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October 28, 2016

NASA awards prizes to Top 5 teams in 3rd round of Cube Quest Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2016
NASA has awarded $30,000 to each of the five top-scoring teams in Ground Tournament-3 of the agency's small satellite Cube Quest Challenge. Cube Quest consists of a series of four Ground Tournaments, the in-space Lunar Derby and the Deep Space Derby. The Ground Tournaments serve as progress checks leading to an opportunity to be selected as one of three allocated slots on NASA's Orion capsule's first unmanned lunar flyby, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), planned for launch in 2018. "Small satel ... read more

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Reaching for the stars: Latin America's emerging space powers Argentina and Brazil are Latin America's leading space-going countries, but Peru, Venezuela and Mexico are already breathing down their necks. Sputnik discussed this issue with Gustavo Henriquez dir ... more		New lettuce crop begins growing aboard ISS Just as farmers on Earth are planting leafy greens for the fall growing season, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce. ... more		Proven engine packs big, in-space punch for Space Launch System The thundering roar of a rocket leaving the launch pad is a familiar sight. Much less familiar is the job of the smaller upper stage engines that do their job mostly beyond eye and camera range, but ... more
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Urine may be the X factor to exploring deep space Astronauts have been known to joke about how they turn yesterday's coffee into tomorrow's coffee. (Hint: It involves urine.) While this may seem like a gross scenario, it has become a reality on the ... more		Feeling the Rhythm Many astronauts play instruments, and some have even made music in space. Few have danced in space, though, perhaps because crew members find it difficult to tap their toes when weightless. Or it co ... more		Germany seeks US guarantee before sending Patriots to Ukraine Space Force general to oversee U.S. 'Golden Dome' missile shield China says raised 'solemn representations' with EU over Russia sanctions		The Space Cadets of 2016 Every year, a group of Hong Kong and Macao youngsters get a close look at what it's like to be in outer space. Wang Yuke reports. Applause and exclamations of congratulation echoed throughout the we ... more
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6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

Nuclear Plant Digitalization Conference - Nov 15-16 - Charlotte NC USA

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Lithuania signs missile agreement with Norway

Safran's Sigma 40 integrates with Harpoon missile system

BAE receives max $600 million U.S. Navy contract for laser-guided rockets

Record-shattering birds stay in air for 10 months: study

Robotic tutors for primary school children

What happens when people are treated like pollution

Inspiration from the ocean

Fire at Iraq sulphur plant out: officials

Quantum leap in the reliability of mass spectrometry-based proteomics

Canada parliament votes to take in Yazidi refugees

Colombia landslide kills at least six

Scientists measure how ions bombard fusion device walls

Launching fusion reactions without a central magnet, or solenoid

Bio-inspired lower-limb 'wearing robotic exoskeleton' for human gait rehab

New method increases energy density in lithium batteries

Improved water splitting advances renewable energy conversion

Belgian leaders near consensus for EU-Canada trade deal

Scientists find static 'stripes' of electrical charge in copper-oxide superconductor

Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery

Development of a new thermoelectric material for a sustainable society

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