Declassified Soviet Accident Report Reveals Truth by merryl azriel Yuri Gagarin became the first man
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Commentary
Teachers in Space: The Next Generation
by edward wright Much is being made of Wang Yaping, who is described as “China’s
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What is Innovation?
by michael belfiore At the GE Look Ahead Executing Innovation conference in Toronto last month,
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Does China Matter?
by mike mackowski China recently launched a crew to their small space station. The Shenzhou
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The Red Tape of the Space Bureaucracy
by bob zimmerman “An article in the Economist on June 10th has some chilling conclusions about the difficulties
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Who Would Have Guessed?
by trent waddington It was Stiennon and Hoerr’s space-nerd spectacular “The Rocket Company” (now available on
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Duty Calls: ITAR, USML, and NPRMs (Oh My!)
by jonathan goff Those of you who have been following the NewSpace field for a
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Chris Hadfield Showed Why We Need the Arts in Space
by michael belfiore One of the major benefits of space travel is the new perspective
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The Lonely Universe, Part Five: The Simulation Hypothesis
by richard hayes Stephen Baxter raised some intriguing thoughts in his paper The Planetarium Hypothesis:
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The Lonely Universe, Part Four: Life… But Not As We Know It
by richard hayes There’s long been a suggestion that the reason we can’t see that
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The Lonely Universe, Part Three: Childhood’s End – Is It Just the Beginning?
by richard hayes Probably the most unlikely solution to the Fermi Paradox is the “Zoo
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News
Mystery of Yuri Gagarin’s Death Solved
Sub orbit
Small Satellites Soar in High-Altitude Demonstration
Mission Deemed Success Despite Parachute Snafu by anna heiney / NASA’s Kennedy Space Center MOJAVE,
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Planetary
Fast Winds of Venus are Getting Faster
Enormous Increase is Unprecedented, Not Understood BERLIN-ADLERSHOF, Germany — The most detailed record of cloud
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Planetary
NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
Variety of Partnerships Utilized to Find Remaining Dangers WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA announced Tuesday a
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News
Gender Equity Space Pioneers Sally Ride and Valentina Tereshkova
Pioneers Changed the Course of Human Space Exploration by cody knipfer / NASA History Office
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Video
Jeff Feige – Spacesuit Dev | The Moonandback Interview Documentary Project
In part 2 of his interview with Moonandback, Jeff Feige talks about Orbital Outfitters’ product
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Sub orbit
Swiss Space Systems and Thales Alenia Form New Partnership
Plan for Suborbital Space Passenger System LE BOURGET, Switzerland — Swiss Space Systems (S3), the
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News
NASA Selects 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class (Video)
Four Men and Four Women Chosen For Intense Training Regimen HOUSTON, Texas — After an
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Sub orbit
Space Expedition Corp. Makes Executive Additions
SXC Adds a New CEO and New CCO AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Space Expedition Corporation
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Sub orbit
Virgin Galactic Signs Up 600th Passenger for SpaceShipTwo
Richard Branson Makes Announcement Hailing “The Next Generation of Women in Space” LONDON, U.K. —
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Sub orbit
Accepting the Risk of Death in Spaceflight
by merryl azriel Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen have been developing Copenhagen Suborbitals, the open
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Video
Jeff Feige – Outlook for Outfitters | The Moonandback Interview Documentary Project
Jeff Feige, CEO of the spacesuit company, Orbital Outfitters talks with Moonandback about the company,
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Video
A Watchmaker’s Space Commercial
Here’s a very cool Luminox watch commercial featuring the XCOR Lynx suborbital spaceplane.
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News
Kennedy’s Enthusiasm Predates Technology | This Week In Space History
by michael shinabery President John Kennedy promised the Congress in 1961 that “before this decade
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Environment
A Helping Hand from Above for The Gambia
Remarkable Progress Seen as Combo of Satellites Provide Data FRASCATI, Italy — Satellites are being
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Orbit
Sierra Nevada Starts Next Phase of Dream Chaser’s Tests
Testing Main Hybrid Rocket Motor that Will Power Dream Chaser by t.j. aulds SPARKS, Nev.
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Wednesday 19 June 2013