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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., was awarded a Cooperative Agreement by NASA to foster the commercial utilisation of the International Space Station.
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After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinising the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit altitude, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began its final major science data-gathering phase at Vesta on 15 June at an average altitude of 680 kilometers above the surface.
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Researchers at RMIT University’s SPACE Research Centre and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology are using GPS and low Earth orbit satellites to provide an additional type of temperature profile observation for use in weather forecasting computer models, the Melbourne-located university said.
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China has developed a new engine for its new generation of carrier rockets, making it the second in the world to harness such engine technologies, Xinhua news agency reported.

The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) will allow scientists to study cold and distant objects in greater detail than ever before.

Raytheon Company has received a US$19 million contract to modify the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) to link it with the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS). The link will allow U.S. Navy and Air Force to overcome communications gaps in the remote polar region.

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