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Hypersonic vehicle fails flight test: US Air ForceWashington (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 A flight test of an experimental unmanned vehicle designed to fly at hypersonic speeds has ended in failure, the US Air Force said Wednesday. The X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 bomber Tuesday and launched by a rocket booster as planned but the flight was over in seconds after a control fin malfunctioned, the Air Force said in a statement. The faulty control fin meant that the vehicle's flight ended before a specially-designed "Scramjet" engine could be ignited, it said. "It is unfor ... read more |
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  Ball Aerospace Incorporates Enhanced Data Communication for JPSS-1 Satellite Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. will incorporate essential data communication enhancements for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1), currently under development for an early 2017 launch. ... more | .. |
  NASA Historic Test Stands Make Way for New Reusable Robotic Lander Neig The landscape around two historic test stands at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has changed and now features a free-flying robotic lander that will demonstrate automated re ... more | .. |
  India to launch Mars mission: PM India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year. ... more | .. |
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 Orbiter Views New Mars Rover In Color The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA's rover Curiosity on Mars includes details of the layered bedrock on the floor of Gale Crater that the rover is beginning to investigate. Operator ... more | .. |
 Contact established with wayward Russian satellite Contact had been established with one of two off-course telecom satellites but it would not be possible to direct it to the designated orbit, its manufacturer said Monday. Telemetric data show ... more | .. |
  NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies Again at Marshall The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Since its last round ... more | .. |
  Dawn Engineers Assess Reaction Wheel Engineers working on NASA's Dawn spacecraft are assessing the status of a reaction wheel - part of a system that helps the spacecraft point precisely - after onboard software powered it off on Aug. ... more |
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North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM engine test: state media
SKorea, Japan defense chiefs meet amid growing NKorea concerns
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  Pre launch verifications are underway for next Soyuz mission Europe's Galileo Flight Model #3 (FM3) satellite is undergoing checkout at the Spaceport in preparation for launch along with its "sister" FM4 co-passenger on Arianespace's next Soyuz mission from F ... more | .. |
  ISS crew to embark on two spacewalks in August Four International Space Station crew members will embark on two spacewalks to install new equipment and replace defective installations, the US space agency NASA said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US military to test hypersonic vehicle over Pacific The US military plans to launch a hypersonic unmanned vehicle in a test flight Tuesday over the Pacific, with the X-51A due to reach mind-boggling speeds of Mach 6, a spokesman said. ... more | .. |
 GSAT-10 "spreads its wings" in preparation for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch India's GSAT-10 telecommunications satellite - which is one of two passengers for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission in September - has been put through its paces during pre-flight preparations ... more |
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  Florida Spaceport Stakes Claim to Commercial Missions The three American companies building next-generation spacecraft that NASA could call on to carry astronauts into orbit in the future will perform much of their work along Florida's Space Coast, hom ... more | .. |
 NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm. The rover's "brain transpl ... more | .. |
 NASA's Curiosity Beams Back a Color 360 of Gale Crater The first images from Curiosity's color Mast Camera, or Mastcam, have been received by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The 130 low-resolution thumbnails, which wer ... more | .. |
 UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a UCLA scientist has discovered that the geological phenomenon, which involves the ... more |
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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion
Philippine contractors allege lawmaker payoffs in flood control scandal
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 Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians' US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA's roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Mars. ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Will Resume Driving Soon With Curiosity on the Surface Opportunity Will Resume Driving Soon - August 02-07, 2012 - sols 3030-3035. Activity has been constrained for the period around the arrival of Curiosity. The proj ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the Internation ... more | .. |
 ChemCam sends digital 'thumbs up' Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team got a digital thumbs up about the operational readiness of their instrument just hours after the rover landed on Martian soil late ... more |
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  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 | .. |
 New Way of Turning Station Offers Fuel Savings on Orbit The launch of the 48th Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station marked two technical firsts for station operations: it was the first same-day rendezvous and docking of a spacecra ... more | .. |
 Dutch reality show to offer one-way tickets to Mars As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet - and film all as a reality show. ... more | .. |
 Mars rover captures crash landing NASA said Friday that a mysterious spot shown on a photograph sent back to Earth by the Mars rover Curiosity was the crash landing of its rocket stage. ... more |
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Deep Fission secures $30M to advance underground nuclear reactors
Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa's biggest dam
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 Hong Kong people share joy of China's manned space program Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said Friday that Hong Kong people shared the joy of the nation's remarkable achievements in its manned space mission, which has made all Chinese people proud. At t ... more | .. |
 Fuel Pipe to Blame for Proton Launch Failure Monday's failed satellite launch was caused by a fault in a fuel pipe, Kommersant daily reported on Thursday, citing a source in the government inquiry. The source said telemetry showed that p ... more | .. |
 Medvedev to Name and Shame Failed Satellite Launch Officials Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week. "I would like to hold a meeting on this next week. It will ... more | .. |
 NASA, Louisiana Officials Renew Partnership With National Center For Advanced Manufacturing NASA and Louisiana leaders Thursday committed to a five-year extension of their partnership in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM). NCAM is a principal NASA resource in Louisiana t ... more |
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  Five Potential Habitable Exoplanets Now New data suggests the confirmation of the exoplanet Gliese 581g and the best candidate so far of a potential habitable exoplanet. The nearby star Gliese 581 is well known for having four planets wit ... more | .. |
 Mission Success for MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Mission success for the MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Suite. When the Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet Aug. 6 at 12:32 p.m. CDT, NASA MEDLI researchers were alread ... more | .. |
 NASA shows first 'crime scene' photo of Mars landing About 36 hours after NASA landed its $2.5 billion rover on Mars, it released Tuesday what it jokingly dubbed a "crime scene" aerial shot of where the parachute, heat shield and vehicle came down. ... more | .. |
 Wayward Satellites to Orbit for Months - Space Source Russia's Briz-M booster, which failed to put two satellites into their target orbit, is likely to keep flying in space for up to five months before sinking into the thicker layers of the atmosphere, ... more |
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