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Private space race heats up as US shuttle retiresWashington (AFP) July 13, 2011 Private companies, aided by NASA's cash and expertise in human space flight, are rushing to be the first to build a space capsule to replace the retiring US shuttle in the next few years. With Atlantis wrapping up its final mission and the end of the 30-year US program just days away, NASA is pinning its hopes on commercial industry to build the next low-cost vehicle to take astronauts to low Earth orbit. "We are transferring 50 years of human space flight experience from NASA to the private sec ... read more |
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  Arianespace uses Soyuz to loft six Globalstars to orbit from Baikonur Arianespace successfully orbited another batch of six spacecraft for Globalstar's second-generation satellite network this morning on a mission performed with the medium-lift Soyuz launcher from Bai ... more | .. |
  Time Enough for Tiangong It's taken long enough, but it seems that we are finally getting close to the launch of Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory. This small, cylindrical spacecraft will almost certainly take off ... more | .. |
 Special American Meal Planned for Final Space Shuttle Crew Food scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston have prepared a special "All-American Meal" for the final space shuttle crew as the iconic American spacecraft makes its last voyage. The pu ... more | .. |
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 China launches new data relay satellite China blasted off a new data relay satellite "Tianlian I-02" on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province . The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carr ... more | .. |
 Globalstar Satellites Now Scheduled for Launch on July 13th Globalstar, Inc., has been rescheduled by launch services provider Arianespace. The ground equipment issue which initially forced the postponement of the launch has been resolved. Arianespace has an ... more | .. |
  Solar System Radar and Radio Science Research Shows Promise Using Radio Transient Observation in Unexplored Space A "hot" topic in space exploration circles these days is transient activity, which is one of 12 topics discussed in the May special issue on the subject of Solar System Radar and Radio Science of Pr ... more | .. |
  Celebrating 10 years of Artemis ESA's pioneering Artemis satellite this week marks a decade in space. The Advanced Relay and Technology Mission was a breakthrough in telecommunications satellites for Europe, packed with new techno ... 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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 Scientists warn on budget cutting U.S. scientific societies and universities have sent a letter urging policymakers, in their need to cut spending, to avoid singling out specific programs. ... more | .. |
  Iran says fired missiles into Indian Ocean Iran said it fired two medium range missile into the Indian Ocean six months ago under the eyes of "American spy planes," local media reported on Saturday, quoting a top military commander. ... more | .. |
  Planetary Science Institute Selects XCOR To Fly ATSA Suborbital Observatory The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and XCOR Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that lays the groundwork for flying the human-operated Atsa Suborbital Observatory aboard XCOR's Ly ... more | .. |
 No Malfunction With Globalstar Satellites, Fregat Upper Stage or Soyuz Launch Vehicle Globalstar, Inc. reports that there will an additional delay in the launch of six new Globalstar satellites. The launch of the second-generation satellites was originally targeted for July 11, 2011 ... more |
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 Space debris will not approach station: NASA A piece of space junk from a broken Soviet satellite is not expected to collide with the International Space Station after all, NASA said Monday. ... more | .. |
 High costs, risks, policy shift make U.S. quit space shuttle program Space shuttle Atlantis will soar into the sky Friday on NASA's 135th and final flight. Its scheduled return to Earth later this month will mark the end of NASA's 30-year space program. Since i ... more | .. |
 Debris may be on collision course with space lab: NASA NASA is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station, the US space agency said Sunday after the shuttle Atlantis docked on its final mission. ... more | .. |
  US senators voice worry over radar deal with Turkey Two key US senators expressed concerns Tuesday about a possible agreement to base a missile-shield radar in Turkey, citing the NATO ally's strained ties with Israel and relations with Iran. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  Boeing: Boeing EA-18G Growlers Complete 1st Combat Deployment Boeing EA-18G Growlers operated by U.S. Navy electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 safely returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., on July 9, after completing an eight-mo ... more | .. |
 Raytheon BBN Technologies Awarded $2.4 Million to Advance Satellite Communications Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $2.4 million in funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and integrate an information architecture for wireless small mod ... more | .. |
 12 dead in blasts at Cyprus base, navy chief killed Huge blasts in a seized Iranian arms cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in southern Cyprus killed at least 12 people on Monday, triggering power and water outages likely to last months. ... more | .. |
  International Experts Blend Space Technologies and Crowdsourcing to Enhance Disaster Management Tools Space-based technologies - from Earth remote sensing spacecraft to global navigation and telecommunications satellites - are potent tools in both shaping disaster preparedness and in dealing with th ... more |
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 Cyprus anger mounts over 'criminal' munitions blast Anger mounted in Cyprus on Tuesday over the deaths of 12 fire brigade and armed services personnel in a huge munitions blast that sparked severe power cuts on the Mediterranean holiday island. ... more | .. |
 Japan quake makes 2011 costliest year: Munich Re Japan's earthquake in March is set to make 2011 the costliest year to date for natural disasters, reinsurer Munich Re said on Tuesday, although the number of deaths globally is relatively low so far. ... more | .. |
 Radioactive ash found in waste plants near Tokyo Japanese waste incineration plants near Tokyo have found high levels of radiation in ash, and officials said Tuesday it may be from garden waste contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
  N.Z. questions China's Pacific aid strategy New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully raised concerns Wednesday about China's aid strategy in the Pacific, urging Beijing to stop giving so-called "soft loans" to nations such as Tonga. ... 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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  China economic growth slows to 9.5% in Q2 China said Wednesday its economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter, highlighting the difficult task for Beijing as it battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Republicans need new taxes U.S. President Barack Obama hardly needs more taxes to slash the federal deficit but congressional Republicans do need new taxes to survive politically. ... more | .. |
  170,000 'like' Facebook page urging Malaysia PM to go A Facebook petition has seen more than 170,000 people back a call for Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to quit, days after an electoral reform rally was broken up by police firing tear gas. ... more | .. |
 Hynix, Toshiba to develop new memory device South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor and Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Wednesday they have agreed to jointly develop a next-generation memory device. ... more |
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 US 'hacker next door' gets 18-year sentence: report A US man who hacked into his neighbors' Wi-Fi network and tried to frame them with child pornography and threatening emails to the US vice president has been sentenced to 18 years in jail. ... more | .. |
 EA buying PopCap Games for $750 million Electronic Arts said Tuesday it is buying PopCap Games, maker of popular titles such as Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, and Zuma, for $750 million in cash and stock. ... more | .. |
  China's new high-speed trains halted again China's new flagship high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai suffered fresh delays Tuesday due to a power cut, transport authorities said, two days after a similar incident hit the line. ... more | .. |
 Oil, Chinese imports swell US trade gap The US trade deficit ballooned in May to the widest level in more than two and a half years as the world's largest economy sucked in foreign oil and Chinese imports while exports fell. ... more |
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