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Join Us To Celebrate An Extraordinary Film And An Extraordinary Award

The Gala Screening of Zulu on Tuesday 10th June is an opportunity to say thank you and to honour those who serve so selflessly on our behalf.

The evening will involve a red carpet ceremony in Leicester Square and an exclusive screening of the digitally remastered classic, celebrating 50 years since its first release. The film tells the story of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, and on that day in 1879 eleven Victoria Crosses — the highest accolade for valour — were awarded to those who fought.

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Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Jee (Univ. of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers Univ.), F. Menanteau (Rutgers Univ. & Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Obs.), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), L. Barrientos (Univ. Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (Univ. of California, Davis)

This is a composite image of X-rays from Chandra and optical data from Hubble of the galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915, located about 7 billion light years from Earth. This cluster has been nicknamed “El Gordo” (or, “the fat one” in Spanish) because of its gigantic mass.

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NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 3:25 p.m. EDT launch on Friday, April 18, of SpaceX’s third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage will begin at 2:15 p.m.
The company’s April 14 launch to the orbiting laboratory was scrubbed due to a helium leak in the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the Dragon spacecraft to the space station.

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DALLAS, April 16, 2014 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted the fifth and final Production Qualification Test (PQT) for the new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

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World’s best-selling airplane marks historic milestone with delivery to United Airlines

SEATTLE, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) today delivered the 8,000th 737 to come off the production line to United Airlines, marking another important milestone for the world’s best-selling airplane. The airplane, a Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range), features a special logo.

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On the morning of June 7th,the 4th Annual Rotary Ride for Rescue fundraising event will be held in honor of
Tim Jones , the leader of North Shore Rescue who passed away this January.

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Lockheed Martin delivers LNG tank for Harvey Gulf newbuild

April 16, 2014—Lockheed Martin has leveraged technology and experience from the manufacturing of NASA’s space shuttle external tanks to deliver the LNG tank for the first in a series of LNG-fueled offshore support vessels being built for Harvey Gulf International Marine at Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Gulfport, MS. Weighing in at 250,000 pounds, the LNG tank was built with U.S. steel under contract to Wärtsilä.

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Image Credit: NASA
Caption: M. Justin Wilkinson, Jacobs at NASA-JSC

The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is a favorite for astronauts shooting photos from the International Space Station, as well as one of the best-known tourist attractions in the world. The steep walls of the Colorado River canyon and its many side canyons make an intricate landscape that contrasts with the dark green, forested plateau to the north and south.

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Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways jointly operate double daily services between Doha and Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Airways and Qatar Airways have announced the launch of a new code-share agreement between the two oneworld alliance airlines, as Cathay Pacific last night formally celebrated its new service between Hong Kong and Doha at a gala event held in Doha. Under a strategic agreement with its oneworld partner – Qatar Airways – Cathay Pacific first started servicing Doha directly on 30 March 2014.

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Expanded TAC offerings provide improved analysis, visualization, information management

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md., April 16, 2014 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has expanded its line of TAC analytic software with three new products to bolster customers’ data monitoring, information management and analysis abilities.

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