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Next Generation Russian Crew Capsule Delayed

By Merryl Azriel on July 20, 2012

An interior model of the ACV (Credits: RIA Novosti). On July 18, Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin  announced that the Advanced Crew vessel... Read more →

National Space Programs

Taikonauts Feeling Good Following Historic Mission

By Maria Fischer on July 20, 2012

The Shenzhou 9 crew seated shortly after landing. The crew is no longer experiencing dizziness or the other sideeffects of microgravity (Credits:... Read more →

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Jon Collins Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Space Safety

By Staff Writers on July 20, 2012

Leonardo da Vinci, the prototypical Italian Renaissance man; Jon Collins, the Renaissance man of Space Safety. The International Association for... Read more →

Commercial Spaceflight

Mission Highlights: SpaceX’s Dragon Makes History

By Staff Writers on July 20, 2012

SpaceX's Dragon capsule on a barge after its May 31 splashdown (Credits: SpaceX). On May 25, 2012 SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft... Read more →

Media

NASA’s Orion Parachute Drop Test Successful

By Staff Writers on July 19, 2012

A C-17 plane dropped a test version of Orion from an altitude of 7,620 m above the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona on July 18,... Read more →

News

Poland to Become 20th Member of ESA

By Merryl Azriel on July 19, 2012

On July 13, the European Space Agency (ESA) Council approved the accession of Poland to the ESA Convention. The move was a major step forward for... Read more →