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October 24, 2013

Space ballooning: 20-mile-high flights offered for $75K
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 24, 2013
A new US venture plans to use helium balloons to send deep-pocketed tourists in specially-designed luxury capsules up to the "edge of space." A four-hour flight to an altitude of 20 miles will cost a dizzying $75,000. Arizona-based World View Enterprises announced that the first launch of a high-altitude balloon for 20-mile-high tourists could come as soon as 2016. Even though it is not exactly space yet - that starts at 100 kilometers above the surface of the planet - passengers will be abl ... read more

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Orbital Completes COTS Demonstration Mission to ISS Orbital Sciences reports that its Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand at approximately 2:15 p.m. (EDT). Cygnus unberthed from th ... more		Gaia launch delayed several months Yesterday, the decision was taken to postpone the launch of ESA's Gaia mission after a technical issue was identified in another satellite already in orbit. Gaia shares some of the components ... more		NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate ... more
				Walking robots: it's all in the hips, say Japan researchers Robot researchers in Japan have proved what entertainers from Elvis Presley to Miley Cyrus knew all along: the secret is in the hips. ... more		US firm offers 30 kilometer-high balloon ride Seeking to cash in on the space tourism boom, a US firm is offering rides in a helium balloon 30 kilometers (20 miles) up to gaze down on Earth. ... more

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Technical glitch will delay launch of European space mission The European Space Agency says it will delay the launch of a galaxy-mapping spacecraft due to a technical issue with some on-board components. ... more		'Pillownauts' spend 3 weeks in bed as part of astronaut studies The European Space Agency says volunteer "pillownauts" completed a test of 21 days in bed with their feet up, all in the interest of spaceflight and science. ... 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		Is China Challenging the Space Security There is a view that the recent China's attempt to capture a satellite in space by using mechanical arm actually demonstrates their capability to develop counter-space technologies. This article att ... more
				A Grand Unified Theory of Exotic Superconductivity? Years of experiments on various types of high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors-materials that offer hope for energy-saving applications such as zero-loss electrical power lines-have turned up a ... more		MEADS Tracks Tactical Ballistic Missile for First Time In preparation for an upcoming dual-intercept test later this year, a Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) successfully acquired and tracked a Lance tac ... more

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

Solar systems for home and business

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Northrop Grumman Delivers First Tactical IBCS Components The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman have made substantial progress toward a major integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) demonstration planned to begin October 24 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. F ... more		First military band type approval for GX terminals Inmarsat reports that L-3 Global Communications Solutions (L-3 GCS), a specialist in the supply of deployable satellite communications solutions and turnkey systems, has received type approval from ... 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		California approves energy storage goal California has become the first state to mandate energy storage. ... more
				Lockheed Martin To Continue In Theater Support for Real-Time Surveillance Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army awar ... more		Raytheon to continue modernizing Patriot fleet Raytheon has received $71.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Army to upgrade the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with the modernized Radar Digital Processor (RDP) and Modern Man Station (MM ... more

NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon

'Walking droplets'

NSF Awards $12 Million to SDSC to Deploy "Comet" Supercomputer

Lockheed Martin To Continue In Theater Support for Real-Time Surveillance

Lockheed Martin to Deliver Communications and Transmission Services to US Army

Raytheon demonstrates new protected tactical waveform on a small, lightweight, low-cost modem

Takeoff of Proton LV with US satellite may be put off until Oct 25

Gaia launch delayed several months

Technical glitch will delay launch of European space mission

Software Uses Cyborg Swarm To Map Unknown Environs

DLR, Thales Alenia Space and SES Develop Innovative Space-Based Air Traffic Control Monitoring System

Boeing, China Southern and China Aviation Authorities Establish Precision Navigation Procedures

	Armed ground drones to take over battlefields in five years The United States Army is one-step closer to deploying weaponized robots to the front lines of battlefields following a recent demonstration that's being largely considered a success. Defense ... more		Sounding Rocket Calibrates NASA's SDO Instrument NASA successfully launched a Black Brant IX sounding rocket at 2 p.m. EDT from the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., carrying instrumentation to support the calibration of the EUV Variability Experim ... more		NASA strives to tame 'big data' flowing in from dozens of missions NASA says new strategies will be needed to manage the ever-increasing flow of large and complex data streams from the agency's many space missions. ... more		Raytheon demonstrates new protected tactical waveform on a small, lightweight, low-cost modem Raytheon, whose terminals protect the military's most sensitive satellite communications, recently held a demonstration that proved sensitive data could be passed through small, low-cost satellite t ... 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

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Takeoff of Proton LV with US satellite may be put off until Oct 25		Spacecraft Integration, Assembly and Test		Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet		Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Micro-Gyro Prototype for DARPA Program		Boeing Begins Assembling 3rd KC-46A Tanker Aircraft

Honeywell, Rockwell Collins Partnerships Strengthen StandardAero's Avionics Product Line Growth

Raytheon BBN Technologies extends Boomerang shooter detection technology to helicopters

Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms Receives First Order For AN VIC-5 Enhanced Vehicular Comms

AeroVironment Unveils Four-Ounce Pocket DDL

NATO, Russia make no progress on missile defence row

Two feared dead as fighter jet crashes in Switzerland

Rights groups urge US to end secrecy on drone attacks

NATO wants say in Turkey-China missile deal

Iran claims it's reverse-engineered 'captured' U.S. spy drone

Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensor Network With UAVs

AeroVironment Introduces Block Upgrade to Puma AE Unmanned Aircraft

Raytheon Excalibur Ib completes qualification flight testing

Turkey cuts compulsory military service

India seeks UAVs for Kashmir border surveillance

Indian farmer gets one-dollar cheque in flood relief

Quake-triggered landslides pose significant hazard for Seattle

Philippine quake island officials accused of aid 'hoarding'

Researchers Advance Scheme to Design Seamless Integrated Circuits Etched on Graphene

Microsoft unfazed by 'lightweight' Apple software

Fedex sees huge day for 'Cyber Monday'

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