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NASA's Space Launch System Celebrates a Year of Powering ForwardHuntsville, AL (SPX) Sep 14, 2012 NASA is powering ahead toward new destinations in the solar system. This week marks one year of progress since the formation of the Space Launch System (SLS), the nation's next step in human exploration efforts. On Sept. 14, 2011, NASA announced a new capability for America's space program: a heavy-lift rocket designed to carry the Orion spacecraft and send astronauts farther into space than ever before. And now, one year later, NASA has made swift progress improving on existing hardware, testing ... read more |
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  Up and Running: Just Hours After Launch, RBSP Takes First Science Steps Washington DC (SPX) Sep 14, 2012 While the RBSP teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station celebrated a job well done following the 4:05 a.m. EDT launch of the Radiat ... more | .. |
  Russia's space industry needs quality control - Medvedev Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has proposed to create a quality control system in Russia's space industry. "Quality control is needed at all stages of development, production and exploitation ... more | .. |
  DLR and NASA announce partnership in aeronautics research On 11 September 2012 at the ILA Berlin Air Show, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS ... more | .. |
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 Gaia Service Module Thermal Balance Thermal Vacuum testing completed The Protoflight Model of the Gaia Service Module has successfully completed thermal balance and thermal vacuum testing in the SIMLES chamber at Intespace Toulouse. These tests verify the thermal per ... more | .. |
  ESA and European Investment Bank launch Space for Mediterranean Countries Initiative ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and EIB Vice President Philippe de Fontaine Vive Curtaz has signed the Space for Mediterranean Countries Initiative agreement. The two organisations will wo ... more | .. |
  Countdown: a month to go to Galileo's next launch After arriving at the launch site last month, the second pair of Galileo navigation satellites is being prepared for launch from Europe's Spaceport in October. This week will see the third Galileo s ... more | .. |
 Going underground ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CAVES mimics elements of spaceflight to ... more |
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Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal
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  ISRO's 100th space mission blasts off, PM witnesses historic event An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by Prime Minister Manm ... more | .. |
 Poland joins European Space Agency Poland on Thursday becomes the 20th member of the European Space Agency, the country's economy ministry announced. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar mulling satellite launch: Japan company Myanmar is looking at launching a small Earth-observation satellite with Japanese aid, a company official said Thursday, as the country comes in from the cold after decades of isolation. ... more | .. |
 A Canopy of Confidence: Orion's Parachutes They were perhaps some of the most visible images of the end of each Apollo mission: Giant orange and white parachutes unfurled high above the spacecraft, gently descending toward the ocean. As NASA ... more |
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 India completes ton of space missions The Indian space odyssey crossed a milestone on Sunday, as the fully-indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) here, 100 km north of ... more | .. |
 HYLAS 2 Communications Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing Orbital Sciences has announced that the HYLAS 2 high-throughput broadband satellite has completed its in-orbit testing and operational control has been turned over to the customer, Avanti Communicat ... more | .. |
 System will seek orbiting space debris The European Space Agency says it will help develop a radar system to test space debris monitoring to help European satellite operators avoid orbiting hazards. ... more | .. |
 SES signs three satellite launches with SpaceX Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said on Wednesday it had signed up to launch three more satellites with the privately-owned SpaceX company. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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  Japanese robot to sit top-ranked university exam Japanese researchers are working on a robot they hope will be smart enough to ace entrance exams at the nation's top university, which test everything from maths to foreign languages. ... more | .. |
 NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Aces Major Exam Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful ... more | .. |
 ATK and United Launch Alliance Test GEM-60 Motor ATK and United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted a successful cold-temperature ground test of a Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM-60) solid rocket motor used to boost ULA's Delta IV launch vehicles. The ... more | .. |
 Roscosmos Space Agency Recalls Briz-M Upper Stage Batch The Russian space agency Roscosmos will recall the entire batch of Briz-M upper stages, one of which caused the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket to fail in August, the agency's chief Vladimir Pop ... more |
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 New Insurance Underwriting Agency for Space Risks Assure Space, a new space insurance agency for satellite risks, is excited to partner with Auster Capital Partners ("ACP") and Space Florida for the provision of launch and in-orbit insurance to sat ... more | .. |
 A false case that delayed India's cryogenic project In the early 1990s, S. Nambi Narayanan was working to develop cryogenic technology when things went for a toss and he was arrested on false espionage charges, which according to him was an "internat ... more | .. |
  SES Government Solutions Awarded Custom Satellite Solutions Contract in the US SES reports that SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) has extended the means by which the U.S. Government can access their global satellite fleet and custom network solutions capabilities and has been ... more | .. |
 Boeing Chosen for US Government's COMSATCOM Services Acquisition Program Boeing Commercial Satellite Services has been approved as a service provider for the Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition program. With this approval by the Defense Information Systems Agency ... more |
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Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity
Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'
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  Northrop Grumman's SmartNode Pod Enhances U.S. Army HARC System in Network Demonstration Northrop Grumman has completed a series of ground and flight tests demonstrating its SmartNode Pod linked with the U.S. Army's High Antenna for Radio Communications (HARC) system can enhance informa ... more | .. |
 U.S. Air Force Chooses Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Next-Generation Air Defense Radar System The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to demonstrate technologies for its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program. Designed to replace the curren ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful PAC-3 Missile Flight Test at White Sands Missile Range Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target in a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test incl ... more | .. |
 Missile Defense Agency and US Air Force award Raytheon $125 million contract for early warning radar upgrade The U.S. and its allies will soon have an enhanced ability to detect and defend against missile launches by hostile nations and entities. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Air Force aw ... more |
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 Sikorsky explores broader Polish network European helicopter manufacturing and service companies have recently signed agreements to strengthen and expand their business portfolios. ... more | .. |
 AEL SistemasTo Supply Unmanned Turrets to the Brazilian Army Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary AEL Sistemas S.A. , was awarded an initial production order valued at $15 million as part of the Guarani Project. The supply of ... more | .. |
 Chile in talks to buy Dutch Cougar copters Chile is in talks with the Netherlands to purchase eight Cougar helicopters that are likely to be reconditioned and upgraded to form part of an air cavalry brigade. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan takes delivery of first Thunderbolt The Taiwanese army has taken delivery of its first indigenously built Thunderbolt-2000 mobile rocket launcher system from the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology. ... more |
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