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May 22, 2013

Desert Tests Pave Way for Human Exploration of Small Bodies
Mojave CA (SPX) May 22, 2013
A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics has successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and work on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and eventually the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. From 13 to 15 April 2013, field experiments were conducted at the U.S. Army's National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, to evaluate geotechnic ... read more

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Waiting for Shenzhou 10 If estimates are right, we are probably less than three weeks away from the launch of Shenzhou 10, China's next astronaut mission. Preparations for this launch seem to be going well, judging by offi ... more		Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 takes out complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target A Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock warhead. Despite s ... more		ATK Hoping Tp Clean Up Rocketscience ATK has completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The testing was conducted at ATK D ... more
				ViaSat Announces Next Generation Broadband Satellite ViaSat has executed a contract with Boeing to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world ... more		Electric Propulsion Electric propulsion has been around for several decades. In fact, the idea dates back to 1906, when Robert Goddard made an entry in his personal notebook. Five years later, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky pu ... more

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Oman to buy $2.1B Raytheon missile system The Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman is set to buy a $2.1 billion missile system built by the U.S. Raytheon Co. as part of a U.S. drive to install a coordinated air-defense system linking the region's Arab monarchies to counter Iran. ... more		Israel said to be world leader in UAV exports Israel's high-tech defense industry leads the world in exporting unmanned aerial vehicles, a new study says, while UAV designers are reported to be moving toward developing drones so advanced they could replace manned aircraft. ... 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		Raytheon delivers electronic jamming capability for Gray Eagle UAS Raytheon has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army's Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. The payloads were delivered as part of a contract a ... more
				SPUTNIX is granted a license for space activity SPUTNIX has been granted has been granted a license by the Russian Federal Space Agency for engaging in space activity, namely: creating and modernizing small automatic space vehicles for scientific ... more		Arianespace underscores strong partnership with Japan during Tokyo meetings Arianespace's new Arianespace's new Chairman and CEO Stephane Israel has made his first major international customer calls, meeting with key Japanese partners during the company's annual Arianespace ... more

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ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for ISS ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, has announced that the ISS Multilateral Crew Operations Panel has decided on Friday, 17 May to accept his proposal to fly astronaut Timothy Peake to the ... more		NASA Builds Unusual Testbed for Analyzing X-ray Navigation Technologies Pulsars have a number of unusual qualities. Like zombies, they shine even though they're technically dead, and they rotate rapidly, emitting powerful and regular beams of radiation that are seen as ... 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		ORBCOMM Launches Its First Self-Powered M2M Tracking And Monitoring Device ORBCOMM has announced the availability of the ORBCOMM GT 1100, a self-powered M2M asset tracking and monitoring device targeted for a variety of global markets including transportation and logistics ... more
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Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system

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Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub

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Huge China sinkhole kills five: authorities

Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA Dryden, Langley

Observation of second sound in a quantum gas

Boeing Selected to Build ViaSat-2 Satellite

US Navy And Lockheed Martin Deliver Secure Communications Satellite For Mobile Users

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Making frequency-hopping radios practical

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