One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.
Engineering
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches.
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2012
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The Naval Research Laboratory's Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI), part of the Solar Orbiter mission, is headed for space. The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the Solar Orbiter mission as the first mission ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012
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The maiden voyage of Europe's Vega rocket, designed to launch small payloads of about 1.5 tonnes into low-Earth orbit, is set for February 9, the head of the European Space Agency said Monday.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2012
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A secretive unmanned space plane is staying in orbit a little longer.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2011
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China placed two satellites in orbit on Sunday, including a spacecraft that will collect and relay data for disaster relief efforts, state press reported.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2011
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An Indian-French satellite that will study monsoon patterns and global warming was launched on Wednesday from a space centre in southern India.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2011
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The US space agency NASA said Monday it expects commercial operators will deliver cargo to space within months, stressing that private missions were crucial to its future human activities.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2011
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NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has reached a new milestone. Lockheed Martin has completed building the primary structure of the MAVEN spacecraft at its Space Systems Company facility near Denver.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2011
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