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NKorea rocket launch partial success: US expert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 05, 2009 |
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North Korea's rocket launch is a partial technological success on the way to building a long-range missile, even if Pyongyang failed to put a satellite in orbit, the former director of the US missile defense agency said ...
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US sends 2 missile defense satellites into orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two satellites are heading to orbit as part of a missile defense program demonstration.
Missile defense test aborted when target fails
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.
New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.
Commander: Russia To Complete Experiment On Bulava Missile In 2006
Jul 08, 2005 |
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Russia plans to complete its experiment on the new Bulava sea-launched intercontinental ballistic missile system by the end of 2006, the Russian navy's Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov said Wednesday.
China picks first female astronaut candidates
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk.
Japan launches 5th spy satellite
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Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.
SKorea rocket takes off, satellite launch fails
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Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- South Korea's first rocket launch Tuesday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months the communist nation's own launch drew ...
Kinetic Energy Interceptor Successfully Completes First Wind Tunnel Test
Jun 15, 2005 |
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TUCSON, June 15 (SPX) -- Raytheon recently completed the first in a series of risk-reduction high speed wind tunnel tests of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile in preparation for future flight testing. KEI is the ...
Father of China's space tech program dies at 98
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Oct 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.
Scramjet test successful
Dec 31, 2005 |
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The Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique, or FASTT, is the first liquid fuel-powered scramjet to fly, says the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
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