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Inventors unveil commercial spacesuitNew York (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 Two inventors, one American and one Russian, unveiled their design for a commercial spacesuit in New York, officials said. Moscow spacesuit engineer Nikolay Moiseev and New York inventor and artist Ted Southern formed a partnership they call Final Frontier Design and hope to attract commercial space companies like SpaceX, Orbital Sciences and Virgin Galactic as customers, SPACE.com reported Friday. Their suit is designed to be worn inside a spacecraft during launch and re-entry, is fully ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 19, 2010Opportunity's driving campaign toward Endeavour Crater has benefitted from a recent solar array dust-cleaning event. The rover began the past reporting week with a drive of just over 68 meters (223 feet) on Sol 2295 (July 8, 2010). The rover then spent the weekend conducting a robotic arm campaign on a surface target called "Juneau Road Cut," collecting both Microscopic Imager (MI) i ... more  
Edwards AFB CA (AFNS) Jul 19, 2010Air Force Research Laboratory scientists here returned to the organization's roots with their latest rocket test recently. AFRL technicians have tested rockets of all sizes and fuels of all make-ups for years. What makes this latest test unique is that all components of the test were developed at the laboratory by AFRL employees. Researchers conducted a 15-pound Ballistic Test and Evaluati ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 19, 2010On its launch date, 21 June 2010, roughly 16,000 kilometres separated TanDEM-X from its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X. Now, that distance has shrunk to just 2000 kilometres. The time has come for the relative movement between the two satellites to be slowed down, and for them to be set up for formation flying. To accomplish this, the Flight Dynamics Group at the German Space Operations Center ... more |
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Russia To Start Testing New Angara Rocket In 2013Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010 Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said on Thursday. Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, said the rocket assembly would be completed in the first quarter of 2011, adding that the first-stage engine was "99% ready" and the second-stage engine had already been tested three times. He said the only problem that could affect the schedule of tests was delays in the purchase of ground- ... read more |
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