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India Successfully Launched Its First Rocket
Jan 6, 2014
India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically produced booster technology after several previous missions had failed, taking another step forward in its ambitious space programme. The Indian-made ...

Tags: rocket, space programme, India, cryogenically-powered rocket
Element Six Has Acquired The Assets and Intellectual Property of Group4 Labs Inc
May 30, 2013
Synthetic diamond materials firm Luxembourg-registered Element Six (part of the De Beers Family of Companies, and co-owned by Belgian materials group Umicore) has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Group4 Labs Inc of Menlo ...

Tags: diamond materials, Electronics
The Idea Behind The Last Pictures Project
Dec 31, 2012
Computerworld - The problem: You want to send images into space and you want them to last 5 billion years. The solution: A gold-plated disc. That's the idea behind The Last Pictures project, which is scheduled to blast off in the next few ...

Tags: gold plated, orbit, silicon disc, communications satellite