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The Space Travel Editorial Team produces Space Travel's coverage of human spaceflight and access to space. We report on launch, crewed missions and space tourism, and the propulsion, vehicles and human factors of getting people to space. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Space Travel takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Neil Armstrong Gives Papers To Purdue Libraries

West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 04, 2008 - The personal story of the first person to land a craft on the moon and to step on its surface will live forever - in the Purdue University Libraries.

Nov 4, 2008

STS-126 Focuses On ISS Crew Expansion Preparations

Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Nov 04, 2008 - For years, STS-126 has been planned as the mission that will give the International Space Station the ability to support twice the crew currently living there. But since the most recent inspection of the station's solar alpha rotary joint, it's also become the mission that will ensure the station can generate the power those extra crew members will require.

Nov 4, 2008

Student Experiments On Board REXUS 4 Launched

Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Nov 04, 2008 - The technicians and engineers of the German Aerospace Center announce the successful launch of the REXUS 4 sounding rocket (Rocket-borne EXperiments for University Students). After a three-hour countdown, the two-stage rocket lifted off at 14:30 on Wednesday 22 October 2008 from the Swedish launch site in Esrange near Kiruna.

Nov 4, 2008

NASA: Endeavour to launch Nov. 14

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Nov 3, 2008 - The U.S. space agency has set Nov. 14 as the launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station.

Nov 3, 2008

Russia Starts Preparations To Launch US Telecoms Satellite

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008 - Russian space technicians have started preparations for the launch of a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on board, Russia's space agency said on Friday.

Nov 3, 2008

Review Sets Nov 14 To Launch STS-126

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 31, 2008 - Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST after NASA officials conducted an exhaustive review of the shuttle, its payload and the International Space Station. The officials met Thursday during the Flight Readiness Review, a standard session that clears the way for the launch of a shuttle mission.

Oct 31, 2008

Two US astronauts to cast votes from space

Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2008 - Two US astronauts who are soaring in orbit hundreds of kilometers from Earth will be able to vote in the US election on November 4, the US space agency NASA said.

Oct 31, 2008

New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Launch On 6 November

Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 31, 2008 - SES ASTRA has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been fully integrated into the fairing of the launch vehicle, a Proton Breeze M rocket, and is ready for launch on 6 November (local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Oct 31, 2008

Do We Need Oil From Outer Space

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 30, 2008 - Scientists from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh said, judging by the chemical composition of stars in the Milky Way, our galaxy could contain anywhere between 300 and 38,000 highly developed extraterrestrial civilizations potentially capable of contacting Planet Earth.

Oct 30, 2008

SPACEHAB Sees Opportunity In Space Florida’s Launch Complex

Houston TX (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - SPACEHAB and its Astrotech subsidiary have joined with Space Florida in recognizing the immense opportunities for America's commercial space program in the joint Air Force Space Command and Space Florida Dedication Ceremony of Launch Complex 36.

Oct 30, 2008

First Ariane 5 For 2009 Arrives At The Spaceport

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - Preparations are starting for another busy year of Arianespace launch activity, with the initial Ariane 5 of 2009 now delivered to the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Oct 30, 2008

A card swipe machine may test for diseases

Salt Lake City (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 - U.S. medical scientists say they have created a prototype device that can test a person for hundreds of diseases simultaneously.

Oct 30, 2008

Harris’ OS/COMET Product Chosen For Constellation Launch Control Program

Dulles VA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - Harris has announced that NASA Kennedy Space Center has selected its OS/COMET telemetry, tracking, and command (TT and C) software for the Constellation Launch Control System. OS/COMET is a commercial off-the-shelf software tool that provides superior TT and C capabilities for military, intelligence, and commercial satellite constellations.

Oct 30, 2008

NASA, South Korea sign mutual statement

Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 - U.S. space agency and South Korean government officials say they've signed a statement of intent to cooperate in civil aerospace activities.

Oct 30, 2008

Souped-Up Rockets For Shenzhou

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 29, 2008 - As China reviews the success of its first spacewalk, plans are being drawn for China¿s first space laboratory. We now know that this spacecraft will be known as Tiangong 1, and that will receive multiple visits from Shenzhou spacecraft.

Oct 29, 2008

Copenhagen Suborbitals Tests Hybrid Rocket

Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 28, 2008 - Danish based Copenhagen Suborbitals is developing a one person spacecraft and its booster rocket. We aim to send a person into space on a suborbital trajectory above 100 km. Our first milestone is to get safe and reliable rocket engines working.

Oct 28, 2008