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Cut Cable Severs Russian Link with International Space Station, Satellites

Moscow Mission Control lost contact with civilian satellites after a cable was accidentally cut (Credits: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Rodionov).

Shortly after the successful November 14 launch of their sixth Meridian dual use communication satellite, Moscow Mission Control lost contact. With everything. Construction workers had severed a communications cable outside the building, resulting in a Mission Control unable to send commands to any of its satellites or the Russian segment of the International Space Station. State news agency RIA Novosti originally [...]

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The Integrated Space Plan

The Integrated Space Plan

In the 1980′s space conglomerate Rockwell International had its eye on the future – and the future was in space. This Space Week 2012, see how we measure up on this map of human development. View the plan below or download here. Here are exerpts from the explanation included on the diagram: The Rockwell Integrated Space Plan (ISP) is a very [...]

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