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Tugboats in SpaceSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 26, 2011 Rendezvous and docking in orbit is tricky. Take a huge, complex target like the International Space Station, and the task becomes even trickier. The problems of getting spacecraft to dock with ISS has been highlighted often in recent years. There are issues with the reliability of new or modified vehicles, as well as traffic control problems with the Shuttle and other spacecraft going to ISS at the same time. It's ironic. We've been doing rendezvous and docking for decades, but it now seems more difficult than ever. There are two ways of getting a spacecraft to the ISS - a controlled docking with one of the station's ports - or the "valet parking" model where you stop close by the station before being captured with a robot arm. ... read more |
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 The Big Picture Wins Big Remember life before cell phones? Or GPS? Or tablet computers? Kind of hard, isn't it? Air traffic management researchers feel the same way about life before the Future ATM (Air Traffic Management) ... more | .. |
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  Northrop Grumman Begins Testing New Multi-Function Active Sensor Northrop Grumman has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ... more | .. |
  Aegis Combat Systems Installed on Two New U.S. Navy Destroyers The U.S. Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin has installed the Aegis Combat System aboard two new Navy destroyers, USS Gravely (DDG 107) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). The Aegis Combat Systems aboar ... more | .. |
  NASA Orbiter Reveals Big Changes in Mars' Atmosphere NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet's axis varies. This process can affect the stability of liquid ... more | .. |
  ESA-NASA Collaboration Furthers Sea-Ice Research A carefully executed operation to validate data from CryoSat has shown what can be accomplished when ESA, NASA and others join forces to further our understanding of how the fragile polar environmen ... more |
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 US lawmakers ask Apple about tracking feature US lawmakers are seeking an explanation from Apple following claims that iPhones and iPads constantly log the location of the devices and store the information in a hidden file. ... more |
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  LockMart Tactical Reconn Radar Completes UAV Test Flights Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar, TRACER, has completed flight testing aboard a Predator B MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. TRACER is a dual-band (UHF and ... more | .. |
Apple devices logging movements: researchers A pair of British security researchers said Wednesday that the latest version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and the iPad is constantly recording the location of the devices and storing the information in a hidden file. ... more | .. |
  Sandia And UNM Lead Effort To Destroy Cancers Melding nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center have produced an effective strategy that use ... more | .. |
  Astrium GEO-Info Services Looks Back On The Chernobyl Disaster 25 Years Later With EO Technologies The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion, demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made dis ... more |
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Aegis BMD System Engages Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile For First Time Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system successfully tracked and engaged an intermediate range ballistic missile using data from a remote AN/TPY-2 radar during a test off the ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to build new 'stealth' warship Taiwan plans to build a new 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles next year in response to China's naval build-up, a top military officer and a lawmaker said Monday. ... more |
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  Recent Census In DR Congo Finds Gorillas Have Survived A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announ ... more | .. |
  Military helicopter crashes in Darfur, five dead: army A Sudanese army helicopter crashed on Monday in North Darfur, killing all five people on board, an army spokesman said, in the second such accident in less than a week. ... more |
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 Elbit To Showcase Maritime Capability Solutions Elbit Systems of America will present an array of cutting edge solutions, designed to enhance the capabilities of expeditionary, irregular warfare, and special operations forces at the upcoming Navy ... more | .. |
 Fire Control Radar Completes Target-Of-Opportunity Tracking Raytheon's JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) has successfully demonstrated tracking targets of opportunity in the Salt Lake City air space. Testing and i ... more | .. |
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 Obama urged to limit Russia missile shield sway President Barack Obama must beat back any Russian demands for "red-button" sway over a missile shield in Europe and deny Moscow access to sensitive data tied to the program, US senators urged Thursday. ... more | .. |
 ESA Arctic Ice Campaign Takes Off To guarantee ESA's CryoSat mission is delivering the best data possible, scientists have set out on a major expedition to the Arctic - part of a collaborative effort between ESA and NASA to gather i ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Delivers First Phalanx to Republic of Korea Navy Raytheon has delivered the first Phalanx Close-In Weapon System to the Republic of Korea Navy for batch one of the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct commercial sale calls for the ... more |
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