All Space news – Page 19
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NewsNorth Korea 'successfully launches satellite' using Taepodong-3 rocket
North Korea has entered the space age, orbiting its first satellite, from a Taepodong-3 (Unha-3) rocket launch at 00:49 GMT on 12 December from the Sohae launch base at Tongchang-ri, on North Korea's west coast.
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NASA awards commerical crew programme contracts
NASA is awarding Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technologies Corp contracts that might one day allow for commercial manned spacecraft to carry...
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NewsUSAF launches X-37B into orbit
The US Air Force launched a Boeing X-37B space plane on 11 December from the Kennedy space center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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SpaceX awarded two government launches
SpaceX has been chosen to launch two large government payloads, breaking a virtual monopoly held by United Launch Alliance (ULA).
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NewsGolden Spike promises crewed trips to the moon by 2020
A new startup company, Golden Spike, promises a manned, round-trip voyage to the lunar surface by 2020. The company, which includes several high-profile...
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NewsUS Air Force awards space launch contract for small payloads
The US Air Force (USAF) has made a major spacecraft purchase, and is preparing to make another. A contract worth up to $900 million for small spacecraft...
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NewsIN FOCUS - British engineers 'crack secret of reusable spaceplane'
The dream of airline-style orbital flight operations has come a step closer to reality with a successful demonstration of the critical technology behind a radical air-breathing rocket engine concept.
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NewsStratolaunch and SpaceX part ways
Space launch company Stratolaunch has parted ways with manufacturer SpaceX, dissolving a partnership dating from the project's inception. "Stratolaunch...
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IN FOCUS: ESA's key green-light projects for 2013-2017
Some of the main programmes European Space Agency member states meeting in Naples have agreed to fund for the 2013-2017 period include:
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IN FOCUS: Europe's next rocket has high hurdles to clear
Despite no real surprises emerging from the 20-21 November meeting in Naples of European Space Agency member states - who agreed funds for ESA to essentially...
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NewsESA gets green light for new heavy launcher and NASA crew vehicle collaboration
The European Space Agency got the green light on 21 November to push ahead with a new generation of launchers and take its first foray into manned spacecraft,...
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NewsMars or bust - Elon Musk is serious about the ultimate road trip
For Elon Musk, colonising the red planet is a priority, but investors need to come on board
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Orbital Sciences Antares launch delayed until 2013
The first flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares space launch vehicle has been pushed into 2013. The launch is now scheduled for early January, 2013,...
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NewsSuborbital space tourism company Xcor selects ATK to build wings
Suborbital tourism company Xcor has selected St. George, Utah-based ATK to build the wings and control surfaces of the Lynx Mk. I, currently under construction. Lynx...
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NewsObama re-election unlikely to shift space policy
Although the outcome of the US presidential elections is likely to leave space policy largely unchanged, jockeying in Congress has already begun for influential positions.
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Debris fears for International Space Station after Russian Briz-M upper stage explodes
Debris has long been a hazard for in-orbit satellites and spacecraft - and that problem will not have been diminished when a Russian Briz-M upper stage from...
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Proton carries two Russian comsats to orbit
A Proton-M launch vehicle has successfully launched two Russian satellites from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The satellites are both reportedly safe in geosynchronous...
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NewsNASA requests information on payload fairings for Space Launch System
NASA is exploring new payload fairings aboard the Space Launch System (SLS), a concrete indicator that the agency plans to launch payloads aside from the...
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NewsSpaceX completes system requirements review for crewed launches
SpaceX has completed the third milestone of its commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap) contract, finishing the integrated system requirements review...
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NewsSoyuz launches to, docks with ISS
A Soyuz rocket has successfully launched a Progress capsule from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS). The...