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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.

Dragon/Falcon 9 Update

Hawthorne CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2009 - We are now only a few months away from having the inaugural Falcon 9 launch vehicle on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral and ready to fly! The actual launch date will depend on a variety of factors, including weather and the overall launch schedule at the Cape, so that is a little harder to predict. Based on prior experience, launch could be anywhere from one to three months after Falcon 9 is integrated at the Cape in November.

Sep 25, 2009

Seventh Ariane 5 For Launch In 2009 Arrives At The Spaceport

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 24, 2009 - Arianespace's French Guiana Launch vehicles for three upcoming Arianespace missions are now at the Spaceport in French Guiana following this week's delivery of components for Ariane 5's record seventh flight of 2009.

Sep 24, 2009

Augmented Reality To Help Astronauts Make Sense Of Space

Paris, France (ESA) Sep 24, 2009 - Life aboard the International Space Station is hard work. Crewmembers have a multiplicity of complex tasks, potentially involving thousands of tools, components and other items. But ESA astronaut Frank De Winne has begun testing the prototype of an unusual helper designed to make astronaut life easier.

Sep 24, 2009

Boeing, NASA mull commercial space travel

St. Louis (UPI) Sep 24, 2009 - Boeing is proposing to join hands with NASA to research and develop commercially viable space transportation as a first step toward shipping astronauts and then possibly civilian travelers into the Earth's lower orbit.

Sep 24, 2009

Indian rocket launches seven satellites

New Delhi (UPI) Sep 23, 2009 - Indian space scientists Wednesday announced the successful launch of seven satellites in a single mission, termed fantastic by the nation's leadership.

Sep 23, 2009

NASA Sets Target Date For Ares I-X Rocket’s Test Launch

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 23, 2009 - NASA is targeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, for the flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, pending successful testing and data verification. Senior managers made the decision after a meeting Monday at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Sep 23, 2009

Amazonas 2 Satellite Integrated For Launch

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 22, 2009 - Final payload integration is underway for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009, with the Amazonas 2 telecommunications satellite now encapsulated in its payload fairing.

Sep 22, 2009

ESA Calls For Ideas For Climate Change Studies From ISS

Paris, France (ESA) Sep 22, 2009 - ESA will soon start looking for ideas to use the International Space Station as a platform to conduct research into global climate change.

Sep 22, 2009

Shuttle’s Ferry Flight Presented Challenging Weather

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 22, 2009 - One of the pilots for Discovery's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft says today's final leg of the ferry flight presented the most challenging weather situation he's dealt with in the more than 10 cross-country piggyback treks he's flown.

Sep 22, 2009

ISRO Begins Countdown For PSLV C-14 Launch

Sriharikota, India (ANI) Sep 22, 2009 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started the countdown for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday. The PSLV - C -14 is scheduled to launch from the Satish Dhavan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday.

Sep 22, 2009

Progress M-67 Undocks From ISS

Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 22, 2009 - Russia's Progress M-67 cargo spacecraft successfully undocked on Monday from the International Space Station (ISS), a Russian Mission Control spokesman said.

Sep 22, 2009

SMOS Arrives Safely At Russian Launch Site

Paris, France (ESA) Sep 21, 2009 - After leaving Thales Alenia Space in the south of France on 15 September, ESA's SMOS Earth Explorer has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it will be prepared for launch on 2 November.

Sep 21, 2009

Valet Parking In Space

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - The Hollywood Valley Girl comedy Clueless contains a classic lesson in parking a car. The lead character, Cher, played by Alicia Silverstone, is a vacuous bimbo teenager taking her first driving lessons. Upon being questioned by her instructor about parking, Cher merely states that there's no need for her to learn, because everywhere she goes has valet parking!

Sep 21, 2009

Next-Gen Suborbital Researchers Conference On In February 2010

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC), which is being organized in conjunction with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).

Sep 21, 2009

Discovery Ends Its Ferry Flight Day At Barksdale AFB

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - Shuttle Discovery atop its 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana where the ferry flight team will stay overnight. Discovery arrived at 6:39 p.m. EDT, about 20 minutes behind the ferry flight's pathfinder support aircraft, a NASA C-9 plane.

Sep 21, 2009

NASA Assigns Crew For Final Scheduled Space Shuttle Mission

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - NASA has assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station.

Sep 21, 2009