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China launches another experimental satelliteJiuquan, China (XNA) Aug 01, 2011 China launched an experimental orbiter into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday. The SJ-11-02 orbiter was sent into space at 3:42 p.m. by a Long March II-C carrier rocket, according to the launch center. The orbiter belongs to the country's Shijian satellite family. The orbiter, developed by China Space Co., Ltd. under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, will be used to conduct scientific experiments in space, the c ... read more |
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  Russia to carry out 3 space launches in August Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it is planning to launch two satellites and a space freighter next month. The Express-AM4 satellite will be launched on August 18 on board a Prot ... more | .. |
  Virgin Galactic Appoints Its First Chief Financial Officer In this newly created role, Sunshine will be responsible for managing the company's financial strategy, driving growth and overseeing all finance and accounting functions as Virgin Galactic transiti ... more | .. |
  United Launch Alliance Saves Money with First Combined Atlas and Delta Shipments on Mariner United Launch Alliance (ULA) completed Friday the first combined Atlas and Delta rocket shipment from its factory in Decatur, Ala., to the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on t ... more | .. |
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  New Webb Telescope Technologies Already Helping Human Eyes Even while construction of the James Webb Space Telescope is underway on the most advanced infrared vision of any space observatory, its technologies are already proving useful to human eye health h ... more | .. |
  BSkyB sweetens shareholders, James Murdoch remains boss British pay-TV giant BSkyB offered its shareholders over Pounds 1.0 billion in payouts Friday as it moves on from a failed takeover bid and phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ... more | .. |
  China to launch experimental satellite in coming days China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday said it will launch an experimental orbiter in the coming days. The orbiter, SJ-11-02, will be carried into space by China's indigenous Long ... more | .. |
 Vietnam Selecting Belgium For Second EO Satellite The government of Vietnam decided to go ahead with a second microsatellite for earth observations, through its VNREDSAT (Vietnam Natural Resources Environment and Disaster monitoring small Satellite ... more |
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Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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  Toucans wearing GPS backpacks help Smithsonian scientists study seed dispersal Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped a team of scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately e ... more | .. |
 Why Tiangong is not a Station Hub There's been another round of inaccurate reporting in the Chinese media about China's Tiangong space laboratory. Stories have claimed that Tiangong 1, due to be launched within two months, is the co ... more | .. |
  Robot seagull flies in Scotland A German engineering firm says it has developed a robotic seagull so lifelike it fooled real birds into believing it was part of the flock. ... more | .. |
  Israel tests advanced missile interceptor Israel, concerned about both homemade Qassam rockets launched from Palestinian territory as well as the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles, has field-tested its Arrow 3 interceptor, its new anti-ballistic, long-range air defense system. ... more |
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  HALE-D Demonstrated During Abbreviated Flight The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin launched the first-of-its kind High Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator this morning, demonstrating a number of key technologies critical to development of unmanne ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin JASSM Lot 8 Software Validated During Flight Test Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed a successful Product Verification Test (PVT) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Released by a B-52 at an alti ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Progress Report Lockheed Martin's F-35 flight test program moves closer to achieving year-end milestones since the last update issued June 13. The F-35 Lightning II 5TH Generation multirole fighter conducted 107 te ... more |
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 Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force and Air Defence 3rd C-17 Boeing on July 28 delivered a third C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence at the C-17 program's final assembly facility in Long Beach. "We ... more | .. |
 Australia orders more Thales simulators Australia signed a contract worth $25 million with Thales Australia to deliver nine vehicle training simulators for crews operating the Australian Light Armored Vehicle. ... more | .. |
Turkey to export mine-resistant vehicles Turkey's first indigenously produced mine resistant vehicle, the "Kirpi," already in service with the Turkish armed forces, will soon be exported to Afghanistan and Iraq. ... more | .. |
 Germany gets first Euro Hawk The German Bundeswehr's first Euro Hawk first high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system is now in Germany for systems integration. ... more |
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  Philippine storm toll hits 52 as more go missing The death toll from tropical storm Nock-ten rose to 52 in the Philippines even as another approaching storm left two more people missing, the civil defence office said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Japan urges 180,000 to evacuate flood area Japan Friday issued evacuation advisories for more than 180,000 people in central Niigata region and tsunami-hit Fukushima, as heavy rains triggered floods which left five missing, reports said. ... more | .. |
 Seoul officials under fire as storm toll hits 59 South Korean city planners and developers were blamed Friday for allegedly causing "man-made" disasters that killed at least 59 people and left thousands homeless after record rainfall this week. ... more | .. |
 1 tiny electron could be key to future drugs that repair sunburn Researchers who have been working for nearly a decade to piece together the process by which an enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA have finally witnessed the entire process in full detail in the laborat ... 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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 Discovery of a new magnetic order Physicists at Forschungszentrum Julich and the universities of Kiel and Hamburg are the first to discover a regular lattice of stable magnetic skyrmions - radial spiral structures made up of atomic- ... more | .. |
  Rice scientists build battery in a nanowire The world at large runs on lithium ion batteries. New research at Rice University shows that tiny worlds may soon do the same. The Rice lab of Professor Pulickel Ajayan has packed an entire li ... more | .. |
 Material created at Purdue lets electrons 'dance' and form new state A team of Purdue University researchers is among a small group in the world that has successfully created ultrapure material that captures new states of matter and could have applications in high-sp ... more | .. |
 Graphene Nanocomposite a Bridge to Better Batteries Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in ... more |
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  Hong Kong groups protest over China's rail crash Hong Kong activists on Sunday held rallies calling for a thorough and open investigation into a fatal train crash in China on July 23 that killed at least 40 people and injured almost 200. ... more | .. |
  East Africa gold mining makes headway Gold mining in Tanzania and other East African sites is making headway with work in progress on prospecting and resource development at eight sites. ... more | .. |
  Obama unveils new car efficiency standards US President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled a new deal with automakers on fuel economy standards that he said would be a crucial step towards reducing US dependence on foreign oil. ... more |
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