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Next ESA Astronaut Ready For Launch As Soyuz Rolls OutBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Dec 20, 2011 The Christmas season has brought the gift of a Soyuz launcher for the PromISSe mission. ESA's Andre Kuipers and his crewmates are running their final simulations and preparing to board the rocket on Wednesday to head towards the International Space Station. The weather at the Baikonur Cosmodrome was a crisp 24 degrees C below zero and the cloudless sky above the Kazakh Steppe was a deep blue. Respecting traditions, the rocket and its precious spacecraft on top was rolled out this morning at 07:00 ... read more |
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  SSTL tests TechDemoSat-1 plasma population payload Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed another milestone in the UK's technology demonstration satellite TechDemoSat-1 with the successful testing of the engineering model of the first ... more | .. |
  Mankind faces long road in space exploration After the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet, the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station (ISS) is by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft until at least 2015. However, as one ... more | .. |
  Six more Globalstars Ready for launch on a Soyuz from Baikonur The next cluster of second-generation Globalstar satellites to be orbited by Arianespace is ready for launch on a Soyuz vehicle that will lift off next week from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more | .. |
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 Goddard Scientists Selected as Participating Scientists in Mars Lab and Cassini Missions Five scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been selected as Participating Scientists in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and Cassini missions. The new MSL Parti ... more | .. |
 Nigeria launches satellite to replace earlier failed attempt Nigeria on Monday launched a communications satellite into space to replace one that failed in 2008, the country's satellite agency said. ... more | .. |
  China celebrates success of space docking mission China held a rally on Friday to celebrate the success of the country's first space docking mission between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. President Hu Jintao, als ... more | .. |
 NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold sci ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
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  NASA Takes Next Step In Developing Commercial Crew Program NASA has announced a modified competitive procurement strategy to keep on track the agency's plan to have U.S. companies transport American astronauts into space instead of outsourcing this work to ... more | .. |
 Industry Leaders Discuss New Booster Development for Space Launch System On Dec. 15, more than 120 aerospace industry leaders from more than 70 companies attended the Space Launch System's Advanced Booster Industry Day held at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more | .. |
 Acra Control Proven in Low Earth Orbit Acra Control is proud to support Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) as they work to become the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station (ISS). In ... more | .. |
 AsiaSat and THAICOM Sign Cooperation Agreement Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Thaicom Public Company Limited (THAICOM), have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to provide satellite services from the ... more |
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 Vega moves closer to its first liftoff The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan ... more | .. |
Tiangong-1 orbiter starts planned cabin checks against toxic gas The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic gas inside the cabin to better prepare for the country's future manned space docking mission. The Tiango ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Completes 2011 Launch Manifest With Successful Soyuz Campaign Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing pr ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces: Dragon To The Space Station December 8 2011, marked the one year anniversary of Dragon's first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. The flight made history as SpaceX became the only commercia ... more |
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No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter; as Japan battles spike in attacks
COP30: Indigenous peoples vital to humanity's future
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 NASA to change private spacecraft plans NASA says planned changes in the next stage of a program to develop privately operated U.S. spacecraft will give it more flexibility amid funding uncertainties. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz is cleared for its second Arianespace launch from the Spaceport Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz mission from French Guiana has been given the launch go-ahead, moving preparations into their final phase for a nighttime liftoff tomorrow with six satellite passengers. ... more | .. |
 Is there profit in outer space Inside an immaculate but otherwise nondescript industrial building just outside the Beltway in suburban Virginia, half a dozen engineers and technicians, wearing lab coats, shoe covers, and hairnets ... more | .. |
 NASA Concludes 2011 Testing of J-2X Engine NASA conducted its final J-2X rocket engine test of the year Dec. 14, the 10th firing in a series of tests on the new upper-stage engine that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. ... more |
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 Arianespace Signs First launch contracts for Vega With preparations under way for the first launch of Europe's new light launcher Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, Arianespace has signed its first commercial launch Service and Sol ... more | .. |
  Gilat Selected by JSC NC Kazsatnet for High Speed Data Connectivity Gilat has been selected by JSC NC 'Kazsatnet', a Republic of Kazakhstan telecommunications company, to deploy a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to complement its fiber and IP networks. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman And ITT Exelis Team For Army Vehicular Radio Northrop Grumman and ITT Exelis have teamed to compete for the U.S. Army's new vehicle-mounted, software-defined radio. The Army issued a draft request for proposal on Nov. 4, for the Mid-Tier Netwo ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman To Support LN-251 Navigation System Integration On CH-53K Helicopter Northrop Grumman has been awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Navy to provide integration and laboratory test support for the LN-251 embedded global positioning system (GPS)/fiber-optic inertia ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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  N. Korea test-fires short-range missiles: report North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, the same day it announced the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Ships First Mobile User Objective System Satellite To Cape For Launch Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Navy's first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on December 15, where it will be prepared for a Feb. 16, 2012 ... more | .. |
  Raytheon To Supply New Patriot Missile Defense Systems for Taiwan Raytheon has received a $685.7 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for additional new fire units of the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan. "Our partners ... more | .. |
 USAF Awards Northrop Grumman Major Joint STARS Support Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 30-month, $540 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STAR ... more |
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  Small fire at Japan nuclear lab; no radiation leak A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry. ... more | .. |
 Geography, squatting blamed for Philippine floods A freak storm, poor warning systems, flimsy buildings and human folly are all being blamed as Philippine officials struggle to explain one of the deadliest flash floods to have hit the country. ... more | .. |
 Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims Monday to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island. ... more | .. |
 Microfinancing lifts tsunami-hit Japan firms The world's third largest economy might not seem the obvious place to find the need for microfinancing, but for businesses in tsunami-ravaged northeast Japan, it could be the key to revival. ... more |
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