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Private space mission to the International Space Station.

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There is a mission planned to the International Space Station. This mission is planning to carry goods to the space station as the first private enterprise space mission to perform this duty. With the retirement of the space shuttle, private enterprise is one way that the future of space travel will be maintained. The idealistic … Read more

Last flight of the space shuttle and future space travel in doubt.

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The Space Shuttle has made its last journey across country to the final resting place in a museum. This is a huge shame that America does not have any more interest in having regular expeditions into space, they are instead depending on other countries to carry their satellites into orbit, the heydays of space travel … Read more

Ugandan space program is underway.

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The Ugandan space program is all set after the announcement that space enthusiasts in the third world country are constructing a space shuttle that they are planning to put into space within six years. How they are going to actually get this contraption into space is a good question, The whole thing looks to be … Read more

European Space Agency to trial space vehicle.

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The European Space Agency is planning the development of the IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle planned to be operating by 2013. This is a re-usable space vehicle that can lift up to 450 kilometres into the upper atmosphere before re-entering the Earth`s atmosphere and braking with parachutes before splashing down into the Pacific ocean and awaiting … Read more

Cracker sized satellites launching with Space Shuttle.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0429/Cracker-size-satellites-to-launch-with-Space-Shuttle-Endeavour A new mini satellite has need developed to drift down through the atmosphere upon release and gather information about the makeup of the atmosphere of the planet being studied. They could drift slowly down through the atmosphere and sample the various layers on the way down giving humanity a valuable insight into the real … Read more