Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com

February 21, 2013

NASA Seeks University Participants for Summer Rocket Workshop
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2013
University faculty and students interested in learning how to build scientific experiments for spaceflight are invited to join RockOn 2013 from June 15-20 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. RockOn 2013 is an annual workshop held in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia. Registration is open through May. "Now in its sixth year, this program provides the basics on building, testing and flying a science payload on a suborbital rocket," said Phil Eberspeake ... read more

Previous Issues

Feb 20

Feb 19

Feb 18

Feb 15

Feb 14

Start Me Up! NASA engineers conducted the first in a new round of tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine Feb. 15 at Stennis Space Center. The 35-second test continued progress in development of the engi ... more		NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract NASA has selected Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., for a $23.3 million contract to develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for future advanced boosters for the agency's Space La ... more		India to launch seven satellites on February 25 The Indian space agency will February 25 put into orbit seven foreign satellites including an Indo-French collaborative satellite SARAL and thus earn much wanted revenue. "The launch of the Po ... more
				NASA plant study headed to space station NASA engineers say they're working on a habitat to learn the effects on plants of long-duration microgravity exposure in space. ... more		'Explorers' to don Google Internet glasses Google on Wednesday invited "explorers" with creative vision and $1,500 to spare to be part of a select group of people who get to experiment with glasses synched to the Internet. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Russia to launch bioscience satellite A Russian satellite that will conduct biological experiments in space and its launch rocket have been delivered to the Baikonur space center, officials said. ... more		NASA Seeks It All: High Lift, Low Drag NASA and its industry partners have been working to disprove an aeronautical version of the notion that you can't have your cake and eat it too - and it may appear that indeed you can. The cha ... more		China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine US 'moving at haste' to get Ukraine weapons: envoy		NASA Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Tech Bettering Your Life Today A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital's halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and regis ... more
				Antares Engine Test Aborted; New Date TBD The planned first stage propulsion system "hot fire" test of Orbital's new Antares medium-class rocket was halted in the final seconds of the countdown by the rocket's flight computer, which detecte ... more		Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver Telit Wireless Solutions has announced the introduction of the company's first combination 2G-cellular, multi-constellation satellite positioning receiver module, the GE910-GNSS. The product w ... more

Solar systems for home and business installations

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Brazil to open talks on buying Russian missiles Brazil agreed Wednesday to open talks with Russia on buying surface-to-air missile batteries. ... more		Caribbean security firms see niche market Caribbean security industry operators are seeing business growth in response to both prosperity of an emerging wealthy class and a rise in crime risks to rich individuals and business organizations. ... more		New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India From Antarctica to Brussels, hunting climate clues in old ice		Advanced Communications Waveforms Ported To Navy Digital Modular Radios General Dynamics C4 Systems received a $40 million contract modification in December 2012 from the U.S. Navy to port the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform and the Integrated Waveform into ... more
				First F-35 Production Model Takes Flight The first Lockheed Martin production model F-35C carrier variant, known as CF-6, flew its first sortie Thursday. Upon delivery later this year, the jet will be assigned to US Navy Fighter Atta ... more		JASSM Completes Lot 6 Reliability Assessment Program Testing Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed Reliability Assessment Program (RAP) Lot 6 testing with two final flights.The tests met success criteria and demons ... more

'Explorers' to don Google Internet glasses

Engineers show feasibility of superfast materials

Lessons from nature could lead to the creation of new materials

Advanced Communications Waveforms Ported To Navy Digital Modular Radios

Astrium tapped for communications network

XTAR To Expand Beyond NATO As African And Asian Hot Spots Flare

NASA Seeks University Participants for Summer Rocket Workshop

Another Sea Launch Failure

ILS Concludes Yamal 402 Proton Launch Investigation

Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver

Boeing Awarded USAF Contract to Continue GPS Modernization

A system that improves the precision of GPS in cities by 90 percent

	Israel sends Turks EW systems despite rift Israel's Elta Systems has provided advanced electronic warfare units to Turkey to equip Boeing AWACs aircraft despite a 3-year rift between the onetime strategic allies, suggesting they may be moving toward a reconciliation. ... more		Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon, together with teammate Thales Visionix(TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing d ... more		SM-3 takes out medium-range ballistic missile target A Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tr ... more		Raytheon Integrates Miniature Air Launched Decoy With UAV Platform Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI's Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper ... more

One billion Africans being harmed by cooking pollution

US reaches civil nuclear cooperation accord with Bahrain

American firms flag hit from US export controls targeting China

Bolstering the Front Line of Biological Warfare Response		France confident of selling Rafale jets to UAE		Next Phase of Modernizing B-2 Defensive Systems Starts		Four guilty of manslaughter in Italy quake trial		The quest for a better bionic hand
Brain prostheses create a sense of touch		Engineers show feasibility of superfast materials		Lessons from nature could lead to the creation of new materials		US science policy should focus on outcomes not efficiencies		Catalyst Uses Use Iron To Split Hydrogen Gas And Make Electricity

Zambia seizes control of Chinese-owned coal mine

Sony pressured to change game with PS4 console

US vows to 'vigorously' combat trade secrets theft

Japan logs worst monthly trade deficit of $17.4 bn

Apple hit by hackers

Yahoo! gets Marissa Mayer make-over

Italy commits to Alps rail tunnel funding

London elbows out HK for pricey offices, as Rio rises

Samsung launches new premium 'smart' TVs

China passes U.S. in smartphone numbers

Robots with lift

British government split on dealing with China: report

Silicon Valley talent dream tied to immigrant hopes

Myanmar rejects 'white phosphorus' claim report

New tests narrow 'early' Mona Lisa's age

LG unveils new full-HD smartphone

Hong Kong Disneyland turns a profit for first time

Europe to move against Google over privacy rules

Bridgestone reports soaring annual profit

Quantum Dot Harvester Turns Waste Heat Into Electricity At The Nanoscale

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2013 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement