Space – Page 83
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Ares I launch test gets go-ahead
Flights in 2009 will evaluate booster and abort system as Constellation managers finalise infrastructure strategy
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NewsLockheed Martin wins the phase two contract for NASA's Orion crew vehicle that will return astronauts to the Moon by 2020
Lockheed Martin has won the phase two contract to develop and build NASA's proposed four to six astronaut Orion crew vehicle that will return astronauts to the Moon by 2020.
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NewsNASA makes surprise decision to roll Space Shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad for 6 September lift off
A weather forecast at 1500GMT today led to NASA to plan for a reverse roll back to the launch pad, the first in the history of the shuttle programme. The earliest expected launch date is now 6 September.
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NewsSeptember Atlantis launch 'low probability' says NASA's space shuttle programme manager
Wayne Hale, NASA's space shuttle programme manager, does not expect Atlantis to lift off by the end of the 7 September launch window because of a planned 14 September Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
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NewsShuttle Atlantis roll back means potential Orbiter, Soyuz docking logjam at International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis is to be rolled back to its vehicle assembly building to avoid the coming tropical storm, but it means NASA has to work to avoid space station docking conflicts with a September Soyuz launch
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis likely to be rolled back to the vehicle assembly building, Tuesday launch scrubbed
Space Shuttle Atlantis is likely to be rolled back to Kennedy Space Center's vehicle assembly building as tropical storm Ernesto closes in, with a decision to be made tomorrow
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis launch could be delayed to Tuesday
Space Shuttle Atlantis' launch could be delayed to Tuesday following today's additional analysis of Orbiter systems and the launch pad itself, which was struck by lightning on Friday 25 August
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NewsSunday Space Shuttle Atlantis launch threatened as weather closes in
Weather threatens the 2030GMT launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Sunday 27 August as lightning strikes the launch pad and the chance of prohibitive conditions on the day reaches 60%
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis is 'in excellent shape' and weather conditions 'pretty good' for a Sunday launch
NASA's test director declared Space Shuttle Atlantis "in excellent shape" and the agency's weather officer described conditions as "pretty good" for Sunday's planned launch
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News$20m of New Mexico government funding expected to boost Virgin Galactic and other space tourism firms
Virgin Galactic is set to strengthen its bid to lead the pack of competing suborbital tourism providers with an investment of up to $20 million from the state of New Mexico and a leading role in the relaunched Personal Spaceflight Federation (PSF) trade body.
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NewsNASA announces Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration programme winners
NASA has announced that Space Exploration Technologies and Rocketplane-Kistler have won space act agreements for the agency's four-year $500 million Commerical Orbital Transportation Services demonstration programme.