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March 20, 2014

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Solar Orbiter Mission
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2014
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Solar Orbiter Collaboration mission to study the sun in July 2017. The Solar Orbiter will launch on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The total cost for NASA to launch the Solar Orbiter is approximately $172.7 million, which includes the launch service, spacecraft processing, payload integration, tracking, data and telemetry and other launch support requir ... read more

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ATV-5 set to test new rendezvous sensors ESA's space freighter ATV Georges Lemaitre, set for launch this summer,will test new rendezvous sensors in space as it approaches the International Space Station. ESA has set its sights on all ... more		NASA Centers Team Up to Tackle Sonic Boom Since the Concorde's final landing at London's Heathrow Airport nearly a decade ago, commercial supersonic air travel has been as elusive as a piece of lost luggage. However, this hasn't stopped NAS ... more		Exelis completes transmitter assemblies for first GPS III satellite payload Exelis has completed and fully tested six transmitter assemblies, which are integral payload components for the first in a series of the next generation of GPS III navigation satellites. The navigat ... more
				New Airborne GPS Technology for Weather Conditions Takes Flight GPS technology has broadly advanced science and society's ability to pinpoint precise information, from driving directions to tracking ground motions during earthquakes. A new technique led by a res ... more		Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface Consider the nearest water surface: a half-full glass on your desk, a puddle outside your window, or a lake across town. All of these surfaces represent liquid-vapor interfaces, where liquid meets a ... more

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Harnessing everyday motion to power mobile devices Imagine powering your cell phone by simply walking around your office or rubbing it with the palm of your hand. Rather than plugging it into the wall, you become the power source. Researchers at the ... more		Battery that 'breathes' could power next-gen electric vehicles Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won't take you farther than 100 miles on one charge. To boost their range toward a tantalizing 300 miles or more, researchers are re ... more		Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders South Korea says concerned by China's 'no-sail zone' in overlapping waters		Astronauts train at Maxwell To prepare for the rigors and dangers of space travel, astronauts attend different training scenarios at facilities all over the world. Some are highly specialized, immersive environments such as un ... more
				ISS dodges space junk The International Space Station had to sidestep a piece of space junk. NASA said Monday the space station had to dodge part of an old satellite. Sunday night's firing of on-board thrusters pushed th ... more		EIAST and Satrec to sell Dubai Sat-2 products The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has signed a contract with Satrec Initiative, a leading provider of integrated and customized solutions for Earth observation mis ... more

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Space Launch System - Who Needs It NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is a Space Shuttle - derived heavy launch vehicle developed for future human space exploration. Launchspace engineers think of it as the Phoenix of cancelled Constel ... more		Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing Soft robots - which don't just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels - have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own jo ... more		Fears for crops as drought hits northern Europe Abrupt Soil Moisture Loss Drives Global Water Flow into Oceans, Raising Sea Levels Ancient Climate Shifts and Their Impact on North American Landscapes		3D X-ray Film: Rapid Movements in Real Time How does the hip joint of a crawling weevil move? A technique to record 3D X-ray films showing the internal movement dynamics in a spatially precise manner and, at the same time, in the temporal dim ... more
				The DARPA Grand Challenge: Ten Years Later At the break of dawn on March 13, 2004, 15 vehicles left a starting gate in the desert outside of Barstow, Calif., to make history in the DARPA Grand Challenge, a first-of-its-kind race to foster th ... more		US to seek licence for domestic production of Russia's RD-180 rocket engines The US will consider the expediency of further use of Russia's RD-180 rocket engines, given the recent developments in Ukraine, according to the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel. He was speaking dur ... more

Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface

ISS dodges space junk

3D X-ray Film: Rapid Movements in Real Time

NGG Starts Integration Of High-Speed Downlink Antennas EHF Comms Payload

Catching signals from a speeding satellite

Raytheon receives contract modification on JPSS Common Ground System

Proton-M with two Russian communication satellites on board blasts off from Baikonur

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Solar Orbiter Mission

ASTRA 5B delivered for integration on Ariane 5 launcher

Exelis completes transmitter assemblies for first GPS III satellite payload

New Airborne GPS Technology for Weather Conditions Takes Flight

Astro Aerospace Delivers Antennas For Next-Gen GPS III Satellites 3 through 6

	Astronaut Tim seeks mission name ESA astronaut Timothy Peake will be heading to the International Space Station next year and he needs your help to name his six-month mission. Send us your suggestion and help to make history. The w ... more		Tiangong's New Mission The mission of China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1, is not finished yet. Originally advertised with an operational lifespan of two years, Tiangong 1 passed its expected use-by date in Septemb ... more		Proton-M with two Russian communication satellites on board blasts off from Baikonur A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage and two Russian communication satellites of the Ekspress-AT series on board has taken off from the Baikonur launch site, a Roscosmos representativ ... more		VTOL X-Plane Program Takes Off For generations, new designs for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft have remained unable to increase top speed without sacrificing range, efficiency or the ability to do useful work. DARPA's VTOL ... more

Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy

Anthropic's Claude AI gets smarter -- and mischievious

Suriname president vows oil bonanza won't hit carbon-negative status

USAF Declares Initial Operational Capability Of Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod		Luke Air Force Base Receives First F-35A Lightning II		In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage		Fukushima operator halts water decontamination system		Scientists open a new window into quantum physics with superconductivity in LEDs
Lockheed Martin and Atlantis Resources: Harnessing the Power of Ocean Tides		TED backs unmasking bad actors behind shell firms		Taiwan protesters occupy parliament over China trade pact		Google expands Android platform to wearables		Peugeot taps ex-Airbus chief as board chairman

Nazi past overshadows genius of Porsche

Support strong for open Internet in developing world

Google, Facebook drive gains in mobile advertising

China's MMG confirms in talks to acquire Glencore mine in Peru

Startup scene flourishes in US capital

Sorption energy storage and conversion for cooling and heating

Google, Viacom settle YouTube copyright suit

Alibaba, Weibo see advantages in US listing

TV, print still key for news: US study

Jan-Feb foreign direct investment in China rises 10.4%

Secretive Beijing demands transparency over missing jet

China finds no terror link to nationals on Malaysia plane

Malaysia under scrutiny as plane mystery drags on

Taiwan MPs stage fast to protest at China trade pact

Berlin takes world lead with own domain name

Malaysia probe spotlights DIY politico, and groom-to-be

Central Asian states report no sightings of Malaysian jet

China's Giant Interactive to go private for $3 bln

Polluted Paris forces half cars off the road

China's politically-sensitive yuan falls after reform

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