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China has Australia space tracking station: reportHong Kong (AFP) Nov 5, 2011 China has acquired a space tracking station in Australia, its first such facility in a close US ally, a report said Saturday. The station in remote Dongara, about 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of Perth in western Australia, was used during Tuesday's launch of the Shenzhou VIII mission, Hong Kong daily the South Morning China Post reported. The United States and the European Space Agency, have long had tracking facilities in Australia, including the joint US-Australian Pine Gap satellite stati ... read more |
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  Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set NASA's Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the Voyager 2 spacecraft Nov. 4 to switch to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Confirmation was received that ... more | .. |
  NASA Robotic Lander Test Flight Will Aid in Future Lander Designs NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of ach ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Acquires Sim-Industries Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of Sim-Industries B.V., a commercial aviation simulation company located in the Netherlands. The acquisition is a demonstration of the Corporation's str ... more | .. |
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  Galileo satellites handed over to control centre in Germany Europe's first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads. Marking the formal end of their LEOP Laun ... more | .. |
 China's space industry to see accelerated expansion over next 10 years China's space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday. Lab modules, a space station a ... more | .. |
 Will China's next space mission be manned? An interview with Huang Weifen, deputy chief director of China's astronaut program. b>Reporter: /b>When will Chinese astronauts perform the space rendezvous and docking task? b>Huang ... more | .. |
 GMV Awarded Contract For Paz Satellite Control Center GMV has been awarded a 3 million Euro contract to provide the control center of the new Spanish satellite Paz, due for launch at the end of next year. The contract includes all platform-planning and ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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 Russia launches navigation satellites Russia on Friday successfully launched three satellites for its global navigation system Glonass on a Proton-M rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency said. ... more | .. |
 China envoy loses cool over Indian map error: report The Chinese ambassador to India told a journalist in New Delhi to "shut up" in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China, newspapers reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Japan computer smashes speed record A Japanese supercomputer has broken its own record as the world's fastest machine by performing 10 quadrillion calculations per second, its developers announced. ... more | .. |
  NASA-sponsored study describes how space flight impacts astronauts' eyes and vision A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts' visual systems. Some problems, including blurry vision, appear to per ... more |
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 China space prowess benefits world China's latest achievements in space exploration symbolize new gains of not only the Chinese but also the mankind. The successful docking of Tiangong-1 space lab module and Shenzhou-8 spacecraft at ... more | .. |
 Boeing to Build Commercial Spacecraft at Kennedy, Create 550 Jobs The Boeing Co. will set up Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture and assemble its CST-100 spacecraft for launches to the International Space Station ... more | .. |
 Space now features more Chinese stars Stargazers across the globe now have one more reason to keep their eyes on the heavens with the successful docking between China's two spacecraft. The Shenzhou-8 docked with China's first space lab ... more | .. |
 Chinese find space docking metaphor for love In the eyes of Chinese media, the country's first space docking is not only rocket science, but also a source of inspiration for an imagined space romance. In the most popular metaphor, Chines ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
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  Arianespace to launch Australian satellite Optus 10 Paul O'Sullivan, Optus Chief Executive, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, announced in Sydney, Australia that the Optus 10 satellite would be launched into geostationary transf ... more | .. |
  Simulating space in Gottingen Right in the heart of Gottingen - 236 cubic metres of outer space! The German Aerospace Center will now be able to conduct research on electric spacecraft propulsion systems under realistic conditio ... more | .. |
  National Armaments Directors Approve MEADS Program Continuation Plan The National Armaments Directors of Germany, Italy and the United States approved a contract amendment that funds two flight intercept tests of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). ... more | .. |
  Moller International Awards CliC Goggles First M400X Skycar Flight Sponsorship Moller International, the developer of the Skycar aircraft, the Rotapower line of rotary engines and the Aerobot line of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), is enjoying a strong interest in sponsorships ... more |
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  Libya's NTC pledges to destroy chemical weapons: OPCW Libya's National Transitional Council has pledged to continue with the previous regime's programme of destroying its chemical weapons stockpiles, an international monitoring group said Friday. ... more | .. |
 US reins in drones over diplomatic concerns: report The US spy agency has quietly tightened its rules on drone strikes in Pakistan over concerns about their impact on tense relations with Islamabad, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Airborne Processors Track Multiple Ballistic Missiles from Airborne Platform During a test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, Raytheon airborne processors demonstrated precision tracking of multiple ballistic targets from an airborne platform. A to ... more | .. |
  Israel holds major missile defence drill Israel on Thursday completed a major civil defence drill in the Tel Aviv region aimed at simulating a response to conventional and non-conventional missile attacks, the military said. ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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 Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Fixed-Wing Rocket Motor Maturity Lockheed Martin has conducted the first test firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) reduced-smoke rocket motor, demonstrating the functionality and maturity of the design. The reduce ... more | .. |
 Tata wins Indian radar-jamming contract India has awarded Tata Power Strategic Electronics Division a contract for two integrated electronic warfare systems to be deployed in mountain regions. ... more | .. |
 DCGS-A Next-Gen ISR System Completes Baseline Software Certification Tests Northrop Grumman has successfully completed formal qualification testing of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Mobile Basic software baseline being developed for the U.S. Army. ... more | .. |
 Boeing, US Army Mark Delivery of First AH-64D Apache Block III Combat Helicopter Boeing has marked delivery of the first AH-64D Apache Block III multi-role attack helicopter to the U.S. Army in Mesa. The Block III Apache begins a new era in combat aviation by delivering advanced ... more |
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  Current Training Programs May Not Prepare Firefighters to Combat Stress Current training programs may not effectively prepare firefighters for the range of scenarios they are likely to encounter, according to human factors/ergonomics researchers Michael R. Baumann, Caro ... more | .. |
 Social media use soars in flood-hit Thailand Thais struggling to make sense of the kingdom's deadly flood crisis are turning to social media like never before, spurred by confusing official information about the disaster, observers say. ... more | .. |
 Seoul roads to be repaved for radioactivity Two sections of road in the South Korean capital Seoul are to be repaved after they were found to be radioactive, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 US task force lays out priorities for post-quake Japan Japan should shore up its nuclear safety credibility and prime its economy to bounce back from the quake-tsunami disaster, a US task force said Thursday. ... more |
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