Plan for Suborbital Space Passenger System
LE BOURGET, Switzerland — Swiss Space Systems (S3), the young Swiss aerospace company, officially launched on 13 March this year. With the development phase well under way,
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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, its flagship product, how the suit is a safety subsystem that requires extensive integration with safety and other systems in a vehicle, and the emergence of the NewSpace industry from the economic downturn and its effect on Orbital Outfitters.
Airbus carrying the SOAR spaceplane aloft. - S3
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Swiss Space Systems and Thales Alenia Form New Partnership
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NASA Selects 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class (Video)
Four Men and Four Women Chosen For Intense Training Regimen
HOUSTON, Texas — After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system
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New SXC Ceo Georgette Schlick. - Telegraaf
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Space Expedition Corp. Makes Executive Additions
SXC Adds a New CEO and New CCO
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Space Expedition Corporation has announced the addition of two top-level executives, Georgette Schlick as Chief Executive Officer to head
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Virgin Galactic's 600th passenger, Marsha Waters, and Richard Branson. - Virgin Galactic
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Virgin Galactic Signs Up 600th Passenger for SpaceShipTwo
Richard Branson Makes Announcement Hailing “The Next Generation of Women in Space”
LONDON, U.K. — The 600th passenger has signed on with Virgin Galactic for a trip into suborbital space. Richard Branson made the announcement on a blog entry
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A Copenhagen Suborbitals launch in June 2012. - Thomas Pedersen
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Accepting the Risk of Death in Spaceflight
by merryl azriel
Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen have been developing Copenhagen Suborbitals, the open source, backyard endeavor they founded to launch themselves into space, for five years now. In the midst of ever more models and tests
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President John Kennedy (at left) at Holloman Air Force Base. - NMMSH Archives
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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 is out,” America would be “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”
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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 first teacher in space.” The Chinese space program is all about public relations and scoring “firsts.” Yet, no one seems to ask if this claim is accurate.
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Commentary
What is Innovation?
by michael belfiore At the GE Look Ahead Executing Innovation conference in Toronto last month,
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A Watchmaker’s Space Commercial
Here’s a very cool Luminox watch commercial featuring the XCOR Lynx suborbital spaceplane.
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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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Grasshopper Advances: SpaceX Falcon 9-Reusable (F9-R) 1st Stage Firing
Test firing of the first stage of F9-R–advanced prototype for the world’s first reusable rocket.
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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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Next Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Dallas
NASA and Industry Experts, XCOR’s Khaki Rodway Will be on Hand DALLAS, Texas — Space
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Virgin Galactic Posts Updated Payload Users Guide for SS2/WK2
For Conducting Research on SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo Here is the announcement of the updated payload
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Rand Simberg – The Maritime Model | The Moonandback Interview Documentary Project
In the concluding portion of his interview with Moonandback, Rand Simberg suggests modeling space law
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Orbit
SpaceX Signs Agreement for Potential Military Launches
Air Force to Evaluate New Falcon 9 Launch System by matteo emanuelli The U.S. Air
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Tuesday 18 June 2013