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SpaceX, NASA Target Oct. 7 Launch For Resupply Mission To Space StationCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 21, 2012 NASA managers, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) officials and international partner representatives Thursday announced Sunday, Oct. 7, as the target launch date for the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. International Space Station Program managers confirmed the status and readiness of the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon cargo spacecraft for the SpaceX CRS-1 mission, as well as the space st ... read more |
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 Fueling underway with the Galileo satellites for next Soyuz launch from French Guiana Both passengers for Arianespace's third Soyuz flight from French Guiana are entering their final processing phase, which includes fueling of the two Galileo navigation satellites prior to their in ... more | .. |
  Cavenauts return to Earth The international team of astronauts taking part in ESA's caving adventure have returned to Earth after spending six days underground. The voyage to the surface of our planet took them five hours fr ... more | .. |
  Radar Measurements of Highest Precision Scientists of KIT and Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) have reached a record precision in radar distance measurements. With the help of a new radar system, an accuracy of one micrometer was achieved in ... more | .. |
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  Gilat's Spacenet Installs 10,000th Dollar General VSAT Gilat Satellite Networks has equipped its 10,000th Dollar General store with Spacenet's advanced SkyEdge VSAT technology. Dollar General has more retail locations than any other retailer in the U.S. ... more | .. |
 SATADSL To Market SES Broadband In Sub-Saharan Africa SES Broadband Services has announced that it has signed an agreement with SatADSL for the distribution of its satellite broadband service, SES Broadband, in Sub-Saharan Africa. The service will be p ... more | .. |
  BSkyB keeps licence but James Murdoch criticised Britain's media regulator on Thursday allowed pay-TV giant BSkyB to keep broadcasting, but blasted former boss James Murdoch for failing to uncover the hacking scandal at his father's empire. ... more | .. |
  China launches another 2 navigation system satellites China successfully launched another two satellites into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 3:10 a.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. They were the 14th and 15th s ... more |
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 Gaia Payload Module Integration Completed Integration of the Flight Model of the Gaia Payload Module has been completed. It has undergone acceptance vibration testing; thermal balance and thermal vacuum testing will be carried out towards t ... more | .. |
 Astrium wins DEOS contract to demonstrate in-orbit servicing Astrium is preparing a new technology mission for the maintenance and disposal of satellites. At the ILA Berlin Air Show, the DLR Space Administration announced that Astrium Friedrichshafen will be ... more | .. |
 Improved positioning indoors The NAVVIS positioning system is primarily based on visual information. The TUM researchers had to develop a special location recognition system for this project. They started by taking photos of a ... more | .. |
 Capturing defective satellites in space - DLR awards contract to Astrium A service satellite captures an uncontrollable satellite in space, repairs or refuels it and, at the end of the mission, ensures that the defective satellite is disposed of in a controlled manner. S ... more |
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 HISPASAT chooses Arianespace to launch its Amazonas 4A and AG1 satellites Spanish operator Hispasat has once again chosen launch services company Arianespace, this time for its two satellites Amazonas-4A and Hispasat AG1. They will be the 8th and 9th satellites from the H ... more | .. |
 Arianespace signs multi-launch services agreement with SKY Perfect JSAT of Japan Shinji Takada, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, has announced the signature of ... more | .. |
 e2v chosen to supply high performance imaging sensors for Japan's X-ray Free-Electron Laser e2v has been chosen to provide imaging sensors to form part of the next generation of focal plane imaging sensors in the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron Laser (SACLA), an X-ray Free-Electron ... more | .. |
 Failure Review Oversight Board Establishes Proton Return to Flight Schedule The Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded the review of the Russian State Commission report on September 11 concerning the root cause of the Russian Federal Telkom-3/Express MD-2 mission f ... 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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  UAV proliferation worries security experts The commonplace technology behind improvised unmanned aerial vehicles has brought home to defense and security experts and scientists the dangers for the global proliferation of iUAVs. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea blasts US plan for new radar base in Japan North Korea on Thursday lashed out at a US plan to build a new radar base in Japan, saying it would escalate an arms race and leave Pyongyang no option but to develop "more powerful nuclear weapons". ... more | .. |
  US selling Indonesia eight Apache helicopters The United States is to sell eight Apache helicopters to Indonesia in a sign of strengthening ties aimed at boosting regional security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan readies production of UAVs Pakistan Defense Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said Pakistan intends to build unmanned aerial vehicles. ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Solidify Long Range Radar Requirement for 3DELRR Program The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a nearly $36 million contract for the next part of its Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) program. The 3DELRR is intended to serve a ... more | .. |
  Robotic tuna is built by Homeland Security No question about it, they're very good at what they do. But they don't take well to orders, especially those to carry out inspection work in oily or dangerous environments, or in any kind of harsh ... more | .. |
 NASA Global Hawks Support Hurricane Missions From Both U.S. Coasts Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) -built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able to better support environmental scientists during Hurricane and Severe Sto ... more | .. |
  India follows Pakistan with missile test India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. ... more |
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Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'
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  EU offers Italy 670 mn euros in quake aid The European Commission offered Wednesday 670 million euros ($880 million) to help reconstruction efforts after two powerful earthquakes in northern Italy caused loss of life and massive damage. ... more | .. |
  Single-atom writer a landmark for quantum computing A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future. In a landm ... more | .. |
 New NIST screening method identifies 1,200 candidate refrigerants to combat global warming Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new computational method for identifying candidate refrigerant fluids with low "global warming potential" (G ... more | .. |
 Angling for gold A study on how gold atoms bond to other atoms using a model that takes into account bonds direction has been carried out by physicist Marie Backman from the University of Helsinki, Finland, and coll ... more |
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 Using a laser to 'see' the smallest world A multi-university team has employed a high-powered laser to dramatically improve one of the tools scientists use to study the world at the atomic level. The team was able to use their amped-up elec ... more | .. |
  World record holder Northwestern University scientists have developed a thermoelectric material that is the best in the world at converting waste heat to electricity. This is very good news once you realize nearly two- ... more | .. |
 Revolutionary ultrathin, flat lens: Smartphones as thin as a credit card? Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens - flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair - capable in the future of replacin ... more | .. |
 New airport system facilitates smoother take-offs and landings For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help may be on the way. A new turbulence avoidance system has for the first time been approved for use at a U.S. airport and ... more |
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