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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 9, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 45 March 09, 2016

Technology

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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Spots Bright Mountain Slope On Ceres

Mar 08, 2016
NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft has marked the end of its first year in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres with imagery of yet another curious surface feature.
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Kelly Exposes Challenges Of Human Deep Space Flight

Mar 08, 2016
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko emerged from more than 11 months on the International Space Station with perhaps vital clues as to whether humans are physically and psychologically up to the challenges of traveling to Mars.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 10, 2016
PRATT & WHITNEY’s F135 engine for F-35 is undergoing sea-level corrosion testing...

In Brief

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Singapore To Fly Submersible UAV

Mar 10, 2016
Singapore Technology Aerospace (ST Aero) has built a proof-of-concept unmanned hybrid vehicle (UHV) that can be ...

Programs

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Boeing Readies For Faster KC-46 Tanker Testing

Mar 08, 2016
The pace of testing KC-46A mission systems, exterior lighting and ultimately aerial refueling will accelerate after March 8.
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Hubble Spots Oldest Star System

Mar 08, 2016
The 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has presented its intended successors, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), with a new challenge — find a galaxy older than GN-z11.
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India To Launch Sixth Navigation Satellite

Mar 08, 2016
India is set to launch its sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F, on March 10, continuing to build a regional navigation system that will provide location services over the country and neighboring areas.
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RAAF KC-30 Refuels USAF C-17 In Coalition Tanker Test

Mar 08, 2016
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus KC-30A tanker-transport is conducting refueling tests in the U.S. with F-15 and F-16 aircraft following successful tanking trials with an Edwards AFB, California-based C-17 from the U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test Wing.