Space – Page 35
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Secret SpaceX payload revealed
"Do you have any cheese at all?" SpaceX CEO and PayPal founder Elon Musk doesn't have to worry about angering John Cleese with his answer. Musk...
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NewsSpaceX, NASA launch new era of spaceflight
SpaceX's Dragon capsule became the first successful commercial space vehicle when it lifted off aboard the California-based company's Falcon 9 on a mission co-sponsored by NASA and was recovered from its Pacific Ocean splashdown hours later.
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Proton crash set back for Russian GLONASS programme
The Russian government has formed an investigative committee to review the 5 December launch failure of a Proton rocket that ultimately destroyed three navigational...
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SpaceX-NASA launch postponed
The maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule originally planned for 7 Decemeber has been postponed due to a crack in the engine nozzle on the rocket's second...
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NewsUSAF welcomes home X-37B space plane
The U.S. Air Force is evaluating the performance and condition of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-1), the reusable space plane that lifted off in April...
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Discovery launch pushed back again, now looking to February
With NASA engineers still unable to determine the cause of cracks on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, the launch has been pushed back to 3 February...
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NewsSpaceX, NASA plan Falcon 9/Dragon launch for 7 December
Plans are in place for SpaceX to launch its Falcon 9 demonstrator in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme on 7 December from...
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NewsDiscovery launch will wait until December
The final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery will take place no earlier than 3 December. Weather permitting, the launch - originally set for...
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KLM to sell tickets for Xcor's suborbital flights
Xcor Aerospace's push to launch a commercial suborbital flight service from Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles is to get a boost from KLM. The carrier has...
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Opinion
Comment: No free ride to space
Saving money and developing a spacecraft to replace the Shuttle sound like mutally exclusive endeavours in cash-strapped Washington, but politicians aren't getting the real cost issue
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Space Shuttle special: waiting for Discovery
Rescheduling a Space Shuttle launch is not an easy task as NASA has only a limited number of opportunities
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Retrospective: No rallying cry as Space Shuttle programme launched
The Space Shuttle was launched to service a space station, but it had to wait 30 years to fulfil its original mission
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AB25: Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson
When we went into the airline business 26 years ago, the aviation industry was lifeless and dull. The airlines did not seem to have any imagination and air travel had lost the glamour that was associated with it in the 1950s. Food was tasteless, seats uncomfortable and passengers were treated ...
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CUTAWAY: As shuttle programme fades away, what comes next for manned spaceflight?
Uncertain funding and constantly changing schedules are clouding the future of the US space programme
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Armchair astronaut: flying the Space Shuttle simulator
What is it like to fly the Space Shuttle? Two simulators in Houston gave our test pilot a taste of an atmospheric experience
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NewsSpace Shuttle special report: One big step
Even before the Apollo space programme of the 1960s put a man on the Moon, a fledgling NASA was conceptualising a reusable spacecraft for manned flight. Work on the Space Shuttle began in earnest in the 1970s, with the first of four test flights in 1981, followed by operational missions ...
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NewsPICTURES: NASA moves X-34s out of storage, considers return to flight status
Two X-planes parked in storage by NASA for nearly 10 years have been moved to a new facility to be inspected for a possible return to flying status, the...
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Italy special: Towards the stars
Italy is rightly proud of its efforts in space, both science and commercial, by participating in international programmes
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NASA faces scheduling headaches in Shuttle launch
After a week's worth of aborted attempts to send the Space Shuttle Discovery on its way to the International Space Station, NASA now says the earliest it will launch is 30 November