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| June 05, 2014 |
 Airbus's SpacePlane demonstrator tested in South China Sea Singapore (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - Held on 1-4 May, the tests of Airbus Defence and Space's SpacePlane demonstrator validated the dynamic flight conditions encountered in the end-of-flight phase following a return from space. The tests, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, took place 100 kilometers off the coast of Singapore and involved a fleet of seven ships. The quarter-scale demonstrator used in ... more |  |
 NASA Should Maintain Long-Term Focus on Mars as "Horizon Goal" Washington, DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - Arguing for a continuation of the nation's human space exploration program, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council concludes that the expense of human spaceflight and the dangers to the astronauts involved can be justified only by the goal of putting humans on other worlds. The report recommends that the nation pursue a disciplined "pathway" approach that ... more |  |
 Russia, friend or foe for NATO? Brussels (AFP) June 04, 2014 - Friend or foe? Russian intervention in Ukraine has set off an anguished debate within NATO over how to deal with a newly assertive Moscow ready to defy the West. For some, President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea in March shows Russia has ditched the post-Cold War rulebook, redrawing borders by intimidation and force. For others, the Ukraine crisis is a one-off in which Russia's l ... more |  |
 NASA And Virgin Galactic Select Payloads For First Research Flight Mojave CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - NASA and Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments PJS, have identified twelve innovative research payloads that will fly to space onboard SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's reusable spacecraft. Each of these payloads was selected by NASA through its Flight Opportunities Program to conduct research during the prolon ... more |  |
 Lockheed system to help track orbiting space objects Moorestown, N.J. (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 - Advanced S-Band phased array radars are to be provided to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin for the Space Fence program, the company announced. The contract for the ground-based radars carries a value of $914 million. If all contract options are exercised over its eight-year period of performance, the value would increase to more than $1.5 billion. "Space-based technologies e ... more |  |
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NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Technology Proposals Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space technology proposals that could benefit the space program, other government agencies and the greater aerospace community. Aligned with NASA's Space Technology Roadmaps and priorities identified by ... more |  |
Rover Corrects its Spacecraft Clock Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring south on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign in the northern part of the region of aluminum/hydroxyl clay minerals seen from orbit. Opportunity has been correcting her spacecraft clock by a few seconds each day (sol) to gradually offset the accumulated drift since the beginning of the mission. On Sol ... more |  |
 Russia, US resume talks on new joint projects for ISS Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 05, 2014 - Russia and the US have resumed talks on new joint projects regarding the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian daily Izvestia writes on Wednesday, referring to Oleg Orlov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Medico-Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Orlov said this refers to the conduct of joint research and joint use of the equipment installed in the R ... more |  |
How NASA Builds a Space Laser Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - To build a satellite that will measure all the bumps and dips of our dynamic Earth, engineers started with a black box, built of a composite honeycomb material to make it as light as possible. The structure was precisely manufactured with an opening to allow lasers to beam to Earth, and other windows sized for a telescope that will capture photons that bounce off our planet and return to t ... more |  |
 Russia, China expand cooperation on satellite navigation Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 05, 2014 - China plans to complete the development of its national navigation satellite system BeiDou ahead of schedule - by 2017, and not in 2020 as it was previously announced, the Central Research Machine building Institute of the Russian Space Agency said Tuesday. As far as Russian satellite navigation is concerned, a second GLONASS K1 satellite will be launched before the end of this year, and t ... more |  |
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CU-Boulder payload selected for launch on Virgin Galactic spaceship Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 - A University of Colorado Boulder payload carrying a novel device designed to reduce the weight and cost of spacecraft fuel pumping systems has been manifested for launch on a suborbital space plane called SpaceShipTwo developed by the aerospace company Virgin Galactic. The CU-Boulder payload consists of a lubrication-free, pistonless rocket fuel pump, said aerospace engineering sciences As ... more |  |
One docking ring to rule them all Paris (ESA) Jun 05, 2014 - Connecting spacecraft in orbit will never be simple, but ESA is taking the next step to allow the next generation of vehicles of all types from around the world to link up with each other. The International Space Station has two sets of incompatible docking ports, one designed for Russian spacecraft and Europe's space freighter, and another design for the now-retired US Space Shuttle. Ther ... more |  |
Lasers create table-top supernova Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating one of the most energetic events in the Universe. Supernova explosions, triggered when the fuel within a star reignites or its core collapses, launch a detonation shock wave that sweeps through a few light years of space from ... more |  |
 Russia signs deal on aerospace cooperation with Kazakhstan Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 05, 2014 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the ratification of a Russia-Kazakhstan agreement on cooperation in the peaceful exploration and uses of outer space. The accord was signed in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, in May 2008, aiming to establish organizational and legal procedures for working together. Russia's lower house adopted the agreement on May 23. Upper house par ... more |  |
 Global warming: Breakthrough material absorbs CO2 from gas Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Chemists said on Tuesday they had invented a material that easily removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, making the abundant fuel more climate-friendly. The porous substance can cheaply separate CO2 at wellheads and safely store it for industrial use or for re-injection into the gas field, they said. Current processes for removing CO2 involve chemical scrubbing, a costly procedur ... more |  |
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 Mutualink's Fusion Kit Enables On-the-Go Interoperability Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Mutualink has announced the availability of a new mobile operations fusion kit (OFK) for use by military personnel, coalition partners and first responders in the field. The kit, known as OFK 2.0, enables users to connect anywhere and anytime with the most flexible, agile, and secure communications and interoperability "go kit" available on the market today. It enables secure voice, full-motion ... more |  |
Raytheon awarded contratc for USAF FAB-T satellite terminal program Marlborough MA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Raytheon has been awarded a $298,000,044 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production program. As a result of this down-select decision, low rate initial production, full rate production and interim contractor support contract options may be exercised to deliver FAB-T CPT-Only ... more |  |
Researchers predict electrical response of metals to extreme pressure Troy NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that could have applications in computer chips and other materials that could benefit from specific electrical resistance. The semiconductor industry has long manipulated materials like silicon throu ... more |  |
World's best thermometer made from light Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence. Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the researchers from the University's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) report they have been able to measure temperature with a precision of 30 billionths of a ... more |  |
 Physicist builds useful light source from harmonic generation Manhattan KS (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A Kansas State University physicist's proposal may lead to a new way of creating tabletop light sources in the laboratory. Cheng Jin, research associate in physics; Chii-Dong Lin, university distinguished professor of physics; and collaborators are developing a way to greatly enhance the generation of high-order harmonics to create powerful small tabletop light sources that are important to scie ... more |  |
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