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April 09, 2014

Russia launches cargo ship to ISS
Moscow (AFP) April 09, 2014
Russia successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station on Wednesday evening after a spaceship carrying three astronauts experienced a technical glitch last month. "At 19:35 Moscow time (15:35 GMT), the cargo ship separated from the third-stage booster rockets on schedule," the Russian space agency said in a statement on its website after the Progress M-23M ship blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ship carrying 2.5 tonnes of supplies includi ... read more

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India's mission to Mars crosses half-way mark India's first mission to Mars successfully crossed the half-way mark on Wednesday, four months after leaving on an voyage to the Red Planet scheduled to take 11 months, the space agency said. ... more		Journey to Mars Only Possible With International Cooperation Dmitry Znamensky - No single country has the resources to carry out an expedition to Mars, but together mankind does have the technological capability required to realize such an endeavor, according ... more		Searching High and Low for Dark Matter There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. In late February, dark matter hunters from around the world gathered at the University of California, Los Angeles for "Dark Matter 2014." The ann ... more
				Webb Telescope's Heart Complete, Final Instrument Installed The last piece of the James Webb Space Telescope's heart was installed inside the world's largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. What looked like a massive ... more		Fifth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Global Positioning System The accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has been improved with the recent handover of a fifth Boeing GPS IIF satellite to the U.S. Air Force. The newest addition to the GPS constellation ... more

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ESA to continue space cooperation with Russia unlike NASA The European Space Agency (ESA) has no intentions at all of reviewing its space cooperation with Russia, despite the latter's merger with Crimea and NASA's recent announcement of pulling out from jo ... more		NASA's LRO Mission and North America to Experience Total Lunar Eclipse When people in North America look up at the sky in the early morning hours of April 15, they can expect the moon to look a little different. A total lunar eclipse is expected at this time, a phenome ... more		SpaceX successfully launches Maxar Intelligence next-gen satellites OneNav introduces new L5-direct GNSS receiver in response to increased GPS jamming Macron floats Ukraine troop deployment if frontline breached		Lockheed Martin and NewSat Achieve Significant Program Milestone on Jabiru-1 Satellite Lockheed Martin and NewSat Limited have completed a comprehensive technical review of Jabiru-1, Australia's first commercial Ka-band satellite. Jabiru-1 will deliver high-powered communications to m ... more
				Russian Federal Space Agency is elaborating Moon exploration program The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has created a team of specialists, which will elaborate the Moon program. The scientists plan to launch three spacecraft - two landing and one orbital - ... more		Russian Astronaut Misurkin Dreams of Going to the Moon, Mars A Russian astronaut Alexander Misurkin thinks humankind should not stop at the exploration of near-Earth space but rather go further in the universe, the explorer told RIA Novosti Tuesday. "I ... more

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International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

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Images From NASA Mars Rover Include Bright Spots Images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera's detector. The ro ... more		Vanguard Space Technologies Antenna Reflectors on Amazonas Satellite Launch Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc. (Vanguard) today announced that it supplied mission-critical components to Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) for the Amazonas 4A telecommunications satellite that ... more		Largest carbon credit programme poised for quality label Kids study in overheated slum as Philippines shuts schools IncreasingAfrican tropical forest fires linked to climate change and deforestation		Mars Exploration in a Deep Mine This week, twenty European scientists will gather at Boulby mine in the UK to begin testing technologies for the exploration of Mars and hunting for deep subsurface life that will aid scientists in ... more
				CSU Researcher to Examine Health Impacts of Space Travel in NASA-Funded Twin Study When NASA sends an identical twin to the International Space Station next year, a Colorado State University researcher will be among just a few hand-picked scientists studying him and his brother to ... more		Space superiority remains vital to national security Gen. William Shelton, the commander of Air Force Space Command, highlighted a successful satellite launch to the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on strategic forces during a budget hea ... more

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	Russia warns Ukraine against missile technologies proliferation Russia on Monday drew Kiev's attention over media reports that a Ukrainian military-space enterprise had allegedly been negotiating with third countries on missile technology sale. Referring t ... more		Northrop Grumman to Build Five More MQ-8C Fire Scouts for the US Navy Northrop Grumman will build five additional U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend their intelligence-gathering capabilities far beyond the horizon. ... more		LockMart and US Navy Demonstrate Airborne Autonomy Technology As autonomous technologies continue to develop and grow within the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully demonstrated t ... more		Intelsat and L-3 Test Protected Air Force Tactical Technology on Ku-band Intelsat General Corp. and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) announced the successful demonstration of new U.S. Air Force Protected Tactical Waveform technology over Ku-band transponders ... more

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Materials and electronics that dissolve when triggered		Japan orders to shoot down any new N Korea ballistic missile launches		New algorithm aids in both robot navigation and scene understanding		Chemists develop gold coating that dims glare		Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers

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Britain develops robotic mannequin

Joint venture established for exoskeleton technology

Airbus Wins Major ESA Weather Satellite Contract

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Progress Departs, New Cargo Ships Awaiting Launch

Progress M-22M to be undocked from ISS and sent on science mission

Is "divorce" between Russian and US space agencies possible?

Opportunity Moves Further Southwest On Murray Ridge

Orion Avionics System Ready for First Test Flight

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Science, Discovery Channels to broadcast private race to the moon

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