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May 05, 2014

Replacing Russian-made rocket engines is not easy
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 05, 2014
The Pentagon is hard-pressed to find a replacement for the Russian-made rocket engines it buys, a senior official has revealed. The import of the engines has for now been banned via a court order lobbied by SpaceX and based on sanctions imposed on Russia during the Ukrainian crisis, Stars and Stripes reports. The private space exploration company SpaceX says it has a cheaper way to launch satellites, and was suing the US Air Force for the chance to prove it. US billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX on We ... read more

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SHERPA launch service deal to deploy 1200 kilo smallsat payloads Spaceflight has announced it has secured a launch service agreement to orbit its "SHERPA" hosted payload and in-space transportation system. Spaceflight's inaugural SHERPA mission will deploy up to ... more		Britain to plough billions into the space industry The British Government says it will back plans for an expansion of the UK space industry - increasing their input to 40 billion pounds by 2030. The government has said they are also considering deve ... more		ATK Validates MegaFlex Solar Array For NextGen Solar Electric Propulsion Missions ATK has completed testing of its MegaFlex solar array wing under a contract with NASA Glenn Research Center (Glenn) to ready high-power solar arrays for powering large-scale Solar Electric Propulsio ... more
				Competition of the multiple Gortler modes in hypersonic boundary layer flows The present study illustrates, for the hypersonic flows, through the local and marching analysis, the crossover of the mode W and the mode T at O(1) wavenumber and large Gortler number regime. ... more		NASA's Next Prototype Spacesuit has a Brand New Look, and it's All Thanks to You With 233,431 votes, the "Technology" option has won NASA's Z-2 Spacesuit design challenge with just over 63% of the total vote. This design now will be incorporated into the final version of the sui ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

US sanctions against Russia's space industry affect Europeans US sanctions against the Russian space industry are actually targeted against another competitor of the Americans - European companies, a source in the Russian space and rocket sector told Interfax- ... more		ILS Satellite Launches Remain on Schedule Despite Sanctions The newly imposed US sanctions against Russia will not affect the work of the International Launch Services (ILS) company, a spokesperson for the Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES told R ... more		Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war,' urges UN probe		ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers exami ... more
				Astrobotic Partners With NASA To Develop Robotic Lunar Landing Capability Astrobotic Technology has announced a new partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for development of robotic lunar landing capability. Astrobotic has been sel ... more		Parallel Ariane 5 and Soyuz mission campaigns keep Arianespace on track The Spaceport is busy with launch campaign activity in support of Arianespace's record 2014 mission pace, with parallel preparations now underway for three heavy-lift Ariane 5 flights, as well as an ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

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NASA Invests in Hundreds of US Small Businesses to Enable Future Missions Recognizing the critical role of American small businesses and research institutions play as innovation engines for new space technologies that will enable future space exploration, NASA has selecte ... more		Some corals adjusting to rising ocean temperatures To most people, 86-degree Fahrenheit water is pleasant for bathing and swimming. To most sea creatures, however, it's deadly. As climate change heats up ocean temperatures, the future of species suc ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Stephen Hawking says threat of artificial intelligence a real concern Stephen Hawking, in an article inspired by the new Johnny Depp flick Transcendence, said it would be the "worst mistake in history" to dismiss the threat of artificial intelligence. ... more
				EO May Increase Survival Of 'Uncontacted' Tribes Lowland South America, including the Amazon Basin, harbors most of the last indigenous societies that have limited contact with the outside world. Studying these tribes, located deep within Amazonia ... more		Halley's Comet-linked meteor shower to peak Tuesday morning A meteor shower made up of debris from Halley's Comet should peak just before dawn Tuesday morning. ... more

Astrobotic Partners With NASA To Develop Robotic Lunar Landing Capability

John C. Houbolt, Unsung Hero of the Apollo Program, Dies at Age 95

NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars

Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling

Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents

Boeing Showcases Future Commercial Spacecraft Interior

NASA's Next Prototype Spacesuit has a Brand New Look, and it's All Thanks to You

NASA Invests in Hundreds of US Small Businesses to Enable Future Missions

China issues first assessment on space activities

China launches experimental satellite

Tiangong's New Mission

	Tourism main topic at annual Antarctic Treaty meeting Increased tourism on the world's iciest continent and its impact on the environment were set to top discussion at an annual Antarctic Treaty meeting that began Monday in Brasilia. ... more		Mantis Shrimp Stronger than Airplanes Inspired by the fist-like club of a mantis shrimp, a team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with University of Southern California and Purdue University, ha ... more		Nanomaterial Outsmarts Ions Ions are an essential tool in chip manufacturing, but these electrically charged atoms can also be used to produce nano-sieves with homogeneously distributed pores. A particularly large number of el ... more		World's thinnest nanowires created by Vanderbilt grad student A Vanderbilt doctorate student has found a way to construct the world's thinnest nanowire - at just three atoms wide - using a finely focused beam of electrons. ... more

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Big data poses great challenges and opportunities for databases		Russia-US Space Launches Unaffected by Sanctions		New Craft Will Be America's First Space Lifeboat in 40 Years		Elon Musk halts deal between USAF and Russian rocket-makers		Hubble Astronomers Use Supernovae to Gauge Power of Cosmic Lenses
Latest Galileo satellite arrives at ESA's test centre		Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes and Delivers Satellites for ORBCOMM Mission 1 Launch		A 'wimpy' dwarf fossil galaxy reveals new facts about early universe		Hubble astronomers check the prescription of a cosmic lens		The Canadian Space Agency supports five studies on microsatellites

Entire Star Cluster Thrown Out of its Galaxy

Raytheon tests new guidance system for Tomahawk cruise missile

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Production of First PAC-3 MSE Missiles

Images suggest N. Korea testing ICBM engine: US think-tank

DISA extends Northrop's work on global command-and-control system

MEADS Technology Will Enable Germany To Build Its Future Air And Missile Defense System

Probing the Depths of the Methane World

Widespread tetraradial symmetry among early fossil sponges

Octillions of microbes in the seas: Ocean microbes show incredible genetic diversity

Raytheon developing the world's most advanced digital radar

Boeing Showcases Future Commercial Spacecraft Interior

Peacekeeper Safing - The Ultimate Re-Use Project

NASA Carbon-Counting Satellite Arrives at Launch Site

Undersea warfare: Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents

Shockwave findings set to rewrite scientific theories

NASA Selects Partners for US Commercial Lander Capabilities

Length of Exoplanet Day Measured for First Time

Ganymede May Harbor 'Club Sandwich' of Oceans and Ice

Astronomers observe corkscrew nature of light from a distant black hole

US-Philippines launch war games after Obama pledge

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