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China unveils ambitious space projectsBeijing (XNA) Aug 23, 2012 China will launch several space projects, including a hard X-ray telescope for black hole studies, between 2014 and 2016, according to a senior Chinese astronomer. Su Dingqiang, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of the Chinese Astronomical Society, revealed some details regarding the hard x-ray modulation telescope (HXMT), China's first space telescope, on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)'s 28th General Assembly. The ha ... read more |
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  Singer Sarah Brightman could be next space tourist: report British soprano Sarah Brightman could become the next space tourist to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS), a senior official at the Russian space agency hinted Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  ASTRA 2F touches down in French Guiana for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 dual-passenger mission The second passenger for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission has arrived in French Guiana with today's delivery of the Astrium-built ASTRA 2F satellite, which will be operated by Luxembourg-base ... more | .. |
  US Army certifies soldiers ready to defend battlespace with JLENS Combatant commanders moved one step closer to being able to detect, track and engage threats such as swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. In Ju ... more | .. |
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  UCSB researchers demonstrate that 15=3x5 about half of the time Computing prime factors may sound like an elementary math problem, but try it with a large number, say one that contains more than 600 digits, and the task becomes enormously challenging and impossi ... more | .. |
 Satellite preparations move into full swing for the next Arianespace Soyuz mission from French Guiana Both Galileo navigation satellites for Arianespace's third Soyuz flight from the Spaceport are now in French Guiana, marking a new milestone for this mission scheduled in the second half of 2012. ... more | .. |
  NASA Picks Revolutionary Space Tech Proposals For Development NASA's Space Technology Program has selected five technologies that could revolutionize America's space capabilities. In March, NASA issued a call for proposal focused on sudden and unexpected innov ... more | .. |
  Intelsat 21 Will Boot Latin America TV ANd Mobile Across South Atlantic Intelsat has announced that a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launch vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 21 satellite from a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Liftoff occurred at 2:55 a.m ... more |
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Kremlin cautions 'lots of work' ahead before Ukraine peace deal
Eutelsat strikes global satellite internet deal with UK govt
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 For US students, plane tickets, TVs are relics US college freshmen this year "watch television everywhere but on a television" and have "never seen an airplane 'ticket,'" according to an annual list created to detail the generation gap. ... more | .. |
  MIT-developed 'microthrusters' could propel small satellites A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device, designed by Paulo Lozano, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, bears little resem ... more | .. |
 Voyager at 35: Break on Through to the Other Side Thirty-five years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune and the longest-o ... more | .. |
 Is China Going to Blast Past America in Space? In recent weeks China has appeared prominently in the international media. To the layman it would seem that the Asian superpower is advancing its space technology and exploration program at warp spe ... more |
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 Russian Booster Rocket Lifts US Satellite in Seaborne Launch A Russian booster rocket has blasted off from the Odyssey launch pad in the Pacific Ocean as part of the Sea Launch project to deliver a U.S. satellite into orbit, a spokesman for Energiya space cor ... more | .. |
 Raytheon, US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing The U.S. Navy has begun integrated testing (IT) of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. During its first flight in IT, the JSOW C-1 was retargeted to strike a large moving ship target. "This ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Wins Role on Defense Information Systems Agency Program The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) selected Lockheed Martin for a role on its Test and Evaluation Mission Support Services (TEMSS) program. Six other companies were also select ... more | .. |
  US drones kill three militants in NW Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Tuesday killed at least three militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more |
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
China starts construction of Tibet mega-dam
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  Swiss fighter jet purchase to go ahead despite criticism Switzerland is to press ahead with its controversial purchase of 22 Saab Gripen fighter jets despite a highly critical parliamentary report into the deal released on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Obama says use of Syrian chemical weapons 'red line' US President Barack Obama said on Monday that if Syria were to move or use its chemical weapons it would be a "red line" that would change his perspective on how to respond to the conflict. ... more | .. |
US drones kill six militants in NW Pakistan: officials Two US drone strikes on Sunday killed at least six militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Haiti demolishes quake-ruined presidential palace More than two years after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, authorities on Wednesday began rebuilding the presidential palace with the help of actor Sean Penn. ... more |
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 Raytheon mobile app allows first responders to use PCs, tablets and smartphones as "virtual radios" Raytheon has developed a mobile application for PCs, tablets and smartphones that allows first responders to interact and communicate without the use of land mobile radios (LMRs). As a part of Rayth ... more | .. |
  The Building as an Energy Storage Device In 2020, if all goes according to plan, the state of California will get 33 percent of its electricity from renewable power, including solar and wind, as required by the state's Renewable Portfolio ... more | .. |
 Calculating Properties of Materials from First Principles Once the domain of guesswork and intuition, the field of developing new materials for advanced batteries and other applications is taking a turn towards a more systematic and predictive approach. Pr ... more | .. |
 New eBike Battery Line Maximizes Drive Range AllCell Technologies has launched two new standard electric bike batteries with exceptional capacity and drive range. The 48 volt batteries come in 15 and 20 amp-hour options, providing the best dri ... more |
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AI helps automate nuclear reactor licensing process at INL
Battery sharing model boosts savings for local energy communities
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 3D movies in your living room - without the glasses New television screens will make it possible for viewers to enjoy three-dimensional television programming without those bothersome 3D glasses. Still, the content has been rather lacking - until now ... more | .. |
 New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here, may put more of this space-age wonder into insulated clothing, refrigerators with thinn ... more | .. |
 Next Generation 3-D Theater: Optical Science Makes Glasses a Thing of the Past From the early days of cinema, film producers have used various techniques to create the illusion of depth - with mixed results. But even with digital technology, the latest Hollywood blockbusters s ... more | .. |
 Teaching a microbe to make fuel A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha has a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT ... more |
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 Peru on track to build new Cusco airport Peru is going ahead with the construction of a high-volume airport at Cusco in southeastern Peru despite controversies over potential risks to the ecological treasures of Chinchero. ... more | .. |
  US seizes websites linked to pirated phone apps US authorities have seized three website domain names involved in distribution of pirated Android phone apps, in the first such action involving mobile app marketplaces. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong sets date for yuan futures trading The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange said Wednesday that it plans to offer trading in Chinese currency futures from the middle of next month. ... more | .. |
 Hewlett-Packard books $8.9 bn loss Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a quarterly loss of $8.9 billion as the US computer giant was forced to write down the value of some assets and take hefty reorganizational charges. ... more |
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