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  ESA to Compete Next-Gen Launcher Ahead of Budget Talks

  Posted by Amy Svitak 12:56 PM on Mar 27, 2012

  Last week I flew down to Kourou for the launch of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle. It was a beautiful liftoff that took place in the wee hours of March 23, during which a... Read More >>

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  Transparency Needed

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 4:22 PM on Oct 08, 2010

  Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, doesn't think China will want to join the International Space Station."I am for the Chinese taking part in the Int... Read More >>

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  The Promise of Prague

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 3:41 PM on Sep 24, 2010

  Space exploration experts from around the world convene in Prague next week for the annual International Astronautical Congress.There's a chance for real progress in making space t... Read More >>

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  China Completes Space Lab Module

  Posted by Graham Warwick 7:26 PM on Aug 18, 2010

  Chinese news agency Xinhua reports construction of the country's first space laboratory module, Tiangong-1, is complete. The 8.5-tonne module is scheduled for launch by Long March ... Read More >>

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  What The U.S. Is Giving Up

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 8:05 PM on Jun 15, 2010

  Here's an example of what the U.S. will be giving up when it retires the space shuttle fleet.I found this photo of a handmade shuttle model on my Facebook page, posted by one of th... Read More >>

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  China's Space Plan

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 6:05 PM on Apr 14, 2010

  Colorado Springs - China’s human spaceflight program has new plans to use versions of its Tiangong docking-target vehicle as a testbed for regenerative life support and early... Read More >>

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  U.S. Opens Door to China Space Cooperation

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 8:05 PM on Nov 17, 2009

  The bilateral discussions in Beijing just concluded with a joint statement that suggests that Obama's first major policy shift on space exploration may be in the works. The stateme... Read More >>

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  Where is the capital of Space now?

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 4:30 PM on Sep 24, 2009

  The new era of space exploration has begun. It officially kicked off this week with the announcement that an instrument aboard the Indian lunar probe has detected unusual amounts o... Read More >>

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  India Lunar Probe Shuts Down

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 7:30 PM on Sep 01, 2009

    India's Chandryaan I lunar probe has apparently prematurely shut down, according to officials at the Indian Space Research Organization. The satellite has been orbiting the ... Read More >>

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  Space Weapons Negotiations Ok'd

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 2:15 PM on Jun 08, 2009

  The United Nations Conference on Disarmament, the Geneva-based 65-nation group that has been stuck in a diplomatic quagmire for the past decade, announced two surprising breakth... Read More >>

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