LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, El Segundo, Calif. — The US Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center announced Sept. 28 that it has awarded 17 contracts totaling […]
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Space Shuttle Enterprise Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
Space Shuttle Enterprise, NASA’s original prototype orbiter, is sitting exposed and appears to have been partially damaged by Hurricane Sandy after the severe storm passed over New York on Monday […]
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Private Spaceflight Industry at Big Turning Point, Advocates Say
The burgeoning field of commercial spaceflight is at a major turning point, industry proponents say.
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NASA’s LADEE Spacecraft Gets Final Science Instrument Installed
Engineers at NASAs Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have installed the third and final science instrument that will fly onboard NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE). LADEE […]
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Astronauts Hail Skydiver Baumgartner’s Supersonic Jump
NEW YORK — Astronauts in the United States and Europe sent congratulations to Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner Oct. 14, showering the daredevil with praise after he broke the world record for the highest skydive during a harrowing supersonic freefall.
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NanoRacks Announces Winner of Open Source 1U NanoLab Space Station Research Platform
Infinity Aerospace creates “ArduLab” a low cost, off the shelf International Space Station (ISS) compliant NanoLab enabling a new chapter of space station utilization (Las Cruces) NanoRacks (NR) today announced […]
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Royal Mail Boldy Celebrates British Space Exploration With New Special Stamps
In celebration of Britain’s contributions to space discovery and exploration, Royal Mail is issuing a set of six special stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first launch into […]
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SpaceX’s Dragon Carrying NASA Cargo Resupplies Space Station
The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:03 a.m. CDT Wednesday, a key milestone in a new era of commercial spaceflight. […]
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SpaceX Launches 1st Private ISS Cargo Mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lit up the night sky over Florida Oct. 7 to kick off the first-ever cargo delivery trip to the ISS by an American-made robotic spacecraft.
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First Contracted SpaceX Resupply Mission Launches with NASA Cargo to Space Station (with launch video)
A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, beginning NASA’s […]
