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April 30, 2013

SpaceShipTwo Breaks Sound Barrier In First Rocket-Powered Flight
Mojave CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2013
Virgin Galactic has completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Scaled) and Virgin Galactic, officially marks Virgin Galactic's entrance into the final phase of vehicle testing prior to commercial service from Spaceport America in New Mexico. "The first powered flight of Virgin Spaceship Enterprise was without any doubt, our single most important flight test to date," said Virgin Galactic Founder Sir Richa ... read more

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Stress to rest On Sunday, ESA's bedrest volunteers began lying down for their second three-week session with their heads angled below the horizontal to help research the effects of weightlessness on the human body ... more		US-Australia agreement promotes space situational awareness A new agreement made between the United States and Australia represents the first in what U.S. Strategic Command's commander hopes will be many that promote transparency in the space domain. A ... more		Sagetech Delivers NextGen Technology for Satellite Constellation Sagetech Corporation delivered signal-processing receiver technology to Harris Corporation, GCS for satellite-based NextGen air traffic control. This technology will enable for the first time global ... more
				Against-the-clock rehearsal for Station immunology test Simply getting anything into space is tough, but doing so against a strict deadline can be really stressful. Researchers in an ESA laboratory nervously checked the clock as they extracted immune cel ... more		Global experts agree action needed on space debris There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments, Europe's largest-ever space-debris conference heard last week.. The ... more

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Space Weakens Human Immune System Spending time in space could be bad for your health and the culprit could be microgravity, US military researchers said after a two-year experiment that compared human cells that went up on the spac ... more		NASA's Chief Defends Commercial Spaceflight Agreements NASA chief Charles Bolden found himself defending the U.S. space agency's practice of investing in commercial companies to ferry cargo - and one day crew - to the International Space Station. The gr ... 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		NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, are collaborating on a space biology mission aboard an unmanned Russian biosatellite to understand better the mechanisms of how life ad ... more
				Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite Russia has successfully launched a satellite for the GLONASS navigation system from its northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The GLONASS-M satellite was launc ... more		O3b Networks' first four satellites arrive for the next Arianespace Soyuz launch The initial four O3b spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace on Soyuz have arrived in French Guiana, taking the global satellite operator one step closer to its goal of deploying a next-generation ... more

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Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude. ... more		Rely on a Smartphone, New NASA Satellites Do Smartphones. We carry them in our pockets, toss them in our tote bags and have them at the ready whenever we want directions to a destination or to snap a picture or to call a friend. Perhaps ... 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		On the record with... Stephane Israel, Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stephane Israel, who became Arianespace's new Chairman and CEO this month, brings experience in aerospace business and government space policy to his top executive role at the world's leading launch ... more
				NASA Invites the Public to Fly Along with Voyager A gauge on the Voyager home page tracks levels of two of the three key signs scientists believe will appear when the spacecraft leave our solar neighborhood and enter interstellar space. When ... more		Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M 'Integrated Antenna' Terminal Receives Inmarsat Type Approval Hughes Network Systems reports that its new Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M (machine-to-machine) terminal with integrated antenna has been fully 'Type Approved' by Inmarsat, and commercial shipments have begun ... more

Global experts agree action needed on space debris

US-Australia agreement promotes space situational awareness

NASA, Partners Solicit Creative Materials Manufacturing Solutions

Gilat to Equip IDF with SatTrooper-1000 Military Manpack

Astrium's secure milsatcoms now cover the world

General Dynamics' WIN-T Increment 2, Soldiers' "On-the-Move" Network, Advances as 10th Mountain Division Trains for Deployment

On the record with... Stephane Israel, Arianespace Chairman and CEO

O3b Networks' first four satellites arrive for the next Arianespace Soyuz launch

Vega's three-satellite payload is integrated and ready for launch

Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system

Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Open Architecture Navigation System for DARPA

Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite

	NASA to foot the bill for U.S. production of nuclear spacecraft fuel NASA says it will begin footing the bill for all production in the United States of plutonium-238 fuel used in satellites and spacecraft. ... more		Ecuador launches first homemade satellite Ecuador launched its first satellite into space from China Friday morning, in a moment broadcast live on radio and television back home. ... more		US army seeks new technology to replace GPS The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of the Pentagon's research agency said Wednesday. ... more		Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system Russia has launched another satellite to join the orbiting fleet making up its GLONASS satellite GPS system, its Defense Ministry reported Friday. ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Rights group launches campaign to ban 'killer robots'		Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Open Architecture Navigation System for DARPA		Elbit To Supply African Nation With Wise Intelligence Technology System		New Research Findings Open Door to Zinc-Oxide-based UV Lasers, LED Devices		New Nanowire Structure Has Potential to Increase Semiconductor Applications
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Energy Power the Grid		ATK To Study Quick Turnaround Satellites For DARPA		Outside View: Drones: Say it with figures		Israel builds up its war robot industry		ESA-EDA Flight Demonstration On Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Insertion Into Civil Airspace

Israel downs Lebanon drone off northern coast

Ukraine marks Chernobyl disaster amid efforts to secure reactor

With wave of the hand, Carnegie Mellon researchers create touch-based interfaces

High performance semiconductor spray paint could be a game changer for organic electronics

Piezoelectric 'taxel' arrays convert motion to electronic signals for tactile imaging

Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle

NASA, Partners Solicit Creative Materials Manufacturing Solutions

GridCOM Technologies secures seed funding to develop quantum encryption technology

As Google Glass appears, does personal privacy vanish?

Outside View: U.S. GDP comes in at 2.5 percent

Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed

Zuckerberg paid more than $2 bln at Facebook in 2012

Robot-building helps Canadian kids develop skills for high-tech world

Smartphones dethrone feature phones in market: IDC

Bill to collect Internet purchase sales tax looks set for Senate OK

Honda's annual net profit soars to $3.7 bn

Google boss sees autocrats' pushback against Internet

France eyes becoming trading hub for China yuan

Scientists provide 'new spin' on emerging quantum technologies

GL RC Certifies Alstom's 1MW Tidal Turbine Prototype

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