All Space articles – Page 44
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NewsOSHKOSH 2009: Virgin Galactic flies high at Oshkosh
Equity deal with Abu Dhabi investor will see Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture offer low-cost satellite launches
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OSHKOSH 2009: WhiteKnight Two rudder change confirmed
Scaled Composites has cut a notch into the bottom of the WhiteKnight Two prototype's rudders and added operating cables. At this year's EAA AirVenture show...
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SpaceX faces crucial Falcon 9 test
Space Exploration Technologies' larger rocket will be key to the company entering the worldwide launch services market
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NewsOSHKOSH 2009: VIDEO: SpaceShip Two mothership lands at Airventure
Watch video of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two mothership WhiteKnight Two landing today at 14:47 local time at the EAA Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 24 July 1969: Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth
Command module Columbia, containing the Apollo 11 crew, has safely returned the Earth on Thursday 24 July at 1751 BST, successfully completing the first manned Moon landing mission
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 21 July 1969: NASA Astronauts walk on the Moon following successful Moon landing
At 0356 BST today Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on to the Moon's surface from the ladder of his Lunar Module Eagle
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 20 July 1969: Man successfully lands on the surface of the Moon
At 2118 BST today a dream that humanity had held for millenia became reality when NASA's Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquillity after a dramatic and tense descent from command module Columbia
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 16 July 1969: PICTURES & VIDEO: Lift off! Moon-bound astronauts depart Earth on Apollo 11
Apollo 11's three astronauts lifted off today at 09:32 local time aboard their Saturn V rocket on the historic mission to make the first manned landing on the Moon
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SpaceX orbits first commercial satellite
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 1 orbited its first commercial payload, the Malaysian Razaksat satellite,...
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ISS reaches 13 crew, Endeavour has two missions left
Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center last...
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NewsHas the countdown to Ariane 6 begun?
Flightglobal can now reveal details of the European Space Agency's decision timetable to replace its Ariane 5 rocket with its next generation launcher...
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'One small step for Man...'
NASA The first occasion on which man has set foot on a body other than Earth NASA This fuzzy image from the live television coverage captures...
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Lunar Module cutaway
CUTAWAY FRANK MUNGER LUNAR MODULE LM-5 "EAGLE" KEY 1Docking hatch LM/CM 2Docking drogue (removeable for access) 3Cabin assembly 4Mid-section...
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The long walk back to the Moon
Forty years after mankind's giant leap and 37 years after the final Apollo landing, a return to the Moon seems a long way away...
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Return to the Moon
The USA's lunar ambitions were surprisingly revived under George Bush, but will President Obama continue funding? Work for Constellation is continuing while the review is under way and the plan is still to reach the Moon by 2020
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Comment: we come in peace
The 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's triumphant Moon mission is a much justified celebration, but are we marking a great moment from our past or one step on a great journey forwards?
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NewsNASA drops Ares V from launch services contract
NASA has dropped the Ares V and Altair lunar lander from its ground launch services contract citing their distant in-service dates
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VIDEO: First Briton in space awarded astronaut pin
The first Briton in space Helen Sharman has been awarded the first of the British Interplanetary Society's ...