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January 12, 2016

Second SLS Test Stand Begins Rise at NASA Marshall
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 12, 2016
A crane moves the first steel tier to be bolted into place on Jan. 6, for welding of a second new structural test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama - critical to development of NASA's Space Launch System. When completed this summer, the 85-foot-tall Test Stand 4697 will use hydraulic cylinders to subject the liquid oxygen tank and hardware of the massive SLS core stage to the same loads and stresses it will endure during a launch. The stand is rising in Mars ... read more

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				Arianespace year-opening mission delivered to Final Assembly Building Ariane 5 is on the move as launcher and payload preparations continue in French Guiana for Arianespace's first flight of 2016, which will orbit the initial EpicNG high-throughput satellite for globa ... more		SpaceX will attempt ocean landing of rocket Jan 17 SpaceX will try again Sunday to land its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform, one month after successfully returning the rocket's first stage to an upright landing on solid ground. ... more

Robotic telescope built by China and Thailand put into operation A robotic 70 cm telescope built jointly by China and Thailand has been put into operation in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a local scientist said Wednesday. The telescope, which was insta ... more		Strengthening Our Space Technology Future: Snapshots of Success NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) checked off a number of key accomplishments in 2015. These advancements pushed the technological envelope, not only for use near Earth, but also to ... more		Armed Forces Network to reduce radio programs next month L3Harris boosts US defense with expanded satellite facility in Indiana Ambitious cross-continental initiative targets breakthroughs in AI space and cyber tech		Six Orion Milestones to Track in 2016 This year, engineers will make important progress developing and testing the Orion spacecraft that will send astronauts to deep space destinations on the journey to Mars. NASA will mark critical ste ... more
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UN, Brazil to hold virtual summit Wednesday ahead of COP30

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Hundreds of vehicles ordered for French Special Forces		KAI, Indonesia sign deal to cooperate on KF-X fighter jet		U.S. Air Force KC-135 tankers surpass 100,000 combat hours		Kaman receives new order for reprogrammable bomb fuzes		Navy tests cooperative soaring for UAV sailplanes

Israeli-made AirMule UAV performs first untethered flight

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US general fears military will lower standards for women

Iraq requests Hellfire and Captive Air Training missiles

Guatemalan ex-dictator set for genocide retrial

Snow makes migrants' journey through Europe even harder

PTSD nation? US shootings inflict growing mental toll

Two-stage power management system boosts energy-harvesting efficiency

Inventive thinkers at NREL reach record number

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A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs

Stanford battery shuts down at high temps, restarts when it cools

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Thousands protest over contested French airport site

Chinese economy stable: ADB president

NREL research advances hydrogen production efforts

Scientists simulate starting up tokamaks without using solenoid

ADB to work with China-backed AIIB: Nakao

Desert sand from UAE efficiently stores thermal energy

Singapore's BOC Aviation orders 30 Airbus jets worth $3bn

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