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China completes second space dockingBeijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station. The move comes 12 days after the Asian nation successfully completed its first ever "kiss" in space, when the Shenzhou VIII spacecraft joined onto the Tiangong-1 experimental module 343 kilometres (213 miles) above the Earth. The two unmanned vehicles had been travelling together since the successful maneouvre on November 3, and on Monday, ... read more |
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  Soyuz TMA-22 manned transportation spacecraft launched towards ISS In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-22 was launched fr ... more | .. |
  Lutetia: a Rare Survivor from the Birth of the Earth New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed the Earth, Venus and Mercury. Astronomers have combined data from ESA's Rosetta s ... more | .. |
 China sets up management body for orbiting space lab China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations pla ... more | .. |
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 Russia sends astronauts back to space after mishaps Russia on Monday successfully launched three astronauts for the International Space Station, boosting morale after accidents raised doubts about the reliability of its space programme. ... more | .. |
  Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set NASA's Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the cha ... more | .. |
 New Crew Launches to Join Expedition 29 Expedition 29 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank are on their way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying the new trio launched from Ba ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Modular Space Vehicle Completes Preliminary Design Review Northrop Grumman has completed on schedule the preliminary design review (PDR) for its modular space vehicle (MSV), allowing the program to proceed to its critical design review and closer to manufa ... more |
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AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
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Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom | .. |
  Russia Mars probe may fall to Earth in January: official A Russian probe that was to visit a moon of Mars but is stuck in orbit around the Earth could burn up in the Earth's atmosphere in January, the head of the Russian space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday. ... more | .. |
 Russia launches three astronauts for space station Two Russians and an American Monday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an AFP correspondent said. ... more | .. |
 International consensus on joint space exploration Representatives from 28 countries, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Lucca, Italy, on 10 November for the Third International Conference on Exploration and the first ... more |
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  Giant planet ejected from the solar system Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astr ... more | .. |
  Rover Continues Studies While Heading North The seasonal plan for Opportunity is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for solar array energy production. As such, ... more | .. |
  Air Force Opens Door to Rocket Launch Competition The Space and Missile Systems Center here announced Nov. 7 the publication of a guide that will allow commercial launch providers to compete for future launch service opportunities. Formally c ... more | .. |
 Contact with Russian Mars probe 'unlikely' - expert The Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft cannot be controlled at a low-Earth orbit, where it is currently stuck, because of its design features, a Russian space expert said on Saturday. The Mars p ... more |
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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 Russia Mars probe considered lost: report Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Canadian robots competition canceled Canada's national robotic competition, scheduled for this weekend in Toronto, was canceled because of declining interest, the event's organizer says. ... more | .. |
 International Launch Services and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary tr ... more | .. |
 Russia resumes manned spaceflight after failures Russia on Monday launches three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures. ... more |
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 Mars explorers will include women, experts say Men walked on the Moon, but women will be among the pioneering explorers who someday step foot on Mars, said a gathering of top female space experts this week. ... more | .. |
 Chance of Russia Mars probe rescue 'very small': report The chances of rescuing a Russian probe that is stuck in an Earth orbit after failing to set out on its planned mission for Mars are very small, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Andrews Space Delivers Cargo Module Power Unit for Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft Andrews Space has completed delivery of four Cargo Module Power Units (CMPUs) that will supply power to payloads aboard Orbital's Cygnus? spacecraft. Andrews was contracted by Orbital Sciences ... more | .. |
 Robot speeds up glass development Model by model, the electronics in a car are being moved closer to the engine block. This is why the materials used for the electronics must resist increasing heat - so the glass solder being used a ... more |
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New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
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 High-tech spider for hazardous missions Spiders are very agile, and some can even jump. They owe this capability to their hydraulically operated limbs. Researchers have now designed a mobile robot modeled on the same principle that moves ... more | .. |
 Clear vision despite a heavy head In one respect, handling a computer mouse is just like looking in the rearview mirror: well established movements help the brain to concentrate on the essentials. But just a simple gaze shift ... more | .. |
 NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 NASA Releases Radar Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55 Scientists working with the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a short movie clip of asteroid 2005 YU55. The images were generated from da ... more |
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 Shot US lawmaker speaks out in first interview US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery. ... more | .. |
 Second Tiangong-1 And Shenzhou-8 docking to face light interference The space module Tiangong-1 and spacecraft Shenzhou-8 will conduct rendezvous and docking experiments twice as scheduled and then Shenzhou-8 will return to the earth while Tiangong-1 will continue t ... more | .. |
 Made-in-Chengdu to help Shenzhou spacecraft return The Shenzhou VIII spacecraft was launched under the spotlight at 5:58 am, Nov 1. It will safely land controlled by a statical pressure altitude controller, made in Chengdu. The controller, mad ... more | .. |
  Ancient Lunar Dynamo May Explain Magnetized Moon Rocks The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the Moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a nove ... more |
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