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May 29, 2013
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First Light Angara Rocket Ready for Launch
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2013
Russia's first light-class modification Angara 1.2PP carrier rocket is ready for its maiden launch, its manufacturer Khrunichev Center said on Wednesday. The first Angara will be sent to the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia later this month, the manufacturer said in a statement, but did not give a precise launch date. Meanwhile, the first heavy-class Angara-A5 has been completed and will soon be presented to the public, a Khrunichev spokesman said. The project is being personal ... read more
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Russia to launch 12 Proton-M rockets in 2013
Russia would launch 12 Proton-M heavy space rockets this year, Khrunichev space industry center said Wednesday. Three had already been launched and a further nine would be launched from the Ba ... more
ENERGY TECH

Tests lead to doubling of fuel cell life
Researchers working to improve durability in fuel cell powered buses, including a team from Simon Fraser University, have discovered links between electrode degradation processes and bus membrane du ... more
TECH SPACE

Magnetic fingerprints of superfluid helium-3
With their SQUIDs, low-temperature specialists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have made it possible for the magnetic moments of atoms of the rare isotope 3He (helium-3) to be mea ... more
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CAR TECH

Space drives e-mobility
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Boeing-built WGS-5 Satellite Enhances Tactical Communications for Warfighters
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite it is delivering to the U.S. Air Force to give warfighters greater access to fast, secure communi ... more
MISSILE NEWS

Defense Acquisition Board approves Standard Missile-6 full-rate production
A Defense Acquisition Board approved full-rate production of Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6. Once operational in 2013, the SM-6 will provide U.S. Navy vessels extended range prote ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

3D Printing: Food in Space
NASA and a Texas company are exploring the possibility of using a "3D printer" on deep space missions in a way where the "D" would stand for dining. NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovatio ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE

Lockheed Martin Completes Milestone for Training Element of United States Ballistic Missile Defense System
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

General Dynamics to Deliver U.S. Army's Newest Tactical Ground Station Intelligence System
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Russian Spacecraft Manufacturer to Make Four Launches in 2014
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GPS NEWS

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SPACE MEDICINE

Johns Hopkins undergraduates help design space stethoscope for NASA
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SPACE MEDICINE
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SPACE MEDICINE
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VSAT NEWS

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AEROSPACE

NASA's BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
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SPACE TRAVEL

Trip into space with DiCaprio costs $1.55m
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TECH SPACE

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ROCKET SCIENCE

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ROCKET SCIENCE

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MISSILE DEFENSE

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