A loose 6mm screw caused the jamming of the outer-airlock door of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS80 mission, leading to cancellation of two space-walks scheduled to practise International Space Station assembly procedures. The screw was found embedded in the door's gearbox.
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
