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October 05, 2015

NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2015
NASA has selected five science investigations for refinement during the next year as a first step in choosing one or two missions for flight opportunities as early as 2020. Three of those chosen have ties to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The submitted proposals would study Venus, near-Earth objects and a variety of asteroids. Each investigation team will receive $3 million to conduct concept design studies and analyses. After a detailed review and evaluation of the conc ... read more

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Nigeria court orders seizure of 73 properties linked to Chinese scam suspects

China says wind and solar energy capacity exceeds thermal for first time

U.S. Army awards General Dynamics $358 million for tank upgrades		Europe urges militaries to 'go green'		Israeli-made Dominator UAV tested in Mexico		Austrian Army receiving Saab training system		BAE Systems developing new, digital EW system for F-15s
Saab to support Australia's C-RAM components		Harris supplying tactical radios to Special Operations Forces		The First Meeting of the U.S.-China Space Dialogue		U.S. bomber fleets re-aligned under single command		After Astrosat success, India set to launch 23 foreign satellites

France to hold crunch talks in India on Rafale deal: official

UN slams 'inexcusable' Afghan hospital air strike that killed 19

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Japan factory output shrinks again in August on China slowdown

Japan says bid for Indonesian railway rejected, China wins

Mining giant Glencore rides commodities rollercoaster

Assembly begins for the Ariane 5 to orbit Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15 in Nov

China caps overseas cash withdrawals amid capital flight fears

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