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RCO – Saving a crippled Discovery
Read more →: RCO – Saving a crippled DiscoveryThe first ever Shuttle mission to fly with an official rating of “unacceptable risk”, STS-121 will debut a…
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Progress 22 launches for ISS – ATV update
Read more →: Progress 22 launches for ISS – ATV updateThe Russian re-supply ship Progress 22 (M-57) has launched on top of a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from Baikonur…
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NASA plan for pre-launch tank trouble
Read more →: NASA plan for pre-launch tank troubleWith most of the media attention focusing on how the External Tank performs during ascent on STS-121, NASA…
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Arianespace – beefing up
Read more →: Arianespace – beefing upWhile Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall is earning contracts and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific marketplace – including the…
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Delta II launches MiTEx
Read more →: Delta II launches MiTExA Boeing Delta II vehicle has successfully launched a US military payload this evening from Cape Canaveral. MiTEx,…
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Dissent against STS-121 launch was widespread
Read more →: Dissent against STS-121 launch was widespreadThe Marshall Space Flight Center Safety Engineering Review Panel (MSERP) noted in their findings that they did not…
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Nespoli assigned to Shuttle flight STS-120
Read more →: Nespoli assigned to Shuttle flight STS-120ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli has been assigned to the STS-120 crew that will launch Node…
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Progress undocked – EAS update
Read more →: Progress undocked – EAS updateThe Russian Progress resupply ship (M-55/20P) has been successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Monday –…
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NASA balancing the risk matrix
Read more →: NASA balancing the risk matrixFlying with risk is hardly anything new for any space vehicle, not to mention the Space Shuttle. Assessing…
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Sea Launch success with Galaxy 16
Read more →: Sea Launch success with Galaxy 16Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL has successfully carried the Galaxy 16 telecommunications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) on…
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NASA proposes extra sensors on the tanks
Read more →: NASA proposes extra sensors on the tanksNASA managers have requested funding – up to around $7m – to be put in place for the…
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Soyuz launch success / new ISS problem
Read more →: Soyuz launch success / new ISS problemThe Resurs-DK satellite launched early this morning onboard a Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle. Lift-off was at 08:00 UTC,…