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August 12, 2014

American Spaceports
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 12, 2014
Most people are not aware that the world is awash with spaceports. However, the popular ones are well-known. For example, the Cape Canaveral Area of Florida is the home of the most famous launch facilities. Both NASA and the US Air Force have launch pads and complex support infrastructures at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center and at the adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Sunshine State's east coast. This is also the home of Launch Pad 39A, from which NASA launched Apollo 11, the first ... read more

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				NASA Engineers Begin Testing for SLS Liquid Oxygen Feed System Let's be honest - geysers are really cool. You've got an eruption of water and vapor that can burst to heights of 185 feet. What's not to like about that? When building propellant tanks for t ... more		Galileo's initial two Full Operational Capability satellites are fueled for launch The latest two satellites to be launched by Arianespace for Europe's Galileo navigation system are being fueled at the Spaceport in French Guiana, readying them for this month's Soyuz mission. Named ... more

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Introducing this year's underground astronauts Each year, ESA sends up to six astronauts down into the caves of Sardinia, Italy, for two weeks on a simulated space mission. New and experienced astronauts from different space agencies are invited ... more		On the frontiers of cyborg science No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking this human ... more		US Space Force renews partnership with L3Harris for space domain awareness Russia fires nine drones at Ukraine, damages hotel in city of Mykolaiv French FM calls for greater cooperation on European defence		China to test recoverable moon orbiter China is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon orbiter, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence on Sunday. The orbiter arr ... more
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Used-cigarette butts offer energy storage solution A group of scientists from South Korea have converted used-cigarette butts into a high-performing material that could be integrated into computers, handheld devices, electrical vehicles and wind tur ... more		China to send orbiter to moon and back China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year, the government announced Sunday, in the latest step in its ambitious space programme. ... more		Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices A team of chemists from New York University and the University of Cambridge has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like devices called supercapacitors, which can be charg ... more		Space cargo ship set for docking with ISS Europe's final robot cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to dock on Tuesday - its manoeuvres webcast live from several angles, France's CNES space agency said on Monday. ... more

	Burrowing animals may have been key to stabilizing Earth's oxygen Around 540 million years ago, the first burrowing animals evolved. When these worms began to mix up the ocean floor's sediments (a process known as bioturbation), their activity came to significantl ... more		Fundamental plant chemicals trace back to bacteria A fundamental chemical pathway that all plants use to create an essential amino acid needed by all animals to make proteins has now been traced to two groups of ancient bacteria. The pathway is also ... more

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