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www.aviationweek.com | Feb 9, 2012
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How Do You Fight Fire in Space?
www.space-travel.com | Feb 6, 2012
San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 - Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a

defence.professionals | defpro.com
www.defpro.com | Jan 25, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. | Forecast International, the originator of the 10-year aerospace & defense production forecast, has released its new Market-Intelligence-Reports (MIR) Web site (www.Market-Intellige...

NASA Joins MIT and DARPA for Out-of-This-World Student Robotic Challenge
www.spacedaily.com | Jan 22, 2012
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2012 - NASA will join the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school student teams from the U.S. and abroad for the third annual Zero

Russia Mars probe 'crashes into Pacific': military
www.spacemart.com | Jan 16, 2012
Moscow (AFP) Jan 15, 2012 - Russia believes fragments of its Phobos-Grunt probe which spiralled back to Earth after failing to head on a mission to Mars crashed Sunday into the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for its space forces said.

Far Out! New Deep Space Mission Idea Draws NASA's Eye | NASA & Space Exploration | The Moon & Deep
www.space.com | Jan 10, 2012
NASA is investigating manned missions that would get humanity out of low-Earth orbit. The space agency is looking at efforts to get astronauts to deep space locations near the moon.

Homegrown designs sprout for NASA's Commercial Crew Program
www.sciencedaily.com | Dec 5, 2011
The expression goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention." And right now there is a need for NASA and the United States to have reliable access to low Earth orbit from homegrown sources. So, NASA's Commercial Crew Program and a number of American-led private companies are working together on new

Spacevidcast – Space News and Launches » China making great progress in their space program –
www.spacevidcast.com | Nov 9, 2011
To best understand what has recently happened we need to first roll back the clock to September 29th, 2011 and head on over to Jiuquan Launch Area 4. What you’re watching is the launch of Tiangong 1, which translates to Heavenly Palace 1, aboard a modified Long March 2F rocket. This is the first

China launches space station test bed
www.flightglobal.com | Nov 4, 2011
China successfully launched the first segment of its space station, Tiangong-1, on 29 September. The Tiangong spacecraft was launched atop a Long March...

Boeing to Build Private Space Taxis in Old NASA Shuttle Hangar - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com | Oct 31, 2011
Read 'Boeing to Build Private Space Taxis in Old NASA Shuttle Hangar' on Yahoo! News. This story was updated at 11:22 a.m. EDT.