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Expanding on Bigelow’s inflatable module for the ISS
NASA managers are set to provide details on the deal they have signed with Bigelow Aerospace for an inflatable module to become part of the International Space Station…
SpaceX Crewed Dragon: Pressing home the advantage
With all three Commercial Crew partners providing a status update at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this week, SpaceX have outlined their path towards launching a crew on…
Boeing discusses use of SLS for robust lunar program
As the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues development for its debut mission in December 2017, the Boeing company has identified several exploration architectures that would be enabled by…
NASA Kepler closing in on “Earth’s Analogue”
The continuing success of NASA’s Kepler mission was highlighted on Monday, following the discovery of 461 new planet candidates – four of which are less than twice the…
SLS on track to CDR as engineers work though a baffling issue
As the Space Launch System (SLS) heads on to the path towards its Critical Design Review (CDR), engineers are close to mitigating an issue relating to the core stage’s slosh…
Golden Spike contract Northrop Grumman for Lunar Lander
The recently revealed Golden Spike Company have announced a contract with Northrop Grumman to design their Lunar Lander. Several designs are likely to be on the table, likely…
Year in Review (Part IV) – ISS sails into New Year following successful 2012
With all three Space Shuttle orbiters now tucked away inside their respective museums, the International Space Station (ISS) has completed its full year on-orbit in the post-Shuttle era, a…
Year in Review (Part III) – SLS development, mission possibilities take shape
2012: The year when the Space Launch System rocket began to take shape. For NASA, 2012 saw tremendous progress toward the development of the SLS rocket – the…
Year in review (Part II) – Through the solar system and beyond
For NASA’s unmanned explorers, 2012 was an astonishing year filled with discoveries and observations inside our solar system, at the outer reaches of our solar system, and in…
Year in Review (Part I) – Mars exploration dominates a year of redefinition
The year 2012 was a year like none other for NASA, one dominated not by human spaceflight activities but by redefinition. That redefinition saw the prominent rise of…
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- SpaceX’s Grasshopper successfully conducts a 40 meter leap
- The Soyuz TMA-07M Santa Sleigh docks with ISS
- Shuttle Scrubber: SLS working to avoid GUCP leaks
- Ariane 5 ECA launches Skynet 5D and Mexsat 3/Bicentenario
- China end 2012 with Long March 2D launch of Göktürk-2
- GRAIL mission ends with Lunar impact and the honoring of a hero
- VAB integration between SLS and Orion outlined by SPIO
- J-2X powerpack completes 2012 testing ahead of SLS role
- Atlantis’ legacy continues as healthy Hubble finds primitive galaxies
- ULA Atlas V launches X-37B on OTV-3 mission
