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December 01, 2014

After wrangle, Europe set to approve Ariane 6 launcher
Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2014
After a two-year debate sparked by the emergence of low-cost competition, European space nations on Tuesday are likely to back plans to build a new rocket, the Ariane 6, say sources. Intended to be ready for 2020, the rocket will replace the Ariane 5, taking its place alongside the lightweight Vega and Russia's veteran Soyuz at the European Space Agency (ESA) base in Kourou, French Guiana. A medium to heavy launcher that traces its roots to 1985, the Ariane 5 has 62 successful operations to its ... read more

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Crew Module Cabin the Focus for Weekend Engineers and technicians prepping Orion for its first flight test Dec. 4 began putting the finishing touches inside the crew cabin today and will continue the work through the weekend. Althou ... more		Russia's Angara Space Rocket Tests to End in 2020: Defense Ministry Tests of new Russian ecologically clean space rocket Angara will end in 2020, Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces commander Lt. Gen. Alexander Golovko said Saturday. "It is planned to end the fl ... more		India to launch advanced rocket next month India will test launch an advanced rocket next month, a senior space official said Sunday. "The state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will test launch GSLV Mark III from the sp ... more
				Laser link offers high-speed delivery Marking a first in space, Sentinel-1A and Alphasat have linked up by laser stretching almost 36 000 km across space to deliver images of Earth just moments after they were captured. This impor ... more		Service module of China's returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 point The service module belonging to China's unmanned lunar orbiter has reached the Earth-Moon second Lagrange Point (L2), the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defens ... more

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China's homegrown GPS ready to be used for smartphones A Chinese company has rolled out a chip that can help smartphones get easy access to the country's homegrown GPS-like Beidou System. The 40-nanometer chip, developed by Shanghai Beiga Satellit ... more		GLONASS-K State Testing to End in 2015: Russian Defense Ministry State testing of the new generation of Russian navigational satellites GLONASS-K will be over by 2015, Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Anatoly Nestechuk said Saturday. ... more		Price tag for Washington military parade on Trump birthday approaches $45 million Israel army says intercepts missile from Yemen, Huthis claim strike 'Paradigm shift': Germany says to meet Trump's NATO spending target		Making a sound loud enough to bend light on a computer chip During a thunderstorm, we all know that it is common to hear thunder after we see the lightning. That's because sound travels much slower (768 miles per hour) than light (670,000,000 miles per hour) ... more
				Shaping the future of energy storage with conductive clay In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead. Materials scient ... more		Protons fuel graphene prospects Published in the journal Nature, the discovery could revolutionise fuel cells and other hydrogen-based technologies as they require a barrier that only allow protons - hydrogen atoms stripped off th ... more

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

World's first computer dates to 205 BCE, earlier than thought Long considered the world's first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism is now thought to be 100 years older than first determined, researchers said. ... more		Star Trek-like invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered an invisible shield some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called "killer electrons," which whip around the planet at near-light ... more		Trump admin leaves door open for tougher PFAS drinking water standards England sees driest spring since 1956: government agency Thai court issues warrants over deadly quake tower collapse		Soyuz at Kourou ready to loft another batch of O3b Networks birds Payload processing for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission at the service of O3b Networks has reached full speed, with all four connectivity satellites now at the Spaceport - where fueling and integra ... more
DIRECTV-14 "pointed" for liftoff on next week's dual payload mission The upper passenger for Arianespace's dual-satellite launch from French Guiana next week has been encapsulated in its protective payload fairing, preparing the DIRECTV-14 relay platform for its inte ... more		Researchers identify a natural shield against harmful radiation belt High above Earth's atmosphere, electrons whiz past at close to the speed of light. Such ultrarelativistic electrons, which make up the outer band of the Van Allen radiation belt, can streak around t ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Spot an Impenetrable Barrier in Space Two donuts of seething radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts, have been found to contain a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents the fastest, most energetic electro ... more		Thanksgiving aboard ISS: Irradiated smoked turkey Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are celebrating Thanksgiving with traditional foods, irradiated, thermostabilized and freeze-dried to perfection. ... more

	Inorganic-based laser lift-off enables flexible electronics Flexible electronics have been touted as the next generation in electronics in various areas, ranging from consumer electronics to bio-integrated medical devices. In spite of their merits, ins ... more		DNA may survive suborbital spaceflight, re-entry Plasmid DNA attached to the outer surface of a sounding rocket may be able to withstand rocket launch, a period of residence in suborbital space, re-entry, and landing conditions into the Earth's at ... more

China first-quarter emissions fell despite rising power demand

Belgium parliament votes to ditch nuclear power phase-out

China's Alibaba posts annual revenue increase despite spending slump

SAARC leaders call for deeper cooperation in space technology		Sagem demos drone for use in civilian airspace		Brazil, Russia in talks on air defense system		Russia postpones Proton-M launch over defect		NASA Opens Cube Quest Challenge for Largest-Ever Prize of $5 Million
US Bans Technology Export for Russian Spektr-UV Telescope Project		Air Ops Lab Answering Big Questions About Future of Air Travel		Process converts human waste into rocket fuel		Proton-M Carrier Rocket Launch Postponed Over Technical Problems		France studies how to intercept mystery drones over nuclear plants

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Displaced top 2 million as winter hits northern Iraq

Japan starts chemical weapon destruction in China

Disaster-prone Philippines wants simpler weather warnings

Innovation hatching in Greece amid slow economic revival

China manufacturing growth at eight-month low: govt

Fire causes shutdown at Belgian nuclear reactor

Foreign automakers find Iranian market has gone local

China plans deposit insurance in long-awaited reform

Corruption crackdown clouds China corporate jet market

Italy PM moots temporary nationalisation of troubled steel plant

Swiss massively reject 'green' immigration cap

Global quantum communications -- no longer the stuff of fiction?

An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots

Tibetan tapestry fetches record $45 million in Hong Kong

India woos neighbours as rifts open door to China

US automakers aim for luxury market in China

China blames politics for Indonesia development bank delay

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