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HTV-3 En Route to International Space Station

By Merryl Azriel on July 23, 2012

HTV-2 on the end of ISS' Canadarm 2 in 2011 (Credits: JAXA). On Saturday, July 21 the H-II Transfer Vehicle-3 (HTV-3) launched from the... Read more →

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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 →