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July 05, 2014

NASA and Boeing finalize $2.8 million deal to build super powerful rocket
Washington (UPI) Jul 4, 2013
Aviation company Boeing has contracted with NASA to build the world's most powerful rocket, intended - eventually - to propel astronauts to the moon, Mars, asteroids and the deep space beyond. Boeing and NASA signed a $2.8 million contract this week, tasking the aerospace company with developing two rocket cores as part of the completion of the Space Launch System, a heavy launch vehicle meant to carry both crew and cargo that will be upgraded over time. "Our teams have dedicated thems ... read more

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Chinese moon rover designer shooting for Mars The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme. ... more		Are China's Astronauts Moonbound China has made tremendous progress with its lunar exploration program. It has sent two spacecraft to orbit the Moon and has also landed a robot rover on the surface. Later this year, we expect China ... more		Space Launch System Core Stage Passes Critical Design Review NASA continues to make progress toward its next giant leap to send humans farther into the solar system than ever before, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. This week, the core stage f ... more
				Fruit fly immunity fails with fungus after (space)flight Before you swat away the next fruit fly, consider instead just how similar its biological complexities are to our own. In a study published in PLOS ONE, researchers led by Deborah Kimbrell, Ph.D., a ... more		SSl Selected to Provide Multi-Mission Satellite to Hispasat Group Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a multi-mission communications satellite to Spanish satellite operator HISPASAT Group. The satellite, Hispasat 1F will be used ... more

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Cambridge team breaks superconductor world record A world record that has stood for more than a decade has been broken by a team led by University of Cambridge engineers, harnessing the equivalent of three tonnes of force inside a golf ball-sized s ... more		A step closer to bio-printing transplantable tissues and organs Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries, a new study reports. Scientists fro ... more		Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Dome' missile shield for US Philippines, US coast guards join military drills in South China Sea Russian strike on Ukrainian military training site kills six: Kyiv		New NIST metamaterial gives light a one-way ticket The light-warping structures known as metamaterials have a new trick in their ever-expanding repertoire. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a silver, ... more
				EU rubbishes waste in drive for Green growth The EU wants to ban the dumping of all recyclable rubbish in landfill sites as part of a social and economic revolution to re-use, repair and recycle. ... more		Study helps unlock mystery of high-temp superconductors A Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues say they have unlocked one key mystery surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. Their research, published this week in the Proceedings of ... more

Collaborative learning -- for robots Machine learning, in which computers learn new skills by looking for patterns in training data, is the basis of most recent advances in artificial intelligence, from voice-recognition systems to sel ... more		ASC Signal Secures Contracts for 115 Ka-band Gateways and Antennas Capping the most successful six months of orders in its history, ASC Signal Corporation has been selected by government and commercial customers around the world to deliver 115 Ka-band gateways and ... more		UN body clears China's Minmetals for deep-sea mining testing Asian elephants found to have significantly larger brains than African counterparts Healing Ozone Hole Key to Boosting Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake		Does 3D printing have the right stuff? 3D-printed parts promise a revolution in the space industry, rapidly creating almost any object needed. But do the results really have the right stuff for flying in space? ESA is now checking if the ... more
Russia Sees No Progress in GLONASS Talks with US The United States has shown no interest in negotiations on the deployment of GLONASS navigation stations in the US, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko said Monday. "We s ... more		Swiss Space Systems plan mock-up test flights of SOAR Swiss Space Systems Holding SA (S3) has announced its partnership with the City of North Bay and Canadore College. This partnership will enable S3 to initiate several technical activities from this ... more		From Deep Sea to Deep Space How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? Food scientists are working on this and other challenges related to creating and optimizing food for astronauts, soldiers, pilots a ... more		China's domestic navigation system accesses ASEAN market Three model satellite stations based on China's domestically made Beidou navigation system were shown to the public Wednesday in an industrial estate in Thailand, the first step of Beidou into the A ... more

	ELASTx Stretches Potential for Future Communications Technologies Many existing compact, high-data-rate millimeter-wave wireless communications systems use integrated circuits (ICs) made with gallium arsenide (GaAs) or gallium nitride (GaN). These circuits provide ... more		ATK Provides Propulsion, Structure for Test of New Technologies to Land Larger Payloads on Mars ATK (ATK) supported NASA Saturday as it moved one step closer to landing advanced payloads on Mars following the successful test of a next generation braking system. A world-leading producer of rock ... more

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