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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes, One Pilot Reported Killed

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October 31, 2014
Spaceflight
We have received word that Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo failed and crashed today during a powered test flight. Reports are that one pilot did not survive and one injured with an unknown status. This has to...
Antares explodes. Photo Credit: Matthew Travis

Antares Explodes, ISS Cargo Lost In Launch Failure

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October 29, 2014
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Launch of the Cygnus spacecraft was supposed to be the start of the third of Orbital Science Corporation’s eight NASA-contracted resupply missions to the International Space Station. Instead, Orbital and...
Atlas V GPS IFF-8. Photo Credit: Valerie Phillips

Atlas V Racks Up 50th Success With Launch of GPS IIF-8 For U.S. Air Force

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October 29, 2014
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-8 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 1:21 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-41. This...

Hurricane Gonzalo Delays NASA’s Latest Cargo Run To ISS

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October 16, 2014
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Already delayed several times, the launch of an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket from Wallops Flight Facility, VA was pushed back again today due to the expected passage of a powerful hurricane over a critical...

Photo Feature: Melbourne Air & Space Show

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October 8, 2014
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"We are thrilled by the turnout on Saturday for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and are making accommodations to make sure everyone gets a chance to see these amazing pilots do what they do best,” said Bryan...
Artist's concept of CubeSats near Jupiter's moon Europa. Image Credit: NASA/JPL

JPL Selects CubeSat Proposals for Europa Clipper Mission Study

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October 8, 2014
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has chosen proposals from 10 universities to study CubeSat concepts that could enhance a Europa mission concept currently under study by NASA. The...
NASA looks to the future as workers raise a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket on the pad at Space Launch Complex 37. This Delta vehicle will power the first test flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft, the first human spacecraft designed to travel beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo program. Launch of Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) is targeted for the morning of December 4. Photo Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero-G News

Looking To The Future, Delta IV Rocket For Orion First Flight Reaches The Launch Pad

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October 1, 2014
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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket stands on the launch pad today, marking a critical and historic milestone of NASA’s plan to launch the first Orion spacecraft later this year. Overnight,...
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, targeted to launch in 2020, will make global measurements of the causes and consequences of a variety of land surface changes on Earth. Image Credit: NASA

India, U.S. To Collaborate On Earth Obsevation, Mars Missions

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September 30, 2014
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In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission...

Sierra Nevada Targets Air-Launch With Stratolaunch Partnership

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September 30, 2014
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) today announced a design for an integrated system for human spaceflight that can be launched to low Earth orbit (LEO) using Stratolaunch Systems' air launch architecture and a...
ATK's launch abort motor igniter for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System is one step closer toward qualifying for production. (PRNewsFoto/ATK)

ATK Test Fires Igniter For Orion Launch Abort System Motor

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September 30, 2014
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NASA and ATK successfully completed a static test of the launch abort motor igniter for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System (LAS). Conducted at ATK's facility in Promontory, Utah, this test is the...
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