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Tech Demos: NASA preparing for full ISS utilization in post-Shuttle era
Read more →: Tech Demos: NASA preparing for full ISS utilization in post-Shuttle eraWith the US Segment of the International Space Station (ISS) now complete, NASA managers are turning their attention away…
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STS-135: Atlantis and ET-138 preparing for Wednesday’s Tanking Test
Read more →: STS-135: Atlantis and ET-138 preparing for Wednesday’s Tanking TestInterrupting a nominal pad flow, engineers are set to begin S0037 operations – otherwise known as a tanking…
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Chang’e-2 Sets off to Explore Outer Space
Read more →: Chang’e-2 Sets off to Explore Outer SpaceBEIJING, June 13 (China Space News) — China’s second lunar probe Chang’e-2 departed from its moon orbit at…
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STS-134: Endeavour’s brake fire proving to be a mystery
Read more →: STS-134: Endeavour’s brake fire proving to be a mysteryAs engineers continue to safe Endeavour, following her highly successful final mission, an investigation into the observed brake…
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ULA Delta II launches with the SAC-D spacecraft
Read more →: ULA Delta II launches with the SAC-D spacecraftThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) have launched their Delta II rocket to loft the SAC-D spacecraft into orbit…
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China successfully launches new communication satellite
Read more →: China successfully launches new communication satelliteChina successfully launched a new communication satellite, the Zhongxing-10, from its Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan…
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China’s second moon orbiter Chang’e-2 goes to outer space
Read more →: China’s second moon orbiter Chang’e-2 goes to outer spaceChina’s second moon orbiter Chang’e-2 on Thursday set off from its moon orbit for outer space about 1.5…
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STS-135: Tank Camera modification aimed at filming footage of ET-138’s death
Read more →: STS-135: Tank Camera modification aimed at filming footage of ET-138’s deathSchedules are showing the External Tank camera – which will ride with Atlantis’ ET-138 – is to be…
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Second digital Soyuz spacecraft docks with ISS
Read more →: Second digital Soyuz spacecraft docks with ISSThe second of Russia’s new digital Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-02M/27S, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on…
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Yuan Jiajun Re-elected Vice Chairman of CAST
Read more →: Yuan Jiajun Re-elected Vice Chairman of CASTBEIJING, June 3 (China Space News) — The eighth national congress of China Association for Science and Technology…
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SLS configuration nears decision point – Two-phase approach rejected
Read more →: SLS configuration nears decision point – Two-phase approach rejectedA decision on the configuration of the Space Launch System (SLS) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLV) is just…
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Endeavour into safing operations – Left gear brake fire investigated
Read more →: Endeavour into safing operations – Left gear brake fire investigatedFollowing the conclusion to her flight career, Endeavour is now undergoing safing, ahead of being stripped of her…