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March 02, 2013

SpaceX Optimistic Despite Dragon Capsule Mishap
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2013
SpaceX said it was "optimistic" Friday after a thruster outage delayed the latest resupply mission of its unmanned Dragon capsule en route to the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA officials said the cargo resupply mission was still on track, but the technical mishap could fuel concerns about the US agency's ambitious plans to cut costs by privatizing elements of the space program. SpaceX's billionaire founder Elon Musk said the failure of three out of four thruster pods to fire up was ... read more

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SpaceX Capsule Encounters Problems In Orbit The unmanned Dragon capsule launched by US private firm SpaceX encountered problems en route to the International Space Station on Friday when three of its four thrusters malfunctioned, the company said. ... more		Better workstations for drone operators may reduce mishaps The U.S. Department of Defense reports that drone accidents in which personnel or aircraft are damaged or destroyed occur 50 times more often than mishaps involving human-operated aircraft. The U.S. ... more		Dragon Transporting Two ISS Experiments For AMES Two bioscience payloads are scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station Friday, March 1, on the second Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) cargo resupply mission contracted ... more
				Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Second Flight Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight Feb. 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it to perform intelligence, surveillance and rec ... more		China plans manned space mission China has announced a tentative time period for its next manned space craft launch that will dock with the country's orbiting space laboratory. ... more

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New Phased Array Programs May Save Billions, Years Off Development Phased radio frequency (RF) arrays use numerous small antennas to steer RF beams without mechanical movement (think radar without a spinning dish). These electronics are invaluable for critical DoD ... more		Tungstenite triangles emit light Researchers in the US have succeeded in growing single atomic layers of the naturally occurring mineral tungstenite for the first time. The sheets appear to have unusual photoluminescence properties ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Laser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity Identifying the mysterious mechanism underlying high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) remains one of the most important and tantalizing puzzles in physics. This remarkable phenomenon allows elect ... more
				KIT Scientists Develop Multicolor LEDs without Heavy Metals Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based l ... more		Force is the Key to Granular State-Shifting Ever wonder why sand can both run through an hourglass like a liquid and be solid enough to support buildings? It's because granular materials - like sand or dirt - can change their behavior, or sta ... more

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Theory of crystal formation complete again Exactly how a crystal forms from solution is a problem that has occupied scientists for decades. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with researchers from Germany and ... more		Globalstar Announces Fourth Launch of Six Second-Generation Satellites Globalstar has reported that six new second-generation Globalstar satellites were successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Globalstar satellites lifted off aboard ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		The Space Robotics on the MMMMove In late January, Dextre, the Canada's robotic "handyman" on the International Space Station (ISS), made space history by successfully refueling a mock satellite attached to the exterior of the stati ... more
				Scalable SkyEdge II-c Offers Better Ka and Ku Internet Access Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the launch of SkyEdge II-c, the New Simple in Internet Connectivity. SkyEdge II-c supports Ka-band and Ku-band internet services for both consumer and enterpri ... more		NASA Announces New CubeSat Space Mission Candidates NASA has selected 24 small satellites, including three from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ... more

Laser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity

New Phased Array Programs May Save Billions, Years Off Development

Theory of crystal formation complete again

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Air Operations Center Modernization Program PDR Completed

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SpaceX Capsule Encounters Problems In Orbit

'Faulty Ukrainian Parts' Blamed for Zenit Launch Failure

Dragon Transporting Two ISS Experiments For AMES

USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contracts to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites

Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver

Boeing Awarded USAF Contract to Continue GPS Modernization

	TS2 Expands Afghanistan's Internet Access with Ka-Band Services TS2 Satellite Technologies is among the first carriers to have access to Avanti's HYLAS 2, the most state-of-the-art satellite designed for broadband communications. It is equipped with Ka bandwidth ... more		Stanford scientist closes in on a mystery that impedes space exploration New research by Stanford aeronautics and astronautics Assistant Professor Sigrid Close suggests she's on track to solve a mystery that has long bedeviled space exploration: Why do satellites fail? ... more		'Faulty Ukrainian Parts' Blamed for Zenit Launch Failure The crash of a Russian Zenit-3SL rocket earlier this month was caused by defective components manufactured in Ukraine, Ivan Kharchenko, first deputy head of the Russian government's military-industr ... more		F-35 soaring costs trouble Australia Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to be bought for the Australian air force will cost about $90 million apiece, officials said. ... more

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