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NASA Langley to Break Ground on Hydro Impact BasinHampton VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2010 What goes up must come down, and it will be NASA Langley Research Center's job to make sure that when astronauts return from space, they land safely. On June 8, NASA Langley will break ground on a $1.7 million Hydro Impact Basin that will serve to validate and certify that future space vehicles, such as NASA's Orion crew module, are designed for safe water landings. The water basin will be 115 feet (35 m) long, 90 feet (27.4 m) wide and 20 feet (6.1 m) deep and will be built at the west end of Lan ... read more |
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Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 09, 2010SES ASTRA, an SES company has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with the leading Polish data network operator NASK to offer its satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect to business customers in the Polish market. The service is available as of now. As a comprehensive IT communications provider for the business market, NASK offers broadband internet access, ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 8, 2010 NASA says its ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft - en route to explore two of the asteroid belt's most massive objects - has set a record for velocity change. Officials said the record previously held by NASA's Deep Space 1 - the first interplanetary spacecraft to use ion propulsion - fell Saturday when Dawn's accumulated mission acceleration exceeded 4.3 kilometers per second - 9,600 m ... more  
Paris (AFP) June 8, 2010Buying diamond watches or designer labels on the Internet might seem anathema for those able to jet across the world for a shopping spree, yet luxury firms are slowly but surely investing in e-trade. Two high-end French labels, Lacoste and Mauboussin, have just opened Internet boutiques while British luxury Internet site net-a-porter has been bought out by luxury Swiss group, Richemont, owne ... more |
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SpaceX Achieves Orbital Bullseye With Inaugural Flight Of Falcon 9 RocketCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 08, 2010 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 08, 2010 SpaceX announced that the inaugural flight of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched and achieved Earth orbit right on target, marking a key milestone for SpaceX and the commercial space flight industry. Preliminary data indicates that Falcon 9 achieved all of its primary mission objectives, culminating in a nearly perfect insertion of the second stage and Dragon spacecraft qualification unit into the targeted 250 km (155 mi) circular orbit. S ... read more |
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