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AAS Society Members Win 2011 Nobel Prize in PhysicsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 06, 2011 Three members of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) have been named recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that half of the SEK 10 million ($1.44 million) award will go to Saul Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley) and half will be shared by Brian P. Schmidt (Australian National University) and Adam G. Riess (Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science Institute). The 2011 ... read more |
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  Moller International Seeks Sponsorships for M400X Moller Skycar Moller International has announced that sponsorship packages are available for the first manned, untethered flight of the Moller Skycar M400X. The Company is beginning an eighteen month campaign cel ... more | .. |
  EDRS: an independent data-relay system for Europe becoming reality A public-private partnership contract signed with Astrium means that ESA is moving ahead with an independent, European satellite system that will speed up the transmission of large quantities of dat ... more | .. |
  Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket orbits Glonass satellite Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has put into orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday. He said the satellite separated from th ... more | .. |
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  Dark and bright: ESA chooses next two science missions The powerful influence of the Sun and the nature of the mysterious 'dark energy' motivate ESA's next two science missions. Solar Orbiter and Euclid were selected by ESA's Science Programme Committee ... more | .. |
 SSTL redefines the cost of radar imaging with NovaSAR-S Small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has announced completion of the development phase of its new low-cost Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite system. Called ... more | .. |
  Russia launches US telecoms satellite into orbit Russian successfully launched a US Intelsat satellite into space late Wednesday, aboard a Zenit carrier rocket from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, a Russian space agency official said. ... more | .. |
 U.S. sues astronaut over space camera A federal judge in Florida has refused Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell's request to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks the return of a space camera. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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 First Vega starts journey to Europe's Spaceport The first elements of Europe's new Vega small launcher left Italy last Thursday to begin their long journey to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, marking the final step towards its inaugural fligh ... more | .. |
 ESA centrifuge opens door to high-gravity worlds Astronauts' jobs sometimes weigh heavy on them: crews returning from space briefly endure 'g-loading' more than four times Earth normal. Scientists interested in hypergravity need to create it for m ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch Mexican satellite Mexsat 3 Mexican government's communications and transport administration, Secretara de Comunicaciones y Transportes, has awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the country's new Mexsat 3 telecommunicat ... more | .. |
  Takeoff For Tiangong The launch of China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has finally taken place. Apart from marking the debut of Tiangong as an operational spacecraft, it's worth considering what else we can already lear ... more |
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 NASA's Next Generation Spacecraft Brought to Life by a New Generation of Students Recent Cleveland State University graduates Adina Feigenbaum and Nick Matej were tapped by NASA's Glenn Research Center to design an exciting new look into the Orion spacecraft, the agency's deep sp ... more | .. |
 Asia's biggest tech fair opens in Japan Smartphones detecting bad breath and radiation, twistable remote controls and a super-thin tablet computer featured among the cutting-edge gadgets at Asia's biggest tech fair in Japan Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Scientists Release Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe to Date "Bolshoi" supercomputer simulation provides new benchmark for cosmological studies. The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gi ... more | .. |
 NASA's new plan for massive rocket greeted with enthusiasm, criticism The announced plans by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build a massive rocket are being greeted with both enthusiasm and criticism in the United States. The new roc ... more |
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Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
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Novel design approach offers vehicle for space innovation Small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) plans to jump-start space innovation by combining state-of-the-art avionics with flight proven systems in a low cost 50kg class satelli ... more | .. |
  THAAD Weapon System Achieves Intercept of Two Targets at Pacific Missile Range Facility The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Army conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system today, challenging th ... more | .. |
  Ground SATCOM Systems from ASC Signal Will Support L-3 Communications Systems-West in Maritime Surveillance ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $3.8 million sub-contract by L-3 Communications Systems-West to build a dual-band antenna system to support global data collection and dissemination worldwi ... more | .. |
  Boeing FAB-T Demonstrates High-Data-Rate Communications with AEHF Satellite Test Terminal Boeing has announced that it has successfully demonstrated high-data-rate transmissions between a Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and a test terminal for the Advance ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Upgrades Enhance Royal Australian Navy Frigate Anti-Ship Missile Defence Systems System upgrades provided by Northrop Grumman into the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Perth helped optimize the performance of the ship's Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system during recent sea trials co ... more | .. |
  US Army to Procure 56 Sentinel Battlefield Radars From ThalesRaytheonSystems ThalesRaytheonSystems has announced that the U.S. Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. ThalesRaytheonSystems has already delivered more than 220 radars to ... more | .. |
 The Navy and Marine Corps Select Lockheed Martin/Kaman Unmanned K-MAX for Afghanistan Deployment The Marine Corps will deploy the Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned K-MAX to Afghanistan next month. The decision follows the successful completion of a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment for ... more | .. |
 Spain to host ships for NATO missile shield Spain agreed Wednesday to bolster NATO's planned missile defence system by hosting four US naval ships equipped with interceptors designed to knock out incoming missiles. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 Chilean howitzer upgrade program under way A Chilean plan for modernizing and upgrading its defense forces is under way with one of the first major contracts going to BAE Systems for the supply and refurbishment of 12 U.S.-made M109A5 howitzers. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Receives FAA In-Service Milestone Decision to Upgrade Long Range Radars The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified that Raytheony's advanced electronics system has met an important milestone for the Long Range Radar Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) reg ... more | .. |
 New HC-130J Personnel Recovery Capability For USAF Air Force Crew Training Lockheed Martin has delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II to the U.S. Air Force's Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The aircraft was flown from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' facility to ... more | .. |
 Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program to Enter Production Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the APG-82(V)1 radar system. Boeing ... more |
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 Boeing KC-46 Tanker Program Completes Integrated Baseline Review The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program successfully completed its Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the U.S. Air Force on Aug. 24 at Boeing program headquarters in Mukilteo. The assessment, attended by ... more | .. |
 Alarm rises over missing Libyan missiles Air assets of the U.S. Africa Command are being reassigned to monitor Libya's borders in the hunt for missiles looted from Moammar Gadhafi's arsenals. ... more | .. |
  New modelling results link natural resources and armed conflicts The EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed a statistical modelling tool which allows the risk of conflict occurrence in developing countries to be analysed. Combining online news reports with ... more | .. |
 Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone High levels of radioactive contamination have been found in soil in the capital of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, a study showed Wednesday, prompting calls to make the area a voluntary evacuation zone. ... more |
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