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March 11, 2016

NASA tests inflatable heat shield technology for deep space missions
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 10, 2016
Before NASA uses its new inflatable technology for slowing spacecraft that are entering the atmospheres of other planets, it will first need to be packed into the tight confines of a rocket. Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, recently put the technology to the test by packing a 9-foot diameter donut-shaped test article, also known as a torus, to simulate what would happen before a space mission. Called the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, or HIAD, ... read more

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US to Buy Eight Russian RD-181 Rocket Engines The US company Orbital Sciences Corporation will procure eight Russian-made RD-181 rocket engines, Russia's space and rocket engine company, Energomash, said Wednesday. "Orbital Sciences Corpo ... more		Assembly of Russia's Soyuz Rocket With Earth-Sensing Satellite Completed The assembly of Russia's Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying an advanced Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite has been completed, Russian Roscosmos state corporation said in a statement on Wednesd ... more		Iran tests more missiles in defiance of US warning Iran fired two more long-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday as it continued military tests in defiance of US sanctions and fresh warnings from Washington. ... more
				N. Korea fires short-range missiles into sea North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, fuelling military tensions after its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. ... more		Inside the Pentagon's Drone Proving Ground Deep in the Nevada desert is a top secret, little-known US military facility known as Area 6, rumored to be the Pentagon's test ground for cutting-edge unmanned aerial vehicles. "I had not heard abo ... more

Researchers develop miniaturized fuel cell that makes drones fly more than 1 hour Drones are used for various applications such as aero picturing, disaster recovery, and delivering. Despite attracting attention as a new growth area, the biggest problem of drones is its small batt ... more		Planetary Science Institute funded for expanded education public outreach effort PSI will receive $2.6 million as a team member on a five-year, NASA-funded effort to invite the world to join in exploring our universe by enabling everyday people to help NASA scientists make new d ... more		Rubio: U.S. 'done' with Ukraine-Russia peace talks if progress not made` North Korea warns of 'overwhelming deterrence' after U.S.-South Korea air drills US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again		Russian eyes nuclear engine for fast space travel A nuclear engine currently being developed in Russia by the nuclear agency Rosatom and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will allow a spaceship to reach Mars in an unprecedentedly short p ... more
				Sky is the limit for China's national strategy For thousands of years thinkers have grappled to understand the origins of the universe. Now, this question has been included, alongside more terrestrial topics such as agriculture, in China's new e ... more		China to Launch Over 100 Long March Rockets Within Five Years China in the next five years will launch 110 Long March rockets, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee said Wednesday. According to Liang Xiaoho ... more

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Space shouldn't be exclusive domain of big nations: astronauts Space shouldn't be the privileged domain of big countries but a frontier open to all, astronauts and scientists gathered in Costa Rica said Monday. ... more		China's ambition after space station China will manage to exploit the space between earth and the moon for solar power and other resources after it builds a space station in 2020, Lt Gen. Zhang Yulin, said Monday. The deputy chie ... more		A visual pathway in the brain may do more than recognize objects Aitech launches compact AI-powered satellite platform for next-gen Earth and space intelligence EarthDaily Prepares to Launch Advanced Change Detection Satellite		Iran conducts new missile tests defying US sanctions Iran conducted multiple ballistic missile tests Tuesday in what it said was a display of "deterrent power," defying US sanctions imposed earlier this year aimed at disrupting its missile programme. ... more
Final hardware delivered for second SLS booster test The fifth and final segment for a full-scale test version of NASA's Space Launch System booster is delivered March 2 to Orbital ATK's Promontory, Utah, test site. The aft - or rear - segment o ... more		Ariane 5 launch contributes to Ariane 6 development An Ariane 5 lifted off this morning to deliver telecom satellite Eutelsat-65 West A into its planned transfer orbit. Liftoff of flight VA229 occurred at 05:20 GMT (02:20 local time, 06:20 CET) from ... more		First tomatoes, peas harvested from mock Martian farm Round two of the Martian farming experiment at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands has proven more successful than the last. ... more		Russian company set to usher in era of suborbital tourism A Russian privately owned company called CosmoCourse declared its intent to create a reusable suborbital tourist spacecraft. According to CosmoCourse's CEO Pavel Pushkin, he came up with the idea of ... more

	ISRO launches PSLV C32, India's sixth navigation satellite The Indian Space Research Organzation on Thursday launched its sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F on board trusted workhorse - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV C32. The Satellite was lau ... more		US Air Force awards ULA and XCOR contract for upper stage propulsion United Launch Alliance (ULA) has awarded XCOR Aerospace with a new contract through the United States Air Force to develop an upper stage propulsion system for Vulcan, ULA's next-generation launch s ... more

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S. Korea, US open missile shield talks

France, Britain sign 2bn euro combat drone programme deal

Israeli Air Force deploying 'David's Sling' missile defense system

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