Russia’s Proton Breeze-M rocket returns to flight just two months after a failure, successfully placing the Intelsat IS-23 satellite into orbit. China and Europe remain at odds over the use […]
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NASA Cancels Nanosatellite Launch Vehicle Competition
The agency concludes potential entrants lacked the ability to build such a vehicle in a timely fashion
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Editorial | Roadblock in New Mexico
New Mexico has done a lot for the fledgling suborbital spaceflight industry, primarily by building a $200 million spaceport from which Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic venture plans to begin taking paying passengers to the edge of space as soon as late 2013. To succeed, however, Spaceport America needs one more thing from the state: legislation to protect suppliers to companies like Virgin Galactic from lawsuits filed on behalf of customers killed or injured on suborbital flights.
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Herschel delves into dusty space debris to reveal the secrets of solar system formation
Europe’s Herschel space observatory has discovered vast dust rings surrounding two nearby planetary systems known to host only relatively small worlds, with masses between Earth and Neptune. The discovery of […]
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NASA Mandates Pressurized Spacesuits for Commercial Crew Fliers
The three companies developing space taxies to fly NASA astronauts — and potentially privately paying customers — to the international space station will be required to provide pressurized spacesuits for the pilots and passengers.
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Scientists Eye Cave Exploration for Mars Sample-return Mission
As NASA maps out a strategy to return bits of rock and soil from the martian surface to Earth, some scientists say the most intriguing red planet samples lie in underground caverns.
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NASA Postpones November 7 Rocket Launch from Wallops
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA -NASA has postponed the test flight of a commercial suborbital rocket scheduled for November 7 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia because of expected poor weather […]
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In New York, Space Shuttle Pavilion Collapses During Storm
Space Shuttle Enterprise was left exposed and apparently was damaged by Hurricane Sandy after the severe storm passed over New York.
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Antares Core Stage Rides Out Storm
Rocket stage rode out Hurricane Sandy with no apparent damage.
Posted inPress Release
NASA Supporting Test Flight of Cmmercial Rocket Nov. 7 from Wallops
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA -NASA will support the test flight of a commercial suborbital rocket between 6 and 9 a.m. EST, November 7, from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The […]
