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Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Spaceplane For DARPA
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2014
Northrop Grumman with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 program. XS-1has a reusable booster that when coupled with an expendable upper stage provides affordable, available and responsive space lift for 3,000-pound class spacecraft into low Earth orbit. Reusable boosters with aircraft-like operations provide a breakthrough in space lift ... read more

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Next gen satellite to be tested during Arctic Shield 2014 From studying the effects of solar activity to improve radio transmissions to enhancing the capabilities of Automated Identification Systems, the importance of having a reliable communications infra ... more		3 SOPS bids farewell to oldest DSCS satellite As a cadre of 3rd Space Operations Squadron members looked on, 3 SOPS Commander, Lt. Col. Chris Todd, shut down the final remaining components of a Defense Satellite Communications System satellite ... 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		Sun's activity influences natural climate change For the first time, a research team has been able to reconstruct the solar activity at the end of the last ice age, around 20,000-10,000 years ago, by analysing trace elements in ice cores in Greenl ... more
				Navy orders laser weapon for USMC testing Raytheon is to develop a vehicle-based laser system for U.S. Marine Corps testing under an Office of Naval Research program. ... more		Curiosity rover slowed by 'Hidden Valley' sand trap on Mars Slick sands in Hidden Valley have delayed the Mars rover Curiosity's planned ascent of a nearby mountain. With suboptimal traction between the valley floor and the rover's tires, engineers are being forced to consider alternative routes ... more

Robotic-assisted imaging will help in daily hospital practice While in Germany, Partho P. Sengupta, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai used a computer to perform a robot-assisted trans-Atlantic ultrasound examination on a person in Boston. In ... 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		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		From eons to seconds, proteins exploit the same forces Nature's artistic and engineering skills are evident in proteins, life's robust molecular machines. Scientists at Rice University have now employed their unique theories to show how the interplay be ... more
Three Radars are Better than One Putting three radars on a plane to measure rainfall may seem like overkill. But for the Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment field campaign in North Carolina recently, more definitely w ... more		Dust - and the microbes hitching rides on it - influences rain, climate Dusty air blowing across the Pacific from Asia and Africa plays a critical role in precipitation patterns throughout the drought-stricken western U.S. Today, a scientist will present new research su ... more		Geologists warn of mega quake for north Chile North Chile is at risk of a mega earthquake after a tremor in April released only some of the tension building along a high-risk fault zone since 1877, researchers said Wednesday. ... more		China's first private rocket firm aims for market Hu Zhenyu, 21, founder of Link Space, China's first private rocket firm, does not want people to call him a "rocket scientist" but a rocket entrepreneur. Rocket launches have traditionally bee ... more

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