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'Dirty hack' restores Cluster mission from near lossParis, France (ESA) Jul 01, 2011 Using ingenuity and an unorthodox 'dirty hack', ESA has recovered the four-satellite Cluster mission from near loss. The drama began in March, when a crucial science package stopped responding to commands - one of a mission controller's worst fears. Since a pair of spectacular dual launches in 2000, the four Cluster satellites have been orbiting Earth in tightly controlled formation. Each of the 550 kg satellites carries an identical payload to investigate Earth's space environment and its interac ... read more |
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 Minotaur Launches ORS-1 From NASA Wallops Flight Facility The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first Operationally Responsive Space prototype satellite aboard a Minotaur I launch vehicle at 11:09 p.m. EDT yesterday from Pad 0B at the NASA Wallops F ... more | .. |
  News Corp. edges closer to BSkyB takeover Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media conglomerate News Corp. moved closer to full control of British pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB on Thursday after the government accepted plans to spin off Sky News. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics To Eliminate About 1,500 Positions Lockheed Martin has announced there will be reductions in employment across its Aeronautics business area as part of a plan to improve the affordability of its products and increase operational effi ... more | .. |
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  Expert's reentry flap endures hot baptism A spacecraft control flap designed for the super-heated hypersonic fall through Earth's atmosphere has come through testing in the world's largest plasma wind tunnel to be ready for its first flight ... more | .. |
 Study: Rare earth elements can be recycled Recycling of so-called rare earth elements could ease global concerns about a reliable supply of the substances now mined mostly in China, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 DMCii signs landmark satellite imaging deal with Chinese company UK-based satellite imagery provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) signed a Pounds 110 deal with Beijing-based company 21AT, to provide access to high-resolution satellite imagery for its custom ... more | .. |
 LockMart CommSat Ready For Launch For Japanese Customers The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation ... more |
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  Driving a robot from the Space Station Meet Justin, an android who will soon be controlled remotely by the astronauts in ESA's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. With this and other intriguing experiments like the Eu ... more | .. |
  Minotaur Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Re-Scheduled NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has rescheduled the launch of an United States Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the ORS-1 satellite for the Department of Defense's Operationally Respo ... more | .. |
 Track24 Defence releases SCC Titan Track24 Defence, the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist, has unveiled SCC Titan, its new turnkey situational command and control (SCC) soluti ... more | .. |
  Israel to join U.S. Mideast missile shield Israel's growing missile defenses will reportedly be integrated into the United States' planned regional defense network - and could end up shielding Arab states that, in theory at least, are considered adversaries of the Jewish state. ... more |
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 Raytheon Triples Bandwidth on National Weather Services' Satellite Broadcast Network Raytheon's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System team has successfully tripled the bandwidth on the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN)/NOAAPort, the primary vehicle through which hydrometeor ... more | .. |
  US Army Builds and Tests Future Network During NIE Exercise High in the mountains, infantrymen used smartphone applications to plot their movements and request help for casualties. Driving across the desert below, field artillery Soldiers eyed a computer scr ... more | .. |
 Charles Bolden National Press Club Address - July 1 NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will address a National Press Club luncheon on July 1, one week before the final scheduled space shuttle launch. Discussing America's continued commitment to ... more | .. |
 Spend your summer in space...at the Science Museum This summer, make space at the Science Museum your holiday destination of choice. From 23 July - 31 August, pick up a passport as you enter the museum and follow the new space trail - embarking on a ... more |
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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 Do you want to call Andre in space Are you a science centre, a science museum, a planetarium or a science festival, engaging the public on science and space? Then ESA is offering you a rare opportunity to call Europe's next astronaut ... more | .. |
  Astrium signs up for Next Gen Launcher High Thrust Engine Astrium, Europe's leading space company, continues to prepare Europe's future propulsion technology by signing a euros 60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the ... more | .. |
  LockMart's HULC Robotic Exoskeleton Enters Biomechanical Testing Biomechanical testing of the Lockheed Martin ruggedized HULC exoskeleton is now underway at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Mass. The testing is ... more | .. |
  Selex Galileo's Gabbiano Radars Selected for Elbit Systems' UAS SELEX Galileo has been selected by Elbit Systems to supply its Gabbiano radar family for installation aboard Elbit Systems' Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The Gabbiano T20 radar will be installed ab ... more |
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 BAE to support Royal Navy radars BAE Systems UK has been awarded a six-year, $73.6 million contract to support the Sampson multi-function radars on board six Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Supports USAF Launch of Miniature Air Launched Decoy Boeing earlier this month supported the U.S. Air Force in the first powered launch of a Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J) from a B-52. The successful test, in which the electronic jammer ... more | .. |
 US Army Awards Raytheon contract to Complete Excalibur Ib Development The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $36 million contract for the final phase of the Excalibur Ib development program. This phase concludes with warfighter tests and will qualify Excalibur Ib for fieldi ... more | .. |
 Oshkosh to Showcase M-ATV Tactical Ambulance Oshkosh Defense will feature its MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) tactical ambulance at the AUSA's Army Medical Exposition taking place in San Antonio, Texas. The M-ATV tactical ambulance offe ... 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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 US Army Awards contract to Begin Work on Additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems Lockheed Martin recently received a $184.3 million undefinitized contract agreement from the U.S. Army to begin production of 29 additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) to support coal ... more | .. |
 Pakistan tells US to leave 'drone' attack base Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert air base reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone attacks, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar was quoted by state media as saying Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 China's army develops online war game: report After setting up its own cyber-warfare team, China's military has now developed its first online war game aimed at improving combat skills and battle awareness, state press said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 HBC and ATK to Demonstrate Weapons System Hawker Beechcraft and ATK hasve announced an upcoming demonstration of ATK's Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) from HBC's AT-6 Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft. The demonst ... more |
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 Upgraded Puma Mk2 Helicopter for UK RAF Makes First Flight The first upgraded Puma Mk2 helicopter developed by Eurocopter in a life extension programme for the UK's Royal Air Force performed its initial flight this week from Eurocopter's facility at Marigna ... more | .. |
  Japan names more Fukushima evacuation areas Japan on Thursday recommended 113 households should evacuate from four districts considered radiation "hot spots" near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan flood fundraising app brings in $56 Pakistani computer experts have developed a mobile phone game to help victims of last year's devastating floods - but despite more than 90,000 downloads, only $56 has been raised. ... more | .. |
 Crews begin preventative burns near US nuclear lab Fire crews in Los Alamos, New Mexico, began targeted burns Wednesday along the western edge of a major US nuclear laboratory to remove fuels as a massive wildfire raged nearby. ... more |
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