Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com

June 05, 2014

Airbus's SpacePlane demonstrator tested in South China Sea
Singapore (SPX) Jun 05, 2014
Held on 1-4 May, the tests of Airbus Defence and Space's SpacePlane demonstrator validated the dynamic flight conditions encountered in the end-of-flight phase following a return from space. The tests, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, took place 100 kilometers off the coast of Singapore and involved a fleet of seven ships. The quarter-scale demonstrator used in the tests was built in partnership with HOPE Technik and Airbus Group Innovations, the corporate network of re ... read more

Previous Issues

Jun 04

Jun 03

Jun 02

May 31

May 30

NASA And Virgin Galactic Select Payloads For First Research Flight NASA and Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments PJS, have identified twelve innovative research payloads that w ... more		Lockheed system to help track orbiting space objects Advanced S-Band phased array radars are to be provided to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin for the Space Fence program, the company announced. ... more		NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Technology Proposals NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space te ... more
				How NASA Builds a Space Laser To build a satellite that will measure all the bumps and dips of our dynamic Earth, engineers started with a black box, built of a composite honeycomb material to make it as light as possible. ... more		Russia, China expand cooperation on satellite navigation China plans to complete the development of its national navigation satellite system BeiDou ahead of schedule - by 2017, and not in 2020 as it was previously announced, the Central Research Machine b ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

William Cress Corporation - We Build To Last

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

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

CU-Boulder payload selected for launch on Virgin Galactic spaceship A University of Colorado Boulder payload carrying a novel device designed to reduce the weight and cost of spacecraft fuel pumping systems has been manifested for launch on a suborbital space plane ... more		One docking ring to rule them all Connecting spacecraft in orbit will never be simple, but ESA is taking the next step to allow the next generation of vehicles of all types from around the world to link up with each other. The Inter ... more		Israel military says intercepted missile fired from Yemen Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices Seoul says no talks with US on potential troop pullout		Lasers create table-top supernova Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating one of the most energetic event ... more
				Russia signs deal on aerospace cooperation with Kazakhstan Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the ratification of a Russia-Kazakhstan agreement on cooperation in the peaceful exploration and uses of outer space. The accord was signed ... more		Mutualink's Fusion Kit Enables On-the-Go Interoperability Mutualink has announced the availability of a new mobile operations fusion kit (OFK) for use by military personnel, coalition partners and first responders in the field. The kit, known as OFK 2.0, e ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Raytheon awarded contratc for USAF FAB-T satellite terminal program Raytheon has been awarded a $298,000,044 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Producti ... more		Researchers predict electrical response of metals to extreme pressure Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that ... more		The surprising climate power of penguin poo In tune with nature: expert sounds out all of Ireland's bird species Tariff wars will hamper climate efforts: COP30 CEO		World's best thermometer made from light University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence. Published in the journal Phy ... more
Physicist builds useful light source from harmonic generation A Kansas State University physicist's proposal may lead to a new way of creating tabletop light sources in the laboratory. Cheng Jin, research associate in physics; Chii-Dong Lin, university disting ... more		Pitt team first to detect exciton in metal University of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton. The team will publish its work online June 1 in Nature ... more		Stronger than steel A Swedish-German research team has successfully tested a new method for the production of ultra-strong cellulose fibres at DESY's research light source PETRA III. The novel procedure spins extremely ... more		Fourth in history Russian female astronaut to travel to ISS in September Preparations for the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft flight, which will carry the new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), including Russian female member Yelena Serova, have started at Baikonur. ... more

	Gannet sat nav reveals impact of fishing vessels Fishing vessels have a far bigger ecological footprint than previously thought, according to research which tracked the movement and behaviour of seabirds using GPS devices. A team of scientis ... more		UAV Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week Northrop Grumman's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week ... more

Anthropic touts improved Claude AI models

EU parliament backs carbon border tax exemption

Rare earth production outside China 'major milestone'

Combat robots to become Russian army new recruits		Breakthrough in energy storage: Electrical cables that can store energy		New Method of Wormlike Motion Lets Gels Wiggle through Water		First Phase To Certify New US Space Transport System Completed		Direct-to-satellite hand-held device could revolutionise learning
Citizen Scientists Contact Vintage Spacecraft		X-ray pulses on demand from electron storage rings		New printable robots could self-assemble when heated		US may lose 'star wars' to Russia		GPS sites in Russia can't be used now for 'military purposes'

Dell's COTS technologies used for X-47B system

A Growth Industry in Space

IDF will deploy ground drones in border areas

New Pentagon contracts for OMNITEC Solutions Inc

USAF crisis, contingency planning gets Northrop support

SAIC selected for joint force development services

Smartwear revolution promises healthier lives

Kenya drone ban hits anti-poaching efforts

The 'Sherlock Holmes' of Himalayan mountaineering

Students suffer in Philippine typhoon zone as schools open

Japan's new business lobby chief pledges better China ties

Bangladesh to seek Chinese help to build deep sea port

Australia probes possible MH370 witness account

Ford shows off 'smart' Mustang at Taiwan tech show

Samsung sees Tizen phone as gateway for bigger things

US Internet access ahead of EU in key areas: study

Intel backs survival of PCs in world of shrinking tech

Microsoft reveals HP tablet-laptop hybrid at Taiwan show

Facebook buys Finland's Pryte to boost Web reach

German village takes digital fate into own hands

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.