Antares Rocket Crash in Virginia Investigation to Take up to Year
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Oct 30, 2014 -
The investigation into the reasons of the Cygnus spaceship explosion during the launch at the US Wallops Flight Facility can take about a year, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spokesperson Jay Bolden told RIA Novosti.
"Investigation will take up to 6 month to a year," Bolden said Tuesday night.
NASA spokesperson also noted that there is "good thing about internat ...
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Arianespace signs contract with ELV for ten Vega launchers
Paris (SPX) Oct 30, 2014 -
Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, Chief Executive of ELV (European Launch Vehicle), signed a contract today, October 29, 2014, in Rome, confirming Arianespace's order of ten Vega launch vehicles from the Italian manufacturer.
This contract follows the long-term procurement agreement concerning these ten launchers, signed in Rome on November 20, 2013 ...
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Supersonic Laser-Propelled Rockets
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2014 -
Scientists and science fiction writers alike have dreamt of aircrafts that are propelled by beams of light rather than conventional fuels. Now, a new method for improving the thrust generated by such laser-propulsion systems may bring them one step closer to practical use.
The method, developed by physicists Yuri Rezunkov of the Institute of Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering, Russia an ...
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Shiites head to Iraq's Karbala under jihadist threat
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 02, 2014 -
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites will flock to Iraq's Karbala this week under threat from jihadists who consider them heretics and now hold large parts of the country.
Pilgrims making the trip to the shrine city of Karbala for Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered figures in Shiite Islam, have been targeted in the past by deadly bombings.
But this year, t ...
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IS jihadists carry out mass killings of Iraqi tribe
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 02, 2014 -
The Islamic State group has carried out a fresh wave of mass killings, officials said Sunday, executing more than 200 members of an Iraqi tribe which took up arms against the jihadists.
Women and children were said to be among scores of Albu Nimr tribespeople executed over the past 10 days in western Iraq's Anbar province.
Reports of the killings came with the country on edge as hundreds ...
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US prepares to send military advisers to western Iraq
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2014 -
US officers are drafting plans to deploy American military advisers to Iraq's western Anbar province and to help arm Sunni tribes to fight Islamic State jihadists, officials said Friday.
"It's a plan that's being developed," a senior military officer said on condition of anonymity.
But before any advisers head to the volatile province, there was still more work to be done to ensure Sunni ...
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Russia Ratifies Cuba Space Deal
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 30, 2014 -
Russia's Federation Council has ratified the intergovernmental agreement with Cuba on cooperation in exploring and using space for peaceful purposes on Wednesday.
The agreement was signed on February 21, 2013 in Havana, Cuba and is aimed at creating organizational and legal foundation for the formation and development of cooperation projects between Russia and Cuba in the field of satellit ...
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