by michael doornbos
I’ve spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and 1979. All of them in fact. I’m struck by something: we’re still talking about most of these same ideas as things for the future…
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03 Orbit
Miles O’Brien Reports: SpaceX Readies for Launch – Showdown Over Dragon Capsule Seat
On a PBS NewsHour broadcast, Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the upcoming SpaceX flight.
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Robonaut 2, the Legless Patent Dynamo
by andrew rush Even though it doesn’t have any legs (yet), Robonaut 2 is
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Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight
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SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace Join Forces to Offer Crewed Missions to Private Space Stations
HAWTHORNE, Calif, and LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Space Exploration Technologies and Bigelow Aerospace have agreed
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ATK Announces Complete Liberty System to Provide Commercial Crew Access (Video)
Liberty System Includes Spacecraft, Launch Vehicle, Ground and Mission Ops LOS ANGELES, Calif. –- ATK
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NASA Commercial Partner SpaceX Completes Crew Accommodations Milestone
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a
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‘Unsophisticated … Engineering’ Makes Early Satellite Dream Impractical | This Week In Space History
by michael shinabery Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part story. World War
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SpaceX Has A New Target Date of May 19th for Historic Launch
HAWTHORNE, Calif. — SpaceX today issued an update on the SpaceX COTS 2 launch timetable.
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Parachute Test
HOUSTON, Texas — The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its
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Skylon Spaceplane Could Change the Economics of Space Travel
CULHAM, U.K. — Scientists are testing a new form of rocket technology that could lead
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Commentary
Getting to Where We’re Going Means Something New
Planetary
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the
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News
NASA Langley’s SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX COTS2 Launch
HAMPTON, Va. — A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras
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News
Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA
BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to
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Video
Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 2 – Future Plans
At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
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Sub orbit
XCOR Aerospace Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner
MOJAVE, Calif. — XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard
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News
Elton John, ‘The Rocket Man’, Greets the ‘Rocket Men’ (Video)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock
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Environment
Our Weather Forecasting About To Get A Whole Lot Better
GREENBELT, Md. — NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP),
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Video
Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 1 – The STIG Rocket
Ben Brockert, an Engineer for Armadillo Aerospace, talks with MM about the developement and experience
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Video
Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 2 – Opportunities & Updates
Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
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Commentary
The Real Story Behind the “Manned” Space Program
by edward wright All organizations that have enduring for any length of time have
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Thursday 17 May 2012