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May 16, 2016

Russia's Glonass system to get 8 more satellites by end of 2017
Moscow (Sputnik) May 16, 2016
Russia's Glonass navigation system will receive eight more satellites by the end of 2017, the head of Russia's Roscosmos's Department of Navigational Space Systems said Thursday. "Launches to deliver up to eight space satellites for the Glonass system will be completed by the end of 2017 according to the criteria of operational needs," Andrei Vokov said at an international forum for satellite navigation in Moscow. He added that one of the eight new satellites is scheduled to be launched into ... read more

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China, U.S. hold first dialogue on outer space safety China and the United States have held their first dialogue here on outer space safety. During the dialogue on Tuesday the two sides exchanged views on issues such as outer space policy, bilateral co ... more		Industry Wants to Ensure the Warfighter Is Always Supported On April 12th in a darkened room at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Gen. John Hyten prefaced his talk to the 32nd Space Symposium with a short, stark video. Its theme: This is how much the warfighte ... more		Payload integration begins for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission with Galileo spacecraft The first of two Galileo navigation satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's May 24 Soyuz flight has been integrated on its payload dispenser system, marking a key step as preparations advance for ... more
				How the Marriage of Third Offset, Better Buying Power Affects Industry The value the U.S. Department of Defense places on space was apparent last year in standing up the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) as the first working element of the de ... more		Soft wearable robot lightens heavy loads A flexible exosuit, developed by researchers at Harvard University, reduces the energy cost of walking when carrying heavy load, according to a proof-of-principle study published in the open access ... more

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

Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis If you've ever eaten food while upside down - and who hasn't indulged this chimpanzee daydream? - you can thank the successive wave-like motions of peristalsis for keeping the chewed bolus down 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		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		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
				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

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

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The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

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		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		Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals Australian PM vows not to bow to Trump on national interest Mexico seeks security coordination with US over border military moves		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
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		Date set for second SLS booster test A full-scale, test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second of two qualification ground tests June 28 at prime contractor Orbital ATK's test ... more		A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission 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 l ... more		Iran says it has equipped tanks with anti-TOW jamming system The head of Iran's ground forces said Wednesday that the country has quipped its M60 tanks with anti-TOW missile jamming systems. ... more

	US, Russia step up war of words over missile shield The United States and Russia on Friday accused each other of mounting an aggressive military presence in northern Europe, with Moscow vowing to "end threats" posed by a US missile shield near its border. ... more		F-35 test pilot completes 1,000th vertical landing British test pilot Peter "Wizzer" Wilson recently completed his 1,000th vertical landing in an F-35 Lightning II aircraft, BAE Systems announced Friday. ... more

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Nepal's quake recovery costs up by a quarter

Artist Ai Weiwei says Gaza key part of refugee crisis

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Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers

More debris 'almost certainly' from MH370: Australia

Researchers integrate diamond/boron layers for high-power devices

French national rail backs futuristic Hyperloop

This 5-fingered robot hand learns to get a grip on its own

Hyperloop super-fast rail to hit milestone

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