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November 23, 2015

NASA calls on SpaceX to send astronauts to ISS
Miami (AFP) Nov 20, 2015
SpaceX received orders Friday from the US space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the coming years, helping restore US access to space, NASA said. The announcement was a formal step in a process that began earlier this year when Boeing was given the nod by NASA to send crew to the orbiting outpost by late 2017. Both Boeing and SpaceX have received billions in seed money from NASA to restore American access to the ISS, after the US space shuttle program was retired i ... read more

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Computers uncover mechanism that stabilizes plasma within tokamaks A team of physicists led by Stephen Jardin of the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has discovered a mechanism that prevents the electrical current flowing throu ... more		Valley current control shows way to ultra-low-power devices University of Tokyo researchers have demonstrated an electrically-controllable valley current device that may pave the way to ultra-low-power "valleytronics" devices. On the atomic scale, matter beh ... 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		Raytheon completes GPS III launch readiness exercise Raytheon reports it successfully completed three launch readiness exercises in preparation for the launch of the modernized Global Positioning System. ... more
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Accelerating fusion research through the cutting edge supercomputer At the Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes of Natural Sciences National Institute for Fusion Science, for the first time in the world, using the newly installed "Plas ... more		Raytheon moves forward with Multi-Object Kill Vehicle program Raytheon completed the first Program Planning Review with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for its Multi-Object Kill Vehicle concept, advancing the program. ... more		Navy, Boeing test new Harpoon missile variant The U.S. Navy has free-flight tested a new Harpoon missile that can receive in-flight information for improved targeting of moving maritime targets. ... more		Thales sub-contracted for NATO BMD test activities Thales is to perform test and integration support activities to help validate NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense capability. ... more

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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

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Former operators speak out about US drone killings		Navy starts pre-Milestone C tests on MQ-4C Triton UAS		Russia, China agree $2 bln deal for 24 Su-35 warplanes: state firm		Hundreds of TOW missiles tipped for sale to Morocco		Sale of Harpoon missiles to South Korea in the works

XCOR develops Lynx Simulator

Northrop Grumman delivers center fuselage for Israeli F-35

Thales Group unveils Spy'Ranger mini-drone

Crack discovered on F-35 test plane

UN peacekeepers must use force where needed: US envoy

UN decries Thailand, Vietnam deportations to China

China landslide deaths rise to 38

Cuba, U.S. sign first environmental accord since diplomatic thaw

Carbon Capture: key green technology shackled by costs

Perpetual youth for batteries

Metal prices slide on strong dollar, China woes

Imitating synapses of the human brain could lead to smarter electronics

Canadian rail company eyes takeover of U.S. rival

Houston region could be better protected from impact of hurricanes

Saft delivers innovative cold weather energy storage system in Arctic Alaska

Clay makes better high-temp batteries

Quantum dots made from fool's gold boost battery performance

Orion ingenuity improves manufacturing while reducing mass

The "Omics" of Space Travel

Airbus Helicopters building factory in Romania

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