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SpaceX Dragon Does Two Orbits Before Pacific SplashdownWashington (AFP) Dec 8, 2010 US company SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a space capsule into orbit and back, marking the first such attempt by a private enterprise and a major milestone in the future of space travel. The Dragon spacecraft, which could one day carry astronauts and supplies into space after the government-run shuttles are retired, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida atop the massive Falcon 9 rocket at 1543 GMT. The bullet-shaped capsule entered orbit about 10 minutes later, then circled the Ear ... read more |
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  Seventh Space Council Supports Strong European Leadership The recent Space Council again demonstrated the will of Europe to boost space policies. The member states praised ESA's good work over many decades, and reiterated the need to support the Agency as ... more | .. |
  Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing In 2012, China will launch her first manned space mission since 2008. The gap between missions has been long, and it will be interesting to see the program continue. Despite the anticipation, we sti ... more | .. |
  NASA Ejects Nanosatellite From Microsatellite In Space On Dec. 6 at 1:31 a.m. EST, NASA for the first time successfully ejected a nanosatellite from a free-flying microsatellite. NanoSail-D ejected from the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satel ... more | .. |
 Kazakh Space Agency Seeks Extra Funding For New Baikonur Launch Pad Kazakhstan's national space agency, Kazcosmos, has requested more funding for the joint Russian-Kazakh project to build a new launch pad at the Baikonur space center. In late December 2004, Ru ... more |
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 China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport China is building a science theme park in the middle of its newest spaceport to promote space science among the country's younger generation. The theme park, covering an area of 1,800 mu (120 ... more | .. |
 ISRO Renews Deal With EADS Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has renewed a five-year contract with EADS Astrium, Europe's leading satellite system specialist, for joint marketing of satellites. Announcing this d ... more | .. |
  Arianespace Will Orbit Sicral 2 Milcomms Satellites Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales) has chosen Arianespace to launch the Sicral 2 satellite in the framework of a turnkey contract that the Italian Defense Ministry and the French DGA armament agency ( ... more | .. |
  Next-Gen Earth Imaging Satellite Advances To Critical Design Review Phase The Lockheed Martin team designing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program's Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ah ... more |
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  Israelis brace for missile firestorm For months, military leaders and commentators have been warning Israelis their cities face an unprecedented threat of missile attacks even as the country invests heavily in developing air-defense systems experts say cannot provide adequate protection. ... more | .. |
  NASA sells PCs still containing data NASA says it has discovered it's been selling computers used in the space shuttle program without ensuring they've been wiped of sensitive data. ... more | .. |
  Emirates seek gulf-wide missile shield The United Arab Emirates is reported to be strengthening its missile defense network and plans to integrate it with other Arab states in the Persian Gulf to counter Iran's missile might. ... more | .. |
 Russia to deliver S-300 missiles to Kazakhstan: official Russia is to deliver to Kazakhstan its sophisticated S-300 air defence missile system in order to bolster the defences of its ex-Soviet Central Asian neighbour, an official said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Taiwan confirms mass producing cruise missiles Taiwan has confirmed for the first time that it is mass-producing cruise missiles, despite fast warming ties with China. ... more | .. |
  Boeing To Provide A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Aircraft For US Marine Corps Boeing has announced that U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded the company a $29.9 million contract for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Services to support the U.S. Marine Corps ... more | .. |
  RAAF Is First US Ally To Employ JSOW C The Royal Australian Air Force launched two Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon Cs from the RAAF's new F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the first time a U.S. ally has operationally tested a JSOW C. This t ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives US Army Contract For Tactical Intelligence Aircraft Boeing has announced that it has received a two-year engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) from the U.S. ... more |
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 ASTAMIDS Proves It Can Detect IEDs From The Air In Near-Real Time Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) demonstrated it can detect simulated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a recently completed U.S. Army evaluat ... more | .. |
 Boeing Begins Delivering Brigade Combat Team Modernization Capabilities To US Army Boeing has announced that it began delivering Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 hardware to the U.S. Army on Nov. 17, and made a second delivery on Nov. 22. The hardware included ... more | .. |
 Javelin Fired From Stryker Remote Weapon Station The Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture reached a major milestone with the first Javelin missile firings from a Common Remote Operations Weapon Station II. The station was mounted on a St ... more | .. |
 Building Begins On Indian Navy's First P-8I Aircraft The Boeing P-8I team has begun fabricating the first part for the Indian navy's first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on Dec. 6 in Wichita. The P-8I, based on ... more |
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 US House votes for Israel missile defense aid The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved more than 200 million dollars to help Israel deploy a short-range anti-missile defense system called "Iron Dome." ... more | .. |
  Colombia mudslide toll rises to 46 dead Rescuers said Wednesday they have recovered 46 bodies from a massive weekend mudslide in northwestern Colombia, which was under a local state of emergency to cope with the massive catastrophe. ... more | .. |
 Britain to outsource search-and-rescue ops Britain has decided to drop military aircrews from a new deal to provide helicopter-based U.K.-wide search-and-rescue operations. ... more | .. |
  Top Chinese official says some economic data 'man-made' Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, widely tipped to be the next premier, admitted in 2007 that some of the country's economic data was "man-made" and thus unreliable, leaked US diplomatic cables show. ... more |
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