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North Korean rocket launch fails, draws condemnationPyongyang (AFP) April 13, 2012 North Korea's heralded long-range rocket test ended in failure Friday, disintegrating in mid-air soon after blastoff and plunging into the sea in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state. The defiant launch drew condemnation from world leaders who described it as a "provocative" act that threatened regional security, despite Pyongyang insisting it was intended to put a satellite into orbit for peaceful purposes. Some four hours after the rocket exploded over the Yellow Sea, the North admitt ... read more |
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  Commentary: Innovate or evaporate He was voted one of the "50 Great Americans," holds 28 honorary degrees, received, not once, but five times, the U.S. Defense Department's highest civilian decoration - the Distinguished Service Medal. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Delivers Two Commercial Communications Satellites For Upcoming Historic Launch Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100th and 101st commercial geostationary communications satellites in preparation for the first dual launch of satellites built by Lockheed Martin aboard an Ariane ... more | .. |
  Putin Calls for Space Launch Development Strategy Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday a national strategy was needed for the development of the country's space launch centers. "I believe we need to develop a long-term national de ... more | .. |
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 NASA's Human Spaceflight Programs: From Space Shuttle To The Future The space shuttle helped the United States expand its leadership in space exploration during the program's 30 years of flight and laid the groundwork for the next 30 years of space exploration. The ... more | .. |
  Boeing, US Navy Conduct Networked Distributed Targeting Capability Flight Test on Super Hornet Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on a Super Hornet. The system is designed to enhance the F/A-18E/F ... more | .. |
  Russia waiting for S-500 air defense system The S-500, a new generation surface-to-air missile system, is to enter the Russian Air Defense arsenal in 2015. At present, the Russian Air Forces are outfitted with the S-400 and S-300V4 complexes, ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Deliver Unattended Ground Systems The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide SCORPION and SCORPION II Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) systems to protect soldiers with a remote persistent unattended surveillance ... more |
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 Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Navigation System for USAF Boeing has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation system. The upgrade will replace the original navigation hardware with a new ring ... more | .. |
  Pirates, Beware: US Navy Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said. Calle ... more | .. |
  Dragon Expected to Set Historic Course The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial mission ... more | .. |
 Russia sets space science priorities: Astrophysics, plasma research and planetary missions On Cosmonautics Day Eve Russian scientists revealed their plans for the next years. While planetary exploration program is currently under discussion, there are other missions to be launched in near ... more |
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 United Launch Alliance Announces New Human Launch Services Organization United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the formation of a new organization that will focus exclusively on NASA's human spaceflight programs. ULA's Human Launch Services organization will b ... more | .. |
  Watching space weather through the MAGIC of CubeSat CINEMA A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth's radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is a collaboration between UC Berkeley, K ... more | .. |
 New 'rocket' can go to moon on 100 cc fuel A lightweight satellite thruster can go to the Moon on just 100 ml of fuel, slashing cost of space missions. The mini motor uses electricity to expel ions and generate thrust, built to manoeuvre spa ... more | .. |
 Russian AA, ABM systems - alternative for India India's army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh said in March that the Indian army had been rendered inefficient, slamming the defense ministry for corruption, which can help Russia get its foot in the ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
NASA teams with India to launch Earth-tracking satellite
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 Private Lunar mission and the future of space tourism Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Loral Platform to Help Enable Next Era of Space Communications Space Systems/Loral is teaming with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite to be launched in 2016. NASA 's Space Techn ... more | .. |
 N. Korea admits failure as world raps rocket launch North Korea admitted Friday its long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating mid-air and plunging into the sea soon after liftoff in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state. ... more | .. |
 Big boost for UK space technology industry The Government is to grant nearly 6 million pound to co-fund major new British research that will develop commercial products and services using space technology and data from space-based systems. ... more |
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  Fourth Boeing-built WGS Satellite Accepted by USAF Boeing reports that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on April 11, after the spacecraft passed several weeks of rigorou ... more | .. |
 Indian navy commissions third UAV squadron The Indian navy has commissioned its third unmanned aerial vehicle squadron. ... more | .. |
 An efficient method for solving sound propagation in range-dependent ocean waveguides found The coupled normal mode method is a powerful approach for solving range-dependent propagation problems in underwater acoustics. An important area of study is to improve stability and efficiency so a ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Achieves Major Milestone in Electronic Warfare Technology Northrop Grumman recently celebrated the completion of its 2,000th microwave power module,an integral component in radars, jammers and other military electronics. Microwave power modules are d ... more |
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Light driven visual microphone offers new tool for silent sound detection
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  Indonesia's disaster-ready schools pass quake test When the earth shook under their feet on Wednesday, students and staff at Jeumpa Puteh high school coolly continued with lessons, assuming it was just another tremor in Indonesia's quake-prone Aceh province. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia warns runaway prisoners after quake chaos Indonesian prison authorities Friday warned dozens of inmates who escaped during a massive quake, including paedophiles and drug offenders, that they would be shot if they resisted arrest. ... more | .. |
Canada's aid overhaul ignores the needy: critics Canada is radically changing how it doles out foreign aid, funding partnerships with chosen mining giants and development groups while ignoring those most in need, critics say. ... more | .. |
 Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents Radiation from nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima may not present as much of a threat to wildlife as previously thought, British researchers say. ... more |
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 Copper chains: Study reveals Earth's deep-seated hold on copper Earth is clingy when it comes to copper. A new Rice University study this week in the journal Science finds that nature conspires at scales both large and small - from the realms of tectonic plates ... more | .. |
 Processes at the Surface of Catalysts In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial iportance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or for the chemical storage of solar ener ... more | .. |
 History of Abandoned Urban Sites Found Stored in Soil Old houses and vacant lots may not look like much to the naked eye, but to some, the site is better than gold. Excavations over the years can create a challenge to study what's left behind and often ... more | .. |
 How to plaster the world, cheaply! Scientists have discovered the initial stages by which gypsum crystals form. Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral which is often used in industrial processes and which in nature, if left alone fo ... more |
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