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January 21, 2015

Google aboard as Musk's SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding
New York (AFP) Jan 20, 2015
The private space exploration firm SpaceX said Tuesday it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk's plan to build a satellite Internet network. The latest round of funding comes from Google and the financial firm Fidelity, which will own some 10 percent of the company. The statement offered no details on plans for the funds, but Musk has said he wants to build a network of satellites to deliver the Internet around the globe. The plan could conceivably tie in wit ... read more

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Third MUOS Satellite Launched And Responding To Commands The third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy is now responding to commands after being launched here today. An initialization team, led by the c ... more		Upgraded Atlas ready to go wireless at next DARPA Robotics Challenge A total of $3.5 million in prizes will now be awarded to the top three finishers in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), the final event of which will be held June 5-6, 2015, at Fairplex in Pomona, C ... more		European spaceplane is "powered up" for its Feb 11 launch Next month's flight of the light-lift Vega vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family will involve a highly unusual mission profile: a suborbital trajectory with an unmanned European spaceplane that b ... more
				The Perils of Launch Vehicle Reusability On January 10, 2015, SpaceX launched Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission number 5, or CRS-5, on a special Falcon 9 launch vehicle. This particular vehicle included a first stage that was inte ... more		Can Musk's Pipe Dream to Come True US technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he will be building a test track for his Hyperloop, a new step towards completing his much anticipated project. Will be building a Hyper ... more

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A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications Few materials have received as much attention from the scientific world or have raised so many hopes with a view to their potential deployment in new applications as graphene has. This is larg ... more		US Air Force moves to stem shortage of drone pilots Facing a shortage of drone pilots, the US Air Force said Thursday it will increase pay for those who operate the robotic planes and draw on airmen from the reserves to fill the gap. ... more		Russia, China slam Trump's plan for 'Iron Dome' missile shield Pakistan says India has brought neighbours 'closer to major conflict' North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees nuclear counterattack missile test		Russia Will Test Launch Iskander-M Missiles During March Drills Two missile battalions of the Central Military District (CMD) will test launch a number of Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles during exercises in southern Russia in March, CMD spokesperson Col. ... more
				Turtles use unique magnetic compass to find birth beach Every year, adult sea turtles make the journey back to the beaches where they were born. They return year after year to lay their own eggs. Their offspring, freshly hatched, will make their way out to sea. Ten years later, having reached sexual maturity, the sea turtles will return to the same natal beach. The cycle repeats, generation after generation. ... more		US venture capital funding near dot-com boom levels US venture capital funding surged in 2014 to the highest levels since the dot-com boom, industry surveys showed. ... more

Singer Sarah Brightman delays space tourist training British singer Sarah Brightman has delayed the start of her training to be a space tourist but plans to go ahead with her flight, Russia's space agency said Friday. ... more		Musk donates $10M to keep Artificial Intelligence friendly American entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he would contribute $10 million to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for a global research program aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence ... more		Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding China congratulates Pope Leo on election, hopes for 'dialogue' Endangered vultures killed in S.Africa poisoning; Japan arrests 3 with suitcases filled with hermit crabs		Russia Could Export 30 More Rocket Engines to US Russian rocket manufacturer Energia is currently in talks with US space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) over a contract to deliver 30 additional RD-180 rocket engines, Energia head Vlad ... more
Client Pauses Launch of Proton Rocket Carrying British Satellite The Russian Federal Space Agency has postponed until February 1 the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a UK-built Inmarsat satellite upon request of the client, the agency's spokesperson t ... more		BAE Systems announces new thermal weapon sight A smaller and lighter thermal weapon sight with improved image quality has been introduced by BAE Systems. ... more		Energia's International Work Unaffected by US Sanctions US sanctions against Moscow are not going to influence the work of Russian rocket and space corporation Energia internationally, as the company also collaborates with a wide range of European compan ... more		UN saw drones before Israeli air strike on Syria UN peacekeepers serving in the Golan saw drones flying before an Israeli air strike on Syria that killed an Iranian general, a UN spokesman said Monday. ... more

	Watch SpaceX nearly land rocket on floating barge SpaceX tried - and failed - to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge Saturday, but it came oh-so-close to success, a new video of the botched landing shows. Video story ... more		Russian firm seals $1 billion deal to supply US rocket engines A Russian manufacturer on Friday announced a $1 billion deal to supply engines for the US Antares rockets making deliveries to the International Space Station. ... more

China exports beat forecasts ahead of US tariff talks

Greenpeace Denmark launches fake tourism ad to highlight pollution

Sweden's 'Queen of Trash' risks prison in toxic waste crime trial

Pope euphoria quickly fades in Philippine typhoon zone		Phenomenon that fights with superconductivity universal		Amplification process set to transform communications, imaging, computing		Self-destructive effects of magnetically-doped ferromagnetic insulators		Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing buys British train firm for $3.8 bn		Japan, Thai firms invest $10.4 billion in China's Citic		Training the next generation of power engineers		China's economic growth slows to 24-year low: govt		China to investigate state-owned enterprises: govt

China outbound investment surges past $100 bn in 2014: govt

Mexico invites new bids for bullet train

Tycoon Li Ka-Shing losing status as China business 'bellwether': paper

Soyuz Installed at Baikonur, Expected to Launch Wednesday

MUOS-3 satellite ready for launch

U.S. food headed for ISS stalled in Russian customs

Pope attracts world-record crowd in wet Philippines

China bank lending up in 2014 as govt seeks credit boost

A.S. Kiran Kumar, the new ISRO chief

Switzerland restricts operations of F-5E aircraft

Navy authorizes SM-6 missile for more ships

Tugboat sinking in China kills 22 including 8 foreigners

Elon Musk wants to build a Hyperloop test track in Texas

Silicon Valley firms ink settlement in non-poaching case

Canada to host NAFTA summit 'later this year'

Robots learn to use tools by watching YouTube videos

Glass for battery electrodes

Firefly Space Systems and NASA have Inked Space Act Agreement

Experts explore the medical safety needs of civilian space travel

Long duration weightlessness in space induces a blood shift

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