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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.

Arthur C. Clarke – A Visionary Astrobiologist

Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 - Arthur C. Clarke, the British science fiction writer who died on March 19, 2008, is best remembered for the saga 2001: A Space Odyssey, published 40 years ago. The driving force behind that novel and the screenplay was Stanley Kubrick, who had developed a fascination for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Jul 1, 2008

Payload Integration Complete For Arianespace’s Fourth Mission Of 2008

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 - The Ariane 5 ECA for this Friday's heavy-lift mission is now complete following the installation of its upper payload passenger, the ProtoStar I satellite.

Jul 1, 2008

Fly me to the Moon: Japan firm offers weddings in space

Tokyo (AFP) July 1, 2008 - A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap -- by blasting into space to exchange their wedding vows.

Jul 1, 2008

NASTAR Center Celebrates Launching Private Space Travelers And Adventure Seekers Into Space

Southampton PA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 - Environmental Tectonics' National Aerospace Research and Training (NASTAR) Center has announced that it had completed the world's first commercially available Sub-Orbital Space Flight Training Program on Saturday, June 21, 2008.

Jul 1, 2008

NASA Awards Information Management And Communications Support Contract

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 30, 2008 - NASA has selected Abacus Technology Corporation of Chevy Chase, Md., to provide information management and communications support at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Jun 30, 2008

Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race

London (AFP) June 29, 2008 - Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States risked falling behind Russia and China in the space race if it did not redouble its efforts.

Jun 29, 2008

Launch pad repairs priced at $2.7 million

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 28, 2008 - U.S. space officials said it will cost about $2.7 million to repair a launch pad damaged when the shuttle Discovery launched last month.

Jun 28, 2008

SpaceX Conducts Static Test Firing Of Next Falcon 1 Rocket

Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Space Exploration Technologies successfully conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle on June 25, 2008 (Marshall Island Time) on Omelek Island, SpaceX's launch site at the Kwajalein Atoll. This test is the final step before launch of the Falcon 1 rocket.

Jun 27, 2008

Fly Your Thesis – An Astronaut Experience

Paris, France (ESA) Jun 27, 2008 - Calling all European students! ESA's Education Office is offering the flights of a lifetime with the launch of a new programme called Fly Your Thesis! - An Astronaut Experience.

Jun 27, 2008

Successful Ariane 5 Solid Rocket Booster Test Firing

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Earlier this month a successful test firing of an Ariane 5 solid rocket booster took place at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The test was part of the Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment (ARTA) Programme.

Jun 27, 2008

ProtoStar I And BADR-6 Are Ready For Next Ariane 5 Launch

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 26, 2008 - The final payload integration process has begun for Arianespace's fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2008, with the BADR-6 satellite now mounted atop the launcher and ProtoStar I ready for its installation.

Jun 26, 2008

Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Contract Option For Solar Thermal Propulsion Rocket Engine

Canoga Park CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2008 - The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne a $2.2 million contract for the fabrication and ground test of a Solar Thermal Propulsion rocket engine.

Jun 26, 2008

CU-Boulder Students Set To Launch Student Rocket Payloads June 27

Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2008 - A NASA sounding rocket launching from Virginia on June 27 will carry one University of Colorado at Boulder student payload to measure greenhouse gases and 19 other payloads developed by teams from around the nation from kits produced by CU-Boulder students.

Jun 26, 2008

Kourou Spaceport Receives Fifth Ariane 5 For 2008

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - The fifth Ariane 5 of 2008 has arrived in French Guiana as Arianespace keeps up its mission pace during the busiest year of commercial mission activity for this workhorse launch vehicle.

Jun 25, 2008

A Better Focus On Shenzhou

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - Information on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 has been gradually improving in recent months. It's like watching a badly focused image gradually sharpen, while we looked at some imprecise details and wondered exactly what we were seeing. In my previous article, Two Suits for Shenzhou, I explained that while some details were clearer, China needed to say more about the basic mission plan.

Jun 25, 2008

ATK Conducts First Test For Ares I-X First Stage Separation System

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 25, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK - News) recently conducted a successful full-scale severance test of an Ares I-X first stage. The test is a milestone in the development of NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle and is another step leading to the flight test of Ares I-X in Spring 2009.

Jun 25, 2008