood 'irregularities' British charity Oxfam on Sunday launched an investigation into "financial irregularities" in their Pakistan flood relief operation. ... more | .. |
Fukushima to get 370 tanks for radioactive water Hundreds of water tanks are to be sent to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to hold thousands of tons of water contaminated in the effort to keep its reactors cool, the operator said Sunday. ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
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 Australia flood costs blow out to $7 billion The damage bill from massive floods which hit northeastern Australia this year will likely be Aus$6.8 billion dollars (US$7.3 billion) - $1 billion more than previously thought - an official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Water dilemma at damaged Japan nuke plant Engineers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are struggling with what to do with 15 million gallons of contaminated water used to cool damaged reactors. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM faces backlash after surviving challenge Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan faced a backlash Friday for saying he would quit once recovery from the March 11 quake disaster takes hold, and then suggesting he wants to stay until next year. ... more | .. |
  Quantum knowledge cools computers From a laptop warming a knee to a supercomputer heating a room, the idea that computers generate heat is familiar to everyone. But theoretical physicists have discovered something astonishing: not o ... more |
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  World's largest biochemical circuit built out of synthetic DNA molecules In many ways, life is like a computer. An organism's genome is the software that tells the cellular and molecular machinery-the hardware-what to do. But instead of electronic circuitry, life relies ... more | .. |
 New method for creating single crystal arrays of graphene University of Houston researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of the material graphene, an advance that opens the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-perf ... more | .. |
 IATA halves airline profit outlook to $4bn in 2011 IATA on Monday halved its profit forecast for the airline industry to $4 billion in 2011 due to the March 11 tsunami in Japan, unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and high oil prices. ... more | .. |
  China gives backing to Cuban reforms Cuba and China strengthened their political and economic alliance Sunday by signing 10 new cooperation agreements that will provide Havana with much needed financial support to implement its plan of economic reforms. ... more |
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