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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the facilities where four shuttle orbiters will be displayed permanently at the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program.
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SpaceX is likely to make an announcement regarding its planned Falcon Heavy on 5 April. Using trendy Internet services such as Twitter and YouTube, the company currently lets the public know that “something big is coming.”

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Orbital Technologies and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia announced their intentions to build, launch, and operate the world’s first Commercial Space Station (CSS).

Space-based AIS reception, which enables tracking ships on a large scale, has become a hot topic recently. It was only a question of time before a similar system for tracking airplanes from space was proposed. It will start with a balloon, though.
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SES Astra announced a new initiative to support the introduction of 3D television in Europe. As part of the initiative, the industry reached a common understanding of the minimum technical specifications for the introduction of 3D television and broadcasting.
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Every time NASA reported decreasing power levels for their Mars rovers caused by dust deposits on their solar arrays, I felt tempted to (jokingly) ask why NASA just didn’t equip them with some converted windscreen wipers. Now, scientists have come up with a high-tech solution to the problem: self-dusting solar panels that could also prove useful on Earth.
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