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June 06, 2015

Airbus developing reusable space rocket launcher
Paris (AFP) June 6, 2015
European aircraft and aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans for a reusable space rocket launcher that should be ready in 2025, which the firm says will be radically different from the concept of rival US firm Space X. Airbus must overcome significant technical and financial challenges, while the Space X company owned by South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, is already experimenting with its model. Since 2010, a team of engineers has been secretly working at an Airbu ... read more

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Russia successfully launches military satellite Russia successfully launched a military satellite on Friday, following a recent string of failures for the country's space programme. ... more		Astronauts delayed return from ISS set for June 11: Russia Three astronauts who had their stay on the International Space Station extended by a month after a rocket failure are set to land back on Earth on June 11, the head of Russia's space agency said Friday. ... more		Historic handshake between space and Earth In the first-ever demonstration of space-to-ground remote control with live video and force feedback, NASA astronaut Terry Virts orbiting Earth on the International Space Station shook hands with ES ... more
				New UK LiDAR network to detect volcanic ash A network of particle-sensing Light Detection and Ranging Systems (LiDARs) has been installed across the UK to improve detection and aid forecasting of volcanic ash in the event of future eruptions. ... more		Polsteam Selects KVH mini-VSAT for Maritime Connectivity on 60-vessels Polsteam, one of Europe's largest operators of bulk carriers, has selected the mini-VSAT Broadband service from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) as its satellite communications solution. Polstea ... more

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NASA's Operation IceBridge concludes 2015 Arctic campaign Operation IceBridge wrapped up its seventh Arctic deployment on May 21, when NASA's C-130 research aircraft with the mission's researchers and instruments on board departed Thule Air Base in Greenla ... more		Astronomers discover a young solar system around a nearby star An international team led by Thayne Currie of the Subaru Telescope and using the Gemini South telescope, has discovered a young planetary system that shares remarkable similarities to our own early ... more		Russia launches dozens of drones as Ukraine claims 'important success' Russian jets violate Estonian air space in 'brazen intrusion' U.S. defense in free fall		Three candidates for ESA's next medium-class science mission Exoplanets, plasma physics and the X-ray Universe are the topics chosen by ESA to be considered for the fourth medium-class mission in its Cosmic Vision science programme, for launch in 2025. ... more
				Ultraviolet study reveals surprises in comet coma Rosetta's continued close study of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has revealed an unexpected process at work, causing the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules spewing from the comet' ... more		Alice's UV close-up provides a surprising discovery about comet's atmosphere A close-up of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by NASA's ultraviolet instrument surprised scientists by revealing that electrons close to the comet's surface - not photons from the Sun as had been be ... more

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Paleo study shows how elevation may affect evolution Paleontologists have documented how dramatic shifts in climate have led to dramatic shifts in evolution. One such event, the Grande Coupure, was a wipeout of many European mammal species 33.9 millio ... more		New species of horned dinosaur with 'bizarre' features revealed About 10 years ago, Peter Hews stumbled across some bones sticking out of a cliff along the Oldman River in southeastern Alberta, Canada. Now, scientists describe in the Cell Press journal Current B ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Australian fossil forces rethink on our ancestors' emergence onto land A 333-million year old broken bone is causing fossil scientists to reconsider the evolution of land-dwelling vertebrate animals, says a team of palaeontologists, including QUT evolutionary biologist ... more
New evidence emerges on the origins of life In the beginning, there were simple chemicals. And they produced amino acids that eventually became the proteins necessary to create single cells. And the single cells became plants and animals. Rec ... more		Eukaryotes: A new timetable of evolution Contaminated samples have evidently created some confusion in the timetable of life. On the basis of ultra-clean analyses, an international team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute f ... more		Clues to the Earth's ancient core Old rocks hold on to their secrets. Now, a geophysicist at Michigan Technological University has unlocked clues trapped in the magnetic signatures of mineral grains in those rocks. These clues will ... more		Trees are source for high-capacity, soft and elastic batteries A method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp was unveiled by researchers in Sweden and the US. Using nanocellulose broken down from tree fibres, a team from KTH Royal Institute ... more

	Saving money and the environment with 3-D printing A Northwestern University team has confirmed a new way to help the airline industry save dollars while also saving the environment. And the solution comes in three dimensions. By manufacturing aircr ... more		Building a Smarter Rover The next mission to Mars could carry a smarter rover that is able to make better decisions absent instructions from Earth. Engineers are looking to automate some of the simple decision-making steps ... more

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