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May 22, 2015

SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth in ocean splashdown
Miami (AFP) May 21, 2015
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon supply ship left the International Space Station Thursday and hours later splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, NASA said. The Dragon began its journey back to Earth at 7:04 am (1104 GMT), when the US space agency broadcast images of the white capsule floating away from the space station's robotic arm. The vessel, aided by parachutes, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, California at 1642 GMT, SpaceX said. The Dra ... read more

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UK to host biggest ever Soviet space show outside Russia A new exhibition on the Soviet Union's space programme opening in London this year will be the biggest of its kind ever held outside Russia, organisers said on Thursday. ... more		Goddard Technologist Advances CubeSat Concept for Planetary Exploration Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather data from low-Earth orbit, they have yet to apply the less-expensive small-satellit ... more		Mexico Wanted to Cancel Satellite Launch on Russian Carrier Rocket A $60-million penalty stopped Mexico from calling off the launch of MexSat-1 communication satellite on Russian Proton-M launch vehicle, Deputy Minister of Communications and Transport of Mexico Mon ... more
				The Moon or Mars: Flawed Debate, False Choice - Part Two New technologies allow us to go back to the Moon at a fraction the cost of Apollo, and now, even private efforts like the Google X Prize contestants are underway to land and execute exploration miss ... more		NASA's CubeSat Initiative aids solar sail tests in space With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida ... more

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Journey to Space in a Vacuum Chamber When you need to test hardware designed to operate in the vast reaches of space, you start in a vacuum chamber. NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has many of them, but Vacuum Chamber 5 (VF-5 ... more		'Euro-drone' project gets lift-off to challenge US A European project to build a military drone by 2025 took wing on Monday as Germany, France and Italy signed a deal to start technical work and end their reliance on US- and Israeli-made models. ... more		Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff Israel says area of airport hit after Yemen missile launch Hegseth revises U.S. Army blueprint to 'ensure peace through strength'		Electricity generating nano-wizards Just as alchemists always dreamed of turning common metal into gold, their 19th century physicist counterparts dreamed of efficiently turning heat into electricity, a field called thermoelectrics. S ... more
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Pentagon's Mysterious X-37B Space Drone Heads Back Into Orbit

Servosila Introduces a Disaster Response Robot "Engineer"

Fading hope, long clean-up after Colombia landslide

Students develop mobile hybrid power system for disaster relief

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Airline chief casts doubt on plane hacking claim

Mongolia and Rio Tinto sign Oyu Tolgoi deal

China, Brazil, unveil multibillion trade, investment deals

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