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Space Tourism and Business Looking Up![]() ![]() Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017 It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASA's Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The news came from SpaceX founder and chief executive officer, Elon Musk. He is a billionaire who made his money from technology. In a news conference, he said two people have already paid SpaceX a "significant" amount of money to send them on a weeklong flight just beyond the moon and back. No one has been ... read more |
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![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 A new, nearly self-sufficient plant growth system by NASA is headed to the International Space Station soon and will help researchers better understand how plants grow in space. The Advanced Plant H ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday. The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician ... more ![]() ![]() Minneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatur ... more ![]() ![]() Newark DE (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, fitness trackers, and smart watches. However, their energy density ... more |
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![]() Seattle WA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 Jeff Bezos introduced the latest concept from his company Blue Origin at the Satellite 2017 conference, the New Glenn rocket, which features a reusable first stage. Blue Origin released a video detailing the rocket's specs. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 A university-built small satellite known as the Cosmic X-Ray Background NanoSat-2 (CXBN-2) is being prepared for its upcoming ambitious science mission. The spacecraft - scheduled for launch into sp ... more ![]() ![]() Cayenne (AFP) March 7, 2017 Europe launched a fourth satellite Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is expected to dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab three times after its planned launch in April, sources said Saturday. Tianzhou-1 will be se ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "Chin ... more ![]() ![]() San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. ... more |
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![]() ![]() India has capability to develop space station, says top official ![]() ![]() Balasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 India has successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defense interceptor against a ballistic missile traveling at low altitude. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 Airbus Defence and Space has signed Intelsat General to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services. Under this channel partner agreement, Intelsat General w ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 The U.S. Navy recently completed a surface to surface missile module test firing exercise from the littoral combat ship USS Detroit. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) March 8, 2017 Moscow has deployed a land-based cruise missile system that contravenes a 1987 US-Russia arms control treaty and poses a risk to the West, a top US general said Wednesday. ... more |
![]() Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() U.S. Naval Research Lab develops light, transparent armor ![]() ![]() Space surveillance radar system fully operational ![]() ![]() Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Rockwell Collins, Australian air force test WBHF communication system ![]() ![]() Space aggressors jam AF, allies' systems ![]() ![]() General Dynamics gets enterprise communications contract |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission ![]() ![]() Antares Rides Again ![]() ![]() Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS ![]() ![]() GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command ![]() ![]() Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Boeing to provide additional support for Saudi F-15s ![]() ![]() Rheinmetall making ammunition for U.S. Air Force F-35s ![]() ![]() Boeing to provide C-17 training for UAE |
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![]() Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hexagonal boron nitride enables the fabrication of 2-dimensional electronic memories ![]() ![]() Super-fast computer made from DNA 'grows as it computes' ![]() ![]() Chinese tech giant eyes global market with custom chip |
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![]() Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App ![]() ![]() 'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records ![]() ![]() NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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![]() Geneva (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() City noise linked to hearing loss: study ![]() ![]() Bangladesh orders shutdown of city tanneries ![]() ![]() Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin' |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China's 1st cargo spacecraft to make three rendezvous with Tiangong-2 ![]() ![]() China Plans to Launch 1st Probe to Mars in Summer 2020 ![]() ![]() China launches experiment satellite "TK-1" |
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![]() Balasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() UN hopes for easing of tensions after Chinese anger over THAAD ![]() ![]() China vows 'resolute' measures after THAAD deployment ![]() ![]() Protesters sue to stop US missile system in S. Korea |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Brazilian army buys more SAAB missile defense systems ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin completes flight tests with updated JASSM ![]() ![]() Russia deployed cruise missile in violation of treaty: US general |
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![]() Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design ![]() ![]() Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties ![]() ![]() Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior |
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![]() Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently ![]() ![]() Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system ![]() ![]() Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals |
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![]() Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station ![]() ![]() New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases ![]() ![]() Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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![]() London (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hughes to provide satellite communications for SkyGuardian drones ![]() ![]() Drone Aviation Delivers Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat to DoD ![]() ![]() Northrop Grumman begins flight tests with MS-177 sensor |
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