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January 21, 2014

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Tests Dragon Parachute System
Morro Bay CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014
Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system would function in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent. The test was part of an optional milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative and approved by the agency in August. Through the Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX is one of NASA' ... read more

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KVH Doubles Capacity of Global C-band Beams for Maritime VSAT Network KVH Industries is doubling the capacity for two of the three global C-band beams of its mini-VSAT Broadband network, further enhancing the world's most extensive C/Ku-band maritime VSAT network. ... more		2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom Just a single foreign atom located in the vicinity of a molecule can change spatial arrangement of its atoms. In a spectacular experiment, an international team of researchers was able to change per ... more		'Aces up the sleeve': Ukraine drone attacks in Russia shake up conflict Trump says Iran 'slowwalking' as Khamenei opposes nuclear proposal US pressures NATO to seal deal on ramping up defence spending		Quantum physics could make secure, single-use computer memories possible Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Computer scientist Yi-Kai Liu h ... more
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