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Shenzhou 8 Mission Could Top Three WeeksSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2011 The next flight of China's Shenzhou spacecraft will last somewhere between 20 and 22 days, according to German sources. The information was relayed to SpaceDaily by a communications officer at DLR, Germany's equivalent of NASA. German researchers will fly a collection of biological experiments on the mission, which is expected to launch in the second half of this year. The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft will fly with no crew on board, and will be sent to rendezvous and dock with China's Tiangong 1 space ... read more |
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  EU issues urgent call to 21 states on satellite network The European Commission on Thursday ordered 21 EU states to get their act together and meet a deadline to install a pan-European mobile satellite network under its broadband-for-all drive. ... more | .. |
  Japan eyes humanoid robot mission in space Japan's space agency is planning a mission to send a humanoid robot to space so that it can communicate with people on Earth through Twitter, an agency official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA A powerful solar eruption that has already disturbed radio communications in China could disrupt electrical power grids and satellites used on Earth in the next days, NASA said. ... more | .. |
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  Ariane 5 Launches Second ATV Space Truck A European Space Agency rocket blasted off Wednesday bearing a 20-tonne supply ship destined for a rendezvous with the manned International Space Station. ... more | .. |
  Reflected Glory The nebula Messier 78 takes centre stage in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, while the stars powering the bright d ... more | .. |
 Cosmonauts Conclude Russia 28th Spacewalk from Station Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka re-entered and closed the hatch on the Pirs airlock, concluding Russia's 28th spacewalk from the International Space Station. The 4-hour, 51-mi ... more | .. |
  Scrap Devas ISRO Deal India Space Commission Tells Cabinet The Space Commission has recommended to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that the controversial S-Band spectrum deal between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and private firm Devas Multimedia be ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
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 Countdown Begins For Intelsat New Dawn Launch The Intelsat New Dawn satellite is scheduled to be launched on 29 March 2011 from Arianespace's launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. Intelsat New Dawn is the first ever African private sector commu ... more | .. |
 Mongolia Hopes To Launch Satellite By 2015 With Japan's Help Mongolia hopes to launch a space satellite by 2015 with help from Japan, local media reported Wednesday. A Japanese space exploration team visited Mongolia and organized a two-day workshop at ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes Final Installations Missile Warning Spacecraft The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has finished final installations on the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite and successfully completed the spacecra ... more | .. |
 Herschel Quantifies The Dark Matter Threshold For Starburst Galaxies Modern astronomers have established that there is much more to galaxies than meets the eye, as the stars, gas and dust - perceivable by telescopes across the entire electromagnetic spectrum - make u ... more |
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  MSU Satellite Set To Launch Feb. 23 On NASA Mission The first Montana satellite chosen to ride on a NASA space mission - a small research satellite that involved more than 125 Montana State University students over five years - is set to launch on We ... more | .. |
  NASA Releases Images Of Man-Made Crater On Comet NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has a fragile and weak nucleus. The space ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Submits Bid for Air Force's Air and Space Operations Center Competition A team led by Northrop Grumman has submitted its bid for the U.S. Air Force's Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) modernization program. The Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force ... more | .. |
  Former Spy Chapman May Participate In Creation Of Uniform For Space Industry Former spy Anna Chapman wants to participate in the designing of a uniform for ground specialists of Russian space centers, Gagarin Astronaut Training Center's chief astronaut Sergei Krikalev said o ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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 Build-Up Of The First Vega Launcher Is Complete At The Spaceport The first Vega has been assembled at the Spaceport, marking a key milestone in preparations for the introduction of this lightweight vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family. Build-up of the V ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 Spectacular Flyby Of Comet Tempel 1 Tests Lockheed Built Spacecraft 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 ex ... 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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 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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  Theory: Solar system has another planet A planet, possibly four times the mass of Jupiter and with a lunar system, could be lurking in our solar system's outermost area, two U.S. scientists theorize. ... 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 |
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