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Russia blames scientists for rocket crashesMoscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2011 Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station (ISS) on negligence by the country's underpaid rocket scientists. A probe into the August 24 crash of the unmanned Progress cargo ship and an August 18 error that put Russia's biggest satellite in the wrong orbit blamed both mishaps on the state-run Roskosmos space agency and its workers. The decision said the Prosecutor General's office would be pressing for discipli ... read more |
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  Branson opens world's first 'spaceport' in New Mexico British billionaire Richard Branson on Monday opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. ... more | .. |
  Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Van ... more | .. |
 Astrotech Subsidiary Awarded Task Order for NASA Mission Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for payload processing support at the Easte ... more | .. |
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  Gravitational biology and space life sciences and implications for the Indian space program This paper is an introduction to gravitational and space life sciences and a summary of key achievements in the field. Current global research is focused on understanding the effects of gravity/micr ... more | .. |
 ASU in space: 7 current missions, more in the wings Arizona State University is no stranger to space exploration missions. Whether to Mars or other solar system targets, its involvement with NASA planetary exploration began in the 1970s and at presen ... more | .. |
  Galileo - keeping time with atomic clocks An equation with four unknowns - at least, that is how satellite navigation is summarised by Walter Paffgen, Managing Director of the German Aerospace Center's Space Applications Company and Head of ... more | .. |
 First Soyuz ready for liftoff from French Guiana Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 17, 2011 The first Soyuz to take off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is now at its launch pad. The rocket that will carry the first two Galileo navigation s ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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 Space Exploration Technologies Ready to Compete for Upcoming DoD Launches Today the U.S. Air Force issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NRO and NASA that serves as a joint agreement on the process they will use to allow new companies to compete to provide l ... more | .. |
 New entrant certification strategy announced The U.S. Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, and NASA announced Oct. 14 their strategy for certifying commercial launch vehicles that could compete for future contracts for space launch m ... more | .. |
 Huge stakes riding on maiden Soyuz launch from Kourou Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America. ... more | .. |
 Factfile on Galileo, Europe's rival to GPS Following is a snapshot of Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system, the first satellites of which are scheduled to be launched on Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana. ... more |
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 Virgin Galactic to give NASA a ride Space tourism company Virgin Galactic says it has signed a deal to give NASA scientists rides into space to conduct experiments. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz ready with Galileo satellites for milestone launch International space cooperation will be highlighted in a historic event on 20 October: the launch of Europe's first Galileo navigation satellites on Russia's first Soyuz rocket to depart from Europe ... more | .. |
  Table salt used to boost digital storage: scientists Scientists in Singapore said Friday they have discovered a process that can expand the data storage capacity of computer hard disks six-fold using a common kitchen ingredient - table salt. ... more | .. |
  Abu Dhabi to host global aerospace leaders at industry Summit CEOs from the world's leading airlines, aircraft manufacturers, satellite companies, and aerospace associations, as well as heads of the world's most prominent aerospace teaching and research facili ... 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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 Constellation Networks Connects The Unconnected With SES SES has announced Constellation Networks Corporation (CNC) has signed capacity deals on two satellites to deliver life-changing Internet access to remote communities around the world. Constell ... more | .. |
  US Army to fly 'kamikaze' drones A miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes Meads Intra-Fire Unit Communications Hardware Ahead of Schedule Lockheed Martin recently completed early delivery of intra-fire unit communications kits designed for use with the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). This tactical hardware for ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Weapons Load Training System to Eglin AFB Lockheed Martin has delivered and installed the first weapons load training device at the F-35 integrated pilot-and-maintenance training center (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. ... more |
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 Raytheon Awarded contract for Lightweight Torpedoes Raytheon has been awarded a $42.6 million U.S. Navy contract to provide MK54 lightweight torpedo hardware. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will deliver a total of 100 M ... more | .. |
 First shipboard integration of a true dual-band radar suite Raytheon has completed the shipboard installation of the Cobra Judy Replacement program's X- and S-band antennas onto the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25). These massive active phased-array antenn ... more | .. |
  Philippines unfazed by Taiwan Spratlys missile plan The Philippines said Sunday it was prepared to defend its claims in the South China Sea, but downplayed a plan by Taiwan to deploy missiles in the area. ... more | .. |
 Miscommunication caused US drone deaths: report A US Marine and a Navy medic were killed by a US drone strike in April because Marine commanders in Afghanistan mistook them for Taliban fighters, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. ... 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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 El-Op tunes C-Music to protect airliners Amid growing concerns that terrorists have their hands on thousands of surface-to-air missiles looted from Libyan armories, Israel plans to equip all its airliners with a new defense system developed by the El-Op company. ... more | .. |
 US team seeking missing missiles in Libya The United States has a team of experts on the ground in Libya helping the authorities find missing surface-to-air missiles that could threaten civil aviation, a US official said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Radioactive emissions from Fukushima plant fall: TEPCO Emissions of radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have been cut by half over the past month, its operator said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima city begins decontamination of homes Fukushima City began Tuesday its first decontamination of private properties, seven months after the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl spread radioactive materials over eastern Japan. ... more |
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 Gas blast kills 11 miners in north China: Xinhua A gas blast killed 11 people at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, state media reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's mining industry. ... more | .. |
  Improving the physics of grocery store display cases to save energy Shoppers don't usually give a second thought as they reach into a cooler to grab milk, cheese or prepackaged lunches. Open-front refrigerated display cases, which make up roughly 60 percent of the r ... more | .. |
  Iowa State, Ames Lab physicist says nanoparticle assembly is like building with LEGOs New processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges, Alex Travesset of Iowa State University and the Ames Laborato ... more | .. |
 UBC researchers invent tiny artificial muscles with the strength, flexibility of elephant trunk An international team of researchers has invented new artificial muscles strong enough to rotate objects a thousand times their own weight, but with the same flexibility of an elephant's trunk or oc ... more |
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