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January 14, 2014

Reaction Engines signs Cooperative Agreement with USAF Lab
London, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2014
The CRADA provides a framework to assess the performance, applications and development paths for REL's SABRE air-breathing rocket engine, a new class of aerospace engine designed for low cost, responsive space access and high speed atmospheric flight. This CRADA is the first U.S. government formal relationship with Reaction Engines Ltd. and will be used to inform U.S. government stakeholders about the SABRE engine's potential for hypersonic vehicle applications. Alan Bond, Managing Director commen ... read more

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Fusion instabilities lessened by unexpected effect A surprising effect created by a 19th century device called a Helmholz coil offers clues about how to achieve controlled nuclear fusion at Sandia National Laboratories' powerful Z machine. A H ... more		Ten-Years Roving About On Mars Opportunity landed on Mars on Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 25, 2004 UTC) on what was to be a three-month mission, but instead the rover has lived beyond its prime mission and roved the planet for nearly ... more		NASA Administrator Tours Facility Where New Deep Space Rocket is Being Built NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Monday visited the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to see the progress being made on the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket ever ... more
				Portable telemedicine device for medics A robust portable device for monitoring vital signs and providing communications for medics developed with the support of ESA offers a lifeline even in the remotest areas on Earth via satcoms. ... more		Internet Radio Provides Musical Space-Weather Reports from NASA's LRO Mission The latest tool for checking space weather is an internet radio station fed by data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The radio station essentially operates in real time, receiving m ... more

Suit up for Skinsuit The Space Medicine Office of ESA's European Astronaut Centre is managing a project that could help astronauts overcome back problems in space, simply by wearing a high-tech tight-fitting 'skinsuit'. ... more		Cygnus Work Under Way, Normal Station Operations Continue Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station on its Orbital-1 resupply mission. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins captured Cygnus with the station's ... more				Moon rover, lander wake after lunar night China's moon rover "Yutu" (Jade Rabbit) and the Chang'e-3 lander have just "woken up" after a period of dormancy that lasted two weeks, or one lunar night, in a move designed to ride out harsh clima ... more
				Official: China's space policy open to world Xu Dazhe, the new chief of China's space industry, is seeking more international cooperation in Washington less than a month after his country's first successful soft landing on the moon. Xu s ... more		India to launch second mission to moon by 2017 India plans to launch its second mission to moon by 2017 in the wake of the success of its maiden lunar mission. "Chandrayaan-II is a mission where we essentially need to move on (lunar) surfa ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Orbital's cargo ship arrives at space station Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship on Sunday arrived at the International Space Station on the company's first regular supply mission to the research outpost. ... more		China, US move toward cooperation in space China - which until now has worked alone as it pursues an ambitious space program - seems more open to international cooperation, especially with the United States, European and American experts say. ... more				SciTechTalk: New year, new technology Out with the old, in with the new. The 21st century is still young, but it's growing-up fast, technology-wise. ... more
				SpaceShipTwo soars to 71,000 feet above Earth during test Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo soared above Earth for a test flight Friday in the California desert, the corporation said. ... more		Internet of Things poses new security risks The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things. ... more

Vega Flight VV03 And Ariane Flight VA218

Competiveness, quality and launcher family evolution are the keywords for Arianespace in 2014 and beyond

Orbital Sciences launches second mission to space station

Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater

Ten-Years Roving About On Mars

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Internet Radio Provides Musical Space-Weather Reports from NASA's LRO Mission

Moon rover, lander wake after lunar night

India to launch second mission to moon by 2017

A Busy Year Begins for New Horizons

The Sounds of New Horizons

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Habitable zones around stars ten times wider than we thought

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Cygnus Heads to Space for First Station Resupply Mission

NASA extends space station life to 2024

Orbital to attempt launch to space station Thursday

Research: Smaller exoplanets found to be covered in gas

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An astronaut's rhythm

Robots invade consumer market for play, work

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