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When Will Shenzhou 9 Be LaunchedLondon, UK (SPX) May 21, 2012 The answer is known only to the planners and leaders of China's space programme. However, with eight missions under the belt of China's piloted spacecraft, some clues have come to light from those earlier flights that point to what China takes into consideration when planning its launch dates and times. The controlling event is the landing at the end of the flight. In the run up to retro fire there are constraints relating to an acceptable direction and angle of solar illumination. They dictate wh ... read more |
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  Friction Stir Welding Brings Together Reliability and Affordability For Space Launch System NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding ... more | .. |
 SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS after engine problem Engineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station at the last second Saturday due to a rocket engine problem. ... more | .. |
 Robotic Refueling Mission Results To Be Presented At NASA Satellite-Servicing Workshop NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results to date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) during the Second International Workshop, On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, h ... more | .. |
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  Andre Kuipers: world ambassador Observing Earth from far above, ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is acting as a world ambassador for the WWF, which issued its flagship publication the Living Planet Report. The Living Planet Report meas ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Orbits 100th and 101st Commercial Geo Satellites The 100th and 101st Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary communication satellites have been successfully placed in orbit after a dual launch aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle. Both satellite ... more | .. |
  Loral-Built Nimiq 6 Satellite ly Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers Space Systems/Loral reports that the Nimiq 6 satellite, designed and built for Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to ... more | .. |
  Ariane 5's second launch of 2012 Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned tra ... more |
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North Korea warns US against pushing it to give up nukes
Iran vows stronger response if attacked again by US, Israel
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  ARL-led program enables new manufacturing processes for ballistic protection Researchers with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Weapons and Materials Research Directorate saw the product of their work toward a new generation of significantly improved materials for adva ... more | .. |
 XCOR Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner XCOR Aerospace has announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard the Lynx Mark I suborbital launch vehicle. XCOR Chief Operating Officer Andrew Nelson made the announcement at the Spacecraft Tec ... more | .. |
 SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS over rocket engine problem SpaceX on Saturday scrubbed the highly anticipated launch of its Dragon capsule toward the Space Station due to a rocket engine problem. ... more | .. |
  NASA chooses rocket for Orion launches NASA says it will modify an existing and proven Delta IV rocket second stage to launch an Orion spacecraft on an unmanned test flight in 2017. ... more |
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 Japan in first commercial satellite launch Japan joined the commercial space race Friday after its workhorse rocket put a paid-for South Korean satellite into orbit, pitting the country against Russia and Europe in the competition for customers. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea denies jamming GPS of civilian aircraft North Korea on Friday denied it had jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea, accusing the South of using problems with navigation equipment to smear the North. ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Launches Telesat's Nimiq 6 Satellite International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Nimiq 6 satellite into the planned orbit t ... more | .. |
  Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot ar ... more |
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BAE Systems completes delivery of NOAA and NASA space weather satellites for fall launch
Building blocks of life found in distant star system suggest origins in interstellar space
Deep-sea fish confirmed as a significant source of ocean carbonate | .. |
 China's space women wait for blast-off China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme ... more | .. |
 Thousands of Young Adventurers Kept Safe with M2M Connectivity from Eseye More than 2,400 teenagers aged between 14 and 19 took part in Saturday's event, trekking 35, 45 or 55 miles over what the Ten Tors director Brigadier Piers Hankinson called the "forbidding Dartmoor ... more | .. |
 The numbers add up in Arianespace's latest commercial launch success with Ariane 5 Arianespace provided another on-time Ariane 5 launch tonight by orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft at the service of Asian region operators, on a mission that included multiple numeric ... more | .. |
  Thuraya and GTNT Say in One Voice 'Hello Russia' A mere 200 meters away from the Kremlin, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator has announced the launch of its mobile satellite services in Russia i ... more |
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  Raytheon awarded $313.8 million for Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $313.8 million contract for low-rate initial production of Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds. SM-6 leverages the legacy Standard Missile airframe and propulsion ... more | .. |
 NASA says competition is key to private space race Competition is vital to the race among private companies to replace the space shuttle, NASA said Thursday, after Congress called for the US space agency to fund a single company. ... more | .. |
 Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to NASA for demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) technologies in space. Ball Aerospace was one of five co ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin's Second Generation Aegis BMD System Successfully Intercepts Missile The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target for the first time, using the second generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missil ... more |
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Palantir, the AI giant that preaches US dominance
China and US wrap first day of trade talks
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 US to bolster Israel's anti-rocket shield: Panetta The United States plans to bolster an Israeli anti-rocket system with $70 million in assistance this year and more funding is likely in the future, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 TRS delivers key missile defense component Ballistic missile defense for NATO countries will be a major topic of discussion at the NATO summit next week in Chicago. ... more | .. |
 NATO activates missile shield, reaches out to Russia NATO leaders launched Sunday the first phase of a US-led missile shield for Europe and sought to appease Russian anger over the system by renewing an invitation to cooperate. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon awarded $57.8 million Phalanx contract The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract totaling $57.8 million to overhaul and upgrade nine Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems, and manufacture two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems. ... more |
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  Military aviation: a new bomber and the fifth generation fighter planes Yesterday at the Voice of Russia a round table discussion was held that was dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Air Force and the prospects for development of Russian military aviat ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates New Target Location Module Northrop Grumman has announced the successful demonstration of the company's new Target Location Module (TLM), a key component of the battle-proven, man-portable Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefi ... more | .. |
 Russia's military aircraft industry: overview and outlook During the round table discussion regarding the current state and the process of re-equipment and the prospects of the Russian Air Force Konstantin Makienko, deputy director of the Center for Analys ... more | .. |
  Russia 'may buy' $50 mln worth of Israeli UAVs Russia may buy a large new consignment of unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel and 24 command and control systems worth around $50 million in the foreseeable future, a high ranking source in the Rus ... more |
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