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NASA Announces 16th Undersea Exploration Mission Dates and CrewHouston TX (SPX) Apr 20, 2012 An international team of aquanauts will travel again to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO). This year's NEEMO mission will begin June 11. It will build on lessons learned from 2011's NEEMO 15 mission and test innovative solutions to engineering challenges allowing astronauts to eventually explore asteroids. "We're trying to look out into the future and understand how we'd operate on ... read more |
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  US report urges easing rules on satellite exports Congress should ease restrictions on US satellite exports that are unnecessary and place US firms at a "disadvantage," the Pentagon and the State Department said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Tim gets his feet wet ESA astronaut Timothy Peake will soon dive to the bottom of the sea to learn more about exploring space. A permanent underwater base almost 20 m below the waves off the coast of Florida will be Tim' ... more | .. |
  Russia to Test Second Glonass-K Satellite in 2013 Russia plans to begin testing its second Glonass-K navigation satellite in 2013, Grigory Stupak, the deputy head of the Russian Space Systems company producing navigation and other equipment for the ... more | .. |
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 UK supports space innovation overseas Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced a 6 million pounds co-funded grant for commercial products and services developments from space-based systems and technology. SSTL ... more | .. |
 NASA TV Reaches Bigger Audience With Encompass And SES SES has announced that Encompass Digital Media, a leading digital media service provider, has signed a capacity deal making NASA TV channels available to satellite TV providers and cable outlets thr ... more | .. |
  Robots guard S. Korea prison inmates South Korea has begun testing the feasibility of using robots as prison guards by deploying them in an actual prison in Pohang, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Names New Leader for Commercial Launch Services Business Lockheed Martin has announced that Robert Cleave has been named president of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) effective May 1, 2012. Cleave succeeds Jack Zivic who is retiring at t ... more |
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Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
Navy F-35 jet crashes in California
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 SpaceX said eyeing Texas launch site Private space company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. may add a small Texas town on the Gulf of Mexico to its list of rocket launch sites, documents show. ... more | .. |
 Designing the interplanetary web Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering t ... more | .. |
 A double arrival for Arianespace's next dual-payload Ariane 5 mission The two Lockheed Martin-built satellites for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 dual-payload mission are now at the Spaceport for a fast-paced launch campaign that will lead to the orbiting of JCSAT-13 ... more | .. |
  Russia seeks space independence Russia is preparing for the next stage of space exploration, and for the implementation of an ambitious programme to build a number of new generation space ships, as well as to upgrade the country's ... more |
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 Preparing the "kick" for MetOp-B's Soyuz launch by the Starsem affiliate of Arianespace The Fregat M upper stage for Starsem's Soyuz launch of the MetOp-B weather satellite is undergoing its checkout in preparation for a May 23 liftoff from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Arian ... more | .. |
New Vostochny spaceport to launch manned flights by 2018 Last week, Dmitry Rogozin vowed a new spaceport, Vostochny, will be built in the Russian Far East by 2015, with first manned flights to kick off just three years later. However the project is alread ... more | .. |
 Manned space missions: from the ISS to outer space 21st century runs into its second decade, but man's space endeavours are still largely limited to the near-Earth orbit. Space agencies in USA, Russia, Europe and China debate the future of manned sp ... more | .. |
 How to Buy a Launch Vehicle Everyone in the space community knows that the single biggest hurdle to space commerce is the cost of launching satellites into orbit. This has been true from the dawn of the space age, and continue ... 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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 Canadarm2 to Catch SpaceX's Dragon on Its Maiden Voyage to the ISS "Here, there be dragons" ... the phrase used to designate the boundaries of the known world on historical maps seems fitting as the U.S. space program embarks upon a new frontier in space exploratio ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Complete Major GPS Integration Milestone Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed the first significant integration milestone between Raytheon's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OC ... more | .. |
  S. Korea deploys longer-range missiles against North South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defence ministry said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  CIA seeks to expand anti-terrorism drones in Yemen: WPost The CIA is seeking permission to launch more airborne drone strikes in Yemen, even when there is a risk the victims might not always be terrorists, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. ... more |
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 UAV-equipped vehicle to debut Italy's Iveco/Oto Melara consortium is gearing up to create a splash at this year's Eurosatory exhibition in France. ... more | .. |
  NATO trio team up to boost air refuelling capacity France, Germany and the Netherlands agreed Wednesday to team up in order to boost Europe's fleet of air-to-air refuelling aircraft, a key shortcoming identified by last year's NATO operation in Libya. ... more | .. |
 US seeks 'restraint' amid India missile plan The United States called Wednesday on all nuclear powers to exercise restraint, but stopped short of criticizing growing partner India which plans to test a new long-range nuclear-capable missile. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Awarded $106 Million for Aegis Radar Work The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $106.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the production of Aegis-related equipment, including the AN/SPY-1(D)V radar transmitter and MK99 Mod ... more |
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Light driven visual microphone offers new tool for silent sound detection
Ancient Roman concrete longevity offers mixed sustainability benefits
Next generation of autonomous drones will harness wind like an albatross | .. |
 Poland, Baltics wary on Russian army plans in Kaliningrad Poland and the Baltic states voiced concern Tuesday over Russia's missile defence plans in the Kaliningrad enclave bordering EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania. ... more | .. |
  Desolation of Pakistan avalanche site Half a dozen tattered yellow flags poke from a huge boulder-strewn expanse of gravel and ice. They mark where the buildings of Pakistan's Gayari army base once stood. ... more | .. |
  The sea as a rubbish tip Large quantities of globally produced plastics end up in the oceans where they represent a growing risk. Above all very small objects, so-called microplastic particles, are endangering the lives of ... more | .. |
 Bristol researchers solve 70-year-old mystery In 1942, an 'unidentifiable' aromatic compound known as stipitatic acid was first isolated from fungi. By 1945 the structure was solved but it was so unique that it caused a revolution in the unders ... more |
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 U.S. Navy Awards Test Devices Contract for High-Cycle Fatigue Research The U.S. Navy recently awarded Test Devices, a Hudson, Massachusetts-based rotational testing company, a Research and Development Contract for advanced High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) excitation methods an ... more | .. |
  Japan posts record fiscal-year trade deficit Japan on Thursday posted a record trade deficit for the 2011 fiscal year with car and electronics exports tumbling, while energy imports soared in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 Google chief defends Android in court Google co-founder Larry Page stuck to his guns in a San Francisco court on Wednesday, testifying that the Internet giant did nothing wrong when it built the Android platform for mobile gadgets. ... more | .. |
 China to fuel world copper demand China will continue to lead global demand for copper while Latin America will remain the world's biggest supplier, economic analysts said this week. ... more |
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