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NASA's Space Launch System Passes Major Agency Review, Moves to Preliminary DesignHuntsville AL (SPX) Jul 27, 2012 The rocket that will launch humans farther into space than ever before passed a major NASA review Wednesday. The Space Launch System (SLS) Program completed a combined System Requirements Review and System Definition Review, which set requirements of the overall launch vehicle system. SLS now moves ahead to its preliminary design phase. The SLS will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft and other payloads, and provide an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. These NA ... read more |
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 A Summer of Records for Engine Testing As Olympic athletes converge on London with dreams of winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NASA is also setting records while testing the J-2X powerpack at the Stennis Space Center. ... more | .. |
  Opportunity Picks up the Pace With Several Drives This Week Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Progress was again impacted by a second safe mode entry by the Mars Odyssey orbiter. With normal Ultra-High ... more | .. |
 Taking the Heat Lockheed Martin Aeroshell Will Protect Mars Science Lab Descent After a journey of 245 days across 352 million miles, the moment of truth for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) begins late in the evening of August 5 when the spacecraft roars into the Martian atmo ... more | .. |
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  RIT Leads Development of Next-generation Infrared Detectors Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the universe's ... more | .. |
  The Intelsat 20 integrated on to Ariane 5 for upcoming flight The Intelsat 20 communications satellite has joined its HYLAS 2 co-passenger on Ariane 5, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's heavy-lift mission next week from the Spaceport in ... more | .. |
 Arianespace's Ariane 5 receives its HYLAS 2 payload Final payload integration has begun for Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission set for August 2 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, with its HYLAS 2 satellite passenger now integrated onto the ... more | .. |
  China launches 3rd satellite in its global data relay network China successfully launched the Tianlian I-03 satellite on Wednesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, completing the country's first data relay satellite network system. ... 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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 Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover. NASA's Mar ... more | .. |
 ESA's Mars Express supports dramatic landing on Mars On 6 August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will make a spectacular landing to deliver the Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. ESA's Mars Express will track the mission's progress, recording crucial ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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Climate change is making rollercoaster harvests the new normal
Global study maps regions most threatened by ocean plastic pollution
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 U.S. Bank Helps Fuel Future Space Flight as Bank behind SpaceX 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 sp ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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'
Deep Fission secures $30M to advance underground nuclear reactors | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 |
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