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China launches Yaogan V remote-sensing satellite
Read more →: China launches Yaogan V remote-sensing satelliteRemote-sensing satellite “Yaogan V” is launched with a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch…
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Endeavour into STS-127 processing – Discovery ready for STS-119 rollover
Read more →: Endeavour into STS-127 processing – Discovery ready for STS-119 rolloverEndeavour has finally arrived back to the home comforts of her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2), following her highly…
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Endeavour returns home to KSC – review notes SRB holddown post issue
Read more →: Endeavour returns home to KSC – review notes SRB holddown post issueThe Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has returned Endeavour to Florida on Friday, following a cross country ferry trip…
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Endeavour and her SCA piggyback ride arrive in Louisiana, via JSC flyover
Read more →: Endeavour and her SCA piggyback ride arrive in Louisiana, via JSC flyoverThe Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) and Endeavour departed from Edwards Air Force Base on Wednesday, for a cross…
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ILS launches Ciel-2 for Canada via Proton-M
Read more →: ILS launches Ciel-2 for Canada via Proton-MThe last ILS mission of 2008 has launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, as their Proton-M launch vehicle prepares…
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Ares I Thrust Oscillation meetings conclude with encouraging data, changes
Read more →: Ares I Thrust Oscillation meetings conclude with encouraging data, changesA series of Ares I Thrust Oscillation (TO) meetings have concluded with the decision to recommend baselining Ares…
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STS-130: Endeavour’s Early 2010 Mission to Deliver Node-3
Read more →: STS-130: Endeavour’s Early 2010 Mission to Deliver Node-3With Endeavour now pulling triple duty for her Launch on Need (LON) flight for STS-119, her Hubble rescue…
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China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocket
Read more →: China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocketChina successfully launched and retrieved a hybrid rocket on Friday for the first time. The rocket, “Beihang-2”, was…
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STS-125’s tank arrives – manifest meeting evaluates Ares I-X and ISS supplies
Read more →: STS-125’s tank arrives – manifest meeting evaluates Ares I-X and ISS suppliesThe replacement tank for Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has arrived at the Kennedy Space…
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Supporting Endeavour – equipment and personnel shipped out to Edwards
Read more →: Supporting Endeavour – equipment and personnel shipped out to EdwardsEndeavour is receiving numerous visitors and support equipment during her Californian vacation, as post flight deservicing continues to…
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Pristine Endeavour deservicing at Edwards – Window 6 damage failed to spread
Read more →: Pristine Endeavour deservicing at Edwards – Window 6 damage failed to spreadEngineers are working through post flight deservicing tasks on Endeavour at Dryden Flight Research Facility (DFRC)/Edwards Air Force…
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China launch remote sensing satellite Yaogan-4 – with potential military use
Read more →: China launch remote sensing satellite Yaogan-4 – with potential military useChina has launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Yaogan-4 satellite was…