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May 20, 2014

Russia Says Foreign Personnel Allowed at Baikonur Space Center
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 20, 2014
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree allowing foreign personnel to participate in launches at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. Foreign specialists will be allowed to the sites at the Baikonur space center "where works primarily linked to ensuring the launch of spacecraft are carried out," says the decree published on the Russian government website on Friday. The Russian Defense Ministry may on a contract basis use space systems and military complexes and attract ... read more

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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth from space station After a month-long trip to the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, a cargo ship, returned to Earth over the weekend. ... more		Pentagon plans multi-billion dollar project to combat space junk Later this month the US Pentagon plans to award a massive contract to one of the two most influential American contractors for a project that, if all goes according to plan, will be able to identify ... more		Sixth Boeing GPS IIF Spacecraft Reaches Orbit, Sends First Signals The latest Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite sent initial signals from space shortly after launch May 16, marking the second GPS IIF launch this year and the halfway point of the ... more
				Physicists say they know how to turn light into matter The creators of Star Trek were certainly stretching the realm of possibility - employing their creative license - when they first featured teleportation on the show. But they may not have been defying the laws of physics, at least not entirely. ... more		China says space debris recovered: report Objects that crashed to the ground in China have been identified as space debris, state media reported, after a Russian rocket carrying a communications satellite fell back to Earth minutes after lift-off. ... more

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SpaceX-3 Mission To Return Dragon's Share of Space Station Science April launches bring May research returns. While the splashdown of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on May 18 will conclude the company's third contracted resupply mission to the International Space Stati ... more		Ultrafast laser technique developed to observe electron action University of Central Florida physicist Zenghu Chang has done it again. For a third time this year, his research group has published an article in a Nature journal. This time, Chang and his te ... more		Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices North Korean warship has 'serious accident' at launch Foreign delegation comes under Israeli fire in occupied West Bank		Quantum trimer -- from a distance Eight years ago Rudolf Grimm's research group was the first to observe an Efimov state in an ultracold quantum gas. The Russian physicist Vitali Efimov theoretically predicted this exotic bound stat ... more
				Magnetic Compass Orientation in Birds Builds Case for Bio-Inspired Sensors Researchers working on DARPA's Quantum Effects in Biological Environments (QuBE) program have shown that the electromagnetic noise that permeates modern urban environments can disrupt a bird's inter ... more		Conducting polymer films decorated with biomolecules for cell research use The ability to create conducting polymer films in a variety of shapes, thicknesses and surface properties rapidly and inexpensively will make growing and testing cells easier and more flexible, acco ... more

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Airbus boosts communication capability for British ships X-band satellite communications capabilities have been delivered to four British Royal Navy Mine Counter Measure Vessels operating in the Arabian Gulf. ... more		Russian rocket falls back to Earth with super satellite A Russian rocket carrying its most advanced communication satellite to date fell back to Earth minutes after lift-off on Friday in the latest blow to the country's once-proud space industry. ... more		Abrupt Soil Moisture Loss Drives Global Water Flow into Oceans, Raising Sea Levels Ancient Climate Shifts and Their Impact on North American Landscapes Ancient Fossil Tracks Push Back Reptile Evolution by 40 Million Years		Russian Proton rocket falls back to Earth after liftoff A carrier Proton-M rocket, launched from Baikonur together with the communications satellite Express-AM4R, has burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere, an official of Russia's Federal Space A ... more
				Australians report flaming object falling from sky Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said Friday, adding that the incident remains a mystery as no evidence of a crash has been found. ... more		A light-speed voyage to the distant future An enthusiastic group of schoolchildren sent a greeting to the future today, beaming a radio signal into space via an ESA tracking station in Spain. In January, over 200 participants around the worl ... more

China says space debris recovered: report

Physicists say they know how to turn light into matter

Australians report flaming object falling from sky

Airbus boosts communication capability for British ships

Harris providing tactical communications to country in central Asia

Production Ramps Up on next Advanced EHF Birds

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth from space station

SpaceX-3 Mission To Return Dragon's Share of Space Station Science

SpaceX supply capsule heads back to Earth

British MoD works on 'quantum compass' technology to replace GPS

Sixth Boeing GPS IIF Spacecraft Reaches Orbit, Sends First Signals

Iran to Host Russian Satellite Navigation Facility

	British MoD works on 'quantum compass' technology to replace GPS UK scientists say they are three to five years away from creating a new navigation system that would not rely on space-based technologies. A "quantum compass" might replace the US's widely-used GPS, ... more		Moon rover Yutu comes closer to public A small replica of lunar rover Yutu, the Jade Rabbit, has gone on show in Beijing. The model, half the size of the real rover, is the star of the 17th China Beijing International High-tech Exp ... more		Russian approves Russia-Cuba space exploration deal The Russian government will consider a bill on ratification of Russian-Cuban intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in exploration and use of the outer space for peaceful purposes, TASS reports. ... more		China aids in cutting down space debris China has made remarkable progress in controlling and reducing the impact of space debris on exploration and will strengthen cooperation with other nations, according to a senior official. "China ha ... more

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Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Javelin Firing From Turret in UK Test

Czechs sign agreement to fly Saab's Gripen fighter for another 12 years

Canadian missile defense radar to be operated, maintained by Raytheon

Airborne surveillance program Gorgon Stare getting Exelis sensors

Lockheed Martin weapons turret demonstrated with missile system

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Airbus Group Inc. banners 300th UH-72A helicopter delivery

Solomons police out in force after rioting

Japan publisher to review Fukushima nosebleed comic

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UN peacekeepers 'should use force more often': report

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Glasses-free 3-D projector

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Russia investing in aircraft manufacturing

US auto parts maker to outsource interiors to China

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