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December 27, 2013

Station's Replacement Pump Successfully Restarted
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 26, 2013
Following Two Spacewalks To Replace A Degraded Pump Module On The Truss, Or Backbone, Of The International Space Station, Flight Controllers In The Mission Control Center At Nasa's Johnson Space Center In Houston Successfully Restarted The New Pump Tuesday Night. The Pump Module Controls The Flow Of Ammonia Through Cooling Loops And Radiators Outside The Space Station, And, Combined With Water-Based Cooling Loops Inside The Station, Removes Excess Heat Into The Vacuum Of Space. The New Pump ... read more

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Boeing, Energia Achieve Mixed Results in Counterclaims A US federal court on Wednesday granted in part and denied in part a motion by American aerospace and defense conglomerate Boeing to dismiss counterclaims filed by Russian space giant Energia in Boe ... more		Russia, Kazakhstan agree on three-year Baikonur roadmap Russia and Kazakhstan have signed a roadmap pertaining to the joint use of the Baikonur Space Center in 2014-2016. Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Kazakh First Deputy Pri ... more		RTX's Raytheon secures $529 million contract to bolster Dutch Patriot air defense system Slingshot Aerospace to enhance USSF technology for GPS jamming and spoofing detection Hamas to free first 3 Israeli hostages Sunday if cease-fire takes effect		Boeing Completes Mission Control Center Interface Test For the first time, the Mission Control Center (MCC) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has tested communications with a commercial, crew-capable spacecraft, as The Boeing Company conducted a ... more
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