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NASA inks agreement with maker of Atlas V rocketWashington (AFP) July 18, 2011 NASA said Monday that it had reached an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to try to adopt the Atlas V commercial rocket to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin designed to provide cost-efficient rockets to send US government missions into space. The agreement was unveiled as the shuttle Atlantis prepares to return to earth Thursday from the ISS, its final voyage after three decades of space shuttle flights. ... read more |
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 Russia sends observation satellite into space A Russian Zenith-3M rocket with an observation satellite blasted off early Monday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage and Russian astrophysical obse ... more | .. |
  FY12 House Funding Bill for NASA On July 13, the House passed a bill that addresses the FY12 NASA budget. The total recommended amount is $16.81 billion. Here are a few details on this budget. For FY11 the NASA appropriation was $1 ... more | .. |
  NASA Begins Commercial Partnership With ULA Through a new agreement, United Launch Alliance (ULA) will provide technical information to NASA about using the Atlas V rocket to launch astronauts into space. The announcement was made Monday at U ... more | .. |
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 Russia launches 2 foreign satellites into orbit Russia launched early on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a Kazakh and a U.S. communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said. "T ... more | .. |
  Second Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Sends First Signals from Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIF-2, renamed SVN-63, is functioning n ... more | .. |
  NASA Begins Testing of Next-Gen J-2X Rocket Engine NASA conducted a combined chill test and 1.9-second ignition test July 14 of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine that could help carry humans beyond low-Earth orbit to deep space. The test ... more | .. |
 "Space taxi" coming The last Atlantis shuttle which docked with the ISS this week is due to return to Earth on July 21st . From then on, astronauts and cargoes will be delivered to the ISS by Russian Soyuz spaceships. ... more |
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Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Launches GSAT-12 Satellite India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17) successfully launched GSAT-12 communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch of PSLV-C17 was the eight ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Successfully Launches the SES-3 Satellite for SES International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the SES-3 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit for SES of Luxembourg, one of the world's largest telecommunications satellite oper ... more | .. |
  Raytheon BBN Technologies Awarded DoD Contract to Develop a Secure, Attributed Military Network System Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $16 million in additional funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under phase two of the Military Networking Protocol (MNP) progra ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Joint Tactical Radio to the U.S. Government for Integration into First Aircraft Platform Lockheed Martin has delivered the first secure, Joint Tactical Radio to the U.S. Army's AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Lab. The Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman's On-Demand Intelligence System Used for the First Time Using real-time video imagery distributed from Northrop Grumman's on-demand intelligence system, Marines successfully completed live-fire targeting exercises on the Marine Corps' extensive ranges he ... more | .. |
  Dogs With Cameras Search for Bombs The dog school of the Royal Netherlands Air Force has acquired a new technique for detecting explosives. With a camera attached to its head, a search dog can search for explosives by itself. T ... more | .. |
  Pakistan drone crashes near oil refinery: navy A Pakistani surveillance navy drone crashed near an oil refinery after hitting a bird on a routine flight, coming down in the country's largest city of Karachi on Tuesday, the navy said. ... more | .. |
  Efforts to stabilise nuclear crisis on track - Japan Japan on Tuesday said plans to end the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by January next year are on schedule, with crippled reactors being "stably" cooled and radiation levels reduced. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 Gym workout caused tremor at Seoul building: experts South Korean experts said Tuesday they believe a vigorous gym exercise session caused a high-rise building in the capital to shake for 10 minutes this month, prompting hundreds to flee in panic. ... more | .. |
Stabilising Japan nuclear crisis on schedule: PM Japan's embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that the first phase of efforts to bring the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control is on schedule and near completion. ... more | .. |
  Amplified nanotubes may power the future Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will ... more | .. |
  Your brain on androids Ever get the heebie-jeebies at a wax museum? Feel uneasy with an anthropomorphic robot? What about playing a video game or watching an animated movie, where the human characters are pretty realistic ... more |
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  Flight Options buys Embraer executive jets Flight Options will buy Brazilian-made executive jets with $167 million loaned by a Brazilian bank. ... more | .. |
  Indonesia urges ASEAN to harness Twitter, Facebook ASEAN must maximise the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media to engage the region's citizens, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Vancouver real estate prices fanned by Chinese Its quality of life is routinely ranked among the best in the world, but that's only one reason Vancouver real estate prices are red hot. ... more | .. |
Lawsuit threat over Canadian mine project in Transylvania Opponents of a Canadian gold mine project at an ancient Roman site in Transylvania threatened to sue authorities on Monday after Romania's culture ministry issued a permit for the mine. ... 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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  More Chinese cities see home prices fall in June More Chinese cities saw prices of new homes fall in June compared with the previous month, official data showed Monday, as Beijing vowed to step up efforts to cool its real estate market. ... more | .. |
  Earnings-outlook spry at 100-year-old IBM Technology stalwart IBM started its second-century in business with a rise in quarterly earnings and an improved outlook for the year. ... more | .. |
  Soft Memory Device Opens Door To New Biocompatible Electronics Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a memory device that is soft and functions well in wet environments - opening the door to a new generation of biocompatible electronic ... more | .. |
  AT and T to Power 11 California Sites with Bloom Energy Fuel Cells AT and T and Bloom Energy Corporation have announced that Bloom Energy will install Bloom Energy Servers, or Bloom Boxes, at eleven AT and T sites in California. AT and T is the first telecommunicat ... more |
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 25 Tesla, world-record 'split magnet' makes its debut A custom-built, $2.5 million "split magnet" system with the potential to revolutionize scientific research in a variety of fields has made its debut at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at ... more | .. |
 U.S. watches helium stockpile dwindle U.S. officials say the world's supply of helium is steadily dwindling and can't be replaced. ... more | .. |
 Kakao is sweet for S. Korean smartphone users South Korean student Hwang Jin-Joo no longer sends text messages to his extensive circle of friends, he "KaTalks" them. ... more | .. |
Luxury brands in Taiwan gear up for China tourists Chinese businesswoman Jiang Guihong devours fashion and is exactly the type of high-spending tourist that Taiwan's high-end retailers are trying to attract - and they are spending millions to do so. ... more |
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