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Two Crews For TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2010 We've recently had another short "up periscope" moment in monitoring China's human spaceflight program. This latest scan, produced from some Chinese media statements, suggests that the Tiangong space laboratory will be launched in 2011, and three Shenzhou missions will be sent to it in the future. The launch of Tiangong next year is a disappointment to those who were hoping for some action in 2010, but it's not surprising. China had always specified a broad timeframe for the launch. Tiangong is a ... read more |
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Palmdale CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force hope to soon resolve, once and for all, a technical issue that's challenged engineers and maintainers of the nation's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers for more than 20 years: cracking in the B-2's aft deck, a metallic panel on the bomber's upper surface that shields its composite airframe from the heat of engine exhaust. The team has just completed a pap ... more  
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Raytheon's Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) program has received approval from the U.S. Army for long-lead purchases, not to exceed $18 million, leading to low rate initial production. This approval is significant as it underscores the Army's confidence in the system and the capability it brings to the warfighter. This funding will accelerate the m ... more  
College Station TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2010Nanoparticles are atmospheric materials so small that they can't be seen with the naked eye, but they can very visibly affect both weather patterns and human health all over the world - and not in a good way, according to a study by a team of researchers at Texas A and M University. Researchers Renyi Zhang, Alexei Khalizov, Jun Zheng, Wen Xu, Yan Ma and Vinita Lal in the Departments of Atm ... more |
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French storm wreaks havoc on tourism, fine foodsBordeaux, France (AFP) March 4, 2010 The deadly storm that tore into southwest France this week wreaked more that a billion euros in damage on the proud region's key economic drivers - tourism and luxury food production. In addition to the human toll of 53 dead, the hurricane-force winds and surging ocean waves smashed oyster beds and salt pans, sank yachts at anchor and tore down ski-lifts at the height of the season. The bill for Storm Xynthia is not yet in, but Bernard Spitz, the president of the French Federation of Insurers ( ... read more |
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