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How Do You Fight Fire in Space?San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. to A first round of experiments ran from March 2009 to December 2011. A second round kicked off in January and is set to last a year or more. Forman Williams, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, ha ... read more |
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  Program Glitch Led to Russian Mars Probe Failure A government commission has blamed Russian programmers for the recent failure of Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, the Kommersant daily said on Tuesday citing a space industry source. The comm ... more | .. |
  Lavrov to Discuss Space, Nuclear Cooperation in Australia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss bilateral cooperation in high-tech industries, including space and nuclear power, during his one-day working visit to Australia on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Engine Failure Behind Meridian Satellite Crash The crash of Russia's Meridian communication satellite late last year was caused by the destruction of one of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket's engines, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Vladim ... more | .. |
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 Precision space maneuvers Spacecraft must operate with utmost precision when conducting landing maneuvers on other planets, or docking to a space station. To ensure they do not drift off course, imaging sensors collect a flo ... more | .. |
 SciTechTalk: In the cloud we trust? A report from Apple that 85 million people have signed up for its iCloud service is an indication a significant number of computer users are willing - even happy - to entrust their personal data, from documents to music to last summer's vacation snaps, to other digital hands. ... more | .. |
  Feb 13 set as new date for Europe's Vega rocket The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday that the first launch of a long-awaited light rocket, Vega, which had been pencilled for February 9, would take place on February 13. ... more | .. |
  Armadillo rocket flys high Following detailed analysis of the downlinked telemetry and audio/video recordings from both ground based cameras and a camera that was recovered from the rocket, Armadillo Aerospace has determined ... 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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  Ariane 5 to launch Galileo constellation Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), has signed an agreement i ... more | .. |
 SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galileo FOC satellites European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites fo ... more | .. |
 Eight more Galileo navsats agreed ESA has signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe's Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time. The signin ... more | .. |
 NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in t ... more |
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 Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announce the final week to register and become eligible to win a suborbital research flight on XCOR's Lynx I vehicle at the Next Generation ... more | .. |
 SpaceX flight to ISS could be late March: NASA The first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station could happen in late March, NASA said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 EU signs orders for eight new Galileo space satellites The EU on Thursday signed contracts with German and French engineering firms to build and launch another eight satellites for its Europe's Galileo geopositioning system. ... more | .. |
 Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Space radiation triggered a glitch in the on-board computer system causing the recent crash of Russia's Mars probe, Federal Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin said on Tuesday. "Two components ... 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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  N. Korea developing unmanned attack aircraft: report North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using US target drones imported from the Middle East, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Boeing begins production of F/A-18E/F distributed target system Boeing has announced that it has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter. DTS provides enhanced targeting capability for ... more | .. |
 Raytheon and US Navy Complete JSOW C-1 Developmental Testing The U.S. Navy completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. The conclusion of DT brings U.S. and allied warfighters one step closer to being able to engage moving s ... more | .. |
  Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV Iran has begun mass production of an anti-ship cruise missile, state television's website said on Saturday. ... more |
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 Thales bids for $3B Saudi missile deal French military electronics giant Thales is negotiating with Saudi Arabia for a contract, worth up to $3 billion, to upgrade the kingdom's air-defense network, particularly those guarding key military and government sites. ... more | .. |
  Russia to build space defense missiles Two plants to manufacture space-defense missiles will be built in central Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. ... more | .. |
 NATO agrees on long-delayed drone programme NATO agreed Friday to buy five reconnaissance drones to boost the alliance's surveillance capabilities after the Libyan air war exposed shortcomings among European forces in that field. ... more | .. |
  ASC Signal Receives Ground SATCOM Systems Contract ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $1 million contract for the first three phases to build up to 100 3.7 meter, X-band antenna systems to support global government communications. These fixed ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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  UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is turning the term "power plant" on its head. The biochemist and a team of rese ... more | .. |
  Helicopters set to become more manoeuvrable - using humpback whales as the prototype Modern helicopters could be significantly faster and more manoeuvrable - if aerodynamics did not impose limitations on them. Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- u ... more | .. |
  Technology that translates content to the Internet protocol of the future A new protocol, IPv6, is being introduced across the Web. Researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Carlos III University - UC3M) who are participating in the Trilogy project have defined tec ... more | .. |
 Snow and fog ground half of London Heathrow's flights Thousands of passengers were stranded on Sunday after heavy snow and forecasts of freezing fog forced London Heathrow Airport to cancel 50 percent of its scheduled flights. ... more |
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  Wen says Europe stability in China's interests China's Premier Wen Jiabao said a stable Europe was key to stability at home, in comments published Sunday, at the end of a week that saw Germany's chancellor visit Beijing. ... more | .. |
  Canada PM Harper goes to China to boost trade Canada's prime minister heads to China on Tuesday in a bid to pry open more of the Chinese market for Canadian resources after Washington snubbed Canadian oil, in a visit that will also bring pandas to Canada. ... more | .. |
 China snubs debt in European spending spree Chinese companies and funds have ramped up investment in crisis-hit Europe, buying utilities, energy firms and even luxury yacht makers, but are steering clear of eurozone debt. ... more | .. |
 Malaysia plant threatens China grip on rare earths China's chokehold on the rare earths vital for everything from iPods to missiles is widely expected to end soon, thanks in large part to a contentious new plant in Malaysia. ... more |
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