• Videos of July 17 ARC Flight Opportunities Webinar online

    Updated: 2012-07-30 21:01:30
    : HOME ABOUT NEWS RESOURCES BLOG SIGN IN www.nasa.gov oct→ Opportunities Platforms Flights Payloads Blog Videos of July 17 ARC Flight Opportunities Webinar online Monday , July 30, 2012 We held a successful Flight Opportunities Webinar on Tuesday July 17 as a follow up to the introductionary Flight Opportunities Program Tour Webinar on June 26. The recorded videos of this latest Webinar are now available for viewing on Youtube by clicking on the links below . The videos have been broken down according to : speaker Flight Opportunities Program Introduction by Richard Mains also displayed above Flight Testing a Novel Biosensor Package by Ravi Komatireddy a payload that flew on the May 2012 parabolic flight week Suborbital Flights as a Method of Studying the Fundamental Physics of Particle

  • Today on New Scientist: 30 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-30 18:00:00
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  • Mega ice avalanche on Saturn moon has liquid flow

    Updated: 2012-07-30 17:15:00
    : Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password Register now Activate my subscription Institutional login Athens login close My New Scientist Home News In-Depth Articles Blogs Opinion TV Galleries Topic Guides Last Word Subscribe Dating Look for Science Jobs SPACE TECH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH LIFE PHYSICS MATH SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Cookies Privacy Mega ice avalanche on Saturn moon has liquid flow 17:15 30 July 2012 Picture of the Day Space Nicola Guttridge , contributor Image : NASA JPL Space Science Institute Icy peaks , moonquakes , squashed poles and towering mountain ridges taller than Everest chilly Iapetus , one of Saturn's many moons , is an odd place When the wall of the Malun crater broke and plummeted some 8 kilometres to the crater floor ,

  • X-Rays Discovered From Young Supernova Remnant

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:42:46
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets X-Rays Discovered From Young Supernova Remnant By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 12:42 PM View Comments NASA HSCFA SN 1957D Over fifty years ago , a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light-years from Earth . Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make the first detection of X-rays emitted by the debris from this . explosion Named SN 1957D because it was the fourth supernova to be discovered in the year of 1957, it is one of only a few located outside of the

  • Image: Messier 68: A Ten Billion-year Stellar Dance

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:25:45
    : : Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Image : Messier 68 : A Ten Billion-year Stellar Dance By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 12:25 PM View Comments NASA ESA STSCI Globular Cluster Messier 68 The NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers this delightful view of the crowded stellar encampment called Messier 68, a spherical , star-filled region of space known as a globular . cluster Mutual gravitational attraction among a cluster's hundreds of thousands or even millions of stars keeps stellar members in check , allowing globular clusters to hang

  • Space Technology and Arctic Policy Priorities

    Updated: 2012-07-30 15:43:27
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Space Technology and Arctic Policy Priorities By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 11:43 AM View Comments Polar View Norway has carried out this GSP study comparing the needs of Arctic stakeholders as articulated in policies and strategies with the contribution different types of satellite technologies can make to meet current and future . requirements The Arctic is warming much faster than the rest of the planet , and as a result , sea ice is receding opening northern sea routes . This will increase the level of

  • SpaceX's Historic Mission: Gotta-See Videos

    Updated: 2012-07-30 05:09:07
    Compared to NASA, SpaceX are the newcomers to the Space world, but though their history is short, the Dragon mission was phenomenally successful and inspiring.

  • Latest Photos From Opportunity on Mars

    Updated: 2012-07-29 19:38:41
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Latest Photos From Opportunity on Mars By Keith Cowing Posted July 29, 2012 3:38 PM View Comments NASA Mars as Seen By Opportunity Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater . Progress was again impacted by a second safe mode entry by the Mars Odyssey orbiter . With normal Ultra-High Frequency relay with Odyssey restored , Opportunity was able to drive on Sol 3019 July 21, 2012 That drive , of over 138 feet 42 meters was a V trajectory with the rover first driving toward

  • The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesda, 7-25-12

    Updated: 2012-07-28 16:16:00
    The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesda, 7-25-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1822-BWB-2012-07-25.mp3 Guests:  John Batchelor, Amaresh Kollipara, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics: A report on the NewSpace 2012 Conference and Business Plan Competition.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be [...]

  • This Week at NASA Recap for Friday, July 28, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-28 14:36:36
    The Curiosity rover continues to make its way to Mars and its scheduled landing in Gale Crater on Monday, Aug. 6. Also Mars Yard; New record set; New heat shield test and new mission previewed; Landsat 40 and remembering Sally Ride and more.

  • What’s Under the Thames?

    Updated: 2012-07-27 20:01:22
    Almost 100 aircraft were lost in the river during World War II alone, and it's not certain how many are still to be recovered.

  • Job Posting: Maintenance Person 1

    Updated: 2012-07-27 18:21:48
    East Kern Airport District is seeking fulltime Maintenance Person 1. Candidate must be self-motivated and be able to perform a wide variety of general building maintenance repairs and services.  Minimum requirement is 3 to 5 years’ experience in carpentry and electrical.  HVAC experience a plus. All applicants are subject to pre-employment substance abuse testing. [...]

  • Today on New Scientist: 27 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-27 18:00:00
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  • African eye opens on the high-energy sky

    Updated: 2012-07-27 17:20:00
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  • ScienceCasts: Mars Landing Sky Show

    Updated: 2012-07-27 13:26:26
    On the same night Curiosity lands on Mars, a "Martian Triangle" will appear in sunset skies of Earth. The first-magnitude apparition on August 5th gives space fans something to do while they wait for news from the Red Planet.

  • Meet the Next Space Station Crew

    Updated: 2012-07-26 19:57:45
    The three members of the Expedition 33/34 crew, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitski, talk about their upcoming mission to the International Space Station at a news briefing held July 26 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The trio is scheduled to launch to the orbiting laboratory in September.

  • Man goes to near-space, checks out view, and jumps

    Updated: 2012-07-26 18:02:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 26 July 2012

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  • Landsat Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-07-26 13:30:21
    The Newseum in Washington, DC hosted a look back and ahead at the contributions of the Landsat program to our understanding of the Earth on the 40th anniversary of the Landsat on July 23.

  • Today on New Scientist: 25 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-25 18:00:00
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  • Emotional space voyage to deliver antimatter hunter

    Updated: 2012-07-25 17:18:00
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  • SpaceRef and the Secure World Foundation Enter Agreement on Multimedia Content Distribution

    Updated: 2012-07-25 15:30:00
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets SpaceRef and the Secure World Foundation Enter Agreement on Multimedia Content Distribution By Marc Boucher Posted July 25, 2012 11:30 AM View Comments SpaceRef Interactive Inc . and the Secure World Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of disseminating original multimedia content from Secure World Foundation . events The first event to be distributed through SpaceRef's network is the Secure World Foundation release of the 2012 Space Security Index Executive Summary . The two hour

  • AMS Experiment Marks 1 Year in Space

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:26:39
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets AMS Experiment Marks 1 Year in Space By Keith Cowing Posted July 25, 2012 10:26 AM View Comments CERN today marked the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's first year in space with a visit from the crew of the shuttle mission , STS-134, that successfully delivered AMS to the International Space Station just over a year . ago Launched on 16 May last year , the detector was already sending data back to Earth by 19 May , and since then , some 17 billion cosmic ray events have been collected . Data are received by NASA in

  • Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal

    Updated: 2012-07-25 01:48:52
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal By Keith Cowing Posted July 24, 2012 9:48 PM View Comments DARPA DARPA's Phoenix Concept On-orbit servicing OOS and active debris removal ADR are part of an emerging category of future on-orbit activities that are critical for taking the next leap in our use of Earth . orbit The ability to repair or refuel satellites , construct new satellites in orbit , and even remove orbital debris can help drive innovative uses of space and create new possibilities . These

  • Choreographing Olympic Airspace

    Updated: 2012-07-24 20:43:42
    Flying into London for the Olympics? Get in line.

  • Sally Ride (1951-2012)

    Updated: 2012-07-24 19:27:33
    Unlike many astronauts, Sally Kristen Ride did not dream of going into space since childhood. She was already in her mid-twenties, completing her Ph.D. in physics, when the idea dawned. NASA was recruiting women to apply to become astronauts for a spacecraft that had not yet flown: the Space Shuttle. She was well prepared to [...]

  • Marsha Freeman, Monday, 7-23-12

    Updated: 2012-07-24 19:11:00
    Marsha Freeman, Monday, 7-23-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1820-BWB-2012-07-23.mp3 Guest:  Marsha Freeman.  Topics:  GLEX 2012 Conference, Russian Federal Space Agency Interviews, China, space policy, Euro & U.S. economic issues.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to [...]

  • Good Luck, From Space

    Updated: 2012-07-24 18:53:40
    Astronauts and satellites get to watch the Games from Olympian heights.

  • Excalibur Almaz Sending Tourists Straight to the Moon

    Updated: 2012-07-24 18:26:11
    Space tourism company Excalibur Almaz says it will conservatively be able to sell 30 space missions to the Moon in a 10 year period, valued at $4.5 billion. The company says between 2015 and 2015 the 30 tickets will go for $150 million each and tourists will ride aboard a recycled retrofitted Russian spacecraft. According [...]

  • London’s Armed Rooftops

    Updated: 2012-07-24 18:19:12
    As the world's athletes put on their game face, the British Army prepares for aerial attack.

  • Busy British Airports Rely on Virtual Assistants

    Updated: 2012-07-24 18:09:44
    Holographic help: Holly and Graham are available to assist confused travelers.

  • Strobe-goggle catch boosts memory

    Updated: 2012-07-24 17:16:24
    : Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password Register now Activate my subscription Institutional login Athens login close My New Scientist Home News In-Depth Articles Blogs Opinion TV Galleries Topic Guides Last Word Subscribe Dating Look for Science Jobs SPACE TECH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH LIFE PHYSICS MATH SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Cookies Privacy Strobe-goggle catch boosts memory 17:16 24 July 2012 Life Picture of the Day Nicola Guttridge , contributor Image : Les Todd , Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Catch isn't the kind of sport that normally comes with a handicap . However , the new vision-limiting goggles these guys are wearing don't just make the game more interesting they're testing the effects of visual experience on memory . Weirdly , the

  • Sally Ride, 1951-2012

    Updated: 2012-07-23 23:38:23
    In the course of her too-brief career, Sally Ride was many things: astronaut, educator, trail-blazer.

  • Today on New Scientist: 23 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-23 18:00:00
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  • Learning to live off the land – on the moon

    Updated: 2012-07-20 18:02:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 20 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-20 18:00:00
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  • Shocking red algal mat due to new rock-loving species

    Updated: 2012-07-19 18:00:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 19 July 2012

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  • Space.com features Skylon

    Updated: 2012-07-18 23:12:21
    More on the recent bid by Reaction Engines for the ESA NELS launcher study contract, and a cool image gallery of Skylon concept art: British Space Plane Maker Vies for Europe's Heavy-Lift Rocket Needs -- Space.com Project Skylon: A Giant British Space Plane Concept (Gallery) -- Space.com

  • ISIC signs cooperation agreement with Russia's Skolkovo Foundation

    Updated: 2012-07-18 23:03:48
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  • Excalibur Almaz: BBC interview

    Updated: 2012-07-18 23:00:36
    Short video piece on Excalibur Almaz by BBC News, including an interview with CEO Art Dula: Isle of Man company offering holidays in space -- BBC News

  • Airborne Engineering: Snark rocket test firing video

    Updated: 2012-07-18 22:39:27
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  • Why 'Galactic' tourism may really take off

    Updated: 2012-07-18 22:26:05
    Charles M. Duke, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16, extols the virtues of commercial spaceflight and the upcoming Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflights: Why 'Galactic' tourism may really take off (by a man who's already been to the moon) -- Daily Mail

  • Success for Space at the Farnborough Airshow

    Updated: 2012-07-18 22:22:17
    The UK Space Agency reviews a number of significant space events and achievements at the Farnborough Airshow 2012: Success for Space at the Farnborough Airshow -- UK Space Agency

  • Short sex-filled life of an Australian dumpling squid

    Updated: 2012-07-18 18:40:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 18 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-18 18:10:11
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  • Gennady, Yuri and Suni, In Their Element

    Updated: 2012-07-17 20:55:21
    After the docking of Soyuz TMA-05M late last night, the International Space Station crew is back up to six people.

  • Today on New Scientist: 17 July 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-17 18:00:00
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  • Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Monday, 7-16-12

    Updated: 2012-07-17 17:00:14
    Dr. Bryan Laubscher, Monday, 7-16-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1815-BWB-2012-07-16.mp3 Guest:  Dr. Bryan Laubscher.  Topics:  The Space Elevator and the upcoming annual elevator conference.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of [...]

  • Fantasy forest pulls focus from Singapore's skyline

    Updated: 2012-07-17 15:50:00
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  • Tue July 17: ARC Flight Opportunities Workshop Webinar

    Updated: 2012-07-17 04:51:27
    : : HOME ABOUT NEWS RESOURCES BLOG SIGN IN www.nasa.gov oct→ Opportunities Platforms Flights Payloads Blog Tue July 17 : ARC Flight Opportunities Workshop Webinar Monday , July 16, 2012 Might your research payload successfully compete for a free parabolic or suborbital flight Find out how by viewing the 30 min NASA Flight Opportunities Program FOP Webinar Tour” Hopefully that will perk your interest in joining all or part of our 2nd ARC-focused Webinar on July 17, 2012, from 10 1 PM designed as a FOP Workshop . We will present more detail on payload requirements and hear presentations from ARC-related researchers who are interested in flying , have been selected to fly and are adapting their payloads , and have recently flown and can share their experience and results . A lively ,

  • NASA probe problems could add suspense to Mars landing

    Updated: 2012-07-17 00:56:50
    WASHINGTON — When NASA’s newest Mars rover arrives at the Red Planet next month, it’ll have a harrowing descent, called “seven minutes of terror” by agency officials, before it lands safely or becomes a $2.5 billion crater. But NASA — nor the public — might not know the fate of the Curiosity rover for a couple [...]

  • Peacock-feather cells at the heart of a death spiral

    Updated: 2012-07-16 18:04:00
    : Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password Register now Activate my subscription Institutional login Athens login close My New Scientist Home News In-Depth Articles Blogs Opinion TV Galleries Topic Guides Last Word Subscribe Dating Look for Science Jobs SPACE TECH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH LIFE PHYSICS MATH SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Cookies Privacy Peacock-feather cells at the heart of a death spiral 18:04 16 July 2012 Picture of the Day Nicola Guttridge , contributor Image : Evie Maifoshie , Imperial College London Reminiscent of a peacock's tail , these filamentous objects looks like they were plucked from an art gallery or fashion show but they are actually a cluster of reprogrammed cells , known as induced-pluripotent stem cells . These particular

  • EU Space Debris video

    Updated: 2012-07-16 14:11:30
    A video from the EU Enterprise & Industry directorate highlights current work on dealing with space debris, including comments from experts from SSTL and the University of Glasgow:-

  • RocketMotorTwo Hot Fire Test 14

    Updated: 2012-07-15 23:07:13
    (Source: Scaled Composites) Fire: 14 Date: 12 Jul 12 Objectives: Fourteenth full scale flight design RM2 hot-fire. Continued evaluation of all systems and components: - Valve/Injector - Fuel formulation and geometry - Nozzle - Structure - Performance Results: All objectives completed. Performed targeted 55 second hot fire as planned. Duration of burn chosen to allow examination of internal geometry.

  • ESA Learns From British Space Strategy

    Updated: 2012-07-14 15:35:07
    ESA is seeking to emulate recent British practice in driving economic growth in the commercial space sector: ESA Learns From British Space Strategy -- Aviation Week

  • Reaction Engines Skylon was surprise finalist in ESA New European Launcher System bidding

    Updated: 2012-07-14 15:27:04
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  • Planetary Society sponsors University of Glasgow study on asteroid deflection

    Updated: 2012-07-14 15:14:26
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  • Norfolk space fan's £100,000 Virgin Galactic ambition

    Updated: 2012-07-14 15:04:34
    Richard Burr from Norfolk is looking forward to his upcoming Virgin Galactic spaceflight. Mrs Burr isn't so keen on the idea... Norfolk space fan's £100,000 Virgin Galactic ambition -- BBC News

  • Near Space Security conference: London, 16-17 October 2012

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  • UK Government aims to 'open sky' for spaceplanes

    Updated: 2012-07-14 14:46:15
    Science Minister David Willetts has announced he intends to work with the Department of Transport on a licensing system that would allow spaceplane flights in UK airspace, including the Reaction Engines Skylon SSTO spaceplane:- Move to open sky for Skylon spaceplane

  • More on Virgin Galactic LauncherOne

    Updated: 2012-07-14 14:36:07
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  • Next Train to Space

    Updated: 2012-07-13 23:18:12
    The next three residents of the International Space Station are due to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:40 pm U.S. Eastern time on Saturday.

  • Today on New Scientist: 13 July 2012

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  • Space teams plan next steps

    Updated: 2012-07-13 02:39:46
    Several space ventures have reported a variety of seemingly small steps that are moving them closer to giant leaps in spaceflight mdash; including the rise of new made-in-the-USA spaceships and commercial missions to the moon. Here's a smorgasbord of space developments:

  • Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, Inc. to use Virgin Galactic LauncherOne

    Updated: 2012-07-12 09:42:01
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  • Surrey Satellite offers low-cost spacecraft designs optimised for Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne

    Updated: 2012-07-12 09:37:45
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  • Masten Xaero Flies Again

    Updated: 2012-07-11 17:52:26
    : HOME ABOUT NEWS RESOURCES BLOG SIGN IN www.nasa.gov oct→ Opportunities Platforms Flights Payloads Blog Masten Xaero Flies Again Wednesday , July 11, 2012 On July 3, Masten Space Systems flew their Xaero vertical takeoff and vertical landing vehicle to 444m altitude . This flight marks a significant achievement for Masten Space Systems on the way to providing service to 5km+ for the Flight Opportunities Program . More information about the flight can be found on Masten's website Posted by Alexander van Dijk in suborbital Tags Masten Xaero Previous entry ARC Flight Opportunities Program Tour Next entry Tue July 17 : ARC Flight Opportunities Workshop Webinar Subscribe to our RSS feed Categories commercial space x3 conferences x21 parabolic x9 suborbital x40 Blogs we follow Armadillo Space

  • To the North Pole…by Balloon

    Updated: 2012-07-11 16:03:48
    On July 11, 1897, 115 years ago today, Swedish explorer S.A. Andrée attempted to reach the North Pole by balloon.

  • Aerojet Planning European Space Propulsion Subsidiary

    Updated: 2012-07-11 12:21:42
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  • VIDEO: Virgin Galactic Portraits

    Updated: 2012-07-11 12:07:07

  • Virgin Galactic LauncherOne: Furthering the Space Frontier. July 2012

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  • Virgin Galactic Reveals Privately Funded Satellite Launcher and Confirms SpaceShipTwo Poised for Powered Flight

    Updated: 2012-07-11 11:53:39
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  • UKSA Civil Space Strategy 2012-2016

    Updated: 2012-07-10 22:50:54
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  • London financial trader aiming for first trade in space

    Updated: 2012-07-10 22:23:05
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  • Alan Bond interview

    Updated: 2012-07-10 22:09:06
    Alan Bond Interview from Reaction Engines Ltd on Vimeo.

  • Telstar Turns 50

    Updated: 2012-07-10 18:05:37
    The world's first transatlantic TV broadcast included a quip from President Kennedy and folk dancing in Quebec.

  • Space - A New Direction: Speech by David Willetts

    Updated: 2012-07-10 15:21:59
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  • Farnborough International Airshow 2012: video highlights from day 1

    Updated: 2012-07-10 09:57:10
    Thanks to Farrukh for the link:

  • Reaction Engines: Major Advance Towards the Next Jet Engine

    Updated: 2012-07-10 09:51:05
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  • Reaction Engines videos on Vimeo

    Updated: 2012-07-09 16:40:47
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  • Twitter @ Farnborough

    Updated: 2012-07-09 16:34:08
    News updates from the Farnborough International Airshow 2012 can be followed on the Twitter tags #FIA12 and #FARN12.

  • Reaction Engines site redesign, Twitter account

    Updated: 2012-07-09 16:32:19
    Reaction Engines have substantially redesigned their website, with new graphics and videos of the heat exchanger and internal layout of the SABRE engine. They also now have a Twitter account: @ReactionEngines.

  • Why China Doesn’t Have a Space Shuttle

    Updated: 2012-07-05 21:01:39
    The 1986 Challenger accident influenced the decision, but not in the way you might think.

  • Sally Ride 1951-2012 (see comments 46+)

    Updated: 2012-07-03 21:05:00
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  • Robot Fall, Robot Get Up

    Updated: 2012-07-03 18:03:12
    When the AirBurr flying robot crashes into an obstacle, it rights itself and keeps going.

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