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VIDEO REPORT: Update on NASA’s Orion Program
Supported by team members across the nation, the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Colorado is leading the development effort as NASA’s prime contractor for the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle. Image credit: NASA SOURCE: NASA – A NASA-Industry Team Effort.
Artist’s Concept of a SEP (Solar Electric Propulsion System)
Using advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technologies is an essential part of future missions into deep space with larger payloads. The use of robotics and advanced SEP technologies like this concept of an SEP-based spacecraft during NASA mission to find, … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT: NEW Hypersonic SpaceLiner to fly from Europe to Australia in just 90 minutes!
The rocket-powered hypersonic plane SpaceLiner, designed by the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Systems, aims to send passengers from Europe to Australia in 90 minutes by 2050. The design is expected to evolve, but currently includes a rocket booster … Continue reading
Posted in Avionics, Design, News and politics, Space, Technology & Science, Travel, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged Australia, aviation, Booster (rocketry), German Aerospace Center, NASA, orbiter, rocket booster, space, space systems, SpaceLiner, transportation, United States, Walter Dornberger
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VIDEO SIMULATION: Meet the “Lynx” Rocketplane by X-COR that can take off AND land horizontally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgmu62gV28w&feature=colike
This simulation is a high-quality demonstration of how the “Lynx” Rocket-plane (aka “Suborbital Vehicle”) by X-COR takes off and lands horizontally.
Total Flight time is going to be approximately 30 minutes (from take-off to landing).
Posted in Avionics, Design, Hobbies, Holiday, News and politics, Space, Technology & Science, Travel, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged Lynx, NASA, Payload (air and space craft), Private spaceflight, Reusable launch system, Rocket-powered aircraft, RocketShip Tours, space, Sub-orbital spaceflight, XCOR Aerospace
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VIDEO REPORT: U.S.A.F.to step up “SPACE-JUNK” tracking
The Air Force will improve its ability to track space junk later this year when airmen begin using a new suite of equipment to help them watch it all, Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said last week. Schwartz said … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Economics, History, Military, News and politics, Social, Space, Technology & Science, Travel, Trends, World / International Affairs
Tagged International Space Station, Joint Space Operations Center, NASA, Norton Schwartz, Situation awareness, space, Space debris, United States Air Force
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VIDEO REPORT: US Space Plane Reaches Milestone of 1 year of Operation in orbit
The US Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has just recently passed a significant milestone: the vehicle has been operating in space for over a year now. Little is known about its classified duties, other than that it has a … Continue reading
VIDEO REPORT: Boeing’s X-37B Space Plane
Posted in Avionics, Military, News and politics, Space, Technology & Science
Tagged Boeing X-37, California, Earth, Experiment, space, Space Shuttle, Spaceplane, technology, Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Move over NASA… XCOR to fly Atsa Suborbital Observatory
Planetary Science Institute Selects XCOR to Fly Atsa Suborbital Observatory Tuesday, July 12 2011, Mojave, CA, USA: The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and XCOR Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that lays the groundwork for flying the human-operated Atsa … Continue reading
Posted in Avionics, News and politics, Space, Technology & Science
Tagged 2011, Atsa, exploration, low orbit, Lynx, Lynx rocketplane, MMT Observatory, NASA, Observatory, Planetary Science Institute, space, Sub-orbital spaceflight, Suborbital, U.S., United States, X COR, XCOR Aerospace
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SLIDESHOW: Final Launching of Atlantis
Final Launching of Atlantis The space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off its seaside launching pad on Friday, rising atop a tower of smoke and flames as it left Earth on the shuttle program’s final flight. The shuttle needs to reach a … Continue reading
