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August 20, 2014

Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Spaceplane For DARPA
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2014
Northrop Grumman with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 program. XS-1has a reusable booster that when coupled with an expendable upper stage provides affordable, available and responsive space lift for 3,000-pound class spacecraft into low Earth orbit. Reusable boosters with aircraft-like operations provide a breakthrough in space lift ... read more

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				3 SOPS bids farewell to oldest DSCS satellite As a cadre of 3rd Space Operations Squadron members looked on, 3 SOPS Commander, Lt. Col. Chris Todd, shut down the final remaining components of a Defense Satellite Communications System satellite ... more		Robotic-assisted imaging will help in daily hospital practice While in Germany, Partho P. Sengupta, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai used a computer to perform a robot-assisted trans-Atlantic ultrasound examination on a person in Boston. In ... more

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On the frontiers of cyborg science No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking this human ... more		China's first private rocket firm aims for market Hu Zhenyu, 21, founder of Link Space, China's first private rocket firm, does not want people to call him a "rocket scientist" but a rocket entrepreneur. Rocket launches have traditionally bee ... more		Israel threatens Huthi leaders after striking Yemen ports Putin made 'mistake' sending 'low-level' team to Ukraine talks: NATO chief Enveil Secures DIU Contract to Advance Hybrid Space Architecture Data Capabilities		Twin Galileos meet, ready for Thursday's launch Final functional testing of Europe's twin Galileo navigation satellites has been completed at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, on track for launch this Thursday. The fuelling of the two satellit ... more
				Two new satellites for Europe's Galileo space network Europe is set to launch two satellites Thursday for its Galileo navigation system, boosting the number in the Earth-orbiting constellation to six and bringing the network a step closer to becoming operational after a long delay. ... more		Copper foam turns CO2 into useful chemicals A catalyst made from a foamy form of copper has vastly different electrochemical properties from catalysts made with smooth copper in reactions involving carbon dioxide, a new study shows. The resea ... more

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General Hyten takes control of AFSPC		Aerojet Rocketdyne To Develop Large Scale Additive Manufacturing		Russia's First Exoskeleton to Help Physically Impaired		Octopus inspires new camouflage material		SM-6 missile undergoes follow-on testing
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Canada's MDA receives radar antennas for satellite use

Russia to Develop New Satellite Communication System

First operational Galileo GPS satellites integrated for Soyuz launch

ADS selected for UK Ministry of Justice electronic tagging program

Digital cockpits for UH-60L Black Hawks

Greek Army's German-made Leopard tanks getting ammunition

Remotec upgrading Army, Marine EOD robots

Turkey calls for help with Syria refugees as tensions rise

Obama strategist jumps aboard controversial Uber app

Australia tycoon blasts Chinese government 'mongrels'

Standard Chartered fined $300 mn over laundering controls

Japan's NSK says hit with $28.5mn fine by China regulators

China to spend $1-bn. on massive Caribbean resort

Snoozing China air traffic controllers force jet to delay landing

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Foreign investment in China slumps in July: govt

Google buys travel guide app startup Jetpac

Stinky gases emanating from landfills could transform into clean energy

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