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A new Minotaur IV rocket with an experimental U.S. Air Force Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite is scheduled to launch from the Space Launch Complex 8 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 04:41 GMT, 23rd October, 2009.
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The Shanghai Aerospace Bureau has finished the first buffering test to ensure that China's manned spacecraft will be able to dock together safely.
The Shanghai bureau will be in charge of the development of the technology, according to the director, Yuan Jie.
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Mars Observer
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Mars Observer, launched by NASA in September 25, 1992, was the first of the proposed Observer series of planetary missions, and was designed to study the geoscience and climate of Mars. Contact with Mars Observer was lost on August 21, 1993, three days before scheduled orbit insertion, for unknown...
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Yorick
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Yorick, also called Albert VI, along with 11 mice crewmates, became the first animals to survive rocket flight on 20 September 1951; although, he died 2 hours after landing. Two of the mice also died after recovery; all of the deaths were thought to be related to stress from overheating in the sealed c...
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POET
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Title: POET: POlarimeters for Energetic Transients Authors: J.E. Hill, M.L. McConnell, P. Bloser, J. Legere, J. Macri, J. Ryan, S. Barthelmy, L. Angelini, T. Sakamoto, J.K. Black, D.H. Hartmann, P. Kaaret, B. Zhang, K. Ioka, T. Nakamura, K. Toma, R. Yamazaki, X. Wu POET (Polarimeters for Energet...
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SPICE balloon
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Giant balloon to be launched to test climate fix hope A huge helium-filled balloon attached to a 1km length of hosepipe is to be launched next month to help investigate the feasibility of climate engineering. One method involves pumping particles into the stratosphere, to mimic the short-term coo...
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Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite
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The Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite, was decommissioned today. It's last battery failed in August and its mission concluded today with the shutting down of the satellite. Last week, a several-minute burn lowered the orbit of the satellite from its altitude of 375 miles, and orbital inclina...
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Liberty Launch Vehicle
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ATK and Astrium Unveil the Liberty Launch Vehicle Initiative for NASA's CCDev-2 Competition ATK and Astrium (an EADS Company) are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket. T...
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Genesis Spacecraft
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Genesis Mishap Report:
The report that explains why the Genesis spacecraft's parachute failed to deploy during its return to Earth on Sept. 8, 2004, has been released.
Launched on August 8, 2001, Genesis was to collect samples of solar wind and return them to Earth, providing fundamental da...
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Rasat
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Turkey plans to launch its first domestically-built earth observation satellite next year. Rasat, having a high-resolution optical imaging system and new modules developed by Turkish engineers, will be the first earth observation satellite to be designed and manufactured in Turkey. [url=ht...
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Double Eagle II
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Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. Read more
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Paksat-1
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Pakistan plans to have a communications satellite by 2011 as part of its National Satellite Development Programme, a top official said today. The country currently has the leased satellite Paksat-1, and this will hopefully be replaced with the state-of-the-art Paksat-1R communications satel...
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Cryogenic Propellants In Space
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NASA Selects Companies To Study Storing Cryogenic Propellants In Space NASA has selected four companies to develop concepts for storing and transferring cryogenic propellants in space. These capabilities are important for the agency's future deep space human exploration missions. [url=ht...
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Yahsat reveals complete satellite coverage of Africa at SATCOM 2008 Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat), the UAE's first nationally-owned satellite operator will be present at SATCOM 2008 for the first time. Read more
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ISRO re-usable launch vehicle
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Indian scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), speaking at the second European Conference for Aerospace Sciences in Brussels, have provided details of the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator's sub-orbital flight, due for 2009. To be launched on an 11.5m -tall solid ro...
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