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Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System EdgePasadena CA (JPL) Dec 06, 2011 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic purgatory. In it, the wind of charged particles streaming out from our sun has calmed, our solar system's magnetic field has piled up, and higher-energy particles from inside our solar system appear to be leaking out into interstellar space. "Voyager tells us now that we're in a stagnation region in t ... read more |
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  Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ready for Space Environment Tests NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), twin spacecraft being built and tested at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., are about to enter a challenging series o ... more | .. |
  Medical Robotics Helps Satellite Surgery Project Johns Hopkins engineers, recognized as experts in medical robotics, have turned their attention skyward to help NASA with a space dilemma: How can the agency fix valuable satellites that are breakin ... more | .. |
  U.S. mulls Israeli anti-rocket system buy The U.S. Army will decide in the next few weeks whether it will buy Israel's Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, to protect bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
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  Fregat upper stage and Pleiades 1 ready for next Soyuz Kourou launch The primary payload for Arianespace's second Soyuz flight from French Guiana is now undergoing fueling, while the upper stage that will orbit this Earth observation satellite and five co-passengers ... more | .. |
  China launches 10th satellite for independent navigation system China successfully launched a satellite into space at 5:07 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, the 10th one of its indigenous global navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, the ... more | .. |
  First Crew for Tiangong The successful first docking mission to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has cleared the path for greater things to come. The flight of the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft demonstrated two success ... more | .. |
 Ugandan works on space project from mother's backyard Chris Nsamba says that at one time or another every successful scientist has been called a madman, and some think he is crazy about working to send the first Ugandan into space - from the backyard of his mother's home. ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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 Names proposed for new elements An international panel has proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table. ... more | .. |
 China post office offers letters from space China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Awarded Microscale Power Conversion Contract Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop more efficient radio frequency (RF) transmitter technology through the Microscale Pow ... more | .. |
 ATK Awarded $20 Million UltraFlex Solar Array Contract from Orbital ATK was awarded a $20 million contract by Orbital Sciences to provide its UltraFlex solar arrays to power Orbital's enhanced Cygnus cargo logistics space vehicle, which is being utilized under NASA' ... more |
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  SAIC Completes Vibro-Acoustic Test Capability, Facility for NASA Science Applications International has completed design and construction services, providing NASA with a new vibro-acoustic test capability (VTC). The VTC includes a mechanical vibration facility (M ... more | .. |
 Ball Aerospace Selected by NASA to Study Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. is one of five companies that will develop mission concepts for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space, important for NASA's future deep space human e ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded MASTER Ground Processing Contract Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $5.75 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide research and development for the Modular Architecture for Signal-processing, Tracking and Exploitation R ... more | .. |
  Indra Makes In Cadiz A Flight Demonstration Of Its Unmanned Aircrafts Pelicano And Mantis In the framework of the European Robotics Week Indra has made a flight demo of two of its unmanned aircrafts: the Pelican helicopter and the Mantis plane, at Villamartin aerodrome (Cadiz). The ... more |
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New dietary supplement nearly doubles iron absorption in clinical trial
Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
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 X-37B on Overtime The US Air Force has officially confirmed that the second flight of their X-37B robot spaceplane is on overtime. This small experimental spacecraft, which resembles a car-sized space shuttle, has be ... more | .. |
 NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after the Kremlin threatened to deploy weapons systems near EU borders. ... more | .. |
  Russia sends ship-killer missiles to Syria Russia, a key backer of the beleaguered regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reported to have delivered supersonic Yakhont SS-N-26 anti-ship cruise missiles to Damascus despite calls for a U.N. arms embargo on the regime. ... more | .. |
 Kratos Receives $2.4 Million Contract to Support International Missile Defense Systems Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has announced that its Herley Industries, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a $2.4 million contract award in support of certain international missile defense eff ... more |
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 Astrium achieves Initial System Acceptance on Yahsat programme Astrium Services and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) have achieved the Initial System Acceptance (ISA) milestone, which was approved by the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and the United ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman to Provide Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator for Air Force E-3 AWACS Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to provide a Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) system to support maintenance of the U.S. Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control S ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded Contracts For Marine Corps Targeting System Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra ... more | .. |
 No indication drone lost in Iran was shot down: US The Pentagon said Monday there is no indication that US drone lost in Iranian territory was shot down, contradicting Tehran's claims. ... more |
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New AI process boosts material property analysis through machine learning
Chemical insights enable plastics to bond metals without adhesives
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 Iran downs US drone, threatens reprisal: reports Iran's military said it shot down a US Army drone inside its territory near the Afghan and Pakistani borders on Sunday, and threatened to retaliate for the violation, Iranian media reported. ... more | .. |
 'Deep concern' over new landmine use as summit ends Over 100 nations hailed global progress on landmine eradication on Friday but voiced "deep concern" over the fresh use of the weapon in four countries as a large anti-mine summit ended in Cambodia. ... more | .. |
 Iran missile projects unaffected by blast: general A deadly explosion at a missile development plant last month has not affected Iran's ballistic missile programme, its top general said in comments published on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Japan baby formula shows radiation contamination Radiation contamination has been found in a leading brand of Japanese baby formula, most likely fallout from the country's crippled nuclear plant, its manufacturer said Tuesday. ... more |
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  Swiss Re estimates Thai floods cost at $600 mn Reinsurance giant Swiss Re on Tuesday said that Thailand's worst flooding in decades would cost it around $600 million, but warned that the estimate could be revised. ... more | .. |
 Fresh radioactive runoff at Japan plant A fresh leak of radioactive water into the open ocean has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear complex, its operator said Monday as cleanup efforts continued. ... more | .. |
 Workers at Japan nuclear plant recall tsunami desperation The embattled operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has released workers' accounts of the desperate moments surrounding the huge earthquake and tsunami that triggered an atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Web helps Bangkok's flood-hit pets find relief When the floodwaters came up to her chin, Karuna Leuangleekpai knew she had to abandon her house on the outskirts of Bangkok. But she had no idea what to do with her seven dogs. ... more |
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