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Japan to develop midair rocket-launch system

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The government has launched a project to develop a midair rocket-launching system that can place satellites in orbit, it has been learned.





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Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship (AP)

Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(AP) -- A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history.


NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft (AP)

NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping ...


Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.


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Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 10

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars.


WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11

WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.


Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...


NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim a Mile High

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.


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NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.


Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.


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NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station

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created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.



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