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May 04, 2015

NASA concludes most rigorous super pressure balloon flight to date
Wallops Island, VA (SPX) May 03, 2015
Following 32 days of flying its most rigorous test to date, NASA ended the flight of its super pressure balloon (SPB) Monday, April 27, while the balloon was at float over central Australia. Controllers detected a leak developing in the balloon and for safety, issued flight termination commands at 11:03 p.m. April 27 EDT (12:33 pm April 28 ESCT) over a remote area near the Queensland and New South Wales border just east of Australia's Sturt National Park. "This balloon accomplished what no o ... read more

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Hawaii Says 'Aloha' to NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator The second test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project arrived April 25 at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The vehicle now will undergo final ... more		NASA Tests Shape-Changing Wing for Next Generation Aviation NASA researchers, working in concert with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and FlexSys Inc., of Ann Arbor, Michigan, successfully completed initial flight tests of a new morphing wing techno ... more		Blue Origin first vehicle test deemed success Private space company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed a tourism vehicle, New Shepard, Wednesday from a remote area in western Texas, USAToday.com reported Friday. ... more
				Li-ion battery's inner workings revealed Scientists said Tuesday they have for the first time looked inside an overheating lithium-ion battery, using sophisticated X-ray imaging to identify ways to make the ubiquitous technology safer. ... more		Heat makes electrons' spin in magnetic superconductors Physicists have shown how heat can be exploited for controlling magnetic properties of matter. The finding helps in the development of more efficient mass memories. The result was published yesterda ... more

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Human 2 Mars Conference Mat 5-7 2015 - Washington DC

Arianespace to launch HellaSat-4/SGS-1 for Arabsat and KACST Arianespace, Arabsat and King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have announced the signature of a launch service contract for the Hellasat-4/Saudi Geo Satellite-1 satellite. The sat ... more		Turkish firm joins NATO BMD support effort Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan has joined a multinational industry team for engineering support of NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense program. ... more		Huthis say US bombed Yemen after strike on Israel's main airport Pakistan conducts second missile test since renewed India standoff Patriot defense system headed for Ukraine as ceasefire hopes dim		Successful Commissioning Of SylWin1 HVDC Grid Connection Prysmian Group has announced the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project SylWin1 realised off the North Sea coast of Germany in a contract ... more
				X-37B Goes Fourth Soon, America's mysterious robot spaceplane will lift off for the fourth time. Since its maiden launch in 2010, the X-37B has mystified analysts and prompted some fairly wild theories about its secr ... more		Sentinel-2A payload processing begins for Vega launch in June The Sentinel-2A satellite on Arianespace's next Vega mission is being readied for pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport, which will enable this European Earth observation platform to be orbited in Ju ... more

Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

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French Mideast policy helped Rafale jet sales It struggled for years to sell its Rafale jets abroad but French defence group Dassault has finally scored several lucrative deals, thanks in part to anti-US suspicion in the Middle East, experts say. ... more		Next Generation GPS System Faces Delays, Cost Overruns The US Department of Defense's next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) is experiencing delays, cost overruns and technical issues, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a rep ... more		Teledyne to provide missile defense test and evaluation services Test and evaluation services for U.S. missile defense weapon systems are to be performed by Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. under a $64.7 million task order. ... more		Lockheed delivers milestone Sniper ATP to Air Force Lockheed Martin has delivered its 1,000th sensor-enhanced Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod since its introduction in 2003. ... more

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MIT engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer

Canada continues Magellan Aerospace engine maintenance work		Taking aircraft manufacturing out of the oven		Harris wins IDIQ contract for Rifleman Radio		ManTech wins Army Intelligence and Security Command contract		France's Dassault poised to ink fighter jet deal with Qatar
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NASA pushes back against proposal to slash climate budget

US military planes to begin Nepal quake relief sorties

Battle to get aid to Nepal's quake-hit mountain villages

Climbing firms call off Everest season after quake

UN meets on Yemen as relief ops threatened

Nepal quake highlights Everest technology

One week on, Nepal rules out finding more quake survivors

Climbing to resume on Mount Everest by next week: official

Joy for rescued Nepalese but fears grow for rural areas

Tesla unveils battery to 'transform energy infrastructure'

Students develop electricity-producing leg brace

China announces measures to boost creativity, jobs

China overtakes US as Australia's largest foreign investor

Japanese inflation ticks up, but spending still weak

US keeps China, India on intellectual rights watch list

China April manufacturing gauge stays at 50.1: govt

Russia Ready to Help Brazil Develop Space Centers, Rockets

NASA Balloon Reaches Australia After Nearly One Month of Flight

NASA, Boeing ecoDemonstrator set anti-bug research

Study: Electricity usage can predict stock market

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