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Russian Aerospace and Turbine Industries Receive Support from Ipsen

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CHERRY VALLEY, IL Within the last few months, Ipsen has shipped eight TITAN furnaces to Russia for the Civil Aerospace and Land-Based Turbine Engine industries. These shipments have been spread throughout Russia to cities including, but not limited to, Ufa, Perm and Voronezh.

Ipsen reports: "the Russian Aerospace sector is booming, and with this boom has come an increased demand for high-performance, high-quality heat treatment equipment. Ipsen has set themselves apart as global experts in heat treating, especially for those looking to satisfy strict industry regulations and requirements, such as those found in Aerospace and Land-Based Turbines. For this reason, well-established industrial Russian companies are turning to Ipsen for support and partnership in their heat treating application needs."

Ipsen delivered its first Russia-bound furnace to an Aerospace company in 1983. Then, starting in the late 1990s, Russian government programs began to invest heavily in U.S. joint-ventures and Ipsen continued to provide quality products and support. They delivered their first TITAN furnace to Ufa, Russia in February 2011 to a company manufacturing land-based turbine blades. Now, with eight shipments during the last few months, Ipsen reports its TITAN has captured Russias attention as a reliable and durable solution for their top projects.

Ipsen has been a proud furnace supplier to Russian companies for 30 years. We are excited that those relationships have been maintained and are now expanding throughout the country, says Andrew Yazot, Ipsens International Sales Engineer for the Eastern European region.

According to an Ipsen press release: "TITAN furnace systems offer a global standard of excellence that ensures quality results for even the most demanding applications. Standardized to operate anywhere in the world, and in any language, Ipsens TITAN brings state-of-the-art thermal processing solutions to all corners of the globe."

About IpsenIpsen designs and manufactures industrial vacuum furnaces, atmosphere furnaces and supervisory control systems for a wide variety of thermal processing markets including: Aerospace, Commercial Heat Treating, Medical, Energy and Automotive. The company has production locations in Europe, America and Asia, along with representation in 34 countries. For more information, visit http://www.IpsenUSA.com.

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Boeing's Aerospace Education Initiative To Spur Malaysians' Careers In The Clouds

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By Mikhail Raj Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- The Boeing Company's quest to encourage more Malaysians to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) got off to a flying start this week when some 200 secondary school students got a first hand-experience in aerospace education.

The excited students were taken to the Super Hornet flight simulator where they learnt to fly the jet fighter aircraft, an experience that would surely spur their curiosity in the aerospace sector and perhaps in becoming a pilot.

Michael Gibbons, Boeing Vice-President for the F/A-18 and EA-18 programmes, said the once-in-a-lifetime experience for the kids at the Aerospace Education Day 2013 at the National Science Centre on Tuesday was something to be savoured.

There were interactive exhibits demonstrating the fundamentals of STEM provided by Boeing and its supplier partners on the Super Hornet fighter jet which included General Electric, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, he told Bernama Thursday.

Boeing co-sponsored the event as part of its Human Capital Development Initiative, an effort with support from GE, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to work with Malaysia's leaders in creating holistic education and training programmes that will benefit the country's aerospace industry.

Besides learning the importance of aerospace to Malaysia's future, Gibbons said the cooperation between the government and Boeing could sow the seeds for an aerospace career for local students and in a wider context, spur greater interest in science, technology, engineering and maths.

"Just like in the United States where we are promoting STEM every chance we get, here we are working to partner the government in human capital development by focusing on STEM and specifically the aerospace sector," he said.

"Boeing is a leading edge technology company, whether it's defence or commercial aircraft, and we very much live by figuring out how to do things in advancing the world of technology.

"We believe that the best thing we can do is to show people the opportunities in the aerospace sector and hopefully encourage and excite them to pursue careers in STEM," he said.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- The Boeing Company's quest to encourage more Malaysians to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) got off to a flying start this week when some 200 secondary school students got a first-hand experience in aerospace education.

The excited students were taken to the Advanced Super Hornet flight simulator where they learnt to fly the jet fighter aircraft, an experience that would surely spur their curiosity in the aerospace sector and perhaps in becoming a pilot.

Michael Gibbons, Boeing Vice-President for the F/A-18 and EA-18 programmes, said the once-in-a-lifetime experience for the kids at the Aerospace Education Day 2013 at the National Science Centre on Tuesday was something to be savoured.

There were interactive exhibits demonstrating the fundamentals of STEM provided by Boeing and its supplier partners on the Super Hornet fighter jet which included General Electric, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, he told Bernama today.

Boeing co-sponsored the event as part of its Human Capital Development Initiative, an effort with support from GE, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to work with Malaysia's leaders in creating holistic education and training programmes that will benefit the country's aerospace industry.

Besides learning the importance of aerospace to Malaysia's future, Gibbons said the cooperation between the government and Boeing could sow the seeds for an aerospace career for local students and in a wider context, spur greater interest in science, technology, engineering and maths.

"Just like in the United States where we are promoting STEM every chance we get, here we are working to partner the government in human capital development by focusing on STEM and specifically the aerospace sector," he said.

"Boeing is a leading edge technology company, whether it's defence or commercial aircraft, and we very much live by figuring out how to do things in advancing the world of technology.

"We believe that the best thing we can do is to show people the opportunities in the aerospace sector and hopefully encourage and excite them to pursue careers in STEM," he said.

And this is something Boeing wants to impart to Malaysian students as part of its commitment to the government.

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David Gitlin Named President, Aircraft Systems – UTC Aerospace Systems

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HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Technologies Corp. (UTX) announced today that David Gitlin has been named President of the Aircraft Systems business segment of UTC Aerospace Systems, effective immediately and reporting to Alain Bellemare, President & CEO, UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems. Gitlin succeeds Curtis Reusser who is leaving to pursue his career outside of UTC.

"Dave is exceptionally well qualified to takeover leadership of the Aircraft Systems organization having served as Senior Vice President of Aircraft Systems since the launch of UTC Aerospace Systems last year and having led the integration process for United Technologies since the agreement to acquire Goodrich in 2011," Bellemare said. "Dave and Curtis have worked hand in hand since the beginning of the integration and I am confident in Dave's ability to lead the Aircraft Systems business segment into the future."

Gitlin, 44, has been with UTC since 1997, holding leadership positions in legal, business development, program management and customer service. Before the acquisition of Goodrich, he served as President, Aerospace Customers & Business Development, at Hamilton Sundstrand, where he oversaw aerospace customer service and support, business development activities, strategic partnerships, and mergers & acquisitions.

"I would like to personally thank Curtis for his 25 years of dedicated service to Goodrich and his leadership at UTC Aerospace Systems since the acquisition," Bellemare added. "Curtis' deep industry knowledge, strong customer relationships and commitment to people have played a critical role in the successful integration of UTC Aerospace Systems. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors."

UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries. UTC Aerospace Systems supports a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities.

United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. To learn more about UTC, visit http://www.utc.com or follow the company on Twitter: @UTC.

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Esterline Names Aerospace Industry Veteran Curtis Reusser to Succeed Brad Lawrence as President and CEO

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BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwired - Sep 12, 2013) - Esterline Corporation (NYSE: ESL) (www.esterline.com), a leading specialty manufacturer serving global aerospace and defense markets, today announced that Curtis Reusser, President of United Technologies' multi-billion dollar Aircraft Systems business, will succeed Brad Lawrence as Esterline's President and Chief Executive Officer, and be elected to its Board of Directors effective October 28, 2013.Lawrence will continue as Esterline's Executive Chairman of the Board until the Company's March 5, 2014 annual meeting.

Lawrence said Reusser's 30 years of broad aerospace and defense industry experience "...make him the ideal choice to lead Esterline into the future.I'm delighted Curtis will be joining Esterline and look forward to working with him as we move through what I'm confident will be a seamless transition."

Reusser remarked, "I am very excited and honored to have this opportunity to lead Esterline, a company I have known and admired for many years.The Company has built a winning combination of great businesses, talented people, and a high-performance culture.The future holds great potential for Esterline to grow and to create significant value for our customers, investors, employees, and the communities within which we work around the globe.I am particularly pleased to have Brad's support and guidance during the transition."

Related to today's announcement, the Company also announced that it would postpone its 2013 Analyst & Investor Day, previously scheduled for September 19, 2013, to give Reusser the opportunity to review and contribute to the company's long-term strategic planning and operational development.The Company plans to re-schedule the analyst meeting in calendar-year 2014.

Reusser's position at United Technologies (UTC) was created following the company's acquisition of Goodrich Corporation.His responsibilities at UTC included full operational and financial leadership for seven strategic business units employing 14,000 people and generating revenues in excess of $7 billion.During his tenure he was instrumental in winning a number of significant new long-term programs, and driving financial and operational performance by reducing SG&A and leveraging supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering synergies between the combined Goodrich and UTC businesses.

Prior to UTC, Reusser was at Goodrich as President, Electronic Systems Segment, a $2.6 billion business with 7,800 employees and operations in seven countries, consisting of three business units: Sensors & Integrated Systems; Engine Controls & Electric Power Systems; and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems.While there, he developed and executed several strategic acquisitions and established joint-venture partnerships that generated significant improvement in segment-level profitability.In previous years with Goodrich, he held various positions of increasing responsibility, including President, Aerostructures.That division nearly doubled its sales over the five years of his leadership and became widely recognized for world-class application of lean.

Prior to his long tenure at Goodrich, Reusser had an early career as an engineer with General Dynamics.Reusser holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Washington.

About Esterline: Esterline Corporation is a leading worldwide supplier to the aerospace and defense industry specializing in three core business segments: Advanced Materials; Avionics & Controls; and Sensors & Systems. With annual sales of approximately $2 billion, Esterline employs roughly 12,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.

Operations within the Advanced Materials segment focus on technologies including high-temperature-resistant materials and components used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes, and combustible ordnance and electronic warfare countermeasure products.

Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on technology interface systems for commercial and military aircraft and similar devices for land- and sea-based military vehicles, cockpit integration systems, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other high-end industrial and gaming applications.

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Report: Plant microbes might help agriculture produce higher yields

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In December 2012, Gwyn Beattie, professor of plant pathology and microbiology, along with 26 other participants from colleges around the nation convened to report how plant microbes could produce more yields for the agricultural community.

The question posed, Beattie said, was: To what extent can microbes help agricultural productivity?

Beattie said that the reports main message described that microbes actually do a lot for the plants.

We know there is bacteria and fungi that are associated with plants that provide nutrients, Beattie said.

The aspect of plant microbes helping agriculture has not been fully appreciated yet, Beattie said.

For example, when youre developing new corn lines you develop them in a field where you provide them high levels of fertilizer," Beattie said. "That high level of fertilizer prevents the microbial benefit that the microbes might be providing if the fertilizer wasnt there."

When plants are given the right opportunity under breeding conditions, it is possible to get the microbes to work for the plant,Beattie said.

Specifically, the research Beattie is working with consists of resolving the significant losses of phosphorous in fertilizers.

There are fungi in 80 percent of plants, and they effect the roots," Beattie said. "They establish a symbiosis with the root system and extend into the root system, so they become essentially part of the roots, and they funnel phosphorous into the plant.

Beattie said she is trying enhance the use of the fungi as opposed to mining phosphorous and applying it in fertilizers.

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After nearly six months in space space station, astronauts return to Earth

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Expedition 36 to the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after spending 166 days in space.

Three crew members of Expedition 36 to the International Space Station touched down in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after spending 166 days in space.

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In a video from NASA, American astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian astronauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin exchange farewell hugs with the Expedition 37 crew as the group prepares tode-board the station (in space, hugs look like a slow-motion take of two would-be lion kings lunging into combat).

The departing team then nips into the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft, the hatch is screwed closed, and the craft undocks from the Poisk module on the International Space Station at 6:36 P.M CST.

Once undocked, the craft is seen drifting slowly away from the ISS before performing a de-orbit burn as it heads for Earth. In the final phase of the trip home, the capsule makes a parachuted landing, on its side, on Kazakhstans steppes at 10:58 CST.

The entire trip took just over four hours, about an hour less than a commercial flight between California and New York.

After spending almost half a year in space, the astronauts are not yet prepared for Earths gravity. Instead, the group is helped into reclining chairs and hoisted into an inflatable medical tent, where researchers will conduct biomedical tests on their adaptation back to gravity, in addition to the standard medical examination. Mr.Vinogradov, who at 60-years-old is the oldest person ever to land in a Soyuz vehicle, is exempt from some of the experiments.

ISS Expeditions are composed of two teams of three astronauts. The team that landed Wednesday arrived on the ISS on March 28 to join Expedition 35, which had kicked off about two weeks earlier with the arrival of three other astronauts. Expedition 36 began on May 14, when Expedition 35s original team of three left the station.

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Space station crewmembers land after 166-day missio

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Published: 4:33PM Wednesday September 11, 2013 Source: Reuters

Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut left the International Space Station on Tuesday, leaving a skeleton crew to maintain the outpost until replacements arrive later this month.

Outgoing station commander Pavel Vinogradov, NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin bid their crewmates good-bye and climbed aboard their Russian Soyuz capsule to prepare for a 3.5-hour flight back to Earth after 166 days in orbit.

"The time has gone by so incredibly fast," Cassidy said during an inflight interview last week.

"It'll be really sad to leave. This is an incredible experience ... but by the same token, I'm ready to go. It's time for some other people to come ... and I'm really excited to go back and see my friends and family."

Before leaving, Vinogradov, a veteran of three spaceflights, transferred command of the $100 billion station, a project of 15 nations, to fellow cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who remains aboard with Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA's Karen Nyberg.

"We had a great environment here, very friendly and very warm," Vinogradov said through a translator in a ceremony on NASA TV on Monday marking the change in command.

Strapped inside their Soyuz capsule, Vinogradov, Cassidy and Misurkin pulled away from the station's Poisk module at 7:35 p.m. EDT/1135 GMT as the two ships sailed 415 km above Mongolia, said NASA mission commentator Brandi Dean.

Three hours later, the Soyuz hit the top of Earth's atmosphere, giving the men their first sampling of gravity since their launch on March 28.

The final leg of the journey took place under parachutes, with the capsule finally coming to a stop on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. EDT/0258 GMT, marking the end of the Expedition 36 mission.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA and Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency have returned to Earth from the International Space Station, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. EDT Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Sept. 11, Kazakh time).

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Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin, who launched to the station March 29, spent 166 days in space. They completed 2,656 orbits of Earth and traveled more than 70 million miles. Vinogradov conducted one spacewalk, bringing his career total to seven spacewalks with an accumulated time of 38 hours, 25 minutes. Misurkin conducted three spacewalks for a total of 20 hours, 1 minute. Cassidy conducted three spacewalks, bringing his career total to six with an accumulated time of 31 hours, 14 minutes.

During their time aboard the orbiting laboratory, the crew saw the arrival of the European ATV-4cargo spacecraft, the Japanese HTV-4 cargo spacecraft and two Russian Progress resupply crafts. The crew members also worked on hundreds of research experiments and science investigations that will have benefits for future human spaceflight and life on Earth.

Vinogradov now has logged 547 days in space on three spaceflights. This puts him 10th on the all-time endurance list. Cassidy has accumulated 182 days in space on his two spaceflights. This was Misurkin's first flight, for a total of 166 days.

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Closing out a 166-day stay in orbit, two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday, undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

Suspended below a large red and white-striped parachute, the Soyuz TMA-08M descent module completed the final stages of the flight within easy view of Russian recovery forces and long-range tracking cameras, setting down at 10:58 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 8:58 a.m. Wednesday local time).

Recovery crews and flight surgeons quickly rushed to the scorched descent module to help commander Pavel Vinogradov, flight engineer Alexander Misurkin and NASA SEAL-turned-astronaut Christopher Cassidy out of the cramped spacecraft.

After initial medical checks and satellite phone calls to family and friends, the station fliers were to be moved into a nearby medical tent for more extensive checks as they begin readjusting to gravity after five-and-a-half months in the weightless environment of space.

Cassidy planned to participate in a new project to help researchers get a better idea of how long-duration spaceflight might affect astronauts on eventual flights to Mars.

"This will be the first opportunity where we ask the crew members post landing to do some exercises," said Mike Suffredini, space station program manager at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The idea is to get a better idea of what hurdles a Mars crew might face after a year-long flight without a medical team standing by to help out.

"And the question is, what is their condition, what can we expect them to do?" Suffredini said. "And it will kind of lead our thinking on how the first few days of any exploration mission would take place to make sure the crew doesn't hurt themselves in the process of landing and getting themselves ready to operate on the surface of a foreign planet."

As a former Navy SEAL and veteran of a 2009 shuttle flight, Cassidy is more familiar than most with physical fitness. But he said he expects vestibular difficulty -- poor balance and coordination -- to be more of an issue than physical strength.

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Closing out a 166-day stay in orbit, two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday, undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

Suspended below a large red and white-striped parachute, the Soyuz TMA-08M descent module completed the final stages of the flight within easy view of Russian recovery forces and long-range tracking cameras, setting down at 10:58 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 8:58 a.m. Wednesday local time).

Recovery crews and flight surgeons quickly rushed to the scorched descent module to help commander Pavel Vinogradov, flight engineer Alexander Misurkin and NASA SEAL-turned-astronaut Christopher Cassidy out of the cramped spacecraft.

After initial medical checks and satellite phone calls to family and friends, the station fliers were to be moved into a nearby medical tent for more extensive checks as they begin readjusting to gravity after five-and-a-half months in the weightless environment of space.

Cassidy planned to participate in a new project to help researchers get a better idea of how long-duration spaceflight might affect astronauts on eventual flights to Mars.

"This will be the first opportunity where we ask the crew members post landing to do some exercises," said Mike Suffredini, space station program manager at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The idea is to get a better idea of what hurdles a Mars crew might face after a year-long flight without a medical team standing by to help out.

"And the question is, what is their condition, what can we expect them to do?" Suffredini said. "And it will kind of lead our thinking on how the first few days of any exploration mission would take place to make sure the crew doesn't hurt themselves in the process of landing and getting themselves ready to operate on the surface of a foreign planet."

As a former Navy SEAL and veteran of a 2009 shuttle flight, Cassidy is more familiar than most with physical fitness. But he said he expects vestibular difficulty -- poor balance and coordination -- to be more of an issue than physical strength.

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