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New International Standard For Spacecraft DockingParis, France (ESA) Oct 21, 2010 Partners in the International Space Station programme have agreed on a new standard for docking systems, which will be capable also of implementing berthing. The agreement allows a range of compatible, but not necessarily identical, mechanisms for spacecraft docking. A first agreed version of the Interface Definition Document will be released on 25 October. The International Docking System Standard (IDSS) provides the guidelines for a common interface to link spacecraft together. It builds on the ... read more |
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  Building Europe's Vision For Space Exploration Europe's vision for launching astronauts and robot explorers out into the Solar System will come into sharper focus on 21 October when the ministers responsible for space activities meet in Brussels ... more | .. |
  Comet Hartley 2 Visible In Morning Sky This Week The small comet Hartley 2 makes its closest approach to Earth today and should be visible to the unaided eye for several days under dark skies in the hours before dawn, according to the editors of S ... more | .. |
  The Satellites Have Eye Contact This is the moment we have been anticipating for a long time; TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X finally have 'eye contact'. The final manoeuvre to adjust the close formation was performed on 13 October. Now, ... more | .. |
  Dark Energy Project Receives NSF Grant A project to discover the nature of dark energy, a mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, has received an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). ... more | .. |
  Hylas-1 Satellite Readied For Launch From European Spaceport The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36 000 km ... more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Oct 20, 2010 India says it will build a more than quarter-billion-dollar underground facility to join the worldwide search for elusive neutrino particles. The country's Environment and Forests Ministry has given the Atomic Energy Department the go-ahead for the neutrino observatory to be built in the Bodi West hills on the coast of Tamil Nadu state, the BBC reported Wednesday. The $270 millio ... more  
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Oct 18, 2010Boeing and partner iRobot have reported that they have received an initial contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV) to its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team. The contract calls for up to 70 model 310 SUGV robots, with an initial value of $3.84 million. The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract will run through September 2012. "Boein ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 17, 2010India said Sunday it had completed a maiden test flight of an indigenously-built unmanned drone developed as part of the country's efforts to reduce military imports. "The aircraft was flown in a manner exactly as planned, up to a height of 3,000 feet (900 metres), remained airborne for 30 minutes and completed all mission requirements," Defence Research and Development Organisation spokesma ... more |
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When Is A Comet Not A CometParis, France (ESA) Oct 21, 2010 It was a case of celestial hit and run. Two asteroids, both in the wrong place at the wrong time. The result: one big trail of debris and a case of mistaken identity. Now, however, ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta has unravelled the truth. Using its OSIRIS camera, Rosetta made the breakthrough because it is far from Earth and so it could look at mystery object 'P/2010 A2' from a unique perspective. This showed that instead of being a comet, as first suspected, we are seeing the debris from a pair of col ... read more |
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