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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
