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China's Space Program AcceleratesSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 29, 2012 The success of the first crewed expedition to China's first space laboratory represents a major step forward for China's space program. China has made steady advances in spaceflight since its first astronaut was launched in 2003, but its space program has often been downplayed by international observers. It was easy to point out the gap of several decades between China's first astronaut launch and those of Russia and the USA. Gaps of years between successive human space missions further added to t ... read more |
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  ATK Signs Teaming Agreement for Liberty Transportation Service ATK (ATK) and Astrium North America have signed a teaming agreement with NanoRacks, LLC, for NanoRacks to market opportunities for both astronaut explorers and the experiments they plan to carry int ... more | .. |
  One Step Closer to Robotic Refueling Demonstrations on Space Station NASA completed another successful round of Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) operations on the International Space Station with the Canadian Dextre robot and RRM tools, leaving the RRM module poised f ... more | .. |
 Experiments on SHEFEX II successful Following the flight of the SHEFEX II spacecraft on 22 June 2012, researchers at the German Aerospace Center have performed an initial assessment. "The flight of Shefex II followed the precomputed t ... more | .. |
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  First Space-Bound Orion on Its Way to Kennedy A major milestone has been achieved for NASA's Orion program with the first Orion destined for space being shipped to the Kennedy Space Center. Construction on the spacecraft was finished at NASA's ... more | .. |
 Orbital's Antares Medium-Class Launch Vehicle On-Ramped to NASA's NLS-II Program Orbital Sciences has successfully completed contract negotiations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to "on-ramp" its Antares medium-class launch vehicle onto the NASA Lau ... more | .. |
 Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after achieving China's most complex and longest operations in orbit, major steps forward in the country's effort to build a space station by 2020. ... more | .. |
 ATK Completes Software TIM for Liberty under NASA's Commercial Crew Program ATK (ATK) completed its Liberty software technical interface meeting (TIM), which was held to support further development of the Liberty space transportation system under the company's Space Act Agr ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2 | .. |
 Northrop Grumman's Modular Space Vehicle Completes CDR Process Northrop Grumman has just finished conducting a two-day Spacecraft Baseline Interim Design Review, successfully completing the Spacecraft Bus Critical Design Review (CDR) process for the Modular Spa ... more | .. |
 Boeing Validates Performance of CST Vehicle's Attitude Control Engine Boeing recently demonstrated the dual-role propulsion features and performance of the Orbital Maneuvering Attitude Control (OMAC) engine on the service module for the company's Crew Space Transporta ... more | .. |
  Loral to Sell Space Systems/Loral to MDA Loral Space and Communications has announced its entry into a definitive agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates related to the sale of Loral's wholly-owned subsidiary, Space Systems/Lora ... more | .. |
 NASA Adds Orbital's Antares To Launch Services II Contract NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions. ... more |
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 Haigh-Farr Supports SpaceX in First Docking of the Dragon Capsule to ISS Haigh-Farr congratulates Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on its third successful launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket, the second flight of the Dragon spacecraft and the first docking of Dragon to ... more | .. |
 MSG-3 Now Installed In Ariane 5 The final payload integration phase has begun for Arianespace's heavy-lift mission on July 5, with Europe's MSG-3 meteorological satellite now installed on its workhorse Ariane 5 launcher at the Spa ... more | .. |
 Liberty second stage one step closer to production Astrium, the number one company in Europe for space technologies and systems, has successfully completed a set of tests on tank structures proving that key design and manufacturing processes used fo ... more | .. |
  Rocketdyne Completes CCDev 2 Hot Fire Testing on Thruster for NASA Commercial Crew Program Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has completed a series of hot-fire tests on a service module thruster for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The CST-100 spacecraft, designed ... more |
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One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 Thruster Tests Completed for Boeing's CST-100 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests on a thruster destined for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation spacecraft, designated CST-100. Boeing is one of s ... more | .. |
Through the atmosphere with sharp edges After a 10-minute flight, the sharp-edged SHEFEX II spacecraft landed safely west of Spitsbergen. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center launched the seven-ton and roughly 13-metre-long rocket ... more | .. |
 China spacecraft set to return to Earth Friday A Chinese spacecraft with three astronauts aboard will return to Earth Friday after a nearly two-week mission that included the country's first manual docking in orbit, state media said. ... more | .. |
 SpaceX's Merlin 1D Engine Achieves Full Mission Duration Firing Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse (Isp). The e ... more |
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  Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for MLRS M270A1 Launcher Cab Upgrades Lockheed Martin received a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for the first phase of a three-year development program that will increase crew protection and update the Army's fleet of Multipl ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman's F-35 DAS and Radar Demonstrate Ability to Detect, Track, Target Ballistic Missiles Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated the ballistic missile detection, tracking and targeting capabilities of the company's AN/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) and AN/APG-81 active electron ... more | .. |
 Canada to buy new jet trainer aircraft Canadian air force officials are examining options to buy a new jet trainer aircraft to replace its aging fleet of BAE Systems-built CT-155 Hawk aircraft. ... more | .. |
 LockMart Provides Italian MoD with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Aircraft An innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) developed by Lockheed Martin for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is now being used by the Italian Air Force in a live o ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture
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 Northrop Grumman to Deliver Advanced Threat Warning Sensors to the U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman an early operational production contract to deliver Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensors, an integral component of the Department of Navy Large Aircraft I ... more | .. |
  Boeing Completes Wind Tunnel Tests on Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons Bay Boeing recently completed wind tunnel tests on the Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB). The tests, conducted at the company's St. Louis facility, validated the aerodynamics of the CWB design. C ... more | .. |
 Astronaut Zucchini - A Tradition of Sprouts in Space There are many mascots for space science and exploration, but who knew that giving a voice to a vegetable would catch on and inspire kids on Earth? These students may not necessarily want to consume ... more | .. |
  Record radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operations. ... more |
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  Rewriting quantum chips with a beam of light The promise of ultrafast quantum computing has moved a step closer to reality with a technique to create rewritable computer chips using a beam of light. Researchers from The City College of New Yor ... more | .. |
  Boeing helps open thermoplastic composites research lab in the Netherlands A new laboratory that provides thermoplastic composites research for Boeing and other aerospace companies has opened at Enschede in the Netherlands. "With this opening, the Thermoplastics Composites ... more | .. |
 Better surfaces could help dissipate heat Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures. Cooling systems that use a liquid that changes phase - such as water boilin ... more | .. |
 Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience Wedding DJs everywhere should be worried about job security now that a new robot is on the scene. Shimi, a musical companion developed by Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, recommends songs ... more |
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