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he accident that killed three workers and injured three others at the Mojave, Calif., facilities of Scaled Composites July 26 is a tragedy that demonstrates yet again that cutting-edge aerospace is a risky business – even on the ground.
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Explosion at Mojave Air and Space Port Kills Three, Injures Three Others
GOLDEN, Colo. —
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he July 26 test stand accident at the Mojave Air and Space Port, Calif., that killed three Scaled Composites employees and injured three others stunned the community of entrepreneurial companies there and around the United States.
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Editorial: It’s a Real Industry Now
Recently announced plans by Space Adventures to offer tourist excursions around the Moon aboard modified Russian Soyuz capsules, however unlikely and audacious as they might seem, are not out of this world – at least in the figurative sense.
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July 18 conference in Washington D.C. to examine impact of civilian space travel on U.S. culture, economy and global relations
With civilian space flight less than two years away, The First Annual Conference on the Overview Effect will bring together an impressive panel of scientists, astronauts and visionary leaders to […]
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The Gobbling Dwarf That Exploded
VLT Provides Evidence for Type Ia Supernovae Scenario Images A unique set of observations, obtained with ESO’s VLT, has allowed astronomers to find direct evidence for the material that surrounded […]
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New Sponsor, New Sensor for AF Academy Satellite
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The U.S. Air Force Academy has shuffled the payload on its next cadet-built satellite after funding issues forced it to take on a second major sponsor with different research priorities
, according to a school official overseeing the project.
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To Placate Congress, NASA Agrees To Fund Lunar Office at Marshall
WASHINGTON — NASA will keep open a lunar robotics office at its Alabama field center, fund its West Virginia software testing facility at last year’s level, spend more money on education efforts than it would prefer, and pay for a Maryland lab to study a flagship-class Solar Probe mission the U.S. space agency does not expect to be able to afford any time soon. All these decisions were made last month at the behest of key U.S. lawmakers who had objected to NASA’s first stab at a detailed spending plan for 2007, also known as an operating plan. NASA is required by law to inform Congress of any significant departures from its approved spending requests.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory Teams With NASA Gamma-Ray Satellite
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is teaming with NASA’s upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) to allow astronomers to use both the orbiting facility and ground-based radio telescopes […]
