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February 09, 2015

Europe to test wingless 'space plane'
Paris (AFP) Feb 9, 2015
Europe will launch an experimental "space plane" on Wednesday, a car-sized, wingless vessel whose 100-minute unmanned mission will inform the design of reusable spacecraft of the future. Reentry is a major challenge for the aerospace industry - as illustrated when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere in February 2003, killing all seven crew. Friction with the Earth's atmosphere slows the returning craft, but also heats the outside to scorching temperatures. If the reen ... read more

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Tomahawk hits moving target using synthetic guidance The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of a Tomahawk cruise missile to strike a moving target through the use of synthetic guidance. ... more		Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas of the brain use these signals to control the ... more		ULA launches USSF-106 for US Space Force aboard Vulcan rocket Rocket Lab completes Geost acquisition adding EOIR payload expertise to national security portfolio Zelensky says Ukraine, allies must resist Russian 'deception'		Iran launches fourth satellite into orbit Iran launched its fourth satellite into orbit on Monday, state IRIB TV reported. Equipped with GPS navigation system, the home-made satellite, named Fajr (Dawn), was put into orbit using home-made S ... more
				The Space Diet: Authentic Astronaut Food Goes on Sale in Moscow The All-Russian Exhibition Center, the famous general trade exhibition center in Moscow, commonly referred as VDNKh, will begin to sell authentic cosmonaut food packed into toothpaste-style tubes, s ... more		ALASA Getting Closer to Delivering Big Things in Small Packages to Space Through its Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA) program, DARPA has been developing new concepts and architectures to get small satellites into orbit more economically on short notice. Bradfo ... more

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U.S. Navy unveils firefighting robot SAFFiR At the Naval Future Force Science & Technology Expo, held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C., military engineers showed off their latest invention - a firefighting robot. ... more		Auction house to sell vintage NASA photographs An auction house in Wales is selling a portfolio of vintage photographs taken and collected by NASA astronauts during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. ... more		Pentagon Asks for $9.6Bln to Counter Missile Threat From Iran, NKorea The Obama administration asked for $9.6 billion to counter the increasing threat from North Korea and Iran. The US Department of Defense has requested $9.6 billion in the 2016 budget year to c ... more		Tehran Denies Iranian Missile Program is Part of Nuclear Talks Iran's missile program is not part of negotiations with the 5+1 group, comprising US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, on Tehran's controversial nuclear program, Iranian Deputy Foreign Mi ... more

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