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February 10, 2015

Eruptions Evicted: Anti-geyser Testing Completed for SLS Liquid Oxygen Tank
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 11, 2015
Goodbye, geysers! NASA engineers have successfully finished anti-geyser testing for the liquid oxygen tank that will help fuel the agency's new rocket, the Space Launch System, on the journey to Mars. More than 120 hours of anti-geyser testing have been completed on a full-scale, 40-foot replica of the SLS liquid oxygen tank feed system - which will be housed in the rocket's core stage - at one of the test stands at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The core stage, towe ... read more

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SpaceX postpones rocket launch to Wednesday High winds in Florida forced SpaceX to move to Wednesday its planned launch of a $340 million sun-observing spacecraft, to be followed by a bid to recycle its Falcon 9 rocket. ... more		Missing Planes: UK's Inmarsat Says Live Flight Tracking Ready "In Weeks" London-based communications company Inmarsat says live flight-tracking - that could have established the whereabouts of flight MH370 which disappeared in the Indian Ocean - could be ready within wee ... more		China, Russia strengthen satellite navigation cooperation China and Russia strengthened cooperation in satellite navigation by holding the first meeting of the China-Russia Cooperation Program Committee on Satellite Navigation on Tuesday. The meeting ... more
				Moon momentos found languishing in Armstrong's closet A treasure trove of prized momentos from the first moon landing have been found in Neil Armstrong's closet by his wife when she was doing a clearout. ... more		Europe to test wingless 'space plane' 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. ... more

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NASA Prepares New Sounding Rocket Motor For First Test Firing NASA engineers are preparing a new Peregrine sounding rocket motor for its first hot-fire test set for February 10 in the east test area at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama ... more		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		Pakistan shoots down 25 Indian drones near military installations China vows to stand with Russia in face of 'hegemonic bullying' North Korea fires flurry of short-range ballistic missiles		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
				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

SNC Completes Dream Chaser Study with German Aerospace Industry Partners Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems and OHB System AG (OHB) announce the completion of the initial Dream Chaser for European Utilization (DC4EU) study co-funded by the Space Administrati ... more		US Navy Spends $302Mln on Trident Nuclear Missiles The US Navy has issued a $302 million contract to Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. to repair and maintain Trident D5 nuclear missiles, according to a US Defense Department statement. "Char ... more		Sunlight Reveals New Insights into Earth's Complex Systems Startup helps farmers grow plant-based feed and fertilizer using wastewater The West's spring runoff is older than you think		Russian Military to Fire Iskander Missiles During Pacific Ocean Drills The Russian Pacific Ocean Fleet along with military forces from the country's northeast has kicked off impromptu training exercises with some of its units on the Kamchatka Peninsula with approximate ... more
South Korean jet fighter competition delayed South Korea's military procurement agency has delayed the competition process for a new indigenously built fighter aircraft. ... more		DOD taps Gilbane Federal for Saudi Air Force construction work A design and build project at King Khalid Air Base In Saudi Arabia is to be conducted by Gilbane Federal under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. ... more		Diehl's IRIS-T missile completes qualification testing Diehl Defense of Germany reports it has completed guided missile qualification testing of its IRIS-T surface launched weapon. ... more		Lockheed Martin continues logistics sustainment of helo vision/targeting system The U.S. Army has exercised a contract option with Lockheed Martin for sustainment of a targeting and night vision system used by Apache helicopter pilots. ... more

	African countries order Israeli-made armored vehicles Two unidentified countries in Africa ordered more light armored vehicles for their military forces from Israel Aerospace Industries. ... more		Engility to support development of automated aerial refueling technologies Engility Holdings has won a re-compete task order from the U.S. Navy for technical services support to the Naval Air Warfare Center. ... more

Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter trials showcase future of aerial firefighting

Biogas Production from Alfalfa Enhanced by Fruit Waste and Microbes

China's Renewable Energy Shift Faces Sustainability Challenges

Boeing gets new order for B-52 communications upgrade kits		India Interested in Russia's Glonass Satellite Navigation System		Russia suspends joint space program with Ukraine		N. Korea fires short-range missiles into sea		Building bridges with cheese in divided Cyprus
Court told 'tsunami of evidence' against Costa skipper as verdict nears		Wildfires in Ukraine could revive Chernobyl's radiation		IBM brings Watson supercomputer to Japan via SoftBank		Japan logs record-low current account surplus in 2014		China January trade surplus a record high as imports, exports fall

Soyuz Installed at Baikonur, Expected to Launch Wednesday

SpaceX calls off launch of space-weather satellite

SpaceX to try rocket recycle launch on Tuesday

Russia to Launch Two Military Satellites in February

GE providing computer subsystems for British armored vehicles

Korean Air, Airbus DS reportedly to bid to build fighter in Korea

AgustaWestland completes helicopter deliveries to Italian Police

Sea Launch considers replacement of Zenit-3SL rockets

U.S. Navy unveils firefighting robot SAFFiR

Auction house to sell vintage NASA photographs

Pentagon Asks for $9.6Bln to Counter Missile Threat From Iran, NKorea

Tehran Denies Iranian Missile Program is Part of Nuclear Talks

Democrats, Republicans urge Obama to arm Ukraine

Airbus, Korean Air to bid for S. Korea military deal: report

Denel picks Marotta Controls for system to cool missile IR seeker

Bladed ground testing of S-97 Raider helicopter begins

USAF to Upgrade B-52 Strategic Bombers

World Bank probes internal handling of Chinese loan

Singapore plans 'real-time' aircraft tracking system

Argentina's Kirchner sparks row after China accent gibes

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