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New York -- Flip.to, the brand advocate platform for the global hospitality industry, will be one of the exhibitors at the 2013 World Travel Market Conference at the ExCel, London - November 4-7, 2013. The newest member of the Flip.to team based out of Madrid, Alfredo Moreno de la Santa, Senior Director of Sales, will also be at WTM.
Reed Travel Exhibitions Exhibition Director World Travel Market Simon Press said: "We are delighted to welcome Flip.to to WTM 2013 and are sure their attendance will prove to be a wise decision. WTM is showing consistent and strong growth in the business deals generated there and with this year's innovations, we are confident the 2013 event will continue in this vein." Flip.to will be exhibiting at The Travel Tech Show in booth TT487.
"This will be our first year to exhibit at WTM," said Kristi White, Vice President, Global Sales Strategy for Flip.to. "As we look to expand our global footprint, this show makes sense. It has a history of growing its audience each year and generating valuable leads for companies. We are very excited about this event and know that it will prove quite successful for us."
The Flip.to team will be available at WTM in booth TT487 to demo the product and help hotels better understand how to tap into a new huge, trusted marketing force- their guests.
To schedule time with the Flip.to team in advance or to learn more, please contact Kristi White at kwhite@flip.to or visit http://www.flip.to.
Flip.to is a brand advocate platform for hotels that turns their guests into engaged advocates to boost brand awareness and earn new guests. Launched in 2010, Flip.to is generating substantial ROI (return on investment) for hotels around the world. Find out more at http://www.flip.to.
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend four-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry. Almost 48,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL - London every November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinion and trends at WTM. WTM, now in its 34th year, is the event where the travel industry conducts and concludes its deals. Find out more about ETM at http://www.wtmlondon.com/
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Can you compost in space? How do you protect astronauts from ultraviolet rays? And will natural food preservatives work as well for space settlers as they do on Earth?
This semester, hundreds of Northland Preparatory Academy students are finding out what it takes to propose untested ideas and do cutting-edge science in orbit. Its a competition pitting 100 groups at NPA against each other in a test of real-world science skills.
And one group of sixth- through 12th-grade students will be rewarded with a spot for their experiment on board the International Space Station.
But seventh-grade general science teacher Susan Brown says the lessons stretch far beyond the realm of space science. During research, the students develop critical reading skills and learn to write persuasively while preparing proposals.
Theyre not just learning the scientific method, theyre learning how to write well and communicate, Brown said. Theyre acting like real scientists because, in fact, one of them is going up to space.
Theres a lot of reading and writing that goes into a real-world science career, said NPA science teacher and competition organizer Kaci Heins. Its not just blowing stuff up.
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The project came about after Heins learned of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program from a friend whose class flew an experiment on the Space Shuttle. The program, hosted by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, drew headlines earlier this month with an 11-year-old boys plan to send a tiny brewery into space inside one of their 6-inch tubes.
Heins has already played a role in having NPA students speak to astronauts on the ISS via ham radio. And NPA has also sent low-gravity experiments to near-space on high-altitude balloons. But to have astronauts actually carry out a student experiment is truly rare.
The opportunity might not seem out of the ordinary in Flagstaff, the worlds first STEM city (for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). But it is unusual for students in a small-city school to send experiments to space. Most of the participants typically come from places like New York City and Houston.
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Cygnus spacecraft lifts off in maiden voyage for NASA to International Space Station
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB), one of the worlds leading space technology companies, today confirmed that its Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft reentered Earths atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand at approximately 2:15 p.m. (EDT). Cygnus unberthed from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday following its 23-day stay at the station. The successful conclusion to its demonstration mission also completes the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) joint research and development initiative with NASA. Orbital is now ready to begin regularly scheduled resupply flights to the station later this year as part of a $1.9 billion Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA.
Upon the successful unberthing and departure from the ISS yesterday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, Congratulations to the teams at Orbital and NASA who worked hard to make this demonstration mission to the International Space Station an overwhelming success. Orbitals success today is helping make NASAs future exploration to farther destinations possible.
For the COTS demonstration mission, Orbital launched its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft on September 18 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), located at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Following its launch and in-orbit testing and demonstration maneuvers, Cygnus rendezvoused and berthed with the ISS on September 29. Prior to its departure from the station yesterday, the astronauts loaded the cargo module with nearly 3,000 lbs. of unneeded items for disposal.
With the COTS development phase now successfully completed, we are now turning our full attention to the eight operational resupply missions covered by our Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, said Frank Culbertson, Orbitals Executive Vice President and General Manager ofitsAdvanced Programs Group. Each Cygnus is capable of delivering a large quantity of pressurized cargo, totaling up to 20,000 kg over the eight missions, including crew supplies, spare parts and equipment, and scientific experiments for the ISS. We are looking forward to starting these missions in December.
Over the past five years, Orbital privately developed the Antares launch vehicle to provide low-cost, reliable access to space for medium-class payloads, while also developing the Cygnus spacecraft in conjunction with NASA under the COTS program to meet the stringent safety requirements for ISS operations. Together these products showcased Orbitals ability to apply commercial business practices and engineering approaches to significantly shorten development timelines and lower operational costs of sophisticated space systems as compared to traditional government-run programs.
About Cygnus
Orbital developed the Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of its COTS joint research and development initiative with NASA. Cygnus consists of a common Service Module (SM) and a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM). The SM incorporates avionics, power, propulsion and communications systems already successfully flown aboard dozens of Orbitals LEOStar and GEOStar satellites. The PCM, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space under a subcontract from Orbital, is based on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) previously used with the Space Shuttle. With a full load of cargo and fuel, the standard-configuration Cygnus weighs about 11,000 lbs. at launch and generates 3.5 kw of electrical power while in orbit. It is capable of extended-duration missions of a year or longer in space.
About Antares
The Antares medium-class launch vehicle provides a major increase in the payload launch capability that Orbital can provide to NASA, the U.S. Air Force and commercial customers. The Antares rocket can launch spacecraft weighing up to 14,000 lbs. into low-Earth orbit, as well as lighter-weight payloads into higher-energy orbits. Orbitals newest launcher is currently on-ramped to both the NASA Launch Services-2 and the U.S. Air Forces Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contracts, enabling the two largest U.S. government space launch customers to order Antares for right-size and right-price launch services for medium-class spacecraft. Antares made its debut earlier this year with a fully successful inaugural launch on April 21, followed up by another successful launch of the COTS demonstration mission on September 18.
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Manila, Philippines Three Filipinos are set to travel to Orlando, Florida in December for a chance to go to outer space in 2014.
In a press briefing Wednesday at a restaurant in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig City, Axe Philippines said the three Filipino representatives to the international Axe Apollo Global Space Camp in the US Evan Rey Datuin, Ramil Santos and Daniel Angelo Roque have been selected after a rigorous and competitive eight-month selection process.
He said the three Filipino hopefuls, who were presented before members of the media, are ready for the next stage of the search: Astronaut Training. Axes space camp in Orlando, Florida will house over a hundred candidates from more than 60 countries as they undergo training missions designed to stimulate space flight and real astronaut training.
Axe Philippine Brand Manager Gem Laforteza said the delegates will set out to bring honor to the countries they represent by proving their mettle as they compete for 23 tickets to space one of which is reserved for the best out of the three Filipino hopefuls. Through the Axe Apollo Space Academy, we have set out to inspire modern-day Filipino heroes to step forward. The title of first Filipino in space will go to the best candidate, someone all Filipinos can look up figuratively and literally, Laforteza said.
One of Filipino aspirants is Evan Rey Datuin, who believes that his aspirations can take him into the horizon or high up into space. The 24-year-old Datuin, who studied at De La Salle University (DLSU) Dasmarias, said although he sees himself as a regular Juan, his journey to space camp is no regular feat.
As among the three finalists, Datuin is the only one who emerged victorious from the mainstream competition as one of the finalists from more than 28,000 applicants who went through the regular selection process.
During the Axe National Challenges, he bested over 4,000 shortlisted candidates in tests designed to evaluate not only physical prowess but also intellect and determination. He added that as an ordinary man who has proven that he can rise above any challenge and do the extraordinary, he sees himself as an inspiration to other regular Juans, who also dreams big in life. Gusto ko maging patunay na kahit sino ay maaaring maging bayani para sa kanyang bayan (I want to prove that anyone can be a hero for his country), Datuin said during the press conference.
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NASAs new laser communication system has become the first ever to send data to the moon without two-way radios. The space agency used the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission as the platform for this demonstration, transmitting data over 239,000 miles between the Earth and Moon at 622 megabits per second (mbps), setting a new record in transfer speeds.
NASA named the project the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) and say they need to switch from radio to accommodate the larger data packets being sent to and from space. LLCD is designed to send up to six times more data than previous two-way communications while consuming 25 percent less power. Eventually NASA hopes the laser will be capable of streaming high-definition video into outer space just as its streamed here on Earth. As it stands LLCD is capable of sending error-free data uploads at a speed of only 20 Mbps.
LLCD was initiated as an experiment aboard the 100-day unmanned LADEE mission to the moon. In addition to testing laser communications, LADEE will also explore the moons atmosphere and attempt to determine if lunar dust caused the glow seen by Apollo astronauts.
LLCD is the first step on our roadmap toward building the next generation of space communication capability, said Badri Younes, NASAs deputy associate administrator for Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN).
We are encouraged by the results of the demonstration to this point, and we are confident we are on the right path to introduce this new capability into operational service soon.
The LLCD was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory and aims to be the future of all NASA communications going forward. According to NASA, the latest demonstration only tested the feasibility of this type of communication for short durations. Up next is another demonstration to check the long-duration capabilities with the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).
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NASA has awarded a bridge contract to AS and D Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., for continued multidisciplinary engineering and technical services until a follow-on contract is awarded at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center, also in Greenbelt.
Known as Multidisciplinary Engineering and Technical Services II Bridge (METS 2 Bridge), this is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract with an ordering value ranging from a minimum of $5 million to a maximum of $90 million and a period of performance extending from Oct. 22 through April 30, 2015. There is one $20 million option for a one-year extension through Sept. 30, 2015.
AS and D Inc. will continue its systems engineering support for several operating divisions in Goddard's Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate, including mechanical systems; software management; instrument systems and technology; electrical engineering; and mission engineering and systems analysis. This support includes the formulation, design, development, flight and non-flight fabrication, integration, test, verification, and operation of components, subsystems, systems, science instruments, and complete spacecraft for multiple projects.
Task orders issued under the METS 2 Bridge contract provide critical support to a wide range of NASA programs and projects including the James Webb Space Telescope; the Magnetosphere Multiscale mission; the Global Precipitation Measurement mission; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites; the Ice, Cloud, Land Elevation Satellite II/Atlas mission; and the Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution mission.
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NASA's gen-next laser communication system has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 384,633 kilometres between the Moon and Earth.
The data transmission was accomplished at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second (Mbps) - six times faster than radio communications from the Moon.
Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) is NASA's first system for two-way communication using a laser instead of radio waves.
It has also demonstrated an error-free data upload rate of 20 Mbps transmitted from the primary ground station in New Mexico to the spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon.
"LLCD is the first step on our roadmap toward building the next generation of space communication capability," said Badri Younes, NASA's deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation (SCaN) in Washington.
"We are encouraged by the results of the demonstration to this point, and we are confident we are on the right path to introduce this new capability into operational service soon," Younes said in a statement.
Since NASA first ventured into space, it has relied on radio frequency (RF) communication. However, RF is reaching its limit as demand for more data capacity continues to increase.
The development and deployment of laser communications will enable NASA to extend communication capabilities such as increased image resolution and 3-D video transmission from deep space.
LLCD is a short-duration experiment and the precursor to NASA's long-duration demonstration, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).
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NASA wants to offload cargo runs to the space station to private companies so it can focus more on exploration. Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo ship just finished its first mission.
The second of two commercial spacecraft NASA has tapped to resupply the International Space Station wrapped up its qualifying run to the orbiting outpost successfully on Tuesday. It now is headed for incineration when it reenters Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday.
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Astronauts aboard the space station used the station's robotic arm to gently move Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo craft away from the station, releasing it at 7:31 Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday.
It was a wipe-the-brow moment for NASA. For eight years, the agency has worked to outsource cargo-hauling duties to the space station in anticipation of retiring the space shuttles in 2011. The agency was tasked with refocusing its human-spaceflight program on exploration beyond low-Earth orbit.
While the space agency and Congress are still sorting out those next steps, NASA is claiming success for its work to stimulate the emergence of companies that own and operate their own rockets and cargo craft.
We are delighted to now have two American companies able to resupply the station, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. said in a statement Tuesday, referring to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in addition to Orbital Sciences. Orbital's success today is helping make NASA's future exploration to farther destinations possible.
Orbital Sciences, based in Dulles, Va., launched Cygnus atop the company's Antares rocket Sept. 18. The launch took place at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, on the grounds of NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virgina coast. The craft was to have docked with the space station four days later. But a software glitch prevented an initial attempt at a rendezvous.
Software engineers fixed the problem. But the delay prompted mission controllers to hold off on a second rendezvous attempt until an incoming Russian Soyuz spacecraft could deliver three crew members to the station. The Soyuz craft arrived on Sept. 25. Cygnus docked four days later, carrying some 1,300 pounds of food, clothes, and experiments designed by elementary, middle-school, and high-school students.
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NASA has set a new record for communication in space, beaming information to and from a probe named LADEE that is currently flying around the moon 380,000 kilometers away.
Aboard LADEE is the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), which achieved super-fast download speeds of 622 megabits per second (Mbps) and an upload rate of 20 Mbps. In comparison, the internet at WIREDs office in San Francisco gets download rates of 75 Mbps and uploads at 50 Mbps. NASAs typical communications with the moon are about five times slower than what LLCD provided.
Until now, NASA has used radio waves to communicate with its spacecraft out in the solar system. As a probe gets farther away, you need more power to transmit a signal. Earth-based receiving dishes have to be bigger, too, so that NASAs most-distant probe, Voyager 1, relies on a 70-meter antenna to be heard. LLCD relies on three ground-based terminals at telescopes in New Mexico, California, and Spain to communicate.
The agency is currently interested in creating better laser-based communication relays. With a concentrated beam of light, a spacecraft could send data at much faster rates that could carry higher resolution images and transmit 3-D videos from deep space. Of course, the method is challenging because it requires very high precision. If the skinny laser beam doesnt exactly hit its target over a ridiculously far distance, it will lead to dropped calls and no communication. LLCD also has a slower transmission rate when the moon is on the horizon and the signal has to travel through a greater amount of interfering atmosphere than when it is directly overhead.
LLCD is actually a precursor to a larger and even more capable project, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), which will further test the technology and is expected to launch in 2017. One day, such communication systems could be part of a fast interplanetary internet that will beam data around the solar system.
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ANSI-NSP Nanotechnology Standards Database Webinar Rescheduled for December 5 New York October 23, 2013
The ANSI-hosted webinar, which is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET on December 5, will cover the various ways that the database can be effectively used by groups and individuals as a resource, and will provide information about the short-term and long-term goals associated with the creation of the database. In addition, participants will receive updates on ongoing standards activities relevant to nanotechnology and nanomaterials.
There is no charge to take part in the webinar; however, advance registration is required. To register for the webinar, visit the events online registration page. Representatives of standards developing organizations (SDOs), companies developing or making use of nanotechnology or nanomaterials, academics, and consumer groups are strongly encouraged to attend this webinar.
The ANSI-NSP Nanotechnology Standards Database is part of a larger ongoing effort by the ANSI-NSP and its members and partners to bolster the visibility of existing and in-development nanotechnology guidance documents, best practices, and standards. To make the database relevant to the needs of the user community and help it grow, SDOs, government bodies, and other stakeholder organizations are encouraged to contribute information about their current and in-progress documents and projects.
To access the database or submit information about relevant documents, visit nanostandards.ansi.org. Please note that registration on the site is required to submit information via the entry forms provided.
Formed in 2004, ANSI-NSP serves as the cross-sector coordinating body for the facilitation of standards development in the area of nanotechnology. For more information about ANSI-NSP and its work, visit its official webpage or contact Heather Benko (hbenko@ansi.org; 212-642-4912), ANSI senior manager, nanotechnology standardization activities.
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