NASA Embracing Commercial Space Flight

NASA Embracing Commercial Space Flight: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Set To Launch May 19th The first U.S. commercial space flight is scheduled to launch this week from Cape Canaveral. Commercial launch company SpaceX has built a capsule that will go to the ISS and thus open the era of commercial space flight. The Falcon 9 rocket is on track to launch on Saturday, May 19, with a backup date of May 22. The rocket will carry the Dragon capsule into space, on a mission to deliver supplies of food and water to the International Space Station.

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Russia seeks potential buyers for Su-30 aircraft sale

Russia seeks potential buyers for Su-30 aircraft sale: Russia is considering selling a batch of 18 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighter aircraft, which were returned by India in 2003.

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USAF B-1 aircrew evaluate laser JDAM

USAF B-1 aircrew evaluate laser JDAM: The US Air Force has conducted an air to ground weapon system evaluation programme (WSEP) exercise, dubbed Combat Hammer, to evaluate its laser joint direct attack munitions (JDAM).

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Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Submitted To NASA

Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Submitted To NASA: Mission Concept Study Offered By Ball Aerospace A mission concept study has been submitted to NASA by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for demonstrating a solar electric propulsion (SEP) technologies in space. Ball Aerospace was one of five companies awarded up to $600,000 by NASA in September 2011, to formulate a mission concept to demonstrate the solar electric propulsion technologies, capabilities, and infrastructure required for sustainable and affordable human presence in space.

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Catec transfiere a Tecnatom su tecnología para localización y registro de defectos ocultos

Catec transfiere a Tecnatom su tecnología para localización y registro de defectos ocultos:



La novedad de la tecnología que transfiere el Centro Avanzado de Tecnologías Aeroespaciales reside en que se trata de un sistema inalámbrico que permite dar solución a las limitaciones que hasta ahora tenían los END por ultrasonidos en el caso de piezas con geometrías complejas, donde resulta muy costosa la instalación y preparación de una inspección con “encoder” mecánicos que permitan obtener registros de las medidas.  Este desarrollo de CATEC permitirá además la  obtención de registros C-Scan en elementos o piezas que no admiten actualmente esta posibilidad.

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