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US military launches top-secret robotic spacecraftWashington (AFP) April 22, 2010 A US Air Force unmanned spacecraft has blasted off from Florida, amid a veil of secrecy about its military mission. The robotic space plane, or X-37B, lifted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket at 7:52 pm local time (2352 GMT) Thursday, according to video released by the military. "The launch is a go," Air Force spokeswoman Major Angie Blair told AFP. The lift-off appeared to proceed as planned without major problems, judging by the commentary in the Air Force webcast. Resembl ... read more |
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Houston, Texas (AFP) April 20, 2010Shuttle Discovery touched down Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making a safe return to Earth after a two-week resupply mission to the International Space Station. NASA's Mission Control gave Discovery's astronauts approval for the landing at 9:08 am (1308 GMT) after repeated delays on Monday and earlier Tuesday due to rain and fog. ... more  
New Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2010India will temporarily go back to using Russian-produced space equipment after its indigenous GSLV rocket failed, a spokesman for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Friday. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV D3, fell into the Bay of Bengal 304 seconds after liftoff as its cryogenic engine failed to perform. The rocket tumbled, lost altitude and finally splashe ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2010Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana later this year. The launches have repeatedly been postponed, with the latest deadline set for April 2010. "This year, I hope, a milestone rocket and space industry event will take place: a modernized Soyuz carrier rocket will blast off ... more |
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Orbital Ready To Launch First Minotaur IV RocketDulles, VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2010 Orbital Sciences is in final campaign mode preparing for the first launch of its Minotaur IV rockets in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) program. The Minotaur IV launch vehicle is based on decommissioned Peacekeeper rocket motors that Orbital integrates and upgrades with modern avionics and other subsystems to produce a cost-effective booster based on flight-proven hardware. Subject to final preparations and favorable ... read more |
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