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U.S. Bank Helps Fuel Future Space Flight as Bank behind SpaceXHawthorne CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 Bankers joined scientists on the edge of their seats in May as the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully berthed with the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon was the first privately-owned spacecraft in history to deliver supplies to the Space Station astronauts. U.S. Bank was the first lender and bank partner of Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). With a senior credit facility that supports their day-to-day business, U.S. Bank will continue to support SpaceX as t ... read more |
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  Looking Forward to Shenzhou 10 Even as Shenzhou 9 undocked from Tiangong 1, and before it returned to Earth, the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre was starting preparations for the Shenzhou 10 mission. Within a few hours of depart ... more | .. |
  NASA Tests Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The Inf ... more | .. |
 Initial build-up is underway for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 launch in 2012 The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's fifth heavy-lift mission of this year is beginning to take shape at the Spaceport as initial build-up procedures involving the workhorse vehicle are performed in Frenc ... more | .. |
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  White Stork Delivers New Research and Technology Investigations to ISS A "white stork" is soon to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. But it's not the typical stork you associate with baby deliveries. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kounotori3 ... more | .. |
 United Technologies to sell Rocketdyne unit to GenCorp United Technologies has reached agreement to sell its Rocketdyne unit, currently part of Pratt and Whitney, to GenCorp Inc. for $550 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first half o ... more | .. |
 Another Progress Freighter Re-Docking Attempt Set for July 29 Another attempt to re-dock the Russian Progress M-15M space freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made on Sunday, July 29, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center sai ... more | .. |
  Bolivian satellite operators to be trained in China Bolivian space scientists are going to be trained in China in preparation for operating a Chinese-built satellite to be delivered late next year, the head of the Bolivian Space Agency (ABE) said Mon ... more |
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Iskander missile used in Russia attack on Kyiv govt building: official
North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM engine test: state media
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  XCOR Releases Payload Users Guide for Lynx Suborbital Vehicle XCOR Aerospace has announced that the Lynx suborbital vehicle's Payload User's Guide (PUG) is now available online from XCOR's website. XCOR Program Manager Khaki Rodway noted that "publication of t ... more | .. |
 Headwall's Hyperspectral Sensors Set to Lift Off with NT Space Headwall Photonics has completed the design, manufacture, and test of the space-qualified hyperspectral sensor payload for NT Space, a leading technology supplier and integrator of satellites and sp ... more | .. |
  Mystery of missing Mars signals solved A spacecraft sending data from Mars to Earth had its signal repeatedly interrupted in 2005 and scientists say they've learned the culprit - the sun. ... more | .. |
 Argentina, China ink space cooperation deal China plans to build an antenna for deep space observation in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, Argentina's foreign ministry announced Wednesday. ... more |
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 GMV Awarded Contract for MEASAT-3b Communications Satellite Control Center GMV USA has been selected for a contract with MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT") to provide the satellite ground control and payload ground control systems for the MEASAT-3b satellite. The projec ... more | .. |
 HYLAS 2 and Intelsat 20 are prepared for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission Both satellite passengers for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission are being readied for the August 2 mission from French Guiana, undergoing key steps of their final preparations in th ... more | .. |
 Degradation Free Spectrometers Sounding Rocket The July 24, 2012 Degradation Free Spectrometers (DFS) sounding rocket mission's ultimate objective is to significantly advance the state of the art in short wavelength observing solar spectrometers ... more | .. |
 Slow-Going at Cape York for Opportunity Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, her progress has been impacted by the recent safe mode entry by the relay orbiter, Mars Odyssey. On Sol 3 ... more |
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Climate change is making rollercoaster harvests the new normal
Global study maps regions most threatened by ocean plastic pollution
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 Russian cargo ship fails to dock at ISS during tests The Russian cargo ship Progress has failed to successfully dock with the International Space Station (ISS) during tests designed to facilitate future link-ups, the US and Russian space agencies said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Russian cargo ship fails to dock at ISS: NASA The Russian cargo ship Progress has failed to successfully dock with the International Space Station (ISS) during tests designed to facilitate future linkups, the US and Russian space agencies said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61 Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61. ... more | .. |
 America Invents Act is a game changer In an article published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator for the U.S. Patent and Trademar ... more |
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  Another Small Step for Mankind Last Friday, July 20th, was the 43rd anniversary of mankind's first extraterrestrial visit to another heavenly body. The moon. Apollo 11 was the result of decades of work by tens of thousands of res ... more | .. |
 NASA Offers Condolences on the Passing of Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The soft-spoken California physicist broke the gender barrier 29 years ago when she rode to orbit aboard ... more | .. |
 SWF Announces International Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal On-orbit servicing (OOS) and active debris removal (ADR) are part of an emerging category of future on-orbit activities that are critical for taking the next leap in our use of Earth orbit. The abil ... more | .. |
 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more |
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Ethiopia's multi-billion-dollar dam promises economic boost
China's Xi calls on BRICS countries to 'resist all forms of protectionism'
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 SpaceX Utilizes Tiger-Tight's Friction Washer Technology For ISS Mission Tiger-Tight had its proprietary friction washer technology used by Space Exploration Technologies (known as SpaceX) on the Dragon spacecraft launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air F ... more | .. |
 NASA Completes Another Orion Parachute Test NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft's orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carr ... more | .. |
 Russia starts building Moon spaceship, eyes Lunar base Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned Lunar missions with the first test scheduled in 2015, the project developer said Thursday. "The work has already started. The unmanned tests are s ... more | .. |
 NASA Partner United Launch Alliance Completes Two Atlas V Reviews NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed a review of its Atlas V rocket to assess its compliance with NASA human spaceflight safety and performance requirements. ULA has partnered to ... more |
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  A wrinkle in space-time Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time - at least in theory. "We show that space-time cannot be locally flat at a point where two shock waves c ... more | .. |
  GE Researchers to Study Link Between Microgravity and Vision Impairment in Astronauts Scientists at GE Global Research will soon begin a three-year project to build and test a new ultrasound probe and measurement techniques that could eventually be used in space to monitor how the sp ... more | .. |
 Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61 Sally Ride, the first US woman to fly in space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61. ... more | .. |
 M Solutions to deliver Ka-Band Satellite on the Move technology to JAPAN EM Solutions has won a tender with Tokyo-based partner Jepico Corporation to provide its Ka-Band Satellite on the Move (SOTM) platform to the Japanese Government's National Institute of Information ... more |
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