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November 05, 2015

Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts
Miami (AFP) Nov 4, 2015
Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may fly on future missions aboard commercially built spacecraft or NASA's deep-space Orion capsule. With the American spaceflight program grounded since 2011 when the space shuttle was retired, NASA is looking to bolster its corps, which currently consists of just 47 astronauts. In 2000, at the peak of the space shuttle era, there were 149. US spacecraft will not return to f ... read more

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				Russia Set to Scrap 17 Outdated Topol Missile Launchers by 2017 The Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is planning to dismantle a total of 17 outdated Topol mobile missile launchers by the end of 2016. The Topol entered service with the Russian Stra ... more		Airbus Defence and Space launches XEBRA Airbus Defence and Space has launched its new XEBRA (Zee-brah) X-band milsatcom service using the world's most compact X-band terminals and the Skynet satellite network. The XEBRA service prov ... more

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Harris mesh reflectors deployed on 4th MOUS Bird Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have deployed onboard the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy. ... more		Intelsat and JSAT to bring high throughput capacity to Asia Pacific Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation have announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will launch a new satellite with optimized C-band and ... more		US Ukraine proposals 'not a real plan': Germany Russian says key city falls;. Missiles kill 10; Zelensky tries to revive peace efforts UK and MBDA announce major anti-drone laser contract		West Antarctic coastal snow accumulation rose 30 percent past century Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically during the 20th century, according to a new study published in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysic ... more
				China launches new communication satellite China on Wednesday morning put a new communication satellite into orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The "ChinaSat 2C" satellite was launched at 12:25 a.m. and carrie ... more		Rocket Lab selects Alaska Aerospace for electron launch range safety Rocket Lab has announced they have selected Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) to provide range safety support for their upcoming Electron launches in 2016. AAC's core business area is space launch. ... more

Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Efficiency Summit USA 2015

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Space station marks 15 years inhabited by astronauts

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