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Space-age food served up with seeds of successBeijing (XNA) Sep 04, 2012 An eggplant the size of a basketball, and a cucumber half a meter long seem, at first glance, out of this world. They are, literally. Chinese scientists have created more than 120 varieties of plants by sending seeds into space over the past 25 years. The varieties are making their way to dining tables and even grabbing a market share in some areas, industry insiders said. In Northwest China's Gansu province, "space peppers" account for more than half of the local capsicum market, said Li Qingshen ... read more |
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  Space Center Chief Loses Job over Failed Launches Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Vladimir Nesterov as general director of the Khrunichev Space Center, the state press service reported on Monday. The Russian space industry has ... more | .. |
  China Focus: Timeline for China's space research revealed A senior Chinese astronomer on Friday revealed a timeline for China's planned program of space research. In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang Shuangnan, an astrophysicist at the Institute of High Ener ... more | .. |
 Tiangong Orbit Change Signals Likely Date for Shenzhou 10 August 30, Tiangong 1's controllers raised its orbit by 11 kilometres, indicating that a target date for the Shenzhou 10 mission has probably been set. As August 30 dawned, Tiangong 1 was following ... more | .. |
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  SES and Castor expand capacity to meet Southern Africa connectivity needs SES and Castor Networks has announced that the Dutch provider of teleport, VSAT and broadcasting services has signed a capacity expansion agreement on SES' NSS-7 satellite to meet the growing needs ... more | .. |
 Moles, crabs and Moon dust: DLR at the ILA Space Pavilion Satellites with electric propulsion, a 'mole' for exploring the Martian subsurface, a mobile robot that moves sideways like a crab, a pinch of Moon dust and a hands-on medical experiment where test ... more | .. |
 Russia fires top space official over launch failures Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the chief of a key state-run aerospace bureau following several launch failures, the Kremlin said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Russia Extends U.S. Agreement on Tax-Free Space Goods Russia's Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the Foreign Ministry to extend for an additional five years an agreement with the U.S. government on the tax-free delivery to and export of goods and tec ... more |
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Syrian troops move into Suwayda as violence continues
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 XCOR Announces AdamWorks as Lynx Mark I Cockpit Manufacturer XCOR Aerospace has announced that the Lynx Mark I suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV) carbon fiber cockpit will be manufactured by AdamWorks of Centennial, Colorado. The Lynx Mark I is th ... more | .. |
  Spirent Redefines Leadership in Location Testing with Solution for Hybrid Location Technology Spirent Communications has announced the launch of its new Hybrid Location Technology Solution (HLTS). Spirent HLTS is the first test solution of its kind, combining Wi-Fi, Assisted Global Navigatio ... more | .. |
 CTrack Launches Lone Worker Device To Boost Protection And Peace Of Mind Ctrack has launched a new personal tracking and panic alarm device suitable for all lone worker, security and workforce management environments. Ctrack ICE2 is designed to provide businesses with pe ... more | .. |
  Russian Companies Design Space Tour Plane Russia's NPO Molniya design bureau and the Myasischev Experimental Factory (EMZ) are designing a space-plane for sub-orbital "space tourism" and small satellite launch flights, according to a compan ... more |
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  Russia to create new ICBM by 2018 Russia is due to create a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, Strategic Missile Forces commander Sergei Karakayev said on Monday. "Construction of the missile is ongoing," ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Welcomes UK Defence Minister to Unmanned Ground Vehicle Facility in Coventry Northrop Grumman welcomed the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff MP, to the company's production facility for unmanned ground systems in Coventry, U.K. The visit mark ... more | .. |
  Australia buys Growler systems for Hornets Australia has confirmed it will acquire Growler electronic warfare systems for its Super Hornet aircraft through the United States Foreign Military Sales process. ... more | .. |
  Apple shoots down drone strike tracking iPhone app The maker of an application that would alert iPhone users to US military drone strikes said Thursday that Apple has repeatedly shot down his efforts to get it into the App Store. ... more |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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 Boeing Fatigue Test to Validate Predicted Life of B-1 Bomber Fleet Boeing has begun a five-year fatigue test on the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber to validate the predicted life of the bomber fleet, currently forecasted to be 2050. The test also will reveal po ... more | .. |
  ThalesRaytheonSystems awarded contract by US Army to upgrade Firefinder Radars ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $44.9 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Receiver Exciter (REX) in the Improved AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar. The enhanced REX is part of the U.S ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman's BACN Completes 3,000th E-11A Mission Overseas Northrop Grumman's Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) has completed 3,000 missions flying aboard the E-11A Bombardier Global Express BD-700 aircraft in support of overseas contingency m ... more | .. |
  Smartphone App Can Track Objects On the Battlefield as Well as On the Sports Field University of Missouri researchers have developed new software using smartphones' GPS and imaging abilities that determine the exact location of distant objects as well as monitor the speed and dire ... more |
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 Boeing Winged JDAM Completes First Round of Tests A winged version of the Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that will triple the weapon's glide range to more than 40 miles is a step closer to production after completing wind tunnel tests a ... more | .. |
  PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Tactical Ballistic Missile Target During Test Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully destroyed a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in an Operational Test conducted by the U.S. Army Test and Evalua ... more | .. |
 Boeing to Provide PBL for USAF F-15 Radars Boeing has received an $85 million Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for continued support of U.S. Air Force F-15 mechanically scanned and Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. ... more | .. |
  Democrats scold Romney for storm tour 'hypocrisy' Democrats leaders branded Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's survey of hurricane damage in Louisiana the "height of hypocrisy" Friday, alleging his policies would gut disaster funding. ... more |
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Swatch profits plunge on weak China sales
Zuckerberg settles lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
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Japan conducts national quake drill Japan conducted a national earthquake drill on Saturday after the government unveiled a worst case disaster scenario that warned a monster jolt in the Pacific Ocean could kill over 320,000 people. ... more | .. |
 Post-Fukushima meeting calls for more work on nuclear safety A major international conference reviewing the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March 2011 wrapped up Friday calling for more to be done to improve nuclear safety. ... more | .. |
Romney off-message in storm-ravaged Bayou One day after he was named official flag-bearer of the Republican revolution, Mitt Romney confronted the limits of his small government rhetoric Friday in the storm-ravaged Louisiana Bayou. ... more | .. |
 China's Baidu to invest $1.6 bn in cloud computing China's leading search engine Baidu will invest more than 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in cloud computing over the coming years, its chief financial officer said on Monday. ... more |
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  Environmental technologies used in Russia For the first time in history Russia's Pavilion won the prize of the jury at the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, where Russia presented a project dedicated to science towns, incl ... more | .. |
  China leads gloom for Asia manufacturing Manufacturing in Asia further weakened last month, data showed Monday, with activity in China hitting a more than three year low, as leaders faced calls for action to avoid a sharper slowdown. ... more | .. |
  New Saab cars to be rolled out in 2014 The buyers of bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab said Monday they would launch their first model in 2014 using the Saab name, after concluding the purchase of the company for an undisclosed sum. ... more |
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