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Made-in-Chengdu to help Shenzhou spacecraft returnBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2011 The Shenzhou VIII spacecraft was launched under the spotlight at 5:58 am, Nov 1. It will safely land controlled by a statical pressure altitude controller, made in Chengdu. The controller, made by AVIC Chengdu CAIC Electronics Co Ltd, has been applied in Chinese spacecrafts from Shenzhou I through to Shenzhou XIII. Industry experts say the device is a core component of the spacecraft recovery system. It is a class-A product of the spacecraft, a key control unit to open up the parachute syste ... read more |
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 Second Tiangong-1 And Shenzhou-8 docking to face light interference The space module Tiangong-1 and spacecraft Shenzhou-8 will conduct rendezvous and docking experiments twice as scheduled and then Shenzhou-8 will return to the earth while Tiangong-1 will continue t ... more | .. |
  Shot US lawmaker speaks out in first interview US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery. ... more | .. |
  Gilat's Wavestream Introduces AeroStream Airborne Transceiver Product Family Gilat Satellite reports that its wholly owned subsidiary Wavestream introduced the AeroStream family of airborne-qualified solid-state transceivers for integration into both military and commercial ... more | .. |
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 International rendezvous in Lucca on global space exploration Discussions will focus on space exploration when ministers and heads of agencies of most of the world's space-faring countries rendezvous on Thursday in Lucca, Italy. High-level representative ... more | .. |
  ILS and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat have announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton in 2013. The W3D satellite is ... more | .. |
 Orbital Teamed with Three NASA Explorer Mission Finalists Orbital Sciences has secured important roles as the industrial partner to three of five finalists for the next round of NASA's small space science missions. Under the space agency's Explorer Program ... more | .. |
 NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014 NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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 The second Soyuz launcher's Fregat upper stage is readied for flight A focus of activity for Arianespace's second Soyuz flight from French Guiana is now on the Spaceport's S3B clean room facility, where the medium-lift launcher's Fregat upper stage is being readied f ... more | .. |
  New elements join the periodic table Chemistry students bent on memorizing the periodic table of elements have three new names to commit to memory, scientists meeting in Britain said. ... more | .. |
  Preparing to Stock the Medicine Cabinet for Long-Duration Missions When aerospace engineers design the new vehicle intended for long-duration space travel, they will need to include a good-sized medicine cabinet. Stocking it, however, is more of a challenge than a ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Ends 2011 With Three Launcher Campaigns On November 7, for the first time in the history of Arianespace, the company's operating teams were all deployed concurrently on the Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launch pads at the Guiana Space Center in ... more |
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  Congress and NASA: expedite commercial crew The end of the Space Shuttle program this summer caused the US to voluntarily give up its capability to put our own astronauts into orbit. By doing so before a new human spaceflight launch system is ... more | .. |
  Chemical weapons inspectors to return to Libya International weapons inspectors will visit Libya within weeks to check new secret chemical arms stockpiles found since the fall of Moamer Kadhafi, a weapons treaty spokesman said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US Army Gets Faster, More Capable Apache Aircraft The world's most lethal attack helicopter just got even better. Inside a hangar against a backdrop of lights, fog, and looking as intimidating as ever, the first AH-64D Longbow Apache Block III was ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Provides First Hybrid Cellular Capability For Soldier Networks Raytheon's One Force communications solution successfully linked soldiers' smart phones and tablets during the recent U.S. Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) at Fort Benning, Ga. It was th ... 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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  LONGBOW Data Link Controls UAV From Apache Helicopter For First Time The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company's Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned vehicle from an AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter, wh ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Redesign B-2 Spirit's Aft Deck Northrop Grumman recently won a $109 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce a redesigned aft deck for the B-2 stealth bomber, further enhancing the world's most survivable aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration Completes Mission The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites continue to shine in their role as space sensors validating key functions and capabilities for missile tracking. "Eve ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Seven More US Navy P-8A Poseidon Aircraft Contracts Boeing on Nov. 3 received a $1.7 billion low-rate initial production (LRIP) award from the U.S. Navy for seven additional P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. LRIP-II is the follow-on to an ... more |
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 Eurocopter craft declared NATO compliant Eurocopter of France reports a declaration of compliance for the NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter variant's final operational configuration. ... more | .. |
 Aussie Wedgetails complete exercises Australia said the participation of its Boeing Wedgetail aircraft in Exercise Bersama Lima was a "step forward" for the nearly $4 billion project. ... more | .. |
 Navy to Arm Northrop Grumman-Built Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Northrop Grumman has started work outfitting the U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a weapons system. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System laser-guided 70mm rocket - i ... more | .. |
 New Light Machine Gun Aims to 'SAW' Soldiers' Load Nearly 20 Soldiers participated in a two-week assessment of a prototype light machine gun to demonstrate its potential impact on mission effectiveness and to help engineers develop possible improvem ... 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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 Harris Extends Tactical Networking to Dismounted Warfighter Harris has introduced the Falcon III AN/PRC-152A, the first and only NSA Type-1 certified handheld radio to put the power of wideband tactical networking-including the capability to send and receive ... more | .. |
 Australian Police to Trial Metal Storm MAUL Metal Storm is pleased to announce that two Australian Police Forces have formally requested an opportunity to trial the Metal Storm MAUL 12-gauge weapon system. BREON Defence, the Asia Pacifi ... more | .. |
 US military adds armed robotic helicopters to fleet The US military plans to add a lethal new drone to its fleet - a robotic helicopter for the US Navy equipped with laser-guided rockets, defense giant Northrop Grumman said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 RAAF receives another Airbus Military A330 A third Airbus Military A330 MRTT multi-role tanker/transport has been formally handed over to the Royal Australian Air Force. ... more |
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  Japan lower house approves $156bn recovery budget Japan's lower house on Thursday approved a 12.1 trillion-yen ($156 billion) draft budget to finance post quake reconstruction and boost an economy hit by slow global growth and a strong yen. ... more | .. |
 Thaksin keeps low profile in Thai flood crisis With a flood crisis rocking his sister's government, fugitive ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is lying low as prospects of a triumphant homecoming look ever more distant, observers say. ... more | .. |
 New metamaterial allows transmission gain while retaining negative refraction property A new type of active metamaterial that incorporates semiconductor devices into conventional metamaterial structures is demonstrating an ability to have power gain while retaining its negative refrac ... more | .. |
 Are electron tweezers possible Not to pick up electrons, but tweezers made of electrons. A recent paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Virginia (UVA) demonstra ... more |
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