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November 09, 2015

Global partnerships in orbit support economic growth on and off the Earth
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 09, 2015
In November, we are putting the "international" in the International Space Station by focusing on the global partnerships that enable the out-of-this-world orbiting laboratory. These same partnerships also are supporting economic development of low-Earth orbit by creating a growing commercial marketplace in space. An exciting side note to all of this is that on Nov. 2, we celebrated 15 years of continuous human presence aboard the space station. Follow us throughout the month to learn how this int ... read more

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SpaceLoft demonstrates capability to eject separate payloads requiring independent re-entry Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built, commercial spaceport, announced the successful launch of an UP Aerospace SpaceLoftrocket carrying several scientific and engineering experiments. ... more		NASA's RS-25 flight engine getting ready to fly NASA took the next big step on its Journey to Mars on Nov. 4 by placing the first RS-25 flight engine, engine No. 2059, on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center. The engine will be tested ... more		Orion Service Module Stacking Assembly Secured For Flight The Orion spacecraft service module stacking assembly interface ring and stack holding stand are secured on a special transportation platform and are being loaded into NASA's Super Guppy aircraft at ... more
				The 10th Arianespace mission of 2015 is "go" for its Ariane 5 liftoff next week Arianespace's busy year of launch activity continues with the go-ahead for its 10th flight in 2015: the November 10 dual-passenger mission with Ariane 5 from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Th ... more		California missile test sparks frenzy, spooks residents A missile test off the California coast sparked frenzy on social media and spooked residents Saturday who believed they had just seen a UFO. ... more

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MIT students build a drone that doesn't crash into things so easy An MIT student says he's helped solve - or at least begun to solve - the reckless drone problem. ... more		Brownian Carnot engine In a recent study published in Nature Physics, ICFO researchers Ignacio Martinez, Edgar Roldan, the late Dmitri Petrov and Raul Rica, in collaboration with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, hav ... more		Army names new hypersonic weapon 'Dark Eagle' India and Pakistan urged to have 'maximum restraint' after Kashmir attack Trump, Norwegian prime minister discuss ending Ukraine War		Subscale Glider Makes First Flight The first flight of the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D No. 3, completed a set of flight tests on Oct. 28. Flying from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in ... more
				NSBRI help funds non-invasive Intracranial Pressure system Vittamed has announced that it has secured $10M in Series A financing by Xeraya Capital Labuan Ltd ("Xeraya Capital") via a special purpose vehicle led the investment round (committed $8M) with addi ... more		NASA Armstrong Hosts Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Showcase Researchers from several NASA centers had an opportunity to share information about revolutionary new technologies at the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Showcase held at Armstrong Flight Res ... more

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AMRO Fabricating Corp. Lining up Panels for NASA's Space Launch System Teams at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in South El Monte, California, show completed flight and structural test article hardware panels, arranged in order, for each section of NASA's new rocket, the Space ... more		Antares rocket explosion revealed in fiery new NASA photos Launching rockets is dangerous work. A reminder of that fact arrived this week in the form of a Flickr photo album, uploaded by NASA and featuring fiery close-ups of last year's Antares rocket explosion. ... more		Iraq farmers turn to groundwater to boost desert yield Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival 'Blood and kin': Mongolians reflect on Pope Francis's legacy		Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? ... more
Super Strypi rocket launch fails in Hawaii The Super Strypi rocket, the first space launch from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii, failed shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force confirmed. ... more		Antares rocket engine failure causes Just three weeks ago, NASA's Independent Review Team released the Executive Summary of its Orb-3 Accident Investigation Report. This report chronicles the events and summarizes the likely failure ca ... more		Airbus Defence and Space launches XEBRA Airbus Defence and Space has launched its new XEBRA (Zee-brah) X-band milsatcom service using the world's most compact X-band terminals and the Skynet satellite network. The XEBRA service prov ... more		Harris mesh reflectors deployed on 4th MOUS Bird Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have deployed onboard the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy. ... more

	China launches new communication satellite China on Wednesday morning put a new communication satellite into orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The "ChinaSat 2C" satellite was launched at 12:25 a.m. and carrie ... more		Rocket Lab selects Alaska Aerospace for electron launch range safety Rocket Lab has announced they have selected Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) to provide range safety support for their upcoming Electron launches in 2016. AAC's core business area is space launch. ... more

UK, Italy's Eni unveil deal on carbon capture project

Top uranium producer Namibia to open talks on nuclear energy plant

Panama president says moving toward reopening contested mine

Rocket launch from Hawaii carrying UH payload experiences anomaly		Japan's lofty 'hydrogen society' vision hampered by cost		DARPA's RadioMap Program Enters Third Phase		Russia to refurbish satan missiles as cheaper launchers		Italy seeks to arm its MQ-9 Reapers
Russia sent missile systems to Syria: air force chief		Raytheon producing FAB-T terminals for Air Force		Microsoft Military Affairs to expand IT training program		Northrop Grumman delivers prototype shelters to U.S. Army		Australia receives eighth Boeing C-17A

Airbus intros military satellite communications service

Studying Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Scientifically with UFODATA

Croatian Navy successfully test-fires RBS15 missile

Painfully slow rebuild after Philippine super typhoon

Africa's Lake Chad could fuel new migrant crisis: UN

Nepal at risk of 'humanitarian crisis': US embassy

Using Google Street View to assess the engineering impact of natural disasters

Elon Musk's Hyperloop Takes A Step Forward

New low-cost battery could help store renewable energy

Humans can empathize with robots

Record China trade surplus highlights struggle to boost demand

China gives currency largest boost in a decade

'Unusual' fog disrupts flights across Europe

China applies to join European reconstruction bank

Chairman of China's biggest airline 'investigated'

Sikorsky moves forward with presidential helicopter replacement

Tech-sharing key to success of climate summit: France

Magic plant discovery could lead to growing food in space

Egypt's Sisi calls for NATO help in Libya 'vacuum'

China's self-developed Mars probe to be on show

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