Europe Tests Re-entry Tech for Reusable Spacecraft

Europe Tests Re-entry Tech for Reusable Spacecraft

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The Intermediate Experimental Vehicle splashed down into the sea off Italy after being released from an altitude of 3,000 meters by a helicopter. 

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Spotlight | Garvey Spacecraft Corp.

Spotlight | Garvey Spacecraft Corp.

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Providing the rocket airframe and launch support services to test technology inflight is a growing part of Garvey Spacecraft’s business. 

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Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft Docks with Chinese Space Station

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At 15 days in space, this mission is scheduled to be the longest spaceflight for a Chinese crew in the history of the country’s space program.

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VIDEO | Launch of Manned Chinese Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft

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Peter Marquez has joined asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources as vice president for global engagement.

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USGS Takes Control of Landsat 8 Spacecraft for Five-Year Mission

USGS Takes Control of Landsat 8 Spacecraft for Five-Year Mission

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Landsat 8’s five-year mission is to map changes to Earth’s surface from a polar orbit about 700 kilometers above the planet.

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Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major Failure

Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major Failure

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The planet-hunting days of NASA's prolific Kepler space telescope, which has discovered more than 2,700 potential alien worlds to date, may be over.

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NASA Considers Robotic Spacecraft Rendezvous as Asteroid Mission Backup

NASA Considers Robotic Spacecraft Rendezvous as Asteroid Mission Backup

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NASA would consider sending the first crewed Orion mission to rendezvous with a robotic spacecraft in lunar orbit if it cannot redirect an asteroid to the Moon by 2021.

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Scotland’s 1st Spacecraft Is Tiny Satellite with Big Mission

Scotland’s 1st Spacecraft Is Tiny Satellite with Big Mission

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UKube-1 is completing final testing for launch later this year onboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur.

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Commentary | Reinventing Space: Dramatically Reducing Space Mission Cost — Spacecraft Technology

Commentary | Reinventing Space: Dramatically Reducing Space Mission Cost — Spacecraft Technology

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A variety of approaches can have a major impact on cost, schedule and performance.

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VIDEO | Spacecraft Production at SSTL 2013

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Raytheon's reorganization includes a new hierarchy for many of its space-related and missile defense products

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VIDEO | Hangout in the Orion Spacecraft

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Kratos will continue to thrive since its products are essential to the Pentagon's core programs.

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NASA Van Allen Spacecraft Discover New but Temporary Radiation Belt

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NASA's Van Allen space probes made the finding.

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Orbital Trots Out Finished LDCM Spacecraft Ahead of Shipment to Launch Site

Orbital Trots Out Finished LDCM Spacecraft Ahead of Shipment to Launch Site

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Orbital Sciences Corp. has finished building and testing the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, which after nearly 15 years of planning and replanning must clear only one more review before being shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., where it is scheduled to launch Feb. 11.

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Voyager 1 Spacecraft Finds Undiscovered Layer

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Finds Undiscovered Layer

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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has discovered a new layer of the solar system that scientists had not known was there.

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NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft Confirms Water Ice on Mercury

NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft Confirms Water Ice on Mercury

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Confirming decades of suspicion, a NASA spacecraft has spotted vast deposits of water ice on the planet closest to the sun.

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Maven Sensor Delivered for Spacecraft Integration

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The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics said that it has delivered a $20 million remote sensing instrument package to Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver for integration with a NASA-funded Mars orbiter launching late next year.

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Soyuz Spacecraft Makes Rare Night Landing with Station Crew

Soyuz Spacecraft Makes Rare Night Landing with Station Crew

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A Russian Soyuz space capsule made a rare nighttime landing in the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan Nov. 19, returning three astronauts to Earth after a four-month visit to the international space station.

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Russian Spacecraft Makes Cargo Delivery to ISS

Russian Spacecraft Makes Cargo Delivery to ISS

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A robotic Russian cargo spacecraft made a delivery to the international space station.

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Climate Monitoring | Aerosol Scientists Coping with Loss of Glory Spacecraft

Climate Monitoring | Aerosol Scientists Coping with Loss of Glory Spacecraft

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With the help of satellite instruments and airborne sensors, NASA scientists are continuing to uncover clues to explain the complex role atmospheric aerosols play in global climate change.

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Soyuz Spacecraft Lands Safely with Russian-U.S. Crew

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SEATTLE — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut landed safely Sept. 16, wrapping up a four-month mission to the international space station.

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