All Space articles – Page 82
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Testing of upgraded Ariane's ATV stage enters final phase
Strengthened structure required to carry cargo payload for ISS re-supply missions
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NewsNASA's hopes of manned flights before 2014 are dashed as Orion programme hits first hold-up
NASA will fail to meet its goal of flying manned Orion missions before 2014, as the first delay emerges for the new spaceship's development timetable just a week after its prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, was selected.
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Orion rises
It has been 34 years since the last manned spacecraft landed on the Moon. Now it is Lockheed Martin's job to deliver the vehicle for the return in 2018
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Satellite navigation: Finding a way
In December the US military is expected to publish its next Navstar GPS spacecraft requirements. Meanwhile, Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system's second test craft is to go into orbit in early 2007
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis launches successfully for its International Space Station assembly mission STS-115
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B today for its 11-day International Space Station assembly mission STS-115
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NewsNASA is go for launch today as all the Shuttle external tank sensors work following an overnight refuelling
Space Shuttle Atlantis is expected to launch at 11:15 local time today following a succesfull re-fuelling operation that saw the Shuttle's external tank's engine cut-off sensors perform correctly
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis launch cancelled for Friday due to engine cut-off sensor failure
NASA's Mission Management Team has decided to scrub today's launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis due to a failed engine cut-off sensor in the Shuttle's external tank
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NewsSpace Shuttle external tank sensor failure puts today's 1541GMT launch in doubt
Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch could be delayed to October due to a failed external tank engine cut-off sensor, a problem that has delayed Shuttles for weeks before
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NewsNorth American Aviation awarded $2.4 billion crew and service module contract: read how Flight reported that 1961 win
North American Aviation was awarded the $400 million contract, which would now be worth $2.4 billion, on 28 November 1961. You can read Flight's reports about that and Apollo's plans with pdf files from that year's 7 December issue
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis to launch on last possible date, Friday 8 September
Only Russian agreement allowed NASA to use 8 September as a launch date because of logistical conflicts with a planned Soyuz International Space Station flight
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NewsNASA delays Space Shuttle Atlantis launch by 24h due to Orbiter fuel cell issue
NASA has delayed Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch by 24h due to a voltage drop in the Orbiter's number one fuel cell