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NASA says competition is key to private space raceWashington (AFP) May 17, 2012 Competition is vital to the race among private companies to replace the space shuttle, NASA said Thursday, after Congress called for the US space agency to fund a single company. "We believe that competition is key to accelerating this program," said NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver in a conference call with reporters. "We are ushering in a new era that embraces the innovation of the private sector along with the importance of what we do here in the government." The renewed debate over ... read more |
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 Japan in first commercial satellite launch Japan successfully put a South Korean satellite into space Friday, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of commercial launches. ... more | .. |
  World expert outlines the future for air space travel One of the world's leading figures in future air space travel, Dr Mark J Lewis, will visit the University of Strathclyde to highlight the progress in technology that could see round-the-world flight ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Launches Telesat's Nimiq 6 Satellite International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Nimiq 6 satellite into the planned orbit t ... more | .. |
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  China's space women wait for blast-off China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme ... more | .. |
  Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot ar ... more | .. |
  Mercury's Magnetic Field Measured by MESSENGER Orbiter Researchers working with NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft report the frequent detections of Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) waves at the edge of the ... more | .. |
  ISS Research and Development Conference June 26-28 Denver The first annual ISS Research and Development Conference will be held June 26- 28 in Denver, Colorado. Organized by the American Astronautical Society with the cooperation of the Center for the Adva ... more |
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Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile'
China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
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 The numbers add up in Arianespace's latest commercial launch success with Ariane 5 Arianespace provided another on-time Ariane 5 launch tonight by orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft at the service of Asian region operators, on a mission that included multiple numeric ... more | .. |
 Space Station - Here We Come! When SpaceX's Dragon capsule launches in spring 2012, a very special payload will be on board: 15 student experiments from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. The big deal is that those exp ... more | .. |
 Russia delivers three astronauts to ISS: official A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), two days after their launch from Earth, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Endeavour Powered Down 20 Years after First Launch Space shuttle Discovery was powered up hundreds of times during prelaunch processing over the course of 26 years of spaceflight. But Dec. 16, 2011 was different. That morning, technicians inside NAS ... more |
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  NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new in ... more | .. |
 NASA Langley's SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX C2 Launch A team from NASA's Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras and telescopes trained on the skies for the launch of the first commercial spaceflight carrying cargo to the International Spac ... more | .. |
 ISS Cosmonauts to Make 3D Photo Report Russian news agency RIA Novosti has sent a stereo photo camera to the International Space Station (ISS) and asked its members to make a report about life onboard the orbital complex, chief of the ag ... more | .. |
  Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to NASA for demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) technologies in space. Ball Aerospace was one of five co ... 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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 IRVE-3 Flight Hardware Test A NASA flight test designed to demonstrate the feasibility of inflatable spacecraft technology is coming down to the wire. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) is the third in a series ... more | .. |
Ariane 5 mission with twin telecommunications satellites approved for launch The Ariane 5 mission with a "mirror" pair of relay satellites for Japan and Vietnam has been given the go-ahead for liftoff on May 15 from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Approval for this fli ... more | .. |
Be There! The First Annual International Space Station RnD Conference Do you want to learn more about science and technology accomplishments on the International Space Station? Do you have an idea for a microgravity experiment? Looking for a way to put the amazing pla ... more | .. |
 NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relation to the terrestrial planets and Earth ... more |
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 SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off. ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou 9 to be ready for mid-June launch? China seems poised to launch three astronauts into space, in the middle of June, onboard Shenzhou 9, the country's fourth, and most ambitious manned spaceflight. Shenzhou 9 is scheduled to ren ... more | .. |
 Key facts about SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies is about to become the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back. ... more | .. |
 JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, themed "Great Journeys," wi ... more |
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
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 NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid NASA wants humans to make contact with an asteroid up to three million miles away by the end of the next decade, something far beyond the scope of Earth-Moon space flight in 1969. Travelling a ... more | .. |
 New Space Station Crew in Orbit Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Spac ... more | .. |
 People with paralysis control robotic arms to reach and grasp using brain computer interface On April 12, 2011, nearly fifteen years after she became paralyzed and unable to speak, a woman controlled a robotic arm by thinking about moving her arm and hand to lift a bottle of coffee to her m ... more | .. |
 Japan firm unveils gesture controlling device Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device. ... more |
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 Japan enters commercial space race Japan will put a commercial satellite into space on Friday, officials said, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of contract launches. ... more | .. |
 Ariane rocket launches two Asian satellites An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two Asian telecoms satellites into orbit from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana on Tuesday, European operator Arianespace announced. ... more | .. |
  Cosmic dust rings no guarantee of planets Dust rings around distant stars, considered by many as "smoking gun" evidence of orbiting planets, can form on their own, U.S. research suggests. ... more | .. |
 Amateur astronomers boost ESA's asteroid hunt A partnership with the UK's Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency's space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks. ESA's Space Situatio ... more |
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