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May 04, 2010
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet And Florida Turbine Technologies To Develop NASA's New Rocket Engines
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 04, 2010
Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) have announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to compete for research, development and production on NASA's new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine. This expands the very successful teamwork that Aerojet and FTT have underway on the U.S. Air Force Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD) and Upper Stage Engine Technology (USET) programs. The HBTD program is developing key, high-impact componen ... read more

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LAUNCH PAD

Iran To Launch Two Telecom Satellites In 2010
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SATURN DAILY

The Magical Mystery Tour
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SHUTTLE NEWS

STS-132 Continues Preparations
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Opens Applications For Inspired High School Students
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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ATSB: Small Satellite e-novation
SATURN DAILY

Cassini Returning Enceladus Gravity Data
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Sees Distant Crater Rims On Horizon
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ROBO SPACE

NASA Outlines Big Plans For Humanoid Robot
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STATION NEWS

Russian resupply ship docks at space station with sweets
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MARSDAILY

UA Engineering Students To Display Mars Lander Camera And Flying Blanket
STATION NEWS

Russian Progress Freighter Docks Manually With ISS
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini And Amateurs Chase Storm On Saturn
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IRON AND ICE

Radar Clicks Asteroid Pic
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TECH SPACE

Sanswire Awarded Contract For Skysat UAV
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EXO LIFE

Seeing The Closest Aliens Will Take Centuries
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SPACE TRAVEL
Space Adventures To Sell Seats To Space For Armadillo
Vienna, VA (SPX) Apr 30, 2010
Space Adventures has announced that the company has entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with Armadillo Aerospace, LLC, a leading developer of reusable rocket powered vehicles. Space Adventures will exclusively market and sell commercial passenger experiences on Armadillo Aerospace's future suborbital spaceflight vehicles that are currently in development. "I am very pleased ... more

EXO LIFE
Quest for space life a focus of NASA's future: researcher
Washington (AFP) April 28, 2010
US space agency NASA is pondering 28 potential missions focusing on finding life beyond Earth inside our solar system, a US researcher said Wednesday. "Astrobiology and the search for life is really central to what we should be doing next in the exploration of the solar system," Steve Squyres, a researcher at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, said in a telephone press briefing. "We ... more

MARSDAILY
Opportunity For A Balancing Act
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2010
Opportunity drove twice in the last week. The rover took time in between drives to recharge her batteries and performed a soil campaign with the instrument deployment device (IDD). The drives took place on Sols 2220 (April 22, 2010), and 2226 (April 28, 2010). The drive on Sol 2220 (April 22, 2010) halted after about 10 meters (33 feet) when a slip check failed while traversing the soft si ... more

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IRON AND ICE

Scientists Finds Evidence Of Water Ice On Asteroid's Surface

ROCKET SCIENCE

Hypersonic Test Vehicle Mission Lost After Nine Minutes


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NUKEWARS
Raytheon Awarded Digital Radar Warning Receiver Contract

Harvest HAWK Completes Phase One Testing

BAE integrates its Australian research

NUKEWARS
LockMart Receives THAAD Field Support Contract

Poland to receive first US missiles in May: ministry

Official Details Results Of US Missile Review

NUKEWARS
Hezbollah chief refuses to confirm Scud build-up

LM Delivers 10,000th GMLRS Rocket To US Army

Syria,Iran arm Hezbollah with improved missiles: US

NUKEWARS
Companies team up for ground combat vehicle bid

Africa's oil wealth boosts arms sales

Russian Defense Industry Falls Behind Rivals

NUKEWARS
NASA Outlines Big Plans For Humanoid Robot

Robot takes on battle of the bulge

Robonaut Set To Join Space Station Crew As R2

NUKEWARS
Bird flu kills Indonesian girl: hospital

Scientists Favor Needles Over Tablets For Global Vaccinations

One year on, Mexico still recovering from swine flu

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SHUTTLE NEWS
Changes To Last Two Planned Shuttle Launches
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2010
NASA is planning to make some changes to the target launch dates for the last two scheduled space shuttle flights. Scientists with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, program recently decided to change out the current magnet in the particle physics experiment module that will be attached to the International Space Station to a longer lasting one. This will take advantage of NASA's plan to extend station operations until at least 2020. Because of the magnet change, space shuttle Endeavou ... read more

SHUTTLE NEWS
Aerojet And Florida Turbine Technologies To Develop NASA's New Rocket Engines

Hypersonic Test Vehicle Mission Lost After Nine Minutes

Orbital Launches First Minotaur IV Rocket For USAF

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SHUTTLE NEWS
Iran To Launch Two Telecom Satellites In 2010

ISRO To Launch Cartosat-2B On May 9

Orbital-Built SES-1 CommSat Launched

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SHUTTLE NEWS
STS-132 Continues Preparations

Changes To Last Two Planned Shuttle Launches

NASA postpones last shuttle mission to November

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SHUTTLE NEWS
Russian Progress Freighter Docks Manually With ISS

Russian resupply ship docks at space station with sweets

Russia To Send Freighter With Books And Candy To ISS

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SHUTTLE NEWS
NASA Opens Applications For Inspired High School Students

Space Adventures To Sell Seats To Space For Armadillo

Japan to launch 'space yacht' propelled by solar particles

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