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SpaceX delays first private launch to space stationWashington (AFP) April 24, 2012 SpaceX has postponed by a week its bid to become the first private company to attempt to launch an unmanned cargo vessel to the International Space Station. "After reviewing our recent progress, it was clear that we needed more time to finish hardware-in-the-loop testing and properly review and follow up on all data," SpaceX spokeswoman Kirstin Brost Grantham said late Monday. "While it is still possible that we could launch on May 3rd, it would be wise to add a few more days of margin in case t ... read more |
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  The 'Missile Woman' behind Indian test launch Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job - as the country's top ballistic missile expert. ... more | .. |
 Crash of hypersonic test craft analyzed A U.S. military drone that hit 13,000 mph before crashing in the Pacific was damaged by the excessive heat of hypersonic flight, military officials say. ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Successfully Launches Y1B Satellite For Yahsat International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Y1B satellite into geostationary transfer orbit today o ... more | .. |
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 Intelsat 19 Satellite Arrives at Sea Launch Home Port Site The spacecraft for the Intelsat-19 mission contracted for launch by Sea Launch AG has been delivered on April 17th to the "Home Port" launch complex in Long Beach, California. The Intelsat 19 ... more | .. |
  Mechanical tests for SHEFEX The SHEFEX II (SHarp Edge Flight EXperiment) spacecraft successfully withstood vibration on a shaker and spinning at two rotations per second. These tests represented the final simulation of the con ... more | .. |
 Assembly begins for the third Ariane 5 to be launched in 2012 The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission of 2012 is now taking shape at the Spaceport, using procedures that have become routine with this workhorse vehicle's operations from French G ... more | .. |
  United Arab Emirates' second communications satellite ready to launch Y1B, the second satellite of the United Arab Emirates' space communications programme is ready to be launched on a Proton launcher from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Comprising two satellites and a ... more |
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Slingshot unveils TALOS AI to simulate and support strategic space operations
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 UK watchdog probes email hacking by Murdoch's Sky News Britain's media watchdog launched an investigation on Monday into two cases of email hacking by Sky News, the satellite broadcaster partly owned by Rupert Murdoch. ... more | .. |
 Aerojet Delivers 50th Flight-Ready Solid Rocket Booster to ULA Aerojet reports that it has delivered the 50th Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) to United Launch Alliance (ULA) in support of the Atlas V launch vehicle. The 50th-delivered SRB, along with two addit ... more | .. |
  Telespazio VEGA UK to Distribute Thuraya Solutions Globally To further meet the requirements of global vertical markets, Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite services operator has recently signed a Service Partner agreement with Telespazio VEG ... more | .. |
 JWST Spinoff Technologies Already Seen in Some Industries A critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived, designed and built specifically to enable it to see farther bac ... more |
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  SSTL delivers payload for first Galileo FOC satellite Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first of fourteen full operational capability (FOC) payloads for Galileo, the European GNSS system, to prime contractor OHB System AG. ... more | .. |
  Boeing, NASA Sign Agreement on Mission Support for CST-100 Boeing has signed an agreement with NASA's Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) at Johnson Space Center to collaborate on mission planning, training and flight operations for the company's Commercia ... more | .. |
  Add Salt? Astronauts' Bones Say Please Don't Osteoporosis is a harsh disease that reduces the quality of life for millions and costs Europe around euros 25 billion ($31 billion) each year. It typically affects the elderly, so the rise in life ... more | .. |
 Dwindling US Space Budget Worries Scientist The landing of two Americans on the moon, in July 1969, was among the most inspiring scientific and technical achievements in human history. But today, both the political will and federal funding to ... 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
Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rain kill dozens | .. |
 Raytheon's Space Fence System Detects and Tracks Space Objects Raytheon's Space Fence recently completed a comprehensive Preliminary Design Review (PDR) demonstrating the S-band radar's technical maturity in its ability to detect and track the increasing amount ... more | .. |
 SES grows its 23.5 degrees East reach in Benelux by 20 percent SES reports that the technical reach of its ASTRA Satellite System in the Benelux markets from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position has increased by more than 140,000 households to 870,000, an ann ... more | .. |
  Congress mulls $680M for Israeli Iron Dome Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may be at odds with U.S. President Barack Obama but the U.S. Congress is expected to hand Israeli $680 million to pay for more batteries of the Iron Dome counter-rocket systems to shield the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
  Robots fighting wars could be blamed for mistakes on the battlefield As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or programming glitch that cause ... more |
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 Raytheon to upgrade US Navy's 20-year-old analog air traffic control radars with modern, digital technology The U.S. Navy has purchased two more radar systems from Raytheon as part of a continuing effort to replace outdated analog air traffic control systems with digital technology. The new radars will be ... more | .. |
  Iran says copying US drone, reveals 'codes' An Iranian military commander on Sunday said the Islamic republic is building a copy of a US spy drone captured in December 2011 and revealed what he said were "codes" gleaned from the unmanned aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Additional Laser JDAM Contract from US Navy Boeing has received a $12.5 million contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on March 12 for 1,116 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. This is NAVAIR's third ... more | .. |
 Singapore Gulfstreams go operational Singapore's four Gulfstream 550 airborne early warning aircraft achieved full operational capability, three years after delivery of the first unit. ... more |
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Bridges gain new voice through real time GNSS monitoring of structural behavior
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
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  Helicopter transport improves trauma patient survival compared to ground transport If you are severely injured, a helicopter flight to a top-level trauma center will boost your chance of survival over ground transport. That's the conclusion of a rigorous, national comparison of th ... more | .. |
  Scientists propose a solution to a critical barrier to producing fusion Physicists have discovered a possible solution to a mystery that has long baffled researchers working to harness fusion. If confirmed by experiment, the finding could help scientists eliminate a maj ... more | .. |
  Low-cost optical components through nanoimprinting lithography The development of new applications based on nanoimprinting techniques (NIL) is evolving at a rapid pace. But what are the challenges to be overcome in order to reach the market? How do we bridge th ... more | .. |
 Metal oxides hold the key to cheap, green energy Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice 'sandwich' say ... more |
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 Stable Electrodes for Improving Printed Electronics Imagine owning a television with the thickness and weight of a sheet of paper. It will be possible, someday, thanks to the growing industry of printed electronics. The process, which allows manufact ... more | .. |
 A new kind of quantum junction A new type of quantum bit called a "phase-slip qubit", devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their collaborators, has enabled the world's first-ever experimental demonst ... more | .. |
 Graphene lenses: 2-D electron shepherds Graphene, the one-atom-thick "wonder material" made of carbon, has another potential use in the world of high-speed electronics - as a tool that can focus a stream of electrons similar to the way an ... more | .. |
  Brazil wants US technology transfer restrictions lifted Brazil's defense minister says he will press for the lifting of US restrictions to military technology transfer in his upcoming talks with his American counterpart Leon Panetta. ... more |
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