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Spectacular Flyby Of Comet Tempel 1 Tests Lockheed Built SpacecraftDenver CO (SPX) Feb 16, 2011 NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft made a Valentine's Day deep-space rendezvous with an object it had been seeking for the past four-and-a-half years. The Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft flawlessly executed its mission and performed a flyby of comet Tempel 1 at 9:39 p.m. MT yesterday. Stardust made its closest approach of the nucleus of the comet at a distance of 111 miles (178 km) and was traveling a relative speed of 24,300 mph (10.9 km per second). During the encounter, the NavCam instrument took ... read more |
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  Ariane 5's Mission With The Automated Transfer Vehicle Is Postponed Tonight's Ariane 5 mission with Europe's second Automated Transfer Vehicle has been postponed following a hold during the final countdown at the Spaceport in French Guiana. A "red" indication ... more | .. |
  Isolating The Stellar Discs Of Andromeda A team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Europe have identified a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda galaxy for the first time. The discovery and properties of the thick disc will const ... more | .. |
  Commercial Spaceflight Federation Applauds Boost To Innovative Technology Programs In New NASA Budget The Commercial Spaceflight Federation today welcomed the strong support for space technology investments in the new NASA FY2012 proposed budget, including such high-profile programs as Commercial Re ... more | .. |
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  New Instrument Will Help Confirm Kepler Planet Finds The search for planets outside our solar system continues to heat up. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has located more than 1,200 planetary candidates, however confirming them remains a challenge. In some ... more | .. |
  SDO Celebrates One Year Anniversary On February 11, 2010, at 10:23 in the morning, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) launched into space on an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral. A year later, SDO has sent back millions of stunnin ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Exceeds 10 Years On-Orbit The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operations, and continues ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Collaborates With Penn State On Metamaterials Breakthrough Lockheed Martin has collaborated with The Pennsylvania State University to develop a breakthrough material that can significantly improve the performance of spacecraft antennas. The electromag ... more |
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 ILS Appoints Vice President Of Sales Marketing And Communications Johanne Lecomte has been hired as the new vice president of sales, marketing and communications for International Launch Services (ILS). As a key member of the ILS executive team, Lecomte is respons ... more | .. |
  12 Transponder Ku-Band Beam For India Contracted On SES-7 SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. has announced that it had entered into a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement that covers all 12 Ku-band transponders on the India beam of the SES-7 satell ... more | .. |
  New 3G Communications System Demonstrates Ability to Stream Video to Ground Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the integration of the MONAX 3G wireless communications system with an aerostat platform demonstrating the ability to deliver real-time video and data directly ... more | .. |
  Echostar Corporation To Acquire Hughes Communications EchoStar Corporation and Hughes Communications, Inc. have announced an agreement pursuant to which EchoStar will acquire all of the outstanding equity of Hughes and its subsidiaries including its ma ... more |
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  Boeing To Demonstrate High-Technology, Low-Risk Solutions At AFA Air Warfare Symposium Boeing at this week's U.S. Air Force Association (AFA) Air Warfare Symposium, will highlight a range of proven, low-risk, affordable products and services that will enable the Air Force to continue ... more | .. |
 Europe to simplify patent system Europe's complex and expensive procedures for granting patents for inventions will be simplified under a new system approved by Euro lawmakers, officials said. ... more | .. |
 NASA spacecraft unravels comet mystery A NASA spacecraft's flyby with a comet showed erosion on the Tempel 1's surface since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005, and revealed Tuesday the first clear pictures of the crater made by a Deep Impact probe. ... more | .. |
  IBM computer, Jeopardy! champ tied after first day An IBM computer displayed a few quirks but played to a draw on the opening day on Monday of a man vs. machine showdown with two human champions of the popular US television game show Jeopardy!. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re | .. |
 NASA'S Stardust Spacecraft Completes Comet Flyby Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel 1. An ... more | .. |
  Mich. students win satellite competition A team of Michigan college students has won a competition to have the U.S. Department of Defense launch their custom-built satellite into orbit, officials said. ... more | .. |
IBM computer, Jeopardy! champ tied after first day An IBM computer displayed a few quirks but played to a draw on the opening day on Monday of a man vs. machine contest against two human champions of the popular US television game show Jeopardy!. ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 Ready For Launch Of Automated Transfer Vehicle Johannes Kepler An Ariane 5 with the heaviest payload ever for this workhorse Arianespace launcher is poised for liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana on an historic mission to service the International Space ... more |
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  The Astrobiology Of Cancer Despite decades of research and billions of dollars, cancer remains a major killer, with an uncanny ability to evade both the body's defenses and medical intervention. Now an Arizona State Universit ... more | .. |
 NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Colorado Innovation Sites NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Boulder, Colo. recently to meet with entrepreneurs and discuss innovations in space exploration and technology development critical to America's future ... more | .. |
 NASA Names Winning Experiments In Kids Micro-G Challenge Astronauts aboard the International Space Station this spring will conduct six experiments designed by middle school students from across the country. The winning proposals of the "Kids in Micro-g" ... more | .. |
 Market For Satellite Video Services To Top $27 Billion By 2020 In its recently released report, Euroconsult, the leading international consulting and analyst firm in the satellite sector, forecasts that the market value for video transmission services over sate ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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  Walking On Mars Three crewmembers of the virtual flight to Mars have 'landed' on their destination planet and two of them today took their first steps on the simulated martian terrain. The highlight of the Mars500 ... more | .. |
  University of Ulster Launches Rocket Project with Japan Space Agency An international project to improve safety and enhance the performance of rocket launchers is underway between two University of Ulster academics and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Catching The Rays During Solar Conjunction Opportunity continues to be in the period of solar conjunction. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Mars are disrupted because the Sun is directly in between the tw ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2012 Budget NASA announced Monday an $18.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2012 that supports a reinvigorated path of innovation, technological development and scientific discovery. The budget supports a ... more |
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 Boeing-built LightSquared Space-Based Network Ready to Begin Service Boeing has completed the post-launch testing and on-orbit handover of the first LightSquared satellite and Space-Based Network (SBN). The satellite system has been accepted by LightSquared and is re ... more | .. |
 The Two Faces Of Tempel 1 Just one year before its Feb. 14 encounter with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft performed the largest rocket burn of its extended life. With the spacecraft on the opposite side of the sol ... more | .. |
  Glory Aims To Unravel Uncertainties About Aerosols Engineers and technicians at Vandenberg Air Force base, Calif., are preparing the Earth-observing satellite Glory for launch on Feb. 23. In orbit, the satellite's two science instruments will study ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 Ready To Receive Yahsat 1A And Intelsat New Dawn The 57th Ariane 5 to be launched from French Guiana has completed the initial build-up process, preparing it to receive a dual-payload of commercial telecommunications satellites. This heavy-l ... more |
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