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June 14, 2013

Fifty years ago, Tereshkova became first woman in space
Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2013
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space in a scientific feat that was a major propaganda coup for the Soviet Union. Two years after Yuri Gagarin's historic first manned flight, Tereshkova blasted off in a Vostok-6 spaceship, becoming a national heroine at the age of 26. She remains the only woman ever to have made a solo space flight. In April 1962, officials narrowed down the candidates for the flight to five. In a top-secret process, they picked two ... read more

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China astronauts enter space module Three Chinese astronauts Thursday entered a space module after carrying out a successful docking manoeuvre, state media said, two days after the launch of the country's longest manned space mission. ... more		Northrop Grumman Delivers Second Hosted Payload for Enhanced Polar System Northrop Grumman has delivered the second of two payloads that will be hosted on government-owned satellites to bring next-generation protected, Extremely High Frequency (EHF) communications to user ... more		Lockheed Martin Supports Realtime Battlespace View For USAF Aerial War Games Lockheed Martin teams provided exploitation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities at a level never before achieved during Red Flag, the U.S. Air Force premiere aerial w ... more
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Carnegie Mellon Method Uses Network of Cameras to Track People in Complex Indoor Settings Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras, creating something ... more		The Body Electric: Researchers Move Closer to Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics New technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body. The first planned use ... 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		Promising material for lithium-ion batteries Laptops could work longer and electric cars could drive farther if it were possible to further increase the capacity of their lithium-ion batteries. The electrode material has a decisive influence o ... more
				Providing a new framework for understanding the energetics of ionic liquids A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara provides clues into the understanding of the behavior of the charged molecules or particles in ionic liquids. The new framework may lead to the creatio ... more		An explanation for the mysterious effects in high-temperature superconductors A German-French research team has constructed a new model that explains how the so-called pseudogap state forms in high-temperature superconductors. The calculations predict two coexisting electron ... more

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World Bank cuts China's economic growth forecast

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China miners' African gold rush tarnished by terror

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