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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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  Russia to Increase Number of Space Service Centers to 25 The overall number of Russian centers providing services based on data received via Glonass satellites will reach 25, Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov said on Tuesday. "Ten space service ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Scientist unveils mind-controlled robot for paraplegics A professor at a Swiss university on Tuesday unveiled a robot that can be controlled by the brainwaves of a paraplegic person wearing an electrode-fitted cap, news agency ATS reported. ... more |
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 Computer scoring of student work debated Computers may someday help teachers grade their students' essays, and can provide results that mirror human scores, some U.S. educators say. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 360-Degree MEADS Radar Begins Integration Testing In preparation for an intercept flight test later this year, the first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) has begun system-level testing at Pratica di ... 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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  US Army Places $20.4 Million Order for AeroVironment RQ-20A Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems AeroVironment reports it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $20,430,433 from the U.S. Army for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on March 27, 2012. The Puma AE syst ... more | .. |
 Russia to Test Fly First Combat Drone in 2014 Russia will test fly its first domestically-produced strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2014, First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said on Friday. In February, Army General ... more | .. |
 An ABM "Umbrella" with tripple lining Head of the U.S. Missile Defence Agency General Patrick O'Reilly says that the USA does not plan to change the schedule for the deployment of the ABM elements in Europe because of Russia's stand, ad ... more | .. |
  N. Korea 'missiles' at parade were mock-ups: experts Apparently new long-range ballistic missiles displayed at a North Korean military parade this month were mock-ups, according to two German experts who termed the exercise "a nice dog and pony show". ... more |
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 Russia's new air defense systems: Pantsir to shield S-400 Among the most important tasks faced by modern troops is protecting their air defense systems. The Russian defense ministry has struck a number of deals with the weapons manufacturing giant Almaz-An ... more | .. |
 Mini helicopters fly autonomously Swiss researchers say they've helped develop a type of flying robot that can be navigated using only on-board cameras and a miniature computer. ... more | .. |
 Panetta dismisses Iran claims on copying US drone US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday dismissed claims by Iran that it had gleaned data from a downed US drone and was now building a copy of the robotic spycraft. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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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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  European body sees broad failures in Libya migrant deaths A catalogue of failures led to the deaths at sea last year of 63 African migrants who fled Libya during the conflict that ousted Moamer Kadhafi, a European rights body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Controlling heat flow with atomic-level precision Through a combination of atomic-scale materials design and ultrafast measurements, researchers at the University of Illinois have revealed new insights about how heat flows across an interface betwe ... more | .. |
 New brain-machine interface moves a paralyzed hand A new Northwestern Medicine brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles - bypassing the spinal cord - to enable voluntary and complex movement of a paralyzed ha ... more | .. |
 ORNL microscopy yields first proof of ferroelectricity in simplest amino acid The boundary between electronics and biology is blurring with the first detection by researchers at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory of ferroelectric properties in an amino acid ... more |
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 New technique efficiently creates single photons for quantum information processing Using lasers to excite just one atom from a cloud of ultra-cold rubidium gas, physicists have developed a new way to rapidly and efficiently create single photons for potential use in optical quantu ... more | .. |
 DNA origami puts a smart lid on solid-state nanopore sensors The latest advance in solid-state nanopore sensors - devices that are made with standard tools of the semiconductor industry yet can offer single-molecule sensitivity for label-free protein screenin ... more | .. |
 China signs onto PNG's world-first undersea mine Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine. ... more | .. |
  China and Sweden ink trade deals during Wen visit China and Sweden signed a slew of trade deals on Tuesday during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Sweden, including agreements with China-owned Swedish brand Volvo Cars and telecom giant Ericsson. ... more |
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