Boeing and SpaceX Reach Commercial Crew Milestones

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Boeing tested a scale model of its CST-100, while SpaceX finished up a review of its human certification plan with NASA.

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Boeing FAB-T System Clears Pair of Testing Milestones

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FAB-T has cleared two key testing milestones, including a demonstration of its ability to control payloads aboard the satellites that provide the bandwidth.

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Bolden Assures Lawmakers CASIS Will Meet Milestones or Be Replaced

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WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden offered both support and a warning to the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the Florida nonprofit his agency picked last year to manage non-NASA science aboard the U.S. side of the international space station.

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GOES-R Weather Satellite Program Hits Key Milestones

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Construction has begun on the main sensor for the next generation of U.S. geostationary weather satellites, and the program cleared an early design review the week of Jan. 17, a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official said Jan. 25.

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LDCM Clears Key Milestones on Way to Late 2012 Launch

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WASHINGTON — The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) passed its critical design review in late May, clearing the way for construction of the moderate-resolution satellite. While NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey still hope to launch the nearly $1 billion mission by the end of 2012, officials say the launch could slip as much as six months to mid-2013.

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XCOR Suborbital Rocket Engine Passes Milestones

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XCOR Aerospace said Sept. 2 it had reached several significant milestones in its Lynx 5K18 rocket engine test program.

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Major Milestones Ahead for N.M. Spaceport

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Golden , Colo. -- New Mexico's Spaceport America, which is being billed as the first "purpose-built" commercial spaceport in the United States, must conquer some challenging milestones that lie ahead if it is to open in late 2009 or early 2010.

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ESA’s Galileo System Faces Key Milestones Over Next 12 Months

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Europe's Galileo satellite-navigation system cleared an important financial obstacle in late October that put the program back on track to build out the planned ground network in Europe and construct an initial group of satellites.

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MDA Officials Map Out Test Milestones for Airborne Laser

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The threat of cancellation no longer looms over the Pentagon's Airborne Laser (ABL) effort, but senior program officials say they are taking nothing for granted as they prepare for a missile-intercept demonstration in 2008.

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