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British Jet Car Set to Break Land Speed Record….But whats the point.

Strap a big jet engine to a pointy car frame add some special tires and yeee haawww! But what is…

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SpaceX wins $440 Million Contract to Return Astronauts to Space.

Hawthorne, CA – According to the SpaceX Web site on August third Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won a $440 million…

13 years ago

SPACEX MERLIN 1D ENGINE ACHIEVES FULL MISSION DURATION FIRING

SpaceX Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration…

13 years ago

Virgin Galactic has Successful Glide Test of Space Ship Two

Virgin Galactic   had a successful drop test if its passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) on June 26, 2012. They…

13 years ago

What is the future of Spaceflight? SLS, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic?

Looking at the future of manned spaceflight, and even the future of non-manned spaceflight can be confusing. There are so…

13 years ago

Fifty years ago John Glenn First American in space

Fifty years ago Americas first astronaut went into space.  On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, Glenn launched from…

13 years ago

NASA SLS Rocket facts and specifications

SLS rocket will be the largest rocket since the Apollo Saturn V. NASA issued a report NASA’s Space Launch System…

13 years ago

Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?

  SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new…

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