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May 10, 2013

'Very serious' ammonia leak outside ISS: Russian official
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2013
The International Space Station suffered a small leak of ammonia used to cool its power system on Thursday, but there was no danger to the crew, NASA said. The US space agency said crew had spotted small white flakes floating away from an area outside the craft before reporting the incident to Mission Control in Houston. NASA said in a bulletin on its website that while the rate of ammonia leaking from the station's truss structure had increased, the "station continues to operate normally otherw ... read more

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Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry ORBCOMM Inc. reports that its state-of-the-art ReeferTrak platform has been selected by seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics companies. ReeferTrak is an industry-leading ... more		MakerBot and Robohand "Lend me a hand" has taken on a totally new meaning, thanks to the inspirational project called Robohand. Robohand is a story of collaboration from 10,000 miles apart between Richard Van As, a woodw ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		NASA Testing the Webb Telescope's MIRI Thermal Shield NASA engineer Acey Herrera recently checked out copper test wires inside the thermal shield of the Mid-Infrared Instrument, known as MIRI, that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The ... more
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