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Volunteers Sought for Simulated Mars Mission and Study of 'Menu Fatigue'Ithica NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2012 Astronauts on a mission to Mars will need much more than freeze-dried ice cream to sustain them, and researchers at Cornell are working to determine the best way to keep them well nourished during their three-year journeys and four-month stays on the Red Planet. To do so, they are seeking volunteers to spend four months in a simulated Mars habitat on the barren lava fields of Hawai'i. Jean Hunter, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, and Bruce Halpern, professor o ... read more |
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  LED lights point shoppers in the right direction Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio freq ... more | .. |
  MT Aerospace wins contract for operation and maintenance of launch facilities' mechanical systems MT Aerospace again signed an important contract for comprehensive service solutions at the European Space Port: from 2012 until 2016, the Augsburg-based aerospace supplier - through its subsidiary M ... more | .. |
  Robot competition in zero-gravity School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station. St ... more | .. |
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 Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Reach 150 Years of Combined On Orbit Service The U.S. Air Force's fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites has accumulated 150 collective years of successful on-orbit operations. The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: ... more | .. |
 ESA Director General praises UK space innovation ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Rt. Hon. David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, has unveiled a commemorative plaque marking the inauguration of Surrey Satellite Technol ... more | .. |
 JPL begins widespread adoption of Maplesoft technology Maplesoft has announced a major adoption of its products by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL is implementing Maple, MapleSim, and MapleNet in its various projects. Whether creating ... more | .. |
  First 'cloaking' of a 3D object announced U.S. researchers say they have "cloaked" a three-dimensional object, making it invisible from all angles for the first time. ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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  ISRO has gone to dogs, says Madhavan Nair Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G. Madhavan Nair Wednesday described as "improper" the move to blacklist four scientists, including him, from a government job and said the spa ... more | .. |
 ISRO: A great institution's fall from grace From humble beginnings of ferrying rocket parts on a bicycle to launching satellites of other countries and landing a craft on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has occupied a ... more | .. |
 Proton-M, Dutch Satellite Taken to Launch Pad The Proton-M carrier rocket with the Dutch SES-4 (NSS-14) satellite was installed on a launch pad at the Baikonur space center, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday. The launch ... more | .. |
 Nair blames ISRO Lashing out at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) order to debar him and three other senior scientists from holding any post-retirement government jobs for their alleged involvement in the controvers ... more |
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 Opening of UK site producing the heart of Galileo The first Galileo satellites are already in orbit, with more on the way. ESA's Director General and the UK's Universities and Science Minister have attended the grand opening of the facility where n ... more | .. |
 Fusion: X-ray laser zaps solid to 2 million degrees The quest to create nuclear fusion may have come a step closer when scientists heated solid matter to two million degrees with the world's most powerful X-ray laser, a study reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 ISRO mum on Nair's outburst, scientists dismayed The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday declined to comment on the outburst of its former chairman G. Madhavan Nair on the space agency and its current chairman K. Radhakri ... more | .. |
 Toronto teens send Lego man into space: video A video posted on YouTube Wednesday appeared to show the amazing voyage of a Lego man sent into space on a homemade spacecraft by two Toronto students. ... 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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 Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line Boeing has accelerated the assembly of its Global Positioning System (GPS IIF) satellites through the use of a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airplane production line. ... more | .. |
 Old satellite teaching new lessons Since Jan. 13, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here has been busy disposing of an old and trusted satellite. Squadron members could soon refer to the vehicle, known as SVN-30, as the satellite tha ... more | .. |
 2012 - Year of the Dragon Today marks the start of the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar and this year, SpaceX's Dragon will become the first privately developed spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
  NATO sees little progress in missile talks with Russia NATO and Russia have made little progress in talks to cooperate on a US-led missile shield for Europe, and failing a deal may have to drop plans for a summit in May, NATO's secretary general said Thursday. ... more |
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  'Autonomous' combat drones debated Researchers say a drone aircraft being tested by the U.S. Navy that could conduct a combat mission without human involvement raises troubling ethical questions. ... more | .. |
  L-3 to work on Pakistan F-16 simulators L-3 Link Simulation and Training has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to modernize two F-16C Block 52 aircrew training devices for the Pakistani air force. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Test Autonomous Aerial Refueling for Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could help extend the operating range and flight duration of future carrier-bas ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 Program Northrop Grumman has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 program: "The Pentagon has announced that it is planning to cancel the Global Hawk Block 30 program and plans to per ... 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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US Navy Progresses in Demonstrating Unmanned Refueling Capability The Navy is testing a system that promises to significantly increase the endurance and range of carrier-based unmanned aircraft. As part of the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D ... more | .. |
 World's First Net-Enabled Weapon Completes Developmental Testing The Navy recently completed a milestone test phase for its network-enabled weapon that will give forces greater effectiveness at sea. Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) C -1, DoD's first network-en ... more | .. |
 Indra Develops a Maritime Surveillance Light Aircraft Indra is working on the development of a new maritime surveillance light aircraft in collaboration with Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam, firms SELEX Galileo, FLIR Systems and Remote Sensing and ... more | .. |
  Brazil to assemble Harris tactical radio Brazil is set to start local assembly of Harris RF Communications tactical communications systems in a follow-up to a $10.7 million deal it signed last year. ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Wins Award for USAF Design and Engineering Support Program The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for its Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP III). Northrop Grumman is one of 26 companie ... more | .. |
  US Navy Completes Raytheon Laser-guided Maverick Testing The U.S. Navy completed developmental and operational testing (DT/OT) of the newest variant of Raytheon's laser-guided Maverick missile. This brings U.S. Sailors and Marines one step closer to condu ... more | .. |
 Lithuania faults Russia over missile plan on EU borders Lithuania on Wednesday challenged Russian moves to deploy missiles on the EU's borders, which Moscow claims are meant to offset a planned US anti-missile shield in eastern Europe. ... more | .. |
  NOAA satellites aid in the rescue of 207 people in 2011 In 2011, NOAA satellites were critical in the rescues of 207 people from life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters. The satellites picked up distress signal ... more |
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