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Year Of The DragonBethesda MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2010 A new era in spaceflight opened last Wednesday with the successful first flight of Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon capsule by a non-government entity. It demonstrated the ability to maneuver on orbit, deorbit, enter the atmosphere, deploy its parachutes, and be recovered intact. Had it had people on board, which it could have, with its rudimentary short-duration life support system, they would have had a "nice ride," according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk. That it didn't was d ... read more |
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  Satellites Pinpoint Drivers Of Urban Heat Islands In The Northeast Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston are prominent centers of political power. Less known: Their size, background ecology, and development patterns also combine to make them unusually w ... more | .. |
 How Hard Are We Pushing The Land We may be becoming an ever more technologically advanced society, but we remain as dependent as ever - if not more and more so - on the natural world that surrounds us. That is one takeaway fr ... more | .. |
  Portugal Marks Ten Years In ESA Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Portugal joining ESA as a Member State, Jose Mariano Gago, Portuguese Minister of Science and Higher Education, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, ... more | .. |
  'Out of this world' Most Successful Exhibition Of Ruhr 2010 Project The exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' will end on 30 December 2010. It has been the most successful exhibition held at the Gasometer in Oberhausen by far. The exhibi ... more |
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  LockMart Successfully Tests First GMLRS+ Rocket Lockheed Martin has successfully launched a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Plus (GMLRS+) rocket recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The GMLRS+ rocket, which is equipped ... more | .. |
 NASA Names Waleed Abdalati As Agency's New Chief Scientist NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Waleed Abdalati the agency's chief scientist, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati will serve as the principal adviser to the NASA administrator on agency science p ... more | .. |
 Boeing Submits Proposal For Second Round Of NASA CCDev Program Boeing has submitted its proposal for the second round of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Boeing plans to advance the design of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft ... more | .. |
 Iran Plans To Build Second Spaceport Iran plans to construct its second spaceport, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said on Sunday. "At present, there is only one space launch base in the country.. ... more |
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  India to boost its Akash missile arsenal Bharat Electronics expects to win around $3.3 billion worth of contracts for the surface-to-air Akash missile system in the next several months, a company official said. ... more | .. |
  Space Sensor Makes Bolts Smarter Technology developed for the International Space Station and a Mars rover is helping European auto-parts manufacturers to engineer lighter, stronger and safer drivetrains and axles. Bolts are ... more | .. |
  GPS Tracking Technology Helps With Winter Weather Technology gave us the ability to predict severe winter weather and now it's helping when it comes to dealing with the aftermath. Due to the recent record of snow fall in the northeast, munici ... more | .. |
 Mobistealth Launches Advanced iPhone Spy Application For iPhone 4 Mobistealth has just announced the launch of the most technologically advanced iPhone spy application ever developed. The Mobistealth iPhone application is the latest addition the professional grade ... more |
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 Europe Opens An Arctic Eye On Galileo Today saw the opening of a remote, northerly site in the worldwide network of Galileo ground stations. The Kiruna Galileo Station in the Swedish Arctic will play a vital role communicating with the ... more | .. |
 CSDC's AMANDA Citizen Service Platform Enhances GIS Support CSDC Systems has announced newly enhanced GIS integration capabilities in its AMANDA citizen service platform that will transform the way governments deliver services. These GIS capabilities w ... more | .. |
 NavCom Announces New Capabilities NavCom Technology has announced new capabilities for the SF-3050 multi-frequency GNSS receiver and Sapphire GNSS OEM board. In addition to the integrated StarFire/RTK GNSS capabilities, the SF ... more | .. |
  Long-Distance Ultrasound Exams Controlled By Joystick Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however - and still more on spacecraft - trained radiologists are rare. So ESA i ... more |
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  Russia clears Proton launchers after grounding Russia says it has cleared its Proton rockets for use after they were grounded last week following the loss of three satellites in a failed launch. ... more | .. |
 ThumbDrive inventor out to prove he is no one-hit wonder Henn Tan could have ruled the global market in what became the ubiquitous USB flash drive that helped consign the floppy disk to the dustbin of technological history. ... more | .. |
  Israel general drops missile defense bombshell Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, commander of Israel's northern front, has dropped a bombshell by disclosing that the anti-missile systems the defense industry has developed are intended to protect the country's military installations, not its cities and civilian population. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan trumpets cruise missile production Taiwan has admitted that it is mass producing long-range cruise missiles capable of reaching mainland China. ... more |
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 DARPA Awards Contract To Produce Laser Enhanced Sniper Systems Lockheed Martin was awarded a $6.9 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for multiple One Shot laser-based sniper systems that improve accuracy and reduce the pos ... more | .. |
  Fire Scout Ready For Unrestricted Flights Off USS Halyburton In preparation for deployment early next year, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have verified that the MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aircraft system is functionally compatible with communicat ... more | .. |
 Western Military District Gets First Iskander Tactical Missile System The first Iskander tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile system has entered service with the Russian Army's Western Military District, regional commander Arkady Bakhin said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 ATK Awarded Contract For USAF HARM Modification Program ATK has announced that it has been awarded a $4.5-million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the limited production phase of the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modificati ... more |
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