All Space articles – Page 67
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SpaceX Falcon 9's rocket engine's first flight in January
Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) first- and second-stage Merlin 1C engine , designed...
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Endeavour returns to Earth a day early after successful space station mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 21 August, a day earlier than planned, due to fears over Hurricane Dean
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India evaluates manned spacecraft capsule technologies
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing a 12-month project to report on the capsule technology needed...
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NewsVIDEO: China's lunar sample return, spacewalk and space station docking concepts revealed
Flightglobal has obtained a promotional video from Chinese aerospace prime contractor China Academy of Space Technology that shows computer generated video images of the country's first spacewalk, a lunar sample return rocket launching and...
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NASA requests private space station based research proposals
NASA has officially requested proposals from industry for International Space...
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Delta II dropped as NASA changes rocket purchasing
Despite price reductions offered by Boeing, NASA has decided to end its use of the Boeing...
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Surrey Satellite Technology wins US lunar orbiter study contract
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has been awarded a study phase contract for a potential joint US-UK lunar orbiter...
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NewsBigelow Aerospace to launch habitable spacecraft as soon as possible
Commercial space complex entrepreneur Robert Bigelow announced on 13 August that his...
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All ON BOARD AIR MOOREA TWIN OTTER FEARED DEAD ACCIDENT All 20 people on board an Air Moorea de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 are feared dead...
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India successfully tests home grown cryogenic upper stage engine
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully ground tested for 8min its new regeneratively cooled 15,600lb-thrust...
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Indian government considers astronaut proposals
A detailed feasibility proposal for the first Indian manned spaceflight mission has been submitted for approval to the New Delhi government by its Indian...
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United Launch Alliance to wade in on commercial ISS supply
NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Demonstrations (COTS) phase one competitors, Rocketplane-Kistler...
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Astrium/Thales jointly win $1.66 billion deal for new telecoms constellation
A $1.66 billion telecommunications satellite constellation design, construction and management contract has been awarded to a joint team of EADS Astrium...
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PICTURE: First NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour launch in four years achieves orbit
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully from Kennedy...
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Success for Vinci rocket engine restart test
Arianespace has successfully carried out a re-ignition test of the new liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen-fuelled Vinci upper-stage engine for its Ariane 5 launcher....
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NewsNASA: new launch abort system design improves Orion's mass margin
Aerodynamic improvements to the launch abort system could let NASA increase the mass of its Orion...
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European Space Agency orbiter to monitor NASA Mars Phoenix landing
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter is to monitor the 13min entry, descent...
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NASA plans 'Armageddon' spacecraft to blast asteroid
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has designed a nuclear-warhead-carrying spacecraft,...