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Raytheon's Space Fence technology ready to track space debrisTewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2012 The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have completed the preliminary design review (PDR) contract of the Space Fence program. Space Fence is capable of detecting more and much smaller objects in low earth orbit to provide greater accuracy and timeliness to meet warfighter space situational awareness requirements. "Space debris threatens systems we depend on every day, including satellites that power navigation, weather and critical infrastructures," said David Gulla, vice president of Global Integrated ... read more |
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  Dawn Completes Intensive Phase Of Vesta Exploration Dawn has completed the final intensive phase of its extraordinary exploration of Vesta, and it has now begun its gradual departure. Propelled by its uniquely efficient ion propulsion system, the pro ... more | .. |
  A Fish Friendly Facility for the ISS While aquariums provide a relaxing pastime for humans on Earth, recreation is not the goal behind the new Aquatic Habitat, or AQH, aboard the International Space Station. Instead, researchers will u ... more | .. |
  Checkout begins with the Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana The Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana is now undergoing pre-launch verifications in preparation for a flight in the second half of 2012 that will carry anot ... more | .. |
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  Methane measurements at low level flight A team of scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has just completed an airbo ... more | .. |
  NASA X-ray Concept Inspired from a Roll of Scotch Tape The inspiration behind NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch's quest to build a highly specialized X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique comes from an unusual source: a roll of Scotch tape. Ma ... more | .. |
  The brightest stars don't live alone The Universe is a diverse place, and many stars are quite unlike the Sun. An international team has used the VLT to study what are known as O-type stars, which have very high temperature, mass and b ... more | .. |
 Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light On 26 July 2012, the H.E.S.S. II telescope started operation in Namibia. Dedicated to observing the most violent and extreme phenomena of the Universe in very high energy gamma-rays, H.E.S.S. II is ... more |
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A French-UK nuclear umbrella for Europe? Not likely, say analysts
EU, India eye defence and security deal; France wants defense excluded from EU budget rules
Maxar Space Systems Ships First Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Spacecraft to L3Harris | .. |
 Minister Paradis Unveils the Made-in-Canada Technology That Will Direct the World's Most Powerful Space Telescope The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), unveiled Canada's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to th ... more | .. |
  Planetary missions probe giant eruptions in the Sun's corona Scientists have probed the corona of the Sun by studying the disturbances that it causes to radio transmission from three of ESA's planetary missions: Mars Express, Venus Express and Rosetta. The me ... more | .. |
  US flags still on the moon, except one: NASA A series of American flags that were planted on the moon during visits by Apollo astronauts some four decades ago are still standing, except for one, a NASA scientist has said. ... more | .. |
  Insect-like robot can walk, leap on water Canadian scientists say they've made a robot that not just walks on water like the water strider insect but leaps over the surface like its living counterpart. ... more |
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  Giant Ice Avalanches On Iapetus Provide Clue To Extreme Slippage Elsewhere In The Solar System "We see landslides everywhere in the solar system," says Kelsi Singer, graduate student in Earth and planetary sciences in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, "but Saturn's icy ... more | .. |
 20 Years Of Solar Science Still Going Strong With Geotail On July 24, 1992, the joint JAXA/NASA Geotail mission launched into space aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. It was the vanguard for a set of coordinated missions known as the International Solar Ter ... more | .. |
  Martian polygons and deep-sea polygons on Earth: More evidence for ancient Martian oceans? Debate over the origin of large-scale polygons (hundreds of meters to kilometers in diameter) on Mars remains active even after several decades of detailed observations. Similarity in geometric patt ... more | .. |
 Sending Our Curiosity to Mars After more than eight months en route to the red planet, NASA's nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL, is nearing final approach for a touchdown on the evening of August 5. As has become t ... more |
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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 70 in a week: officials
Over 500,000 Afghans displaced due to climate disasters in 2024: IOM
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 ESA studies future of Europe's launch services Today, Europe enjoys autonomous access to space, while holding a leading position in the world launch services market. ESA has begun work on a new strategy to ensure that both can be maintained sust ... more | .. |
  Astrium's SPOT 6 ready for launch campaign SPOT 6, the brand new Earth observation satellite built by Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, is now ready for launch. It will be transferred in the coming days from the Astrium Sat ... more | .. |
  China launches Third satellite in its global data relay network China successfully launched the Tianlian I-03 satellite on Wednesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, completing the country's first data relay satellite network system. ... more | .. |
  AMS experiment marks one year in space CERN1 has marked the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's first year in space with a visit from the crew of the shuttle mission, STS-134, that successfully delivered AMS to the International Space Station ... more |
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 Space Systems Loral to Support DARPA on Revolutionary Hosted Payload Concept Space Systems/Loral has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to determine how small satellites can be carried to geostationary orbit (GEO) as hosted payloads on com ... more | .. |
 NASA Awards Astrotech Space Operations Contract for TDRS-L Satellite Processing Astrotech Space Operations has announced that NASA has awarded Astrotech a $2.0 million task order to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the scheduled 2013 launch of Tracking ... more | .. |
 The Sun has a great idea A light bulb-shaped eruption leaps from the Sun and blasts into space in this archival image from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO. SOHO captured the scene on 27 Februar ... more | .. |
 MSU attracts NASA attention with computer system for space Two Montana State University graduate students who are building a radiation-proof computer system for use in space have received an extra boost from NASA. Justin Hogan and Raymond Weber recently lea ... more |
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  SciTechTalk: 1908. Target: Earth When astronomers consider cosmic collisions having impacts on the Earth, their eyes turn either to events of the distant past - like the asteroid impact 65 million years ago that may have pushed the dinosaurs to extinction - or to the uncertain future, as telescopes and satellites search for so-called Near Earth Objects that might someday represent a collision threat to our planet. ... more | .. |
 Russian cargo ship manages to dock at ISS on second try The Russian cargo ship that undocked from the International Space Station to perform tests managed to re-couple Sunday after a failed attempt earlier in the week, Russia's space agency said. ... more | .. |
  Science fiction comes to life in Italian lab Once the preserve of science fiction, increasingly sophisticated robotic devices are vying for a place side by side with humans in the real world. ... more | .. |
 Japanese cargo craft docks with ISS A robotic Japanese spaceship safely docked with the International Space Station carrying food, equipment and experiments, controllers said. ... more |
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 World's largest 'Cherenkov' telecope launched in Namibia The huge "Cherenkov" telescope, the size of two lawn tennis courts and the biggest of its kind, has started to capture cosmic rays from its base in Namibia, scientists have announced. ... more | .. |
 Apple pitches gadget security to hacker crowd Apple pitched security measures in its mobile gadgets on Thursday during its first presentation at a premier gathering of hackers and those intent on thwarting cyber attacks. ... more | .. |
  RIT Leads Development of Next-generation Infrared Detectors Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the universe's ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Picks up the Pace With Several Drives This Week Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Progress was again impacted by a second safe mode entry by the Mars Odyssey orbiter. With normal Ultra-High ... more |
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