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  • Dream Chaser shipped to NASA Dryden for glide tests

    20:02 13 May 2013Space Tourism ISS Military Helicopters Orbital missions Business Helicopters

    Sierra Nevada has shipped the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center near Palmdale, California, for glide tests. The...


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  • Air launch systems begin to come of age

    10:45 14 May 2013

    An ageing Airbus A300, currently used to train astronauts in zero- g flight, is about to find another use as the first...


  • Dream Chaser shipped to NASA Dryden for glide tests

    20:02 13 May 2013

    Sierra Nevada has shipped the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center near Palmdale,...


  • Sierra Nevada passes second NASA commercial crew checkpoint

    09:00 06 May 2013

    Sierra Nevada has achieved its second milestone under NASA's commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap) programme...


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  • Air launch systems begin to come of age

    News | 14 May 2013 10:45 | David Todd

    An ageing Airbus A300, currently used to train astronauts in zero- g flight, is about to find another use as the first stage of a new air-launched...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Air-launch-systems-begin-to-come-of-age-385811/

  • Dream Chaser shipped to NASA Dryden for glide tests

    News | 13 May 2013 20:02 | Zach Rosenberg

    Sierra Nevada has shipped the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center near Palmdale, California, for glide tests. The...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Dream-Chaser-shipped-to-NASA-Dryden-for-glide-tests-385798/

  • Sierra Nevada passes second NASA commercial crew checkpoint

    News | 06 May 2013 09:00 | Zach Rosenberg

    Sierra Nevada has achieved its second milestone under NASA's commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap) programme to develop the Dream Chaser, earning the company $45 million as the vehicle prepares for glide testing.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Sierra-Nevada-passes-second-NASA-commercial-crew-checkpoint-385266/

  • SpaceShipTwo ignites engine in-flight

    News | 29 Apr 2013 15:06 | Zach Rosenberg

    Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, the crewed suborbital vehicle set to become the first capable of routine commercial...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SpaceShipTwo-ignites-engine-in-flight-385276/

  • US Federal Court denies Beechcraft bid to stop work on USAF Light Air Support contract

    News | 23 Apr 2013 08:52 | Dave Majumdar

    The US Court of Federal Claims denied Beechcraft's lawsuit seeking to overturn a US Air Force decision to bypass a stop work order on the Afghan Light Air...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/US-Federal-Court-denies-Beechcraft-bid-to-stop-work-on-USAF-Light-Air-Support-contract-384929/

  • United Launch Alliance completes major human-rating milestones

    News | 16 Apr 2013 09:00 | Zach Rosenberg

    United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed major milestones for the Orion-capable Delta IV launch pad ahead of a planned launch in September 2014.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/United-Launch-Alliance-completes-major-human-rating-milestones-384611/

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  • NASA buys six more Soyuz "seats" for rides to International Space Station

    Blog | 01 May 2013 09:08 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/05/nasa-buys-even-more-soyuz-seat.html

  • SpaceShipTwo makes first engine-on flight

    Blog | 29 Apr 2013 18:04 | Zach Rosenberg

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/04/spaceshiptwo-makes-first-engin.html

  • A-29 Super Tucano wins LAS tender

    Blog | 28 Feb 2013 00:28 | Dave Majumdar

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2013/02/a-29-super-tucano-wins-las-ten.html

  • AFA Air Warfare Symposium: Beechcraft, BAE show-off AT-6 and T-X sims respectively

    Blog | 23 Feb 2013 07:19 | Dave Majumdar

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2013/02/afa-air-warfare-symposium-beec.html

  • Analysis: Lockheed Martin finally gets onto a genuine runner in commercial space transport race

    Blog | 31 Jan 2013 11:28 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/01/analysis-lockheed-martin-gets.html

  • The wrong stuff: No more jutt-jawed test pilot heroes are needed by NASA

    Blog | 10 Jan 2013 11:54 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/01/no-more-jutt-jawed-test-pilot.html

  • Space Year 2012 review: Politics - Obama survives, former astronauts relieved, while India's UK aid will be cut

    Blog | 19 Dec 2012 11:12 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/12/political-space-year-in-review.html

  • Afghan Light Air Support saga continues: Chuck Wald flies the Tucano

    Blog | 06 Dec 2012 16:19 | Dave Majumdar

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline//2012/12/afghan-light-air-support-saga.html

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