Manned Space Flight Industry News & Blogs

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Space, time and Vega's heavy burden
www.flightglobal.com | 1 hour 40 minutes ago
To avoid the prospect of losing a high-value commercial payload on a risky maiden flight, Vega's first mission - VV01 - will carry a basket of scientific...

Space-tracking ship Yuanwang VI concludes trip
www.spacedaily.com | Feb 10, 2012
Nanjing, China (XNA) Feb 10, 2012 - China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang VI concluded its 154-day trip on Thursday after covering more than 30,000 sea miles. The ship returned to the port of China Satellite Maritime Tracking and

NASA PIT Crews Essential to Commercial Space Endeavor
www.space-travel.com | Feb 9, 2012
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 09, 2012 - Just as every race car driver has a pit crew to keep them on track on the way to a victory quickly and safely, the seven aerospace companies that have teamed up with NASA's Commercial Crew Program h

Russia blames 'cosmic rays' for Mars probe failure
www.marsdaily.com | Feb 2, 2012
Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2012 - Russia on Tuesday blamed a computer malfunction caused by the impact of cosmic rays for the failure of its Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars, one of a litany of setbacks for its embattled space programme.

On Space
www.aviationweek.com | Jan 13, 2012
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New Deep Space Capsule Passes NASA Chief's Inspection NASA & Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle |
www.space.com | Jan 12, 2012
NASA chief Charlie Bolden got a look at the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, the agency's next-generation capsule for manned exploration of asteroids, Mars and other deep-space destinations.

Moon mission on the horizon
www.moondaily.com | Jan 3, 2012
Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 03, 2012 - Preliminary research on a giant leap to the moon has been included in the government's plans for the next five years, according to a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, China's Space

ANN 2011 Year In Review: Aerospace | Aero-News Network
www.aero-news.net | Dec 30, 2011
End Of The Shuttle Program, Advances In Commercial Space Efforts Highlight The Year This year saw the beginning of the passing of the low-orbit manne| Published: Fri, Dec 30, 2011 | Aero-News Network

Special Aerospace Services Announces Second Annual Human Spaceflight Technical Forum | SpaceRef -
www.spaceref.com | Dec 15, 2011
Special Aerospace Services Announces Second Annual Human Spaceflight Technical Forum - SpaceRef

defence.professionals | defpro.com
www.defpro.com | Nov 7, 2011
The successful accomplishment of its first ever docking exercise in outer space on 3 November was a major technological breakthrough for China, and now holds the potential to bring Beijing closer...