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NASA cancel Shuttle’s MiniBoom option
Read more →: NASA cancel Shuttle’s MiniBoom optionNASA have decided to cancel the new MiniBoom, that was to replace the OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System)…
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RSLV progress – potential VSE bonus
Read more →: RSLV progress – potential VSE bonusThe Radially Segmented Launch Vehicle (RSLV) Project is picking up the pace, with the manufacter of the stainless…
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NASA to implement new External Tank design
Read more →: NASA to implement new External Tank designThe final major modification to the External Tanks heads into its Critical Design Review (CDR) this weekend, as…
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Discovery arrives at pad in good health
Read more →: Discovery arrives at pad in good healthShuttle Discovery has arrived at launch pad 39B this morning, marking another milestone in her preparations for STS-116,…
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MMOD hit on Atlantis was from another vehicle
Read more →: MMOD hit on Atlantis was from another vehicleThe MMOD (micrometeoroid/orbiting debris) debris strike on Atlantis during STS-115 was actually a piece of circuit board from…
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Proton lauches with BADR-4
Read more →: Proton lauches with BADR-4International Launch Services (ILS) have returned to action with the launch of their Russian Proton launch vehicle, carrying…
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STS-116 milestone – A Small Victory
Read more →: STS-116 milestone – A Small VictoryWorkers are in the process of handing over Shuttle Discovery to rollout and pad crew, as STS-116 draws…
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Two OPF Bays evacuated following leak
Read more →: Two OPF Bays evacuated following leakTwo bays at the Orbiter Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) have been evacuated, following a…
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NASA will build Rollercoaster for Ares I escape
Read more →: NASA will build Rollercoaster for Ares I escapeNASA Constellation have approved the Rollercoaster Escape System to be used as the Emergency Egress Systems (EES) for…
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VSE – the other alternatives
Read more →: VSE – the other alternativesFrom Lockheed Martin to the Congressional Budget Office, it seems like everyone has a proposal for how to…
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YERO will likely restrict STS-116 window
Read more →: YERO will likely restrict STS-116 windowThe initial phase of testing and troubleshooting on the issue known as YERO (Year End Rollover) has been…
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Second Guessing NASA VSE
Read more →: Second Guessing NASA VSEFive Alternative Visions for Space Exploration. As concerns grow in some sectors over NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration,…