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SpaceX Dragon capsule splash lands in PacificWashington (AFP) May 31, 2012 US company SpaceX's cargo vessel Thursday splash landed in the Pacific Ocean, capping a successful mission to the International Space Station and blazing a new path for private spaceflight. "Splashdown successful!!" SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said in a message on the microblogging site Twitter after the unmanned capsule landed in the waters off the Mexican coast at 11:42 am Eastern time (1542 GMT), SpaceX. Recovery vessels were headed toward the vessel, which drifted down with the aid of t ... read more |
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  What role will Russia play in the space century? As technology develops and private companies expand into intergalactic travel, vacationing and working in space seems to be less and less far-fetched. Elena Shipilova of Russia Beyond the Headlines ... more | .. |
  Rafael seeks to boost range of Iron Dome Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is reported to be striving to boost the range of the Iron Dome counter-rocket system so it can help intercept longer-range weapons. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman, L-3 MAS to Join Forces on Unmanned System for Canadian Security Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS announced plans to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada t ... more | .. |
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  Sierra Nevada Announces the Completion of Four Dream Chaser Milestones FOR NASA Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems announces that the Dream Chaser Space System has successfully completed four additional NASA Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program Mile ... more | .. |
  Why is China sending a woman into space? "China's first female astronauts have, trained hard and conscientiously, and are now ready to take part in the Shenzhou manned spaceflights. For all astronauts the implementation of a manned spacefl ... more | .. |
  Hosted Payloads Report Sheds Light on Government and Industry Requirements Euroconsult has released its latest research report, "Hosted Payloads: The View From Within." Following discussions with the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), Euroconsult decided to pursue development ... more | .. |
  New Findings on Astronaut Vision Loss Could vision changes experienced by astronauts be linked to a vitamin B-12 or folate deficiency? While investigating the vision changes recently identified in astronauts, nutritional assessment data ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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 Intelsat Signs First Commercial Falcon Heavy Launch Agreement with SpaceX Today, Intelsat, the world's leading provider of satellite services, and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the world's fastest growing space launch company, announced the first commercial con ... more | .. |
 Once Upon a Time Once upon a time there where two big bad wolves, each ripping off the taxpayers by charging exorbitant prices for putting satellites into orbit. For years and years these wolves were getting away wi ... more | .. |
  Cambridge Consultants completes new trials on Iridium-based global push-to-talk radio system Cambridge Consultants has completed initial trials with Iridium Communications Inc of new key components of the world's largest push-to-talk (PTT) radio system - the US Department of Defense (DoD) D ... more | .. |
  Building 45 Payloads for Balloon Mission Robyn Millan's lab is a little crowded at the moment. It overflows with electronics. And foam. And parachutes and aluminum frames and drills. Based at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, Millan and he ... more |
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 Russia, Kazakhstan in Deadlock Over Rocket Launches Russia and Kazakhstan have failed so far to reach an agreement on a new drop zone for the debris of Russian carrier rockets being launched from the Baikonur space center, Kazakh space agency Kazcosm ... more | .. |
  Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around t ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes Navigation Payload Milestone For GPS III Prototype Lockheed Martin is helping develop the next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has completed a major integration and test event on the program's satellite pathfinder, known as the G ... more | .. |
 Tiangong 1 Ready To Meet Shenzhou 9 After Shenzhou 8 departed in November 2011, controllers raised the orbit of Tiangong 1 to preserve it from potential re-entry brought about by the air drag that causes all low orbits to decay. ... more |
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First wildfire images reveal FireSat's unmatched detection capabilities
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 BC Company Becomes First Official Producer and Distributor of Replica SpaceX Spacecraft Less than an hour after Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) made spaceflight history by becoming the first commercial company ever to dock a spacecraft at the International Space Station, an ind ... more | .. |
 Missile defense system for Europe and potential threat to Russia The first phase of the missile defense system deployment possesses something of a "preparatory" nature. The main task at this stage is to work out the warning and target designation systems, and to ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment to Deploy Small UAV For Federal Communications Commission Post-Disaster Comms Demo AeroVironment will employ its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to demonstrate aerial communications capabilities for the Federal Communications Commission's Deployable Aerial Communications Arc ... more | .. |
  Elbit Systems Contract to Supply Advanced Dismounted Soldier Systems to Finnish Army Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance ... more |
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  Akash missile fails a routine test flight India's defense industry experts are investigating the failure of the surface-to-air missile Akash to lift off during a test in which it was to hit a target in flight. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Delivers First EA-18G Growler Featuring Bharat Electronics Limited Cockpit Subassembly Boeing delivered to the U.S. Navy the first EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft on May 3, with a cockpit subassembly produced by Bangalore-based Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The subassemb ... more | .. |
 Raytheon unveils reconnaissance system prototype to Canadian Army Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) has unveiled its Light Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance Surveillance System (LRSS) prototype to the Canadian Army in Ottawa, Ontario. Raytheon designe ... more | .. |
  New Mobile Antenna from ASC Signal Designed For Rapid Deployment by Defense and Commercial Users ASC Signal has unveiled a new 2.4 meter nomadic antenna that incorporates the company's advanced mobile features in the lightest, most agile package it has ever offered to defense and commercial cus ... more |
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren't harmful
MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Rollable solar array by GalaxySpace redefines satellite compactness and power efficiency | .. |
Elbit Systems Contract to Supply Advanced Dismounted Soldier Systems to Finnish Army Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance ... more | .. |
 Russia, India to produce transports Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd of India and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation-Transport Aircraft are jointly building a new military transport. ... more | .. |
 Canada replaces Polaris jet servicing firm Canada must replace the main firm maintaining and servicing its fleet of Polaris transport aircraft after the business ran into trouble, idling its plants and laying off its work force. ... more | .. |
  Peru carries out nationwide earthquake safety drill Peru carried out a nationwide safety drill on Thursday to see how authorities respond to a cataclysmic 8-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter just west of the capital, and the resulting tsunami. ... more |
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 Ferrari auction to raise money for Italy quake Italian luxury sports carmaker Ferrari said Thursday it was organising a rare online auction to raise funds for victims of two earthquakes that left 23 people dead and thousands homeless in Italy. ... more | .. |
  The finest gold dust in the world Most people value large chunks of gold - but scientists at the Vienna University of Technology are interested in gold at the smallest possible scale, because single gold atoms are potentially the mo ... more | .. |
 Microreactors to produce explosive materials The larger the reaction vessel, the quicker products can be made - or so you might think. Microreactors show just how wrong that assumption is: in fact, they can be used to produce explosive materia ... more | .. |
  EU, China edge closer to hi-tech trade war European and Chinese trade ministers stepped up a war of words over hi-tech subsidies Thursday in a spat that increasingly risks legal action and a potentially damaging trade war. ... more |
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