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Excalibur Almaz details plans for capsule and space station

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Excalibur Almaz has detailed its plans to launch spacecraft to space stations in orbit around the moon, the first time the secretive company has done ...

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27 May
Excalibur Almaz details plans for capsule and space station

Excalibur Almaz has detailed its plans to launch spacecraft to space stations in orbit around the moon, the first time the secretive company has done ...

25 May
ISS captures Dragon capsule in orbit

An unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule today linked with the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit over Australia, becoming the first private spacecra...

22 May
International cooperation crucial to exploring outer space, say agency heads

International cooperation is crucial to missions beyond Earth orbit, affirmed a panel of space agency leaders on 22 May. Despite political and budget...

22 May
SpaceX launches Dragon successfully

SpaceX has successfully launched the first private mission with the International Space Station, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida ...

18 May
SpaceX aborts commercial mission to International Space Station

SpaceX has delayed the Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC)in Florida, meant to send the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the Inter...
18 May
Planetary Resources firm plans to survey and mine asteroids

At the Museum of Flight in Seattle, on 24 April, a US-based firm called Planetary Resources, Inc. announced a plan to use unmanned robotic spacecraft ...

15 May
Soyuz carries crew to International Space Station

Three astronauts have been successfully launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The astronauts, one American and two Russ...

11 May
SpaceShipTwo to resume flight tests as early as June

Virgin Galactic expects to resume flight tests of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle as early as June from manufacturer Scaled Composites' facility i...

10 May
SpaceX and Bigelow to jointly market private space station flights

SpaceX will team up with Bigelow Aerospace to jointly market rides to Bigelow's orbiting private modules, using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon ca...

09 May
ATK announces capsule for Liberty launch vehicle

ATK has announced the development of a unique capsule for the Liberty launch vehicle (LV) as part of its bid for NASA's commercial crew integrated cap...
08 May
SpaceX completes Dragon layout concept trials

SpaceX has finished the seventh major funding milestone under NASA's second commercial crew development programme (CCDev II), the crew accommodation c...

08 May
Delta second stage chosen as SLS interim

Boeing's Delta cryogenic second stage (DCSS) has been selected as the interim upper stage for the first two flights of the Space Launch System (SLS), ...

07 May
SpaceX aims to fly reusable testbed before 2013

Grasshopper, a testbed for reusable technologies, is expected to make a first flight before the end of 2012.

07 May
Spaceflight Inc unveils the Sherpa in-space tug

Spaceflight Inc. has unveiled its Sherpa in-space tug vehicle to inject hosted payloads into different orbits. Two versions of Sherpa will be built.....

07 May
SpaceX aims for 19 May launch

SpaceX has confirmed a 19 May launch date and 22 May backup from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, after cancelling 7 May and 10 May launch dates o...
04 May
Hawaii lawmakers approve funds for spaceport application

Hawaii is one step closer to having a spaceport after the state legislature approved funding for the relevant applications to the US Federal Aviation ...

02 May
SpaceX launch to space station slips further

The scheduled launch date for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, meant to launch the company's Dragon spacecraft to become the first commercial craft to dock w...

01 May
ANALYSIS: Global challenges require domestic solutions for space sustainability

Though many nations recognise the need to coordinate to solve collective problems in space, there is little consensus on how to approach them, say int...

01 May
Commercial crew development teams complete wind tunnel tests

Two of the four teams contracted under the second phase of NASA's commercial crew development (CCDev) have completed wind tunnel tests of their design...

30 April
SpaceX test fires engine

SpaceX has delayed an important engine test on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), just one week before the rocket is due to launch t...

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