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Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 - U.S. engineers say existing cutting-edge technologies, pushed forward, could provide the next space launch vehicle.
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Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 - U.S. engineers say existing cutting-edge technologies, pushed forward, could provide the next space launch vehicle.
Sep 10, 2010

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 10, 2010 - Astrium and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) have signed an agreement to provide dedicated launch services to the European institutional very small satellite market.
Sep 10, 2010

Bangalore, India (SPX) Sep 10, 2010 - Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted the second static testing of its liquid core stage (L110) of Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk -III) for 200 seconds at its Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) test facility at Mahendragiri on September 8, 2010 at 15:50 hrs.
Sep 10, 2010

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 - The space shuttle Discovery rolled out of its hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the first leg of its final mission into space, officials said.
Sep 10, 2010

Paris, France (ESA) Sep 09, 2010 - As Vega's development is coming to an end with the qualification flight scheduled in 2011, two contracts were signed to allow the project to move on to the next phase.
Sep 9, 2010

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2010 - NASA's pioneering use of prize competitions and innovation challenges is a dramatic departure from government's traditional business as usual.
Sep 9, 2010

Moscow, Russia (XNA) Sep 09, 2010 - Russia has sent three satellites into space early Wednesday, said spokesman for Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin.
Sep 9, 2010

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 08, 2010 - After enjoying a three-day weekend aboard the orbiting International Space Station, the Expedition 24 crew kicked off the work week Tuesday with the transfer of the atmosphere revitalization racks and preparations for the docking of the ISS Progress 39 cargo craft.
Sep 8, 2010

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 08, 2010 - The launch campaign for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz mission for Globalstar has entered a new phase as all six spacecraft are now at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Sep 8, 2010

Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Sep 7, 2010 - Danish rocket enthusiasts hoping to send a dummy 19 miles into the sky say they aborted the launch when a valve on their rocket froze up.
Sep 7, 2010

Xichang, China (XNA) Sep 06, 2010 - China successfully launched the SinoSat-6 satellite for radio and television live broadcast at 12:14 a.m.Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Sep 6, 2010

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2010 - NASA's Desert RATS - or Research and Technology Studies - are making their 13th trip to the desert this fall for another round of analog testing.
Sep 6, 2010

Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 06, 2010 - The ATHLETE rover, currently under development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is in the Arizona desert this month to participate in NASA's Research and Technology Studies, also known as Desert RATS. The desert tests offer a chance for a NASA-led team of engineers, astronauts and scientists from across the country to test concepts for future missions.
Sep 6, 2010

Guiyang, China (XNA) Sep 06, 2010 - China's second lunar probe, the Chang'e-2, will fly much faster than its predecessor and reach lunar orbit within a shorter period of time, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua here Friday. China is set to launch the Chang'e-2 lunar probe at the end of the year.
Sep 6, 2010

Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 5, 2010 - The first launch attempt of a homemade rocket built by two Danes failed on Sunday because of a technical glitch, according to Danish media.
Sep 5, 2010

Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2010 - A team of Russian cosmonauts working at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are unhappy about the absence of hot showers onboard, a Russian cosmonaut said on Thursday.
Sep 3, 2010