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India's Mars mission clears launch hurdle
India’s first interplanetary mission began its 299-day journey to Mars at 09:08 GMT this morning with the 25th successful launch of the country’s PSLV rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on the east coast.
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India readies next phase in Asian Mars race
India is set for the next phase in a nascent Asian space race, with a 5 November launch for Mars
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NewsSierra Nevada still in a Dream despite crash landing
America’s dream of getting astronauts to space and home again without having to suffer the embarrassment of sending them to Kazakhstan for a Russian Soyuz flight has taken an uncertain step forward. The drop-test of a US-built spaceplane concept appears to have validated its airworthiness, but its maker – Sierra ...
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Electronics concerns delay Gaia launch
European Space Agency engineers have identified a potential fault with the GAIA spacecraft, and are delaying its 20 November launch to make repairs before kicking off the mission to map the Milky Way.
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Mars cars need to be self-drivers
Field trials in what may be Earth’s most Mars-like terrain have flagged up some of the challenges that the European Space Agency scientists will face when their 2018 ExoMars mission puts a rover on the Red Planet – and software being developed for the project may also help develop fully ...
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Roscosmos changes leadership, but major shifts unlikely
Despite a leadership change and pending shakeup, the Russian space industry is unlikely to see dramatic shifts as it attempts to right itself in the wake of quality control issues.
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ESA set to Swarm over magnetic field
The European Space Agency is in the countdown phase to one of the highlights of its scientific year: the launch of its three-spacecraft Swarm mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field in unprecedented detail.
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Surrey Satellite pushes smaller-lighter-cheaper principle down to 50kg
Small satellites pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) used last month’s International Astronautical Congress in Beijing to launch its latest bid to slash manufacturing and launch costs with a new platform of just 50kg – half the mass of the platforms that have for a decade made up its successful Disaster ...
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NewsSpaceX launches new rocket successfully
New version of Falcon 9 successfully launched, but not all objectives met.
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NewsOrbital Sciences' Cygnus docks with ISS
Orbital Sciences successfully docked its Cygnus cargo capsule with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on 29 September, becoming only the second company to do so.
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Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus capsule delays docking
Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus space capsule will delay docking with the International Space Station (ISS) for several days because of a data format mismatch. “Cygnus...
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NewsOrbital Sciences launches first Cygnus capsule to ISS
Orbital Sciences has successfully launched the first Cygnus cargo capsule into low Earth orbit (LEO). Initial data indicates that the spacecraft has successfully...
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NewsJapan's Epsilon makes successful first flight
Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched the first Epsilon rocket, following a last-minute abort during a previous attempt. The launch...
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NewsJapan space agency sets new Epsilon launch date
Japanese space agency JAXA has rescheduled the first launch of the Epsilon launch vehicle for 14 September, following a last-minute abort during a previous...
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NewsNASA prepares for first Minotaur V launch
NASA is preparing to launch the first Orbital Sciences Minotaur V from Wallops Island, Virginia. Though it marks the Minotaur V's first flight, previous...
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NewsVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo makes second powered flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has completed its second rocket-powered flight. The 5 September flight marks only the second in-flight ignition of the...
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Japan scrubs Epsilon launch with seconds to spare
Japan saw a last-minute launch abort on 27 August as first flight of its Epsilon launch vehicle was cancelled only seconds before ignition of the first stage...
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NewsSierra Nevada Dream Chaser conducts captive-carry tests
Sierra Nevada Corporation has conducted captive-carry tests of the Dream Chaser winged lifting body, with glide flights anticipated in coming weeks. Captive-carry...
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NewsNASA adds goals for commercial crew participants
NASA is adding four milestones for commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap), worth a total of $55 million. Sierra Nevada Corporation will get...
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NewsPICTURE: Boeing's vision is a Space Dreamliner
As this mock-up of a CST-100 space capsule shows, astronauts heading to and from the International Space Station will enjoy a 787-inspired interior if NASA ultimately selects the Boeing concept for crew transportation, possibly from 2017