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PRCB: NO tanking test for STS-121
Read more →: PRCB: NO tanking test for STS-121Today’s PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting has decided against a tanking test – which was provisionally set…
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Russian Military Satellite launched
Read more →: Russian Military Satellite launchedA Russian Soyuz-U rocket has launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome this evening, carrying the Kosmos-2420 satellite for Russian…
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Sea Launch wins Intelsat contract
Read more →: Sea Launch wins Intelsat contractSea Launch have earned the launch contract to carry the Intelsat Americas-9 (IA-9) spacecraft into orbit, following a…
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Discovery and Atlantis – on schedule
Read more →: Discovery and Atlantis – on scheduleIn-depth processing flow charts and information acquired by NASASpaceflight.com show that both Discovery and Atlantis are in a…
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MSFC claim: ET unacceptable for flight
Read more →: MSFC claim: ET unacceptable for flightA series of documents acquired by NASASpaceflight.com explain the split of opinion that Shuttle manager Wayne Hale referred…
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NASA gives ramp rationale
Read more →: NASA gives ramp rationaleDuring a press briefing today, NASA gave its reasons for pressing ahead with the expected July launch of…
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Delta 2 finally launches
Read more →: Delta 2 finally launchesThe Delta 2 rocket, carrying CloudSat and CALIPSO into the A-Train orbit, from US Air Force Base Vandenberg…
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Russian Moon Exploitation – Soyuz involved
Read more →: Russian Moon Exploitation – Soyuz involvedRSC Energia Chief Executive Nikolai Sevastyanov has given indications that his company will be able to provide moon…
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MSFC ET re-design dismissed / Muratore re-assigned
Read more →: MSFC ET re-design dismissed / Muratore re-assignedSources are noting that Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) have seen their request for a design change to…
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Progress 21 docks with ISS
Read more →: Progress 21 docks with ISSThe Russian Progress 21 (M-56) re-supply ship has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:41pm ET,…
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Breeze-M investigation concludes
Read more →: Breeze-M investigation concludesA Russian State commission has concluded that an anomaly in the Breeze-M upper stage main engine was at…
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External Tank schedule spotlight
Read more →: External Tank schedule spotlightProduction and modification of the next two External Tanks (ET) at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New…