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October 31, 2013

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Comes to Life
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2013
NASA's first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight. Orion's avionics system was installed on the crew module and powered up for a series of systems tests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week. Preliminary data indicate Orion's vehicle management computer, as well as its innovative power and data distribution system - which use state-of-the-art networking capabilities - performed a ... read more

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Russia Mulls Development of New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is to discuss with leading Russian scientists development of a new launch vehicle capable of carrying up payloads to 70 tons, its head said Friday. "W ... more		Flights of Fancy "Flights of Fancy" hits home in an unique way. So, we thought it should be aired again in case you missed the first airing in August of this year. Robert Zimmerman got it exactly right. In an August ... more		NASA and Sweden to test High Performance Green Propulsion technology The Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a bilateral cooperative agreement for NASA to test and evaluate the 5-Newton and ... more
				Russia, US to protect satellite navigation systems at UN level Russia and the United States, concerned about competition from navigation systems being developed by the European Union and China, intend to secure frequency spectrum and other positions for their G ... more		UNC neuroscientists discover new 'mini-neural computer' in the brain Dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, were once thought to be passive wiring in the brain. But now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that these d ... more

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Lift-off for sales at Clyde Space as Scotland's first satellite is shipped for launch Clyde Space has announced record sales of 1.65million pounds for the last six months. This is more than double the sales figure for the same period of last year and is the best performance since the ... more		Historic Demonstration Proves Laser Communication Possible In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) made history, transmitting data from lunar orbit to Earth at a rate of 622 Megabits-per-second (Mbps). Th ... 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		Russia Mulls Development of New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is to discuss with leading Russian scientists development of a new launch vehicle capable of carrying up payloads to 70 tons, its head said Friday. "W ... more
				Russia, US to protect satellite navigation systems at UN level Russia and the United States, concerned about competition from navigation systems being developed by the European Union and China, intend to secure frequency spectrum and other positions for their G ... more		UNC neuroscientists discover new 'mini-neural computer' in the brain Dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, were once thought to be passive wiring in the brain. But now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that these d ... more

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Ariane 5 arrives at the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building for payload installation

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Boeing Finalizes Agreement for Kennedy Space Center Facility

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Russia, US to protect satellite navigation systems at UN level

Britain considering car-tracking 'bullet' technology

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Space technologies boost disaster reduction int'l co-op

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Cambodia, Malaysia to restart domestic help immigration

Researcher is optimistic about meeting 'Grand Challenge' of global prosperity

NASA Engages the Public to Discover New Uses for Out-of-this-World Technologies

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