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MSNBC.com is reporting the successful launch of the low-cost Falcon 1 orbital delivery system. This comes just hours after an aborted launch attempt due to a "communications glitch." Although the second stage did tumble into a half-orbit, the rocket reached an altitude of 187+ miles, officially reaching space and proving its concept was sound. Elon Musk said it was likely the company would
The most recent launch of Falcon 1 failed, most likely due to a communications glitch. As the Associated Press reports in this story at CNN.com, Space Exploration Technologies has yet to launch its low-cost alternative to orbit. A previous attempt failed moments after lift-off. Even their technological approach, an oxygen-kerosene formula, seems a little haphazard when compared to the nitrogen
Jim Benson dropped us a line last week, suggesting we might have been unfair in pointing out he has no hardware despite a plan to start sending paying customers to space in a few short years. Fair enough. As he points out no one else does either, except SpaceShip One, which utilizes a hybrid rocket engine designed by SpaceDev, the same company responsible for developing Benson's SpaceDev Dream
CNN is reporting that Japanese scientists have successfully grown new teeth in a mouse using only a single original cell. And it wasn't a stem cell. The original story appeared in Nature Methods. This success puts us further on the path to growing replacement organs from a patients own cells. The ability to do this means a better alternative for astronauts on deep space missions who become
NASA Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria set a new U.S. spacewalking record during their third EVA in little more than a week. The stepped-up pace of work is meant to help bring the station to a point where more scientific research can be conducted, the crew can be expanded and new labors on other space-related missions can be conducted. If all goes well, by this time next year there will be six
While most of the nation searched for "astronaut diapers" and 'lust in space', NASA and ESA scientists were titillated by data from yesterday's solar southpole flyby being conducted by the Ulysses spacecraft. For the third time since its launch in 1990, Ulysses has crossed the south pole of the Sun in an effort to provide data on an area we know very little about. The magnetic field in this area
Brian Emmett, the software consultant who gave up the free suborbital spaceflight with Virgin Galactic he won from Oracle Corp. (valued at $138,000) is still making headlines, with a little help from Benson Space Co. founder, Jim Benson. Granted the SpaceDev Dream Chaser is a real concept, with an impressive heritage of success,it is also true that at this time no hardware has been displayed,
Florida Today is reporting NASA crews are hard at work reconstructing shuttle Endeavor following a three-year overhaul in the wake of the Columbia disaster. It will roll out to the launch pad on May 25, slated for liftoff to the International Space Station on June 29. It will be NASA's 119th shuttle mission. It's payload is small section of the ISS truss. Perhaps its most precious cargo,
An experimental Lunar Lander named Lauryad I is for sale right now on eBay. Buy it now for $199,999.00. The Lauryad I designers and builders intend to compete in this year's X-Prize Cup, Lunar Lander Challenge. Winning bidder will own the ship outright and be entitled to half its earnings (if any) from the contest. The craft is named for a ship from author Vanna Bonta's FLIGHT novel. Chief
CNN is reporting that NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak, mission specialist aboard Discovery shuttle flight STS-116 last July, and the first Italian-American woman in space, has been arrested and charged with the attempted kidnapping of a romantic rival. According to reports Nowak, married with three children, was vying with another woman for the affection of astronaut William A. Oefelein, pilot
Fresh from their recent success shooting down an orbiting satellite with a spear-tipped missile, China successfully launched another Beidou navigation satellite last Friday. When completed sometime in the next few years, the Beidou, or 'Big Dipper' satellite system, will provide an independent Chinese satellite navigation system. The Beidou system has been in development for nearly five decades
Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to be moved to the vehicle assembly building on Wednesday, where it will be attached to its external fuel tank and prepped for flight. Mission STS-117 is scheduled to lift-off March 15 and head straight for the International Space Station where the crew will install a 14 meter truss and re-arrange some solar arrays. The crew of STS-117 has been prepping for
CNN has a nice story about the record setting spacewalk of International Space Station resident astronaut Sunita Williams. This week Williams became the first female U.S. astronaut to spend more than 21 hours of spacewalking. Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is expected to set a new U.S record for men-in-space, later this month, when he surpasses 58 hours. Despite these amazing records, what
According to this story in Florida Today, on Tuesday, NASA officials handed over the keys to the vehicle assembly building to be used by Lockheed Martin engineers designing the new Orion space vehicle. Though the company received an $8 billion contract for the project, the state of Florida also offered them $45 million to refurbish the outdated (though historically significant) Operations &
MSNBC.com has a nifty story detailing plans to build a lunar community in the 2020's, and the steps currently being taken to make that dream a reality. Chief among them is understanding the tools we will need and the materials we will have to work with. Last year's discovery that microwaving moon dirt creates something similar to concrete has become a plan to build rovers which will do the job
In what is its most ambitious schedule yet, the crew of the International Space Station in 2007 will undertake more spacewalks, install more hardware and expand the size of their living quarters to create a space-based laboratory that would make DS9 Commander Benjamin Sisko proud. Star Trek analogies aside, if NASA and its cadre of international partners are successful, by 2008 the station will
Following the dramatic explosion and destruction of its Zenit-3SL rocket and the NSS-8 spacecraft it carried, Sea Launch has released a statement claiming its floating Odyssey Launch Platform, though sustaining limited damage is seaworthy and supporting a full crew. It also said it has received the full support of its customers and the "insurance community" regarding its track record of success
The race is on to build the flying car of tomorrow, as yet another contender has joined the fray. CNN is reporting that Urban Aeronautics, an Israeli company, hopes to have a marketable version of its first commercial flying vehicle on the road (so to speak) by 2010. Called the X-Hawk, the vehicle is being designed for use as an emergency transport vehicle for urban rescue missions. Like most
Despite the fact it is one of the world's most visited tourist destinations, been the center of controversial theories for hundreds of years, and even hosted a few television programs, Stonehenge continues to surprise. This week British archaeologists announced the discovery of a small village built just a couple miles from the monolithic stone structure which was likely the home for the people
NASA scientists confirmed today the main camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has ceased functioning due to an electrical short circuit. This is the third time in a year the camera has shut down, and scientists say this time it's gone for good. Two other less powerful cameras are operational and the satellite can still provide a wealth of scientific data, however the most important tool for
The Space Generation Advisory Council, a non-governmental agency which touts itself as the worlds largest space youth network, is looking for a few good men and women to join its global space advocacy effort. Most members are students and young professionals, but anyone between the ages of 18-35 looking to help convince world governments and space agencies to push harder when it comes to the
On January 27, 1967, during a ground test of command module 012 on Pad 34-A, a short-circuit caused a flash fire, trapping and killing its three-man crew in seconds. Most of us know that ship as Apollo 1. We know the crew as astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. Officially the tragedy is referred to as the "Apollo Pad Fire"; unofficially it is known that though it took the lives
Space.com has a cool new video feature section covering a multitude of challenges at the 2006 Wirefly X-Prize Cup, and as long as you don't mind watching a few commercials they really aren't half bad. You can check their main video archive here. There is some cool footage of the Space Elevator competition, the new lunar lander being designed by Armadillo Aerospace, and some general footage of
Iran intends to use a modified missile to launch low-earth-orbit satellites. This news came as a shock to world leaders, more accustomed to being leaders in the space initiative than followers. It could also pose a threat to security in the Middle East if Iran marries its pursuit of nuclear weapons with the capability to put a satellite in orbit. Not surprisingly, Iran has been pursuing this
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