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May 13, 2016

A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2016
The semi-classified X-37B robot spaceplane hasn't received much attention, despite the fact that it is on its fourth flight in space. At least, that's the official story. Launched in May 2015, the latest mission seems even more covert than the three previous launches. Absolutely no images of the spaceplane were released before launch. That's a big change from the past, when we saw high-resolution images of the vehicle before launch and after landing. Nobody knows when X-37B is coming home. It's ev ... read more

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UPSat, an open-source Greek satellite University of Patras (MEAD and ECE departments) initiated the design and development the first micro-satellite made in Greece: UPsat. The project was completed with the contribution, development and ... more		Hyperloop One test bodes well for transit's fast future The possible future of transit zipped along a short track in the desert outside Las Vegas on Wednesday before sliding to a stop in a bed of sand, sending up a tan wave. ... more		Galileo satellites fuelled for flight Europe's latest Galileo satellites have been filled with fuel in preparation for their joint launch on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 24 May. Technicians donned spacesuit ... more
				SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship splashes down in Pacific SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship left the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying 3,700 pounds (1,678 kilograms) of gear and science experiments, and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. ... more		NASA awards Paragon with In-space Fuel Depot technology study Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) and partner Thin Red Line Aerospace (TRLA) received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from NASA to provide a unique solution t ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

NASA makes dozens of patents available in public domain NASA has released 56 formerly-patented agency technologies into the public domain, making its government-developed technologies freely available for unrestricted commercial use. In addition to the r ... more		Generation Orbit signs Space Act Agreement for GOLauncher 1 Testing Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. (GO) is pleased to announce the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) to collaboratively pursue the flight test an ... more		US-China: the clash of the titans UN nuclear chief in Tehran ahead of fresh Iran-US talks Changing face of war puts Denmark on drone offensive		NASA Repurposes Passive Thermal-Control Technology for CubeSats An older technology once de rigueur for preventing spacecraft gadgetry from getting too hot or too cold has been resurrected and repurposed for an emerging class of small satellites now playing an i ... more
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Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

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Nepal's quake recovery costs up by a quarter

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Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers

Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis

More debris 'almost certainly' from MH370: Australia

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French national rail backs futuristic Hyperloop

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