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April 10, 2014

Veggie Will Expand Fresh Food Production on ISS
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2014
A plant growth chamber bound for the International Space Station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply mission may help expand in-orbit food production capabilities in more ways than one, and offer astronauts something they don't take for granted, fresh food. NASA's Veg-01 experiment will be used to study the in-orbit function and performance of a new expandable plant growth facility called Veggie and its plant "pillows." The investigation will focus on the growth and development of " ... read more

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NASA Signs Deal With German, Canadian Partners To Test New Fuels NASA has signed separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study the atmospheric effect ... more		NASA Ames Launches Nanosatellites, Science Experiments on SpaceX Rocket NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., will launch a variety of experiments into space aboard NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight of the Space Exploration Technologies (Space ... more		NASA Engineers Prepare Game Changing Cryotank for Testing NASA and Boeing engineers are inspecting and preparing one of the largest composite rocket propellant tanks ever manufactured for testing. The composite cryotank is part of NASA's Game Changing Deve ... more
				Recycling astronaut urine for energy and drinking water On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there's the more practical problem of waste - in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than ejecting it into space, scientists are de ... more		Reporters See NASA's Latest High Tech Exploration Tool Before Testing On April 9 reporters got a chance to don "bunny suits" (protective apparel that sometimes makes people look like large rabbits) and enter a NASA clean room at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Avionics System for SLS Boosters Gets 'Boost' of Its Own on Path to Space The avionics that will guide NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) boosters on the rocket's trip to deep space missions will get a big "boost" toward being ready for flight through an extensive test seri ... more		A new twist for better steel Researchers from Brown University and universities in China have found a simple technique that can strengthen steel without sacrificing ductility. The new technique, described in Nature Communicatio ... 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		Israeli firm working on 30-second phone charger An Israeli startup said on Tuesday that it was working to develop a bio-organic system that can recharge a smartphone battery in just 30 seconds. ... more
				Future computers that are 'normally off' If a research team in Japan gets its wish, "normally off" computers may one day soon be replacing present computers in a move that would both eliminate volatile memory, which requires power to maint ... more		DRS developing energy storage modules for U.S. destroyers Energy storage modules that will act as a ship-wide power supply for U.S. Navy destroyers are to be developed and built by DRS Technologies Inc. ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

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

Fifth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Global Positioning System The accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has been improved with the recent handover of a fifth Boeing GPS IIF satellite to the U.S. Air Force. The newest addition to the GPS constellation ... more		ESA to continue space cooperation with Russia unlike NASA The European Space Agency (ESA) has no intentions at all of reviewing its space cooperation with Russia, despite the latter's merger with Crimea and NASA's recent announcement of pulling out from 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		Lockheed Martin and NewSat Achieve Significant Program Milestone on Jabiru-1 Satellite Lockheed Martin and NewSat Limited have completed a comprehensive technical review of Jabiru-1, Australia's first commercial Ka-band satellite. Jabiru-1 will deliver high-powered communications to m ... more
				Vanguard Space Technologies Antenna Reflectors on Amazonas Satellite Launch Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc. (Vanguard) today announced that it supplied mission-critical components to Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) for the Amazonas 4A telecommunications satellite that ... more		CSU Researcher to Examine Health Impacts of Space Travel in NASA-Funded Twin Study When NASA sends an identical twin to the International Space Station next year, a Colorado State University researcher will be among just a few hand-picked scientists studying him and his brother to ... more

Headwall Extends Global Reach in Asia/Pac and Israel

A new twist for better steel

Hyperspectral Software Announced for Airborne Applications

Intelsat and L-3 Test Protected Air Force Tactical Technology on Ku-band

NGC Ships Payload Module For 4th Advanced EHF Protected ComSat

Spectrum Challenge Paves Way For More Reliable Radio Communications

NASA Ames Launches Nanosatellites, Science Experiments on SpaceX Rocket

On-board camera provides a unique perspective on Arianespace Flight VS07

The DZZ-HR satellite is fueled for Arianespace's upcoming Vega launch

Fifth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Global Positioning System

Satellite Navigation Failure Confirms Urgent Need for Backup

USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Full Production Contracts For Next Two GPS 3 Satellites

	Russia warns Ukraine against missile technologies proliferation Russia on Monday drew Kiev's attention over media reports that a Ukrainian military-space enterprise had allegedly been negotiating with third countries on missile technology sale. Referring t ... more		Northrop Grumman to Build Five More MQ-8C Fire Scouts for the US Navy Northrop Grumman will build five additional U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend their intelligence-gathering capabilities far beyond the horizon. ... more		LockMart and US Navy Demonstrate Airborne Autonomy Technology As autonomous technologies continue to develop and grow within the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully demonstrated t ... more		Intelsat and L-3 Test Protected Air Force Tactical Technology on Ku-band Intelsat General Corp. and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) announced the successful demonstration of new U.S. Air Force Protected Tactical Waveform technology over Ku-band transponders ... 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

Remote Troops Closer to Having High-Speed Wireless Networks Mounted on UAVs		Headwall Extends Global Reach in Asia/Pac and Israel		Hyperspectral Software Announced for Airborne Applications		Navy to fly drone helicopters from tablet app		Math modeling integral to synthetic biology research
Materials and electronics that dissolve when triggered		Japan orders to shoot down any new N Korea ballistic missile launches		New algorithm aids in both robot navigation and scene understanding		Chemists develop gold coating that dims glare		Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers

NGC Ships Payload Module For 4th Advanced EHF Protected ComSat

USAF researchers test Google Glass for combat, intelligence missions

Navy approves Boeing combat vehicle for transport on V-22

Rolls-Royce gets new contract for engine support

Middle Eastern country orders more border radar

Scorpion completes first 50 hours of flight testing

Britain taps BAE Systems for illumination artillery shells

Boeing Phantom Badger Certified for V-22 Transport

Kelly Aviation Center is Now Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions

Alion Science to help counter-IEDs

Satellite Navigation Failure Confirms Urgent Need for Backup

Ukrainian situation won't change Russian-Kazakh Baiterek project

New signal detected in search for MH370 black boxes

Italy sounds alarm as 4,000 immigrants land

Hunt for MH370 closes in on 'final resting place'

Obama to visit US landslide site as death toll rises

New risk factors for avalanche trigger revealed

Taiwan demonstrators end parliament seizure, threaten more protests

Top Hong Kong businessman sells $928 mn Beijing property

N.D. Sen. Hoeven gets tough on rail safety

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