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Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Phase 1 Drop Test

By Andrea Gini on October 26, 2011

Source NASA: Engineers conducted the first test as part of Phase 1 of the Orion MPCV boilerplate test article at NASA's Langley Research Center, on... Read more →

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Living on Tiangong

By Morris Jones on October 26, 2011

Tiangong-1 during integration. With China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1, settled into orbit, it's now time to consider the missions that... Read more →

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SpaceX is Fixing Software Development Procedures

By Andrea Gini on October 25, 2011

SpaceX's Dragon capsule at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Credits: NASA). According to Space News, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.... Read more →

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Commercial Crew Development Progress Report

By Andrea Gini on October 25, 2011

CCDev milestone progress as of Oct. 21, 2011 - (Credits: NASA). Source NASA: Over the last two months, NASA’s industrypartners demonstrated... Read more →

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DARPA’s PHOENIX: Scavenging Defunct GEO Satellites

By Staff Writers on October 24, 2011

Artist's impression of a PHOENIX servicing satellite (Credits: DARPA). Source DARPA:  DARPA’s Phoenix program seeks to develop technologies... Read more →

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SpaceShipTwo “Dropped Like a Rock” During Test Flight Stall

By Andrea Gini on October 24, 2011

Virgin Galactic's first feathered test glide, performed on May 4, 2011 (Credits: Virgin Galactic). An interesting article by Leonard David on... Read more →